Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
The World Health Summit 2025 was officially opened with Germany’s landmark €1 billion pledge to the Global Fund.
At the WHS Opening Night 2025, Axel R. Pries (President, World Health Summit) and Rosebella Alungata Iseme-Ondiek (Assistant Professor, Aga Khan University) welcomed a packed house of global health leaders and changemakers in Berlin. During the event, Reem Alabali-Radovan (Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany) announced Germany’s contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, reaffirming the country’s continued commitment to global health systems. Peter Sands (Executive Director, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria) joined the ceremony, highlighting the importance of sustained investment in global health.
As tradition, the Opening Night also marked the handover of the WHS International Presidency. Following the successful Regional Meeting 2025 in New Delhi, Balvir S. Tomar (Founder and Chancellor, NIMS University) passed the baton to Lukoye Atwoli (Deputy Director, Brain and Mind Institute, Aga Khan University), as the community looked ahead to the 2026 Regional Meeting in Nairobi.
Building on this, Heyo Kroemer (CEO, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin) and Carsten Schicker (CEO, World Health Summit) officially opened WHS 2025, joined by Bernd Montag (CEO, Siemens Healthineers AG) and Priscilla Ama Addo (Junior Project Officer, Global Network of Young People Living with HIV, Y+ Global), setting the stage for three days of high-level dialogue and collaboration.
The World Health Summit is the leading global platform bringing together science, politics, civil society, and the private sector to catalyze collaborative and innovative solutions for key health priorities. Learn more at www.worldhealthsummit.org.
The World Health Summit 2025 was officially opened with Germany’s landmark €1 billion pledge to the Global Fund.
At the WHS Opening Night 2025, Axel R. Pries (President, World Health Summit) and Rosebella Alungata Iseme-Ondiek (Assistant Professor, Aga Khan University) welcomed a packed house of global health leaders and changemakers in Berlin. During the event, Reem Alabali-Radovan (Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany) announced Germany’s contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, reaffirming the country’s continued commitment to global health systems. Peter Sands (Executive Director, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria) joined the ceremony, highlighting the importance of sustained investment in global health.
As tradition, the Opening Night also marked the handover of the WHS International Presidency. Following the successful Regional Meeting 2025 in New Delhi, Balvir S. Tomar (Founder and Chancellor, NIMS University) passed the baton to Lukoye Atwoli (Deputy Director, Brain and Mind Institute, Aga Khan University), as the community looked ahead to the 2026 Regional Meeting in Nairobi.
Building on this, Heyo Kroemer (CEO, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin) and Carsten Schicker (CEO, World Health Summit) officially opened WHS 2025, joined by Bernd Montag (CEO, Siemens Healthineers AG) and Priscilla Ama Addo (Junior Project Officer, Global Network of Young People Living with HIV, Y+ Global), setting the stage for three days of high-level dialogue and collaboration.
The World Health Summit is the leading global platform bringing together science, politics, civil society, and the private sector to catalyze collaborative and innovative solutions for key health priorities. Learn more at www.worldhealthsummit.org.
