The Virchow Lecture 2025 featuring Quarraisha Abdool Karim, Zulfiqar Bhutta, Jörg Rocholl and others on Friday, October 10, will kick off an exciting weekend celebrating health innovation. This lecture will be held in a hybrid format and the discussion will highlight the urgent need to advance equity in women’s, maternal, newborn, and child health.
THE VIRCHOW PRIZE 2025 – TOWARDS HEALTH FOR ALL The Virchow Prize, awarded by the non-profit Virchow Foundation, is a major international award which recognizes and celebrates outstanding achievements towards...
We invite you to a side-level event entitled “No Public Health Without Migrant Health: Reinforcing Global Commitment Amidst Geopolitical and Funding Shifts”. Co-hosted by Virchow Foundation and GHA – German Health Alliance and supported by the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners, this event takes place against the backdrop of the World Health Summit (WHS) in Berlin.
The roundtable “Migration, displacement and health: an increasing global health priority in a changing world” will bring together a small group of 25-40 participants from policy, practice, academia and multilateral organisations.
This year, the Virchow Prize Lecture and Virchow Prize Ceremony will celebrate its 5th anniversary, being held on Saturday, October 10, 2026 at Rotes Rathaus Berlin (Berlin City Hall), hosted by the Governing Mayor of Berlin, Kai Wegner, High Patron of the Virchow Foundation.