Past Events

The UNITE Global Summit is set to be the world’s leading forum for forging partnerships between parliamentarians and leaders from the global health community. Experts from civil society, affected communities, international organizations and academia come together with leading parliamentarians from across the world, to discuss the most pressing issues in global health and set the political agenda for the years to come.

The One Sustainable Health for All Foundation and the Virchow Foundation are co-organizing the One Digital Health Session on October 14, 2024, from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM during the World...

The World Health Summit is one of the world’s leading strategic forums for global health, traditionally held under the patronage of the German Chancellor, the French President, the President of the European Commission, and the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO).

Join us for the celebration of this year's Virchow Prize Laureates, Lucy Gilson and Johan Rockström. The festive occasion is taking place on Saturday, October 12, 2024 at 17:00 hrs at the Rotes Rathaus Berlin. Let us together convene for this festive occasion in honour of this year's awardees and their achievements towards "health for all".

The Virchow-ESMT Lecture featuring Lucy Gilson, Johan Rockström, Jörg Rocholl and others on Friday, October 11, will kick off an exciting weekend celebrating health innovations. This lecture is the first of a new event series and will be held in a hybrid format. Do not miss this special lecture.

The Summit will be a once-in-a-generation opportunity to enhance cooperation on critical challenges and address gaps in global governance, reaffirm existing commitments including to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the United Nations Charter, and move towards a reinvigorated multilateral system that is better positioned to positively impact people's lives.

The Virchow Foundation is thrilled to announce the 2024 Virchow Prize for Global Health Laureate(s) on Monday, July 15, 2024, at 10:30 CET (Berlin time). Do not miss this exciting event and tune in. More details to follow.

The World Health Assembly is the decision-making body of WHO. It is attended by delegations from all WHO Member States and focuses on a specific health agenda prepared by the Executive Board. The main functions of the World Health Assembly are to determine the policies of the Organization, appoint the Director-General, supervise financial policies, and review and approve the proposed programme budget. The Health Assembly is held annually in Geneva, Switzerland.

ONE HEALTH - research and innovation at the crossroads of environment and health. An event on the occasion of the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU, hosted by KU Leuven and co-organized with One Europe for Global Health

The World Health Summit Regional Meeting 2024 hosted by Monash University will be held under the theme "Informed Prevention, Informed Care". This strategic forum will focus on the future health of people across the Asia Pacific, exploring how science, innovation and policy can unite to address our region’s most critical health challenges.

Sustainable Development Goal 11 of the United Nations 2030 Agenda is specifically addressing "sustainable cities and communities". The 13th lecture of the Académie de Berlin is now also focusing on this important topic which will become crucial to achieve "Health for All" and the 2030 Agenda.

The Paris event is going to be the occasion to present the work of the International Working Groups and the International Partner Sessions of the OSH Forum. Register for on-site participation or join virtually.

The aim of this event is to feed reflections about the three key elements into the public debate and, in particular, into EU policy-making on global health and One Health. To this end, a group of experts is convened who, after an initial presentation by the organisers and promoters of the event, will be able to exchange points of view. Register now!

On October 14, 2023 the Virchow Prize for Global Health will be awarded at the Red City Hall in Berlin, recognizing and celebrating life-time achievements innovations with significant impact on the broad area of health challenges.

The laureate will be announced on Monday, September 11 2023 from 10:30 - 11:00 CET. Watch the premiere livestream on our YouTube channel. Virchow Foundation for Global Health President Professor Gerald Haug as well as Co-Founders Roland Göhde and Professor Detlev Ganten will attend the exclusive announcement which will take place in Berlin. 

Register now for the One Sustainable Health for all Forum 2023 taking place in Lyon from July 5 - 7. Tackling together health challenges of the social and environmental crisis.

Dieses Symposium der Virchow Foundation für Globale Gesundheit und der Berliner Medizinischen Gesellschaft in Kooperation mit dem World Health Summit (WHS) und dem Charité Center for Global Health möchte zu diesem Thema auch im Hinblick auf neue Inhalte und Strukturen vorausschauende Beiträge leisten.

UNITE Parliamentarians Network is organizing a session in Washington to discuss the critical need to promote collaborations between academia and policymakers. The aim of this event is to explore ways to advance evidence-based health policies through effective partnerships.

On 9th February, the OEGH – with support of the Virchow Foundation for Global Health as member organisation – will participate in the event "Implementing the New EU Global Health One Health strategy.

Seminar organized by Karolinska Institutet in context of the Swedish presidency of the EU Council, in dialogue with the Swedish Ministry of Health and Social Affairs and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.