The World Health Summit is one of the world’s leading strategic forums for global health bringing together stakeholders from politics, science, the private sector, and civil society from around the world. Held under the theme ‘Taking responsibility for health in a fragmenting world‘, WHS 2025 aims to set the agenda for a healthier future by inspiring innovative solutions for better health and well-being for all.
Workshop
The future of combatting neglected tropical diseases
Date: Monday, 13 October 2025
Time: 11:00-12:30 CEST
Room: Forum 2
Chair: Achim Hörauf, Director, Institute of Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology (IMMIP), University Bonn Medical Center
Speakers:
- Johannes Waltz, Director of Strategy and Finance, Global Schistosomiasis Alliance
- Carol Karutu, Vice President of Programs, The END Fund
- Maria Rebollo Polo, Global Program for Onchocerciasis Elimination and Scabies Control Lead, World Health Organization (WHO)
- Laurent Fraisse, Research & Development Director, DNDi
- Ohene Adjei, Ambassador of Ghana to Germany
- Carsten Köhler, Tropical Disease Specialist and Director, Center of Excellence of Tropical Medicine, Institute for Tropical Medicine, University Hospital Tübingen
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Side event
Closing the R&D gap in Africa: Political commitment, talent pipelines, and upstream innovation for sustainable health impact
Organized by Africa CDC – Centre for Science and Innovation
Date: Tuesday, 14 October 2025
Time: 11:00 – 12:30
Room: Side Meeting VI
Speakers:
- Ngashi Ngongo, Senior Advisor to Director General, Africa CDC and Co-chair continental Incident Management Support Team
- Mosoka Papa Fallah, Ag. Director, Science and Innovation Directorate, Africa CDC
- Ibrahim Socé Fall, CEO, Institut Pasteur de Dakar
- Ranya Özcelik, One Health Advisor, GIZ Ghana
- Alice Lakati, Director Research, Innovation and Community Extension, AMREF University
- Anna Mia Ekström, Karolinska Institute
- Luis Pizarro, Executive Director, DNDi
- Abigael Abiy Mesfin, Africa CDC
