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
