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Wednesday, 15 January 2025
MEDIA ADVISORY
WHO HEALTH EMERGENCY APPEAL 2025 | HIGH-LEVEL LAUNCH EVENT
WHEN: Thursday, 16 January 2025 | 15:00 – 16:00 CET
WHAT: The world is at a tipping point. Conflict, climate change, epidemics, and displacement are converging to create an unprecedented global health crisis. Across the globe, 305 million people are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance — a staggering reality that reflects the unrelenting pressure on communities and health systems worldwide.
Join us for the high-level launch of WHO’s Health Emergency Appeal 2025 to learn about our response priorities, hear firsthand experiences from our contributors, partners, and staff who are working tirelessly to reach communities in emergency settings with life-saving health interventions.
NOTE: This event will be followed by the WHO Press conference on Global Health issues, with details sent separately.
The event can also be followed from the WHO website [https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2025/01/16/default-calendar/who-s-health-emergency-appeal-2025]
SPEAKERS:
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, WHO
Dr Iryna Voloshina, Academy of Family Medicine, Ukraine
Dr Zeina Mohanna [https://globalhealth-rms.com/committees/zeina-mohanna/], Executive Board Member, Amel Association International [https://amel.org/], Lebanon
Dr Jennifer Higgins, Dep. Team Lead and Eman Al Manasra, Deputy Team Lead, UK-MED, Gaza
Dr Vanessa Kerry, WHO Special Envoy for Climate Change and Health
Prof. Claude Muvunyi, Director General of the Rwanda Biomedical Centre
H.E. Anne Beathe Tvinnereim, Minister of International Development, Norway
H.E. Dr Maha Barakat, Assistant Minister for Health and Life Sciences, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The United Arab Emirates
Hanna Jahns, Director, Policies and Partnerships, Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO), European Commission
Dr Michael Ryan, Executive Director, WHO’s Health Emergencies Programme and Deputy Director-General, WHO
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