MEDIA ADVISORY: WHO HEALTH EMERGENCY APPEAL 2025 | HIGH-LEVEL LAUNCH EVENT: 16 January 2025 | 15:00 – 16:00 CET

No images? Click here 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. CONNECT: https://who.zoom.us/j/99298408858 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, Executive Board Member, Amel Association International, 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  Media contacts: mediainquiries@who.int   You are receiving this NO-REPLY email because you are included on a WHO mail list. If you have been forwarded this update you can click here to subscribe. Journalists may send feedback to WHO Media Team       Share    Tweet    Share    Forward  World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, 1202 Geneva 27, Switzerland  Preferences  |  Unsubscribe