GPHW2022:

Celebration of World Health Day

Every year, World Health Day is celebrated on 7 April to mark the anniversary of the founding of World Health Organization (WHO) in 1948.

To celebrate this occasion, Professor Bettina Borisch, Executive Director of the World Federation of Public Health Associations, will discuss with Professor Ilona Kickbusch the geopolitics of global health by examining four transnational challenges: the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, cyberspace governance and terrorism.

Prof. Ilona Kickbusch is known throughout the world for her expertise and is a sought-after senior adviser and keynote speaker. She has a strong commitment to the empowerment of women. She has had a distinguished career with the WHO and Yale University. She holds an honorary professorship at the Charité, Berlin. The Lancet has profiled her as a global health reformer.