On October 13, PREZODE, along with its member and partner FOUR PAWS, is co-organizing two events—a Global Health Lab and a side event —during the 2025 World Health Summit in Berlin.
One Health Policy to Practice: Charting the Future of Disease Prevention, National Implementation, Best Practices, and Policy Recommendations
Side event – Monday, October 13, 2025 – 02:00-03:30 pm CEST – Room: Side Meeting IV – Intercontinental Berlin
This roundtable discussion will bring together government representatives from different regions of the world to share learnings, best practices, and scalable examples in One Health strategy development and implementation. The event aims to move beyond conceptual discussions, with experience sharing, and lessons learned from countries implementing One Health strategies.
Among the expected outcomes: A set of concrete recommendations for effective One Health implementation at national and regional levels; Identification of scalable models and best practices for cross-sectoral collaboration; Strengthened international collaboration and multilateral networks among One Health stakeholders.
Chaired by Wanda Markotter, OHHLEP, University of Pretoria, the panel will bring together high-level country representatives: Matthias Sauer, Germany; Outi Kuivasniemi, Finland; Umair Khalid, Pakistan, Clarisse Paolini, France, along with high-level experts, including Andrea Winkler, Lancet One Health Commission, and Magda Robalo, Institute for Global Health and Development, and high-level representatives of International Organizations.
Free event. Secure your place in advance! Seat limit: 30! World Health Summit ticket and additional side event registration through this platform required.
Beyond Symptom Control: One Health and the Transformation of Global Health Governance”
Global Health Lab session – Monday, October 13, 2025 – 11:00-12:30 am CEST
Room Hub 2 – Intercontinental Berlin
This session is co-hosted with the German Ministry of Health and the German Interministerial Network for One Health. It aims to demonstrate the importance and benefits of prevention strategies addressing the root causes of health threats, including global pandemics at the human-animal-environment interface, challenges and opportunities of One Health operationalisation, the evolution of One Health governance and the growing importance and benefits of multi-sectoral collaboration. It will highlight how indispensable improving animal welfare and environmental protection via the One Health approach (as defined by the One Health High-level Expert Panel) are to protecting human health.
Chaired by former Prime Minister of New Zealand and a member of The Elders Rt. Hon. Helen Clark, and Prof. Wanda Markotter, OHHLEP Co-Chair and Director, Centre for Viral Zoonoses, Faculty of Health, University of Pretoria, the session will gather Ministers and official representatives: PStS Dr. Georg Kippels, Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health, Germany; Björn Kümmel, Deputy Head of Unit Global Health, Federal Ministry of Health, Germany; Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari, Advisor to the Prime Minister for Public Health Affairs & Vice-chair Intergovernmental Working Group on the WHO Pandemic Agreement, State of Qatar H.E. Anne-Claire Amprou, Ambassador for Global Health, French Republic; Dr. Ethel Maciel, Secretary for Health and Environment Surveillance, Brazil, Dr. Stella Chungong, Director Health Security Preparedness, WHO, Mikael Garnier, Deputy Executive Head, Pandemic Fund, along with leading experts from policy, academia, and civil society: the Director of the Institute of Virology of the Charité Universitätsmedizin, Prof. Dr. Christian Drosten, and the Chief Programme Officer and Board Member, FOUR PAWS, Luciana D’Abramo, Nina Jama, Global Affairs Navigator, Lobbying & Advocacy Deputy Director at FOUR PAWS International , and Dr. Marisa Peyre, PREZODE’s Co-founder and Global Science Leader. They will explore how the One Health holistic approach can help reshape global health systems — ensuring a shift from crisis response to effective prevention.
About the World Health Summit
The World Health Summit is the leading platform for global health. It brings together stakeholders from politics, science, the private sector, and civil society from around the world to set the agenda for a healthier future by catalyzing collaborative and innovative solutions for better health and well-being for all.
The World Health Summit 2025, held under the leitmotif “Taking Responsibility for Health in a Fragmenting World,” takes place from October 12-14 at the InterContinental, Budapester Straße 2 in Berlin, Germany, and online. The full program is available here