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World Health Summit and talks with Hermann Gröhe and Manuela Schwesig
9 October 2016 - 10 October 2016
In 2016, Switzerland holds the academic presidency of the World Health Summit, in the person of Antoine Flahault of the University of Geneva. Alain Berset speaks at the opening ceremony, at the German Foreign Office, on health in the Sustainable Development Goals. Some thousand participants attend.
On 10 October, together with Hermann Gröhe, he opens a meeting of the global expert network on research into new antibiotics. He then talks with him about antibiotic resistance, the German G20 Presidency, the election of the next Director-General of WHO and health costs.
With Manuela Schwesig, Minister for Family Affairs, he discusses equality between women and men, equal pay and reconciling work and family life.
Sunday 9 October 2016 — Berlin
- Opening ceremony of the World Health Summit, speech by Alain Berset
Monday 10 October 2016 — Berlin
- Breakfast at the Embassy with Swiss artists living in Berlin
- Opening, with Hermann Gröhe, of the expert meeting on antimicrobial resistance, address
- Meeting with Hermann Gröhe, Federal Minister of Health
- Meeting with Manuela Schwesig, Federal Minister for Family Affairs
Speeches on this site
- World Health Summit : les objectifs de développement durable et la santé mondiale (French-language page)
- Réseau mondial d’experts sur la recherche contre l’antibiorésistance (French-language page)
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