WELCOME MESSAGESWELCOME MESSAGE 2016 ANGELA MERKELAngela Merkel

The individual desire for health andwellbeing is something we all share.
With this in mind, one of the aims of the2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is to encourage people across theglobe to live lives that are as healthy as
possible at every stage of their existence.
We committed ourselves to this goal
last year within the framework of theUnited Nations. Now we have to implement this ambitious objective. That in volves fighting epidemics and poverty
related diseases and also extends toimproving prevention and treatment ofcomplaints of modern civilisation suchas diabetes and cardiovascular disorders.
Germany plays a very active role in global
health policy. To bring about further
progress, we must strengthen healthcare
systems worldwide and reform the global
healthcare structure. We sharpened
the focus on both these issues during
Germany’s G7 Presidency. We intend tobuild on this when our country assumes
the G20 Presidency at the end of this year.

Whether we are talking about institutional
factors or other global health issues suchas a joint approach to tackling antimicrobial resistance, we can only be effective
in overcoming the challenges they present
if scientists, policymakers and society
work together side by side. This is why
dialogue forums such as the World HealthSummit are particularly important. As
the patron of the Summit, I would like towelcome all participants to Berlin. Thismessage comes with my hope that you
will enjoy a fruitful exchange of new
insights. I would like to thank you mostsincerely for your remarkable commitment
to advancing healthcare throughout theworld.

Angela Merkel
Chancellor of theFederal Republic of Germany

WELCOME MESSAGE 2016 ANGELA MERKEL

Alle Menschen eint das individuelle
Bedürfnis nach Gesundheit und Wohlbefinden. Folgerichtig beinhaltet dieAgenda 2030 für nachhaltige Entwicklung das globale Ziel, ein möglichst
gesundes Leben in jedem Alter zufördern. Dazu haben wir uns im Rahmen
der Vereinten Nationen im vergangenen
Jahr verpflichtet. Nun gilt es, diesem
ehrgeizigen Anspruch gerecht zu werden.
Das fängt mit dem Kampf gegen Epidemien oder armutsassoziierte Krankheiten an und reicht bis hin zur besseren
Vorbeugung und Behandlung von Zivilisationsleiden wie Diabetes und HerzKreislauf-Erkrankungen.
Deutschland bringt sich in die globale
Gesundheitspolitik sehr engagiert ein.
Weitere Fortschritte setzen sowohl eine
weltweite Stärkung der jeweiligen Gesundheitssysteme als auch Reformen der
globalen Gesundheitsarchitektur voraus.
Beides haben wir bereits während derdeutschen G7-Präsidenschaft stärker ins
Blickfeld gerückt. Daran werden wir auchanknüpfen, wenn unser Land Ende dieses
Jahres den G20-Vorsitz übernimmt.

Ob es um institutionelle oder andere
globale Gesundheitsfragen wie etwa ein
gemeinsames Vorgehen gegen Antibiotikaresistenzen geht: Den damit verbundenen Herausforderungen können wir nur
im engen wissenschaftlichen, politischen
und gesellschaftlichen Schulterschlusswirksam begegnen. Darin zeigt sich diebesondere Bedeutung von Dialogforen
wie dem World Health Summit. Alle, diedaran teilnehmen, heiße ich als Schirmherrin in Berlin herzlichen willkommen.
Diesen Gruß verbinde ich mit dem Wunscheines ertragreichen Austauschs neuer
Erkenntnisse. Für Ihr verdienstvolles
Engagement um die Weiterentwicklung
der Gesundheitsversorgung weltweit
danke ich Ihnen von Herzen.
Angela Merkel
Bundeskanzlerin derBundesrepublik Deutschland

WELCOME MESSAGE 2016 FRANÇOIS HOLLANDE

François Hollande

The themes discussed during this eighth
World Health Summit are both ambitious and strategic. They also reflect thedeep changes we are seeing in the world.
The terms of globality and universality
are now, more than ever, associated withhealth: quality care for all, accessible toall; international preventive measures;
renewed support for health as a driverof development, growth and stability;
and an ambitious research policy, which
is a source of progress. These are principles to which France is committed, andwhich it supports in international bodies.
France thus obtained, during the last
G7, that reflection will take place at international level on access to expensive
medicines. This Summit is a forum fordiscussion and dialogue, bringing together men and women “of good will”.
That means it is a place of peace.
I wish you all excellent meetings.

Les thèmes abordés lors de cette 8èmeédition du Sommet Mondial de la Santésont à la fois ambitieux et stratégiques.
Ils sont aussi le reflet des profonds bouleversements que connait le Monde. Plus
que jamais les termes de globalité etd’universalité sont associés à la Santé:des soins de qualité pour tous, accessibles à tous; des mesures internationales
de prévention; un soutien renouvelé àla santé, facteur de développement, decroissance et de stabilité; une politiqueambitieuse de la recherche, source deprogrès. Tels sont des principes auxquels
la France est attachée et qu’elle soutientauprès des instances internationales.
C’est ainsi que la France a obtenu, lors
du dernier G7, qu’une réflexion s’engage
au niveau international sur l’accès auxmédicaments onéreux. Ce sommet est unlieu d’échange et de dialogue, réunissantdes femmes et des hommes «de bonne
volonté». Il est donc un lieu de paix.
Je vous souhaite à toutes et à tous
d’excellentes rencontres.

François Hollande
President of the French RepublicFrançois HollandePrésident de la République

WELCOME MESSAGE 2016 JEAN-CLAUDE JUNCKER

It is impossible to talk about healthissues in the past year in Europe without
reflecting on the refugee crisis, and thechallenges and opportunities that it haspresented for Europe. Over one million
children, women and men arrived at ourshores and borders last year.
The European Union had a common responsibility to ensure that these persons,many of them physically and mentally
exhausted, were offered care and support, including through the provision ofhealthcare when required. Their journeys
were punishing, and we cannot imagine
the impossible choice they had to makebetween staying in their countries inextreme danger and the unenviable
alternative of risking their lives at thehands of people smugglers. Europe’s
number one task was to offer thesepeople a humane reception in Europe,
which the Commission helped to achieveby the setting up of hotspots in Greece
and Italy, and through financial andpractical assistance to our Member States
under our emergency asylum funding
and through the EU’s Civil Protection
Mechanism.
Our next priority is to ensure the effective integration of those that are granted
international protection. For some thatwill mean receiving access to our healthservices. At the same time, the people
who arrive in Europe must be given theopportunity to pay their way, throughaccess to the labour market. And there
is an obvious counterbalance to thedemands they make of our healthcare
system with the contributions that they
can make to it. I hear of many medical
professionals coming to Europe seeking
to rebuild their lives; doctors and nurses,
pharmacists and researchers, carers andtherapists. In the next year I hope to hear
heart-warming stories of their integration
into our national health services, carehomes, research institutes and universities and the valuable contribution theyare making.
And one reason to welcome these newarrivals is the reason I gave you in mymessage for last year’s World HealthSummit – Europe’s population is getting
older, which makes it increasingly difficult to provide for our healthcare needs.
I know that you will again address thehealthcare challenges of an aging population at this year’s Summit. Setting
strategic research priorities will be offundamental importance, and I am
pleased that the European Commission
continues to make an important contribution through our Horizon 2020 funding program.
Another area where we are making animportant contribution is eHealth. Moreand more people are taking steps tomonitor their own health and lifestyles

Jean-Claude Juncker

WELCOME MESSAGE 2016 JEAN-CLAUDE JUNCKER

through wearable devices and smartphones. These form an excellent contribution to prevent and monitor diseases.
Through the Connecting Europe Facility,
we are contributing to building Europe’s
digital health infrastructure. So far, 20of our Member States have applied forfunding to connect their systems andexchange health data and patient information or to offer e-prescriptions andreduce the administrative burden on ourcare systems.
Let me conclude by mentioning the healthcare industry, which is one of the major
drivers of jobs, growth and innovation inEurope. We need a successful economy
to sustain our European social model, andyou are an intrinsic part of this with themany thousands of jobs you create andsustain. The world is getting older, andthe world is in need of health technology
to sustain us as we go through a majordemographic change. Europe must leadthe way in looking after its own citizens,and it must generate a competitive advantage in the global market for healthcare services and products.
I wish you a fruitful Summit, and anotheryear of success.

Jean-Claude Juncker
President of the European Commission