World Health Summit 2016
Media Report
Table of Contents

Facts ............................................................................................................................................. 2
Press Conference ..................................................................................................................... 2
Media Coverage ........................................................................................................................ 3
Media Partners .......................................................................................................................... 4
Quotes from the Media .......................................................................................................... 5
Digital Outreach ....................................................................................................................... 6
Social Media ............................................................................................................................... 6
WHS Yearbook .......................................................................................................................... 7

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Facts

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About 400 reports (print, online, TV, radio) on the WHS in 2016
About 200 accredited media representatives
Features in major news outlets like The Guardian, ARD, Die ZEIT, Wired,Spiegel Online, Stern
More than 200,000 online visitors from 192 countries
More than 3,000 participants via livestream from October 9-11Facebook:o About 5,500 friends
o More than 15,000 people reached during the Summito More than 10,000 interactions during the Summit
Twitter:o About 3,600 followers
o More than 5,000 tweets using the hashtag #WHS2016
o “Trending topic” on 2 consecutive dayso More than 18 million impressions
Press releases issued to more than 1,800 German and 1,000 international
media contacts
Regular newsletters to more than 19,000 subscribers worldwide

Press Conference
Sunday, October 09, 15:15
Participants:

Emmanuelle Charpentier (Director, Max Planck Institute for Infection
Biology, Germany)
Rolf M. Zinkernagel (Nobel Prize laureate, Switzerland)
Christian Bréchot (President, Institut Pasteur, France)
Antoine Flahault (WHS President, Switzerland)
Detlev Ganten (WHS President, Germany)
Moderation: Helena Humphrey (DW, Deutsche Welle)

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Media Coverage

About 400 reports (print, online, TV, radio) in 2016, e.g. in:

For more information:www.worldhealthsummit.org/press-media/in-the-media/clippings-2016
All 2016 press releases:
www.worldhealthsummit.org/press-media/press-releases/2016
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The WHS was additionally featured in newsletters and press releases by e.g.:
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Association of Schools &Programs of Public Health
Berlin Partner for Business andTechnologyCharité – Universitätsmedizin
BerlinCP Monitor
CP Wissen
Deutsche Botschaft Tel Aviv
Deutscher Industrie- undHandelskammertag
Enterprise Europe Network
Berlin-Brandenburg
Entrepreneurship Summit
ETH Entrepreneur Club
Europa Newsletter
German Federal Foreign
Ministry
German Federal Ministry ofHealth
Gerechte Gesundheit

German Healthcare Partnership
Gesundheitsbarometer aktuell
German Healthcare Partnership
Global Health Mentorship
Global Health Next Generation
NetworkGlobal Health NOW
Global Sepsis Alliance
Health Week
HealthCapital
Healthcapital Berlin
Brandenburg
Impact Hub
International Health Policies
Longitude Prize
Stiftung Charité
Swiss Embassy
visitBerlin
WHO
Women in Global HealthWorld Hypertension LeagueMedia Partners

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Quotes from the MediaThe Guardian

Die ZEIT

CCTV“What can explain such
unevenness, and whatmight be done about it? Ascan of the proceedings at
the World Health Summit
in Berlin, which starts on
Sunday, and where
technological innovation is
one of the major themes,is revealing.”„Es sind die großen
Themen, die es auf die
Agenda des World HealthSummit geschafft haben:
die Gesundheitsversorgung von Migranten
und die Bedrohung durch
den Zika-Virus.““Health officials aregathering in Berlin for theWorld Health Summit.”

Spiegel Online„… ein internationales
Diskussionsforum für diegroßen globalen Gesundheitsthemen.“„Der Gipfel (…) gehört mit
mehr als 1500 Experten
aus über 80 Ländern zu
den weltweit bedeutendsten Foren für globale
Gesundheitsfragen.“„Am Ende dessogenannten World HealthSummit in Berlin hat sichdie sogenannte M8-Allianz– ein Zusammenschluss
aus 24 der wichtigsten
akademischen Gesundheitszentren der Welt – an
die internationale Politik
gewandt und fünf zentrale
Anliegen formuliert.“ARD Tagesschau 24Focus

medscape„Die Wissenschaft liefert
neue Methoden, die in die
Anwendung kommen
müssen, dann aber auchpolitische Rahmenbedingungen brauchen.
Nicht alles was technischmöglich ist, kann sofort
gemacht werden. Diese
Diskussion wird hiergeführt.“ (Professor Dr.
Detlev Ganten, WHS
President, Interview)„1500 GesundheitsSpezialisten aus 90
Ländern werden bis
Dienstag über die
wichtigsten Themen der
globalen Gesundheitsversorgung sprechen.“„Auf dem World HealthSummit tauschen sichMediziner, Forscher undPolitiker über diese
Probleme aus, und suchen
gemeinsam nachmöglichen Lösungsansätzen.“

Süddeutsche Zeitung„Fest steht, dass der
globale Kampf gegen
Antibiotikaresistenzen
mittlerweile ganz oben auf
der politischen Agenda
steht, er war Thema desG-7-Gipfels imvergangenen Jahr inElmau, er wurde diese
Woche auch auf demWeltgesundheitsgipfel inBerlin diskutiert.“

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Tagesspiegel

Global Health NOW“Antimicrobial resistance,
disease outbreaks and therefugee crisis all featured
prominently at this year’sWorld Health Summit,
held this week in Berlin.“

Deutsches Ärzteblatt

Health Systems Global“The focus on gender andon refugees was strongly
affirmed by the first threeclosing statements at theWorld Health Summit.”

WIRED

Deutschlandfunk„…Kooperation mit dem
World Health Summit als
einer der wichtigsten
Konferenzen im
Gesundheitsbereich…“(Andreas Gebhard,
re:publica CEO, Interview)„Drei Tage langdiskutieren Ärzte,Wissenschaftler, Vertreter
von Non-Profit-Organisationen, von Pharmafirmen und vielen mehraus 80 Ländern über ein
Thema: Gesundheit.“5/7Digital OutreachMore than 200,000 visitors from 192 countries atwww.worldhealthsummit.org
More than 3,000 participants via livestream from October 9-11
More than 19,000 newsletter subscribers, incl. all M8 Alliance members,
participants from all previous World Health Summits and WHS Regional
Meetings

Social MediaFacebook:

About 5,500 friends
More than 15,000 people reached during the SummitMore than 10,000 interactions during the Summit

Twitter:About 3,600 followers
More than 5,000 tweets using the hashtag #WHS2016“Trending topic” on 2 consecutive days
More than 18 million impressions
More than 1,500 participants

WHS channels:

www.facebook.com/worldhealthsummit
www.twitter.com/worldhealthsmt
www.linkedin.com/company/whs-foundation-gmbh
www.youtube.com/user/WorldHealthSummit1

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WHS Yearbook
Published annually in January, the WHS Yearbook highlights issues and initiatives
raised at the World Health Summit via interviews, essays and infographics.
Circulation: 5,000 printed copies & more than 20,000 digital copies

WHS Yearbook 2016

WHS Yearbook 2015

WHS Yearbook 2014

WHS Yearbook 2013

(not final cover)

WHS Yearbooks have received various awards for content and design, including:

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