May 20, 2025
02:00 pm - 04:30 pm
(followed by a networking coffee)
The past decade has seen notable progress in the fight against malnutrition. Exclusive breastfeeding rates have risen to nearly 50%, 40 million fewer children suffer from stunting, and wasting has slightly declined. However, major challenges remain: 148 million children are still stunted, 45 million suffer from wasting, and anaemia affects nearly one in three women globally. Malnutrition remains a leading factor in 45% of deaths among children under five.
Climate change, conflicts, economic shocks, and the COVID-19 pandemic continue to worsen food insecurity and nutrition outcomes. In 2023, 733 million people faced hunger—152 million more than in 2019—and over 2.8 billion could not afford a healthy diet.
Momentum: The WHO recently extended the Nutrition Decade to align with the 2030 Agenda and maintain high-level commitment. Building on this momentum and the over 400 commitments made at the 2025 Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit, the Geneva Health Forum and its partners are organizing a high-level session on nutrition.
The Geneva Health Forum will provide a plateform to present the outcomes of the recent Nutrition for Growth (N4G) summit, successes and challenges from countries involved in the fight for better nutrition and a proposition of an initiative to support nutrition efforts on the Geneva International platform introduced. This session aims to strengthen cross-sector collaboration and ensure nutrition is firmly placed on the global health agenda.
Director-General Emeritus of the World Health Organization (WHO)
Founding Dean of Vanke School of Public Health at Tsinghua University
Professor of Environmental Change and Public Health London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Vice Dean, Professor Vanke School of Public Health at Tsinghua University
Program Director of Planetary Health Alliance Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
Senior One Health Scientist Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
Vice President, Institute of Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Tsinghua University
Assistant Director, Institute of Energy, Environment and Economy, Tsinghua University
Director and Head of the Asia-Pacific Centre for Environment and Health World Health Organization Western Pacific Region
International Editor, Head of Scholarly Comment The British Medical Journal (BMJ)
Associate Professor
Vanke School of Public Health at Tsinghua University
Co-lead Global Health Ethics & Governance Unit World Health Organization (WHO)
Director of the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health at the World Health Organization World Health Organization (WHO)
Associate Professor Department of Global Environmental Health, Graduate School of Medicine at University of Tokyo
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Established in 2006 by the University Hospitals of Geneva (HUG) and the University of Geneva (UNIGE), the Geneva Health Forum (GHF) is a Swiss not-for-profit initiative that brings together a diverse range of stakeholders to discuss and address global health challenges.
The GHF plays a pivotal role in the global health landscape, as a neutral and inclusive platform, fostering dialogue and collaboration among key players in the field, including policymakers, representatives from academia, civil society, and the private sector.
Its core mission is to facilitate constructive dialogue among these global health actors, which, in turn, contributes to the improvement of health policies and access to care worldwide. The Geneva Health Forum proudly collaborates with some of the most prominent international organizations based in Geneva.
