Dr. Axel R. Pries has been president of the World Health Summit — the leading platform for global health — since 2021. A physician and physiologist by training, he previously served as dean of Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin. He also presided over the Biomedical Alliance in Europe and is pro-rector at Danube Private University in Krems, Austria.
Opinion: At this point, we cannot talk about small cosmetic changes needed in the global health system — we need a structural reform to make our multilateral system more efficient, robust, and fair.
