Conference

Photo: Group photo at the G7 Health Ministers' Meeting in Berlin

G7 Health Ministers' Meeting in Berlin

On 8 and 9 October 2015, the Health Ministers of the seven leading industrialised nations met in Berlin at the invitation of Germany's Federal Minister of Health Hermann Gröhe.

Focus on Health

Logo of Germany's G7 Presidency

G7 Presidency

The Group of 7 (G7) is an informal forum for the heads of state and government to meet. In 2015, health is among the key issues of Germany's G7 Presidency.

Infectious diseases

Photo: A scientist with a Petri plate in a laboratory

Antimicrobial resistance

Antimicrobial resistance is ballooning worldwide. It threatens to wipe out or at least eat away at the major successes achieved in the fight against infectious diseases.

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Photo: Several copies of the brochure "Combating Antimicrobial Resistance – Examples of Best-Practices of the G7 Countries"

Brochure about antimicrobial resistance

Download the brochure "Combating Antimicrobial Resistance – Examples of Best-Practices of the G7 Countries".

Six point plan 
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Lessons learned from the Ebola crisis 

The Federal Government is leveraging the G7 Presidency to learn, together with its G7 counterparts, important lessons from the Ebola crisis.

Protection through Vaccination

GAVI

Vaccination saves lives, mainly children's lives. Thanks to the Gavi replenishment conference on 26/27 January 2015, 300 million more children will get immunised.

Global Health

Neglected Tropical Diseases

More than 1.4 billion people worldwide are affected by neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).