World Health Summit
💬 “Crises, unfortunately, are being protracted because the lines that we used to have between emergency response, recovery and development get blurred.”
At the World Health Summit Regional Mee
On the sidelines of the 79th World Health Assembly, global health leaders shared what gives them hope right now.
Their answers ranged from innovation and partnership to professionalized c
Ximena Aguilera, Universidad Diego Portales, Chile, explains in less than 60 seconds: Health resilience means ensuring that people continue to receive health care during crises.
This requires stro...
❓ What is one word that defines the future of global health?
On the sidelines of World Health Assembly 79, we asked leaders to share their perspective. Their responses ranged from s
At the close of the 79th World Health Assembly, Axel Pries, President of the World Health Summit, highlights why innovation in governance, financing, and political cooperation is just as essential ...
💬 "We usually have young people as just beneficiaries, but hardly do we see them as meaningful participants when it comes to taking key decisions."
🌍 At the World Health Summit Regional Meeti
💬 The most powerful takeaway is that governments showed up and made tangible commitments.
At the WHS Regional Meeting 2026, Prof. Lukoye, International President of the World Health Summit 202
💬 "We have the solutions. We have to make sure that we are surfacing those."
At the World Health Summit Regional Meeting 2026, Vivianne Ihekweazu, Managing Director of Nigeria Health Watch, called..
💬 “Implementation should be the next stage.”
Professor Mohamed Yakub Janabi, Regional Director for Africa at the World Health Organization (WHO), delivered a clear message: advancing health sovere..
️Ilona Kickbusch, co-chair of the WHS Council, underscores two priorities:
💰 Reliable and sustainable financing
🏛️ Strong political commitment to progress and equity
She a
Crises now overlap: conflict, climate shocks, geopolitics, inequality, and economic strain colliding all at once.
The old models can’t keep up. But a shift is happening. Our systems are be
Join us in shaping a resilient future at the World Health Summit 2026, October 11-13.
The systems we rely on were designed for a world that no longer exists.
Crises now overlap: conflict, cli...
Women control trillions in the global economy yet they’re still too often missing from leadership and investment decisions.
➡️ At the World Health Summit 2025, Ebere Okereke of the Mohamed bin
Health concerns all of us. It touches every family, every community, every country.
At the World Health Summit, leaders from politics, science, the private sector, and civil society come togethe...
At the World Health Summit 2025, Kriti Sanon, UNFPA India’s Honorary Ambassador for Gender Equality, highlighted a deeper challenge: changing mindsets in a world where women’s health is still too o...
We asked the WHS team.
▶️ Now it’s your turn: How would you describe the World Health Summit in one word?
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Yik-Ying Teo, Dean of the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health at the National University of Singapore - a #WHSAcademicAlliance Member - reminds us of academia’s responsibility to keep health at t...
🌡️ The climate crisis is already a health crisis – and no one is immune.
Rising temperatures, floods, droughts, and shifting disease patterns are putting lives at risk, with the heaviest burden on..
🌐 AI is already shaping your health.
From diagnosis to resource planning, artificial intelligence is revolutionizing how health systems operate. Smarter data analysis means faster decisions, optim..
♀️👩👧 Too often, women and children still face the highest barriers to care.
Their health is not only a matter of rights — it is the foundation of equity, development, and generational progress. Y.