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WHAT IS WORLD HEALTH SUMMIT?
The World Health Summit is the international platform for global health. It brings together stakeholders from politics, science, the private sector, and civil society from around the world to set the agenda for a healthier future and well-being for all. The World Health Summit strengthens exchange, stimulates innovative solutions to health challenges, fosters global health as a key political issue, and promotes the global health debate in the spirit of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
The World Health Summit as a conference and strategic forum is held each October in Berlin with around 3,000 participants on-site and more than 10,000 online. In addition to the main conference there are annual World Health Summit Regional Meetings in different parts of the world, where local and regional topics come to the forefront. The respective meeting is hosted by the WHS Academic Alliance member holding the World Health Summit International Presidency, which rotates every year.
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Academic Background
The World Health Summit was founded in 2009 on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of Berlin’s Charité Hospital and is traditionally held under the patronage of the German Chancellor, the President of the Republic of France and the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO).
The academic foundation of the World Health Summit is the WHS Academic Alliance (formerly M8 Alliance) of Academic Health Centers, Universities, and National Academies of Medicine and Sciences, a unique network of leading academic health centers, universities, and research institutions from all over the world. In addition to the World Health Summit in October in Berlin, the WHS Academic Alliance organizes annual Regional Meetings and Expert Meetings around the world.
ABOUT THE WHS ACADEMIC ALLIANCE
(FORMERLY M8 ALLIANCE)
The WHS Academic Alliance is the academic foundation of the World Health Summit. This unique network currently consists of 30 members worldwide, including the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP), which represents the national academies of medicine and science in more than 100 countries.
The M8 Alliance was initiated by Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin in 2009 on the occasion of the first World Health Summit. The International Presidency of the World Health Summit rotates annually among members of the WHS Academic Alliance. 

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