New Voices in Global Health - Call for Abstracts:
Present your work at the World Health Summit 2013

In cooperation with THE LANCET we are pleased to invite you to submit abstracts for presentation at the upcoming World Health Summit! The New Voices in Global Health is a competitive program designed to highlight important research, policy and advocacy initiatives of new and future leaders in global health.

This is your chance to participate in the WHS 2013 and present your work to an unique audience of international experts.

Abstracts should be submitted online no later than June 28th, 2013.

Please find here all information on the Call for Abstracts >>>

IAMP Declaration
Strengthening Health Research Capacity in Low and Middle Income Countries is of Vital Interest to All

To improve the health status of all people and contribute to social and economic development and innovation, countries must strengthen their research capacity by developing national systems that can identify the need for research, conduct research and communicate its results for implementation.

IAMP has developed a “A Call for Action to Strengthen Health Research Capacity in Low and Middle Income Countries” , endorsed by over 40 national academies of medicine worldwide.

Please read the whole declaration online >>>

World Health Summit 2013: First Announcement

How can we support synergies between health and other sectors? How can we develop shared solutions to drive people-centered, inclusive development? These are only two of the questions, the World Health Summit 2013 will address.

The WHS will be held from Oct. 20th – 22nd, 2013, at the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin, and be structured by four major tracks:

- Global Health for Development
- Evidence to Policy
- Research and Innovation
- Education and Leadership

Please find all key information in our First Announcement >>>

M8 Statement Issued at WHS Regional Meeting – Asia

From 8th to 10th April, key opinion leaders gathered in Singapore to contribute to in-depth discussions based on the summit theme “Health for Sustainable Development in Asia”.

Concluding the discussions, the M8 Alliance issued a call to action – anchored on the four major themes of the summit and the recognition that a healthy population is the foundation for development, security, progress, social justice and economic stability.

The statement was read by Prof John Wong, president of the World Health Summit and co-chair of the WHSRMA in the presence of the M8 Alliance and about 900 delegates at the summit. The statement is available online: >>> M8 Statement