World Health Summit
Regional Meeting in Singapore 2013

Asia presents new growth opportunities with a growing base of aging population and rising affluence. By 2050, the United Nations expects Asia’s population aged 60 to grow beyond 100 million. Alongside this development, Asians’ growing purchasing power will fuel greater demand for better quality health care systems and solutions. The challenge facing governments and health care providers is to do more with less and produce better outcome at lower cost.

In view of the dynamic developments within Asia, the World Health Summit will be holding its first regional meeting outside of Berlin, in Singapore to provide a platform for health care policy makers, experts, and practitioners to discuss and exchange ideas on current issues of medical research, innovation and health systems and find solutions for today’s health challenges in Asia.

Themed “Health for Sustainable Development in Asia” this high level meeting will be held in Singapore from April 8^th to 10^th, 2013, at the Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore. The Prime Minister of Singapore, Mr Lee Hsien Loong, will be Guest-of-Honor at the Official Opening Ceremony on April 8^th.

Don’t miss this landmark event and your opportunity to meet with the who’s who in Asia!

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SPEAKERS

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SESSION PLANNER

NEWS

From Mr. Gan Kim Yong, Minister for Health, Singapore:
"With Asia becoming one of the major global economic engines for the next decade, the varied challenges such as growth in population, wealth creation, urbanization, aging issues and growing prevalence of chronic diseases will also be bringing unprecedented challenges for health care in the region. The issues are daunting but not insurmountable. Health care leaders will be coming together in Singapore at this regional meeting to move research and knowledge to policy and implementation in Asia and beyond. We welcome you to join us in Singapore to share about building 'Health for Sustainable Development in Asia'."

First World Health Summit Regional Meeting – Asia 2013 opens in Singapore today.
Today, Singapore hosts for the first time key opinion leaders from academia, politics, industry, civil society and media as they convene for the World Health Summit, RegionalMeeting –Asia (WHSRMA). Read here the opening press release.

Final Program now online
The final program is now available for the World Health Summit Regional Meeting - Asia, Singapore 2013, and can be downloaded here. A printed brochure of the final program will be available onsite at the meeting.

Abstract Booklet is out now
The Abstract Booklet of the World Health Summit Regional Meeting - Asia, Singapore 2013 is now available online. Please click here to download the booklet.