Dear Friends, Dear Colleagues,

Today’s world is changing rapidly and our health is threatened in many ways. Global warming, malnutrition, urbanization, aging societies and the massive downturn of our economies are alarming examples for factors that bring about enormous changes in our environments regardless of where we live in this world.

Health is the most vulnerable value that reacts to these changes of our environments and our societies – and it remains the most universally agreed human right. Initiating and realizing adequate and tolerable conditions of life and the way we jointly think and act will be crucial to cope with the health challenges that we are facing in the next years and beyond.

We have to take over responsibility and leadership for the transition of our natural and social environments by developing innovative health care delivery models.

We have to protect and develop our medical innovation capacities and translate our increasing scientific competence into prevention and improved treatment of diseases across global regions.

We have to develop the cultural requirements to actively transform the agendas and collaborative efforts of policy, industry and science into better medicine and health care.
Translation, Transition, Transformation are therefore the key topics that will guide us towards the upcoming World Health Summit 2010:

The coalition of academic medicine, governments, industry and civil society will continue to develop and monitor joint solutions to improve health worldwide. Join us in our efforts to protect and improve health which remains our strongest currency we share around the globe and across all borders.