The Geneva Health Forum (GHF) is a global health conference coupled with an interactive, web-based platform (the Global Health Forum Platform), which brings together actors from the entire spectrum of health-related fields. Drawing on testimonies and field work from participants, the GHF aims to promote critical reflections and constructive debates on contemporary global health issues, thus infusing policy formulation with ground reality. The GHF is a joint initiative launched by the University Hospitals of Geneva and the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Geneva in partnership with leading Swiss public institutions engaged in Global Health and the major international organizations and institutions active in health in Geneva and around the world.