WHS Academic Alliance
The WHS Academic Alliance, Founded by Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, unites 29 leading academic institutions to strengthen evidence-based global health policy and international cooperation.
The WHS Academic Alliance, Founded by Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, unites 29 leading academic institutions to strengthen evidence-based global health policy and international cooperation.
The WHS Academic Alliance (formerly M8 Alliance) is the scientific network of the World Health Summit, bringing together 29 leading academic institutions from all continents. Founded by Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin in 2009, the Alliance fosters international and trans-sectoral collaboration, connects the scientific community to inform global health agendas, and supports evidence-based health policy and practice.
The International Presidency of the World Health Summit rotates annually among members of the WHS Academic Alliance. Each presiding institution also hosts the WHS Regional Meeting that year.
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Each year, the World Health Summit is complimented by a Regional Meeting in a different part of the world, where local and regional topics come to the forefront. Each meeting is hosted by the WHS Academic Alliance member holding the World Health Summit International Presidency, which rotates every year.
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The WHS Academic Alliance shapes not only the Global Health Agenda but also the #WHS2025 Program by co-hosting 11 sessions
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In this official WHS Academic Alliance Declaration, members of the WHS Academic Alliance, including WHS President Prof. Dr. Axel R. Pries, highlight the importance of free science and global partnerships to achieve worldwide health goals.
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The WHS Regional Meeting 2026, hosted by Aga Khan University under the leitmotif “Reimagining Africa’s Health Systems: Innovation, Integration, and Interdependence”, will bring together leaders and changemakers from across the African continent and beyond.
Through a range of collaborative activities – such as thematic working groups and expert meetings, joint policy briefs, and collaborative commissions – member institutions of the WHS Academic Alliance engage in sustained collaboration to advance evidence-based solutions to global health challenges.
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The first WHS Academic Alliance Working Group was officially launched at WHS 2025, in collaboration with UNICEF and Blockchain for Impact (BFI), with NIMS University (India) serving as the central secretariat.
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The World Health Summit (WHS) Academic Alliance, in collaboration with the Roma Sapienza Foundation, is awarding a €5,000 prize for the best specialization or doctoral thesis in Health Sciences, with a focus on global health.
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As part of the WHS Academic Alliance, Coimbra Health has launched the Global Voices Fellowships to support the participation of young clinicians and medical students from Portuguese-speaking countries (CPLP) in the World Health Summit 2025, taking place in Berlin from October 12–14.
A curated selection of scientific publications, policy briefs, and collaborative research outputs from across the WHS Academic Alliance. Collectively, these contributions reflect the Alliance’s commitment to strengthening connections within the scientific community and advancing evidence-based health policy and practice.
Nature Medicine Correspondence
The Lancet Regional Health Europe October 2025
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Publication launched at World Health Summit 2025, Berlin October 2025
Endorsed by the WHS Academic Alliance, jointly with Virchow Foundation and various partners June 2025
The Lancet Regional Health Europe March 2025
The WHS Academic Alliance Executive Committee is elected by the WHS Academic Alliance from amongst its members and has the purpose to speak and act for its interests. It represents the network publicly and assumes operative responsibility.
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