The global health landscape faces unprecedented challenges - from the lasting effects of COVID-19 to escalating climate-related health crises and deepening healthcare inequities.
These pressures are compounded by shifting global policies and competing priorities. As a result, systemic vulnerabilities in health systems have been exposed, underscoring the urgent need for transformative solutions to enhance resilience and equity.
Turning the Tide focuses on two key drivers of change: the transformative power of emerging technologies, especially artificial intelligence (AI), and innovative financing mechanisms to strengthen global health systems.
AI enables real-time data analytics, improved diagnostics, personalized care, disease prevention, and resource optimization on a scale and speed, allowing health systems to respond swiftly and effectively to emerging threats.
Meanwhile, novel financing models and sustainable public-private partnerships are critical in ensuring equitable healthcare access, particularly in resource-limited settings.
Turning the Tide will bring together key stakeholders of global health – governments, industry, investors, academia, civil society and communities – to highlight challenges, share ideas and find common ground.
This year, the Health Innovation Exchange’s annual convening at WHA78 will continue the tradition of challenging the status quo and providing platforms to deepen partnerships towards a resilient, sustainable future.
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Please register to attend the event sessions below.
EVENT PROGRAM
19, 20 AND 21 MAY, HOTEL INTERCONTINENTAL GENEVA (IHG)
19 May
A Growing Burden: How Can We Leverage Data, Innovation and Technology for Proactive Obesity Prevention and Management
15:00 - 16:00. International Obesity Alliance, HIEx
INVITE ONLY
Leveraging Private Investment for Public Health
18:00 - 19:00. Symbiotics, HIEx
INVITE ONLY
20 May
Childhood Onset NCDs: Leaving No One Behind with Policy Changes for Type 1 Diabetes and Obesity
07:45 – 09:00. UNIATF, WHO Foundation, HIEx
The AI Dividend – Creating More With Less in Global Health
10:00 – 11:00. WHO TM, HIEx
Scaling Innovation in Traditional Medicine for a Healthier World
09:00 – 10:00. Qure.AI
INVITE ONLY
WiNFUND 2.0 Demo Day
11:00 – 12:00. Reckitt, WiNFUND, Kofi Annan Foundation, Canton of Geneva, HIEx
13:00 – 14:00. Caring Cross
Accelerating New Technologies for Accessible Advanced Healthcare
12:00 – 13:00. WHO, GHSF, HIEx
Reverse Pitch Session - Africa, Europe, and Southeast Asia
Innovate to Scale: Bending the Curve on Health and MNCH SDGs with Scalable Transformative Innovations Focused on Community Health Systems
14:00 – 15:00. UNICEF, HIEx
From Diagnosis to Outcomes: A Systems Level Approach to Strengthening NCD Care Delivery
16:00 – 17:00. AVPN, Bayer Foundation, HIEx
High Tea: Climate & Health Lighthouse Fund
15:00 – 16:00. Medtronic LABS, HIEx
Catalysts of Change: Female Entrepreneurs Transforming Global Health
18:00 – 19:00. Reckitt, WiNFUND, Kofi Annan Foundation, HIEx
WHO Digital Innovation Investment Platform
19:00 – 20:00. Stop TB Partnership, ADB, WHO SEARO, India Health Fund, HIEx
Investing in Innovations for TB Prevention and Care
17:00 – 18:00. WHO Foundation, GHSF, HIEx
Leveraging Data for Climate Resilience
08:00 - 09:30. HIEx
INVITE ONLY
Investor Roundtable
12:00 - 13:00. HIEx
INVITE ONLY
Ancient Wisdom, Modern Technologies: How Traditional Medicine Is Emerging as a Core of Healthcare - Fireside Chat
10:00 - 11:00. HIEx
INVITE ONLY
21 May
Success Stories of Impact: Lessons from Digital Transformation in Francophone Africa
13:00 – 14:00. HIEx
INVITE ONLY
Accelerating Innovation in Climate and Health – Consultation on Enabling Technologies for Climate and Health Intersection
18.00 - 19:00. Symbiotics, HIEx
INVITE ONLY
Leveraging Private Investment for Public Health
16:00 – 17:00. ARCH, HIEx
INVITE ONLY
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