WHS Academic Alliance

From October 2024, the international academic network of the World Health Summit has a new name. The former M8 Alliance is now the WHS Academic Alliance. The World Health Summit is presenting itself with a refreshed logo. With the renaming and the comprehensive rebranding, the World Health Summit "signals three key developments: the Alliance now includes 30 leading institutions worldwide, it presents academic institutions with both medical and public health programmes and it serves as the central academic network of the World Health Summit, working with political and societal actors to develop innovative solutions for the most pressing health issues," says Axel R. Pries, President of the World Health Summit.

From October 2024 the WHS Academic Alliance also welcomes three new members: LKS Faculty of Medicine of Hong Kong University, Trinity College Dublin and the Africa Academy for Public Health.

The WHS Academic Alliance aims to promote academic knowledge and research as the foundation for evidence-based decision-making in global health policy. The network currently consists of 30 members worldwide, including the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP), which represents the national academies of medicine and science in more than 100 countries.