The M8 Alliance of Academic Health Centers, Universities and National Academies is a collaborative network of academic institutions known for its educational and research excellence. The network was founded in 2009 at the inaugural World Health Summit, and has provided an outstanding academic foundation to every WHS event since.
The M8 Alliance currently has 23 members members based in 16 different countries, all of which are committed to improving global health and working with political and economic decision-makers to develop science-based solutions to health challenges worldwide. The M8 Alliance promotes the bench to bedside to population health translation of research, as well as the transformation of current medical care approaches to treating the ill by creating healthcare systems aimed at the effective prevention of disease. The organization also works to adapt health-related solutions to rapidly changing living conditions through research in priority areas, especially shifting demographics, urbanization, and climate change. (Mission)
The Geneva university hospitals and the University of Geneva are the only Swiss members in the Alliance. Professor Antoine Flahault, Director of Unige’s Institute of Global Health, will head the World Health Summit as president from 2016 on.
More info: http://www.worldhealthsummit.org/m8-alliance.html