Global Health Catalyst Summit
Catalyzing win-win collaborations for global health and development
With funding support from the USA National Institutes of Health
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Our Story: Global Health is Local Health
Its all about win-win Collaborations
Global Health Catalyst (GHC) summits are premier events dedicated to catalyzing high impact international collaborations and initiatives to eliminate health disparities in the USA and globally. The main focus of the summits is to catalyze collaborations to address the rising scourge of non-communicable diseases like cancer, mental health, pain and cardiovascular diseases which are severely impacting global health and economic development.
Since 2015, the yearly summits have led to numerous win-win collaborations including the launch of major collaboration initiatives like: the comprehensive cancer center in the cloud (C4) powered by artificial intelligence, Global Oncology University, and the International Phytomedicines Institute collaboration initiatives.
The first summits were organized at Harvard, Europe and African Institutions. The success of the GHC summits have resulted in funding support to grow organization of the summits at different top USA institutions and partners in low-and-middle-income countries to catalyze win-win collaborations benefiting both high income and low income countries. Given the global participation and collaborations involved with the GHC summits, the content expressed on this website does not reflect the views of any institution or those providing funding such as the National Cancer Institute. Join us at one of the upcoming summits for win-win collaborations for global health and development
Join us to learn, network and collaborate at upcoming summits:
Upcoming Events
Thu, Dec 12DhakaDec 12, 2024, 8:00 AM – 8:00 PMDhaka, Airport Rd, Dhaka 1206, Bangladesh
Thu, Jun 05Harvard/MITJun 05, 2025, 8:00 AM EDT – Jun 08, 2025, 4:00 PM EDTHarvard/MIT, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115, USAJun 05, 2025, 8:00 AM EDT – Jun 08, 2025, 4:00 PM EDTHarvard/MIT, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115, USARegister for 4 Days (June 5-8) of Celebrating progress on the Cancer Moonshot and 10 years of progress by the Global Health Catalyst. Early Bird registration ends February 28, 2025. No refunds for registration will be given for cancellations received after May 30, 2025.
Recent events
White House Africa Cancer Care Forum
A GHC Director Wil Ngwa moderated the live panel discussion at the White House during the premier White House Africa Cancer Forum. The event convened over 12 African nations to assess national priorities in cancer care as part of their comprehensive national strategy for improving health care systems and population health outcomes. During the event, the Biden Cancer Moonshot announced over $100 million in new actions – from the Federal Government and private sector – to address the growing cancer crises in Africa.
GHC Summit Ghana
July 2, 2024
The GHC organized a satellite summit in collaboration with the University of Ghana Medical Center (UGMC) in Accra on July 7, 2024. The event highlighted the ongoing collaboration to establish a Comprehensive Cancer Center of Excellence in Ghana in collaboration with the Peace and Love Hospitals, and supported by the Ashanti King of Ghana. University of Pennsylvania (UPENN) GHC Director, Prof Stephen Avery led the initiative.. The summit follows visit by Professor Avery to meet with the king Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II and parallel global health training program by UPENN
The GHC Summits are unique on their focus on collaboration with powerful speakers/stakeholders at all levels.
including Presidents, Royalty, First Ladies, Ministers, Ambassadors, Leaders of Universities/Industry/NGOs/Diaspora/etc, global health leaders, fellows, residents, students, artists, celebrities, etc all committed to win-win collaborations
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President Hussein Ali Mwinyi leads Tanzania - US Investors’ forum collaborating on the Future of Cancer Care in Africa
On February 6, 2024, The Global Health Catalyst catalyzed Tanzania-USA collaboration to establish Africa's premier Comprehensive Cancer Center of Excellence powered by leading edge tachnology/AI
USA First Lady Dr Jill Biden during the US-Africa Leader's summit with the Cancer Moonshot Announcing New Actions with over $300M Aimed to Reduce the Cancer Burden in Africa
As part of President Joe Biden's U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, the First Lady Dr Jill Biden convened a conversation with the spouses of African leaders on “Breaking Down Barriers to Cancer Care for Young Women and Girls. The event highlighted bold deliverables and new announcements from U.S. departments and agencies and the private sector of over $300 million to drastically improve cancer outcomes in Africa
First Lady of Ghana joins launch of GHC summit launch of the Lancet Oncology Commission highlighting growing cancer emergency in Africa
May 10, 2022. In sub-Saharan Africa, urgent action is needed to curb a growing crisis in cancer incidence and mortality. Without rapid interventions, data estimates show a major increase in cancer mortality from 520 348 in 2020 to about 1 million deaths per year by 2030. The Global Health Catalyst is at the forefront of catalyzing launch events and collaborations to implement the recommendations that can curb the growing cancer crises and save millions of lives
Ambassadors and NFL Hall of Famer Calvin Johnson participate at the Global Health Catalyst summit at the University of Pennsylvania, USA
The Global Health Catalyst Summit at the University of Pennsylvania was a resounding success, with major new collaborations involving different countries and institutions. Some outcomes include:
Extending collaborations on the C4 and HypoAfrica Clinical trials to Uganda, and Ethiopia working with the country ambassadors in the USA
New collaboration with the University of Jordan for research education
Collaborations to establish Regional Comprehensive Cancer Center of Excellence in Ghana
New collaboration involving Romania and North Macedonia in global radiation oncology
Cancer Moonshot 2.0 Lancet Oncology Commission
Example Outcomes of GHC Summits
Transformative outcomes of the GHC summits and collaborations
In the News
High Impact Collaborations and Initiatives
#GlobalCancerMoonshot
On January 25, 2024, one of the GHC Directors, Wil Ngwa participated in White House Cervical Cancer Forum with key speakers including the Director of the USA National Cancer Institute, Dr Kimryn Rathmell, towards eliminating cervical cancer in the USA and extend the cancer moonshot globally
Global Oncology University announces 2024 schedule
The Global Oncology University (GO-U) is an award-winning collaborative outcome of the GHC summits representing the world's premier university focused on global oncology. This includes training both USA and Low and Middle Income Country Young Catalysts
Voices at the summits
Include: Government leaders, Global Health Leaders, Nobel Prize winners, Cancer Center Directors, world leading healthcare professionals, Celebrity health advocates, students, residents, cancer patients, artists, diaspora, religious leaders, industry leaders etc all focused on win-win collaborations
Some of our past years' speakers
Inspiring and educational talks with a focus on high impact collaborations
Dr Monica Bertagnoli
President of American Association for Clinical Oncology, Professor, Harvard Medical School
Dr Diane Gashumba
Honorable Minister of Health
Republic of Rwanda
Dr Brian Kavanagh
President of American Society for Radiation Oncology and Professor, University of Colorado
Congresswoman Karen Bass
Chair, USA House Sub-Committee for Global Health
Dr Laurie Glimcher
President of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Dikembe Mutombo
NBA Legend and Basketball Hall of Famer
Bruce Curran
President of American Association of Physicists in Medicine
Dr Bernard Haufiku
Minister of Health and Social Services, Republic of Namibia,
Her Royal Highness Princess Dina Mired
President of the Union for International Cancer Control
Dr Peter Nyongo'
Governor and former Honorable Minister of Health, Kenya
Dr Kyu Rhee
Vice President and Chief Health Officer, IBM
Dr Harold Varmus
Nobel Laureate, Former Director of the USA National Institutes of Health and National Cancer Institute
Dr Cristina Stefan
President, African Organization for Research and Training in Cancer
Dr Rasha Kelej
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Merck Foundation
H.E. Hilda-Suka-Mafudze
African Union Ambassador, USA
Dow Wilson
President and CEO of Varian Medical Systems
Dr Harold Varmus
Nobel Laureate, Past Director of USA National Institutes of Health
Prof David Collingridge
Editor-in-Chief of The Lancet Oncology
Dr Satish Gopal
Director of the NCI Center for Global Health
Prof Anthony Zietman
Editor-in-Chief of the Red Journal
Professor at Harvard Medical School
Honorable Audley Shaw
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Jamaica
Prof Karen Emmons
Dean for Academic Affairs, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Prof Frederik Wenz
Department Chair, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Germany.
Prof Silvia Formenti
Chairman of the Department of Radiation Oncology at Weill Cornell, Associate Director of the Meyer Cancer Center
Prof William Nelson
Director of the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
Prof Glen Gaulton
Vice Dean and Faculty Director, Center for Global Health, University of Pennsylvania
Prof Mary K. Gospodarowicz
Medical Director of the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Past President of Union for International Cancer Control
Professor Charles Ayo
Vice Chancellor of Covenant University, Nigeria
Nelly Enwerem-Bromson
Director. Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy. United Nations' IAEA
Prof Jean-Marie Dangou
World Health Organization
Therese Lindé
Global Public Affairs Director of Elekta
Krishnan Suthanthiran
President of TeamBest Companies and Best Cure Foundation
Prof Otis Brawley
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, Johns Hopkins University
H.E. Liberata Mulamula
Ambassador of Tanzania to the USA
H.E. Carlos Dos Santos
Ambassador of Mozambique to USA
Dr John Nkengasong
Director of the The United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and former Director of the Africa CDC
Congressman Brad Wenstrup
Doctor of podiatric medicine,
Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve
Bismack Biyombo
NBA Star
H.E. Jessica Lapenn
.S. Ambassador to the African Union and the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
Some Past Events
Thu, May 04Irvine AuditoriumMay 04, 2023, 8:00 AM EDT – May 06, 2023, 5:00 PM EDTIrvine Auditorium, 3401 Spruce Street Philadelphia, 19104, USA
Mon, Dec 12WashingtonDec 12, 2022, 10:00 AMWashington, 1232 22nd St NW, Washington, DC 20037, USA
Mon, Nov 21ZoomNov 21, 2022, 9:00 AM ESTZoom
Wed, Sep 28AbujaSep 28, 2022, 9:00 AMAbuja, 1 Aguiyi Ironsi St, Maitama 900001, Abuja, Nigeria
Mon, Sep 26Dar es SalaamSep 26, 2022, 8:00 AMDar es Salaam, 24 Kivukoni Rd, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Fri, Sep 16StockholmSep 16, 2022, 2:00 PM GMT+2Stockholm, Stockholm Sweden
Thu, Jul 07Hybrid (Johns Hopkins and Online)Jul 07, 2022, 8:00 AM – Jul 09, 2022, 5:00 PMHybrid (Johns Hopkins and Online)
Tue, May 10AccraMay 10, 2022, 7:00 PMAccra, Accra, Ghana
Tue, May 10Hybrid (Accra Ghana, and Online)May 10, 2022, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM GMTHybrid (Accra Ghana, and Online)
Thu, Nov 11WebinarNov 11, 2021, 8:00 AMWebinar