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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WELCOME
The Global Health Catalyst (GHC) summits are a world leading platform for catalyzing high impact global health collaborations with main focus on cancer and other diseases where collaboration are needed to have a major impact. The success of the GHC summits, which started at Harvard in 2015, has resulted in more support to grow organization of the summits at different top USA institutions and partners across the world to catalyze win-win collaborations. 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 support or funding.
Join us for the
Global Health Catalyst HOPE+ Summit 2025
September 19–21, 2025 | Harvard–MIT & Online
Theme: Win-Win Collaborations. Implementing the World’s First AI-Powered Comprehensive Cancer Center in the Cloud (C4)
What to Expect:
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High impact win-win collaborations; the summits are unique in that way, that everyone can collaborate; it does not matter your background
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Innovative financing approaches and support for the Global Cancer Fund
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Powerful transformative highly educational TED-style keynotes by global health leaders and innovators
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Implementation of the worlds first AI-powered Comprehensive Cancer Center in the Cloud (C4), which can be accessed from anywhere in the world
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C4-powered collaborations panels on cancer prevention, imaging/diagnosis, radiotherapy, medical/surgical oncology, palliative and whole person healthcare
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C4 Whole Person Healthcare Kiosks for community/faith-based organizations
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Interactive youth-led sessions showcasing innovation and grassroots action
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Special outreach evenings featuring diaspora and faith-based engagement
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Collaborative exhibit space for partnerships, demos,
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Preview of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) High-Level Meeting on NCDs
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Networking with the very best in global oncology/health
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And more collaborations including with the Global Oncology University partnerships with other universities and medical centers around the world

GHC HOPE+ Campaign and Competition
🎤 Sing. 💃 Dance. 🎙️ Speak. 🎨 Create. 📢 Share.
Mobilizing Hope and Action against cancer
The Global Health Catalyst invites you to take part in a powerful global movement to raise awareness, inspire collaboration/action, and support the launch of the Global Cancer Fund.
🎗️ Sing. Dance. Speak. Create. Share. for Global Health is an open creative call and competition for individuals and communities worldwide to use the power of art, performance, storytelling, sharing/advocacy, for Citizen Global Health Action, where everyone can participate.
Your voice, your movement, your message — can save lives. Finalists will be showcased and awarded at the Global Health Catalyst Summit at Harvard/MIT (September 19–21, 2025), with global visibility and the chance to catalyze real impact. Everyone can participate, collaborate for global impact.


GHC's Collaboration Impact at a Glance
Collaboration
The GHC Summits help catalyze collaborations in 4 CORE (Care, Outreach/Advocacy, Research, Education) areas, where any or everyone can collaborate. The CORE areas include the following
Some Recent GHC highlights
High impact global health catalyst summits
Bipartisan/Diverse Voices and speakers at the GHC summits all united against Cancer
Include: Government leaders (presidents, Members of Congress, Ministers, Ambassadors), First Ladies, 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
