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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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Events

Since 2015, Global Health Catalyst Summits have been held at Harvard, Johns Hopkins, University of Pennsylvania, University of Heidelberg, other world leading institutions, and in meetings with different country Presidents, First Ladies, Ministers, industry CEOs, and other stakeholders all focused on catalyzing high impact win-win collaborations for global health and development. Learn more below and Register for our upcoming slate of events where anyone interested in collaborating for global health and development is welcome.

Global Health Catalyst HOPE Summit 2025
September 19–21, 2025 | Harvard–MIT & Online

Summit Theme: Win-Win Collaborations. Implementing the World’s First AI-Powered Comprehensive Cancer Center in the Cloud (C4)

Summit Overview
Cancer is a leading cause of death in the USA and worldwide, with over 10 million deaths annually and approximately 20 million new cases each year. It is the leading cause of death in children in the USA. The economic toll of this growing crisis is measured in trillions of dollars, with Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) bearing a disproportionate burden. Alarmingly, the World Health Organization projects a 77% increase in cancer incidence by 2050, signaling a dire need for urgent, transformative action. Addressing the global cancer burden and closing "The Cancer Divide" is a humanitarian imperative but also a matter of health security and economic stability. The urgency demands bold collaborative action.
Imagine the World’s best comprehensive cancer center in the cloud, a Wakanda for cancer care! At the heart of this year’s Global Health Catalyst HOPE Summit is the official implementation of the Comprehensive Cancer Center in the Cloud (C4) — a groundbreaking, AI-powered global platform designed to revolutionize access to C.A.R.E. = Care, Advocacy/Outreach, Research, Education

The C4 is a collaborative engine connecting institutions, innovations, and individuals across borders to eliminate disparities and democratize cancer prevention, care, research, and education. Through advanced technologies  that will be featured at the summit such as AI, virtual reality, quantum imaging, holography, and blockchain, the C4 enables integrated, equitable access of comprehensive cancer CARE and sustainable global partnerships. The summit will focus on catalyzing win-win collaborations to address the crises and advance global development and establish support for innovative public private partnerships for global cancer funding. Each session will feature a 10 minute Ted-Style Inspirational Keynote and 5 minute Young Global Health Catalyst talk showcasing their collaborative effort and innovation powered by the C4.

GHC summit Chairs

Some Chairs of the  GHC summit include the following: (subject to change/regular updates)

Global Health Catalyst HOPE Summit 2025
September 19–21, 2025 | Harvard–MIT & Online

🌟  What to Expect:

  • Collaborations and highly educational sessions

  • TED-style keynotes by global health leaders and innovators

  • C4-powered panels on cancer prevention, radiotherapy, imaging, oncology, and palliative care

  • Learn about the Global Cancer Fund

  • Interactive youth-led sessions showcasing innovation and grassroots action

  • Special outreach evenings featuring diaspora and faith-based engagement

  • Collaborative exhibit space for partnerships, demos, and C4 Healthcare Kiosks

  • Preview of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) High-Level Meeting on NCD

🗓️ Registration Options

Choose your preferred attendance days:
✅ Day 1 – C4 Radiotherapy & Whole Person Health (Sept 19)
✅ Day 2 – C4 Comprehensive Cancer Care & Diaspora Outreach (Sept 20)
✅ Day 3 – C4 Research, Education & UNGA Preview (Sept 21)
✅ Combo Passes for 2 days
✅ Full 3-Day Summit Pass

🎟️ Virtual & In-Person options available (details provided upon registration)

Seats are limited. Reserve your spot today and be part of history in the making. Together, we can "make cancer history" close the cancer divide.

Adult Female Speaker

Join the biggest action of the year now against cancer!
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.

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Some Past Events

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Lancet Oncology Commission Launch in Ghana

Lancet Oncology Commission for sub-Saharan Africa Launch in Ghana

May 10, 2022: 10:00 am in Accra Ghana

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His Excellency John Kufour

Former President of Ghana

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HE Rebecca Akufo-Addo

First Lady of Ghana

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OgyeahohooYaw Gyebi II

President of NationalHouse of Chiefs, Ghana

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Dr Kwaku Agyeman Manu

Honorable Minister of Health, Ghana

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Prof David Collingridge

Editor-in-Chief of The LancetOncology; Publishing DirectorThe Lancet’s specialty journals

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Prof Isaac Adewole

University of Ibadan
Former Minister of Health, Nigeria

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Dr Beatrice Addai

C.E.O., Peace and Love Hospitals,
President and Founder, Breast Care International. Co-Chair of Lancet Oncology Commission for SSA

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Prof David Kerr

Professor of Cancer Medicine, University of Oxford; Co-chair of the Lancet Oncology Commission

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Professor Wil Ngwa

Director, Global Health Catalyst
Chair, of the Lancet Oncology Commission for sub-Saharan Africa

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Professor Stephen Avery

University of Pennsylvania
Global Health Catalyst summit PI

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Prof Rose Anorlu

President of the African Organization for Research and Training in Cancer

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Profesor Timothy Rebbeck

Vincent L. Gregory, Jr. Professor of Cancer Prevention, Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School Of Public Health

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Join the launch live online

Please join us on May 10, 2022 via live stream available at:

https://fb.me/e/1NKEN4Myw

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Urgent Calls to Action

Action 1: precision cancer control planning

Action 2: improving data acquisition and cancer registration

Action 3: designing health-care systems that promote equity of access

Action 4: increasing cure and improving care

Action 5: effective palliation

Action 6: building and maintaining the workforce

Action 7: innovation and research

Action 8: invest in telehealth

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