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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The Global Health Catalyst (GHC) summits are a leading platform for catalyzing high impact global health collaborations with main focus on cancer and related diseases, with support from the USA government, industry, non-profit organizations, diaspora, student, faith-based organizations, advocates and other stakeholders. The success of the GHC summits, which started at Harvard in 2015. have 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 at the 2025 GHC Summit at Harvard/MIT to present, learn, network and collaborate

Global Health is Local Health and cancer affects all of us one way or another. We must all come together and collaborate united against cancer and other diseases. Register and/or submit an abstract to present on our events page

Some Recent GHC highlights

July 2024: White House Africa Cancer Care Forum announcing over $100M in new actions

Catalyzing USA-Africa collaborations: Prof 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.

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December 2024: GHC Summit Bangladesh with Bangladesh Head of Government and Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus

Catalyzing SAARC country collaborations: His Excellency Prof. Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser (interim head of government) of government of Bangladesh and Nobel Laureate inaugurated the Lancet Oncology Series on Cancer Care in the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries led by Prof Saiful Huq. The event was organized with the Oncology Club of Bangladesh, a GHC collaborating champion of cancer control in the SAARC region

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October 2024: Sod-Cutting Ceremony establishing the Otumfour Osei Tutu II Comprehensive Cancer Center of Excellence

Catalyzing the establishment of world-class Cancer Center in Ghana that will revolutionize cancer care, research and education in Africa. GHC working with Breast Care International launched the $100 million oncology center of excellence project.. Led by Dr Beatrice Wiafe Addai, the 52-acre facility will be known as Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Comprehensive Cancer Center of Excellence (CCCoE), a tribute to the 16th King of Asante Kingdom.The CCCoE will also serve as a medical tourism hub for Africa powered by AI and other advanced information and communication technologies linking the center with partners at the world's leading institutions, to ensure access to world-class care.. The event followed the GHC summit Ghana led by Prof Stephen Avery of the University of Pennsylvania.

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First Ladies Cancer Moonshot Event highlighting the power of collaborations

USA First Lady Dr Jill Biden hosted African First ladies to collaborate on Reducing the Cancer Burden in Africa. The event highlighted the power of collaborations with 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. The event followed outreach by the GHC in launching of the Lancet Oncology Commission for sub-Saharan Africa with African First ladies including the First Lady of Rwanda Her Excellency Jeannette Kagame, and the First Lady of Ghana Her Excellency Rebecca Akufo-Addo.

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Become a Global Health Catalyst!
Whatever your background, there opportunities for you to participate, collaborate, or become a leader in global health and development

CORE (Care, Outreach, Research, Education) Opportunities for everyone

Opportunities are open to all including healthcare professionals, religion/faith-based organization and whole person health professionals. Consistent with the outcomes of the first GHC summit at Harvard in 2015, these opportunities leverage advanced information and communication technologies including AI, with a focus on addressing disparities

Care

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Everyone can participate in outreach with different stakeholders, governments, industry, diaspora community/faith-based organizations, students, advocates/celebrities, cancer patients, etc The GHC provides outreach opportunities for collaboration, cancer awareness, prevention, policy, development, addressing other diseases, etc

Outreach

Opportunities for collaborative research, inculde in multi-center clinical trials, implementation research, artificial intelligence, low-cost technologies and approaches for cancer control, and co-mentored research supported by collaborative (micro)grants for publications, Masters and PhD research opportunities etc.

Research

Opportunities to teach or receive education and training via the award-winning Global Oncology University (GO-U) which has been one of the high-impact outcomes from the GHC summits for collaborative education. Whether you are a student, professional, or retired, all can participate or benefit from the opportunities via GO-U

Education

May 2022: First Lady of Ghana joins the GHC in launch of the Lancet Oncology Commission for sub-Saharan Africa

The GHC is at the forefront of catalyzing high impact collaborations to address the growing cancer crises in sub-Saharan Africa. The First Lady of Ghana joined the GHC summit to launch the Lancet Oncology commision report for sub-Saharan Africa which calls for urgent action 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.

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September 2022: European launch of The Lancet Oncology Commission on Cancer in sub-Saharan Africa

Her Excellency Jeannette Kagame was guest of honor in Sweden where the Global Health Catalyst launched the Lancet Oncology Commission for sub-Saharan Africa in Europe. The First Lady especially called for political will and commitment in the fight to end cervical cancer. “Bridging the gap between political will to see positive change occur, and our health system’s ability to effect this change, falls under the advocacy umbrella that many First Ladies carry, yes. But in that, we should never be alone,” she added.

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February 2024: President Hussein Ali Mwinyi of Zanzibar leads Tanzania - US Investors’ forum collaborating on the Future of Cancer Care in Africa

The Government of Tanzania signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the GHC to catalyze the establishment of the Tanzania - USA Regional Advanced Cancer Centre of Excellence (TRACCE), a state-of-the-art facility for Cancer care, Education, Innovation, and Research catering for Sub-Saharan Africa and serving as a Medical Tourism Hub in East Africa. The event followed the launch of the Lancet Oncology Commission for sub-Saharan Africa in September 2022 with the Honorable Minister of Health

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May 2023: Ambassadors and NFL Players including NFL Hall of Famer Calvin Johnson join 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, to grow the international phytomedicine Institute and with major new collaborations involving different countries and institutions. Some outcomes include new collaborations with the University of Jordan, Romania and North Macedonia to establish new centers of excellence and be part of the Global Oncology University.

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Become a speaker at the next GHC summit at Harvard/MIT
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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

Global Health Catalyst Summit

WELCOME

Join us at the 2025 GHC Summit at Harvard/MIT to present, learn, network and collaborate

Some Recent GHC highlights

Become a Global Health Catalyst!
Whatever your background, there opportunities for you to participate, collaborate, or become a leader in global health and development

CORE (Care, Outreach, Research, Education) Opportunities for everyone

High impact global health catalyst summits

Become a speaker at the next GHC summit at Harvard/MIT
by submitting an idea/abstract

Bipartisan/Diverse Voices and speakers at the GHC summits all united against Cancer

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Global Health Catalyst Summit

WELCOME

Join us at the 2025 GHC Summit at Harvard/MIT to present, learn, network and collaborate

Some Recent GHC highlights

Become a Global Health Catalyst! Whatever your background, there opportunities for you to participate, collaborate, or become a leader in global health and development

CORE (Care, Outreach, Research, Education) Opportunities for everyone

High impact global health catalyst summits

Become a speaker at the next GHC summit at Harvard/MIT by submitting an idea/abstract

Bipartisan/Diverse Voices and speakers at the GHC summits all united against Cancer

Subscribe Form

Become a Global Health Catalyst!
Whatever your background, there opportunities for you to participate, collaborate, or become a leader in global health and development

Become a speaker at the next GHC summit at Harvard/MIT
by submitting an idea/abstract