e-Bulletin December 2024
EVENT SNIPPETS |
Professor Chak-sing Lau, Dean of LKS Faculty of Medicine at HKU (HKUMed); Professor David Bishai, our School Director; and several SPH faculty members attended the World Health Summit 2024 in Berlin, Germany this October.
HKUMed is the first institution in the Greater Bay Area to be invited to join the elite group of 30 academic groups making up the World Health Summit Academic Alliance. Under the theme “Building Trust for a Healthier World”, the event brought together heads of state including the German Vice-Chancellor, Dr Tedros from the World Health Organization, Bill Gates from the Gates Foundation, as well as scientists, business leaders, and civil society from around the world to set an agenda for a healthier future by inspiring innovative solutions for better health and well-being.
The central idea of the World Health Summit is that together we build trust, resilience and actionable global health responses for those areas that need them most. During the Summit, our representatives participated in pivotal discussions on how HKUMed could contribute its scholarship to learn and share innovative solutions from our region.
We are proud to be part of this world-class event, which we believe provides a great platform to expand the scope of our School and facilitate our future development.
