2026 Global Health Symposium
April 16, 2026
The Harvard Global Health Institute’s annual Global Health Symposium provides the opportunity for faculty, staff, and students across Harvard’s schools, institutes, centers, departments, and affiliated hospitals, as well as an international community of health professionals, academics, and civil society, to connect and engage in meaningful conversations around some of the most pressing global health issues in an inclusive hybrid experience.
At the 2026 Global Health Symposium, policymakers, practitioners, academics, and students gathered around a central idea: achieving global health equity in an age of scarcity requires moving from fragmented systems to shared responsibility.
On April 10, 2025, the Harvard Global Health Institute convened its third annual Global Health Symposium under the theme “Delivering on the Promise of Health Equity” at Harvard University’s Smith Campus Center.
Organized around the theme of Partnerships in Action, the 2024 Symposium convened some of the most thoughtful health experts across Harvard and the globe to highlight innovative, action-oriented approaches aimed at achieving global health equity.
More than 700 individuals from around the world joined a wide variety of sessions in person or online throughout the day at HGHI’s inaugural Global Health Symposium: Global Health Equity Through Community Engagement. Dr. Ahmed Ogwell Ouma, Acting Director, Africa CDC, served as the event’s keynote speaker, highlighting Africa’s New Public Health Order.
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