Global health According to the World Health Organization's 2005 World Health Report, poor maternal conditions are the fourth leading cause of death for women worldwide, after HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis. Most maternal deaths and injuries can be prevented, and such deaths have been largely eradicated in the developed world. Targets for improving maternal health include increasing the number of deliveries accompanied by skilled birth attendants. 68 low-income countries tracked by the WHO- and UNICEF-led collaboration "Countdown to 2015" are estimated to hold for 97% of worldwide maternal and child deaths. The HIV/AIDS epidemic has highlighted the global nature of human health and
World Health Summit April 13–14, 2015 in Kyoto, the World Federation of Academic Institutions for Global Health (WFAIGH) was accepted as eighteenth member. During the World Health Summit 2015, additional members from Geneva, Italy, Portugal, and Taipei, China were accepted. In 2016, Tehran University of Medical Sciences joined as new member, Istanbul University was accepted in 2017: The M8 Alliance secretariat is based at the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin at the Mitte campus. English is the operating language of the group and the World Health Summit. World Health Summit The World Health Summit is a health care conference on global health policy development.