Global Health Initiatives Global Health Initiatives Global Health Initiatives (GHIs) are humanitarian initiatives that raise and disburse additional funds for infectious diseases– such as AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria– for immunization and for strengthening health systems in developing countries. GHIs classify a type of global initiative, which is defined as an organized effort integrating the involvement of organizations, individuals, and stakeholders around the world to address a global issue (i.e.: climate change, human rights, etc.). Examples of GHIs are the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund), and the World Bank's Multi-country AIDS
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.