The Engine for Global Health Innovation
A springboard where ideas grow locally and scale globally. A platform that gives you the tools to manage your own health and wellbeing.
Recognition
Institutional trust, worldwide
World Health Innovation Summit leadership has advised global institutions and co-founded the Global Social Prescribing Alliance (GSPA), which the UK Secretary of State for Health and Social Care launched in 2021 shaping a prevention-first health policy across 20+ countries.
- 30+
- Countries with WHIS activity
- £36:£1
- Independent SROI of community reinvestment
- 20m+
- People engaged worldwide since 2015
- Peer-reviewed
- Oxford UP, Routledge, Emerald & BMJ
Where do you fit in?
WHIS works across sectors. Pick your starting point and we'll show you the most relevant programmes, events, and resources.
Health innovation for organisations
Bring WHIS programmes into your workforce, sector, or city. Strategic advisory, summits, and prevention-first health systems.
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Communities, families, and life stages
Join the WHIS Health & Wellbeing App pilot, find a chapter near you, and learn how social prescribing can change lives.
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Policy, investment, and innovation
Co-create with us — partnerships, sponsorship, ventures, and funding opportunities for health innovators worldwide.
Explore →How we deliver impact
Programmes, alliance, convening, and local chapters — how WHIS moves prevention from idea to practice.
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Programmes
WHISKids, WHISatWork, WHISSeniors, WHISGreen, Hiya, and WHISTech — plus the WHIS Health & Wellbeing App.
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Global Social Prescribing Alliance (GSPA)
Advancing person-centred, community-based care worldwide through social prescribing.
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Events & Summits
Global Social Prescribing Alliance (GSPA) Summit, World Health Innovation Day, city summits, webinars, and the Innovators Show.
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Global chapters
Active in 30+ countries — UK, USA, Italy, India, Ireland, Argentina, Portugal and more.
Featured event
World Health Innovation Summit Venice 2027
The world's leading health investment forum — convening sovereign wealth funds, institutional investors, global policymakers, and clinical leaders at the Venice Lido.
June 2027
World Health Innovation Summit Venice 2027
The world's leading health investment forum — convening sovereign wealth funds, institutional investors, global policymakers, and clinical leaders at the Venice Lido.
Also coming up
- Global Social Prescribing Alliance (GSPA) Special Interest Group
13 November 2026 · Mental Health & Research · 1–2pm BST Details → - Global Social Prescribing Impact Awards
Nominate changemakers — winners announced at the 2027 Summit. Details → - Social Prescribing Day 2027
27 March 2027 · Worldwide — community-led Details → - Global Social Prescribing Summit 2027
9 July 2027 · Online Details →
Community moments
People, places, and the WHIS network
Summits, chapters, and partnerships worldwide — the faces behind the work.
“An international exchange of ideas, enthusiasm, best practice and shared values, right on our own doorstep.”
Latest news
10 Nov 2026
Are you implementing or engaging in social prescribing?
Are you implementing or engaging in social prescribing? Join our global social prescribing community and be part of the future of healthcare as we transform it through innovation!
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10 Nov 2026
Bridging Climate Action and Health: WHIS and GGWOA’s Journey to COP31 🌍✨
Bridging Climate Action and Health: WHIS and GGWOA’s Journey to COP31 🌍✨ The roadmap from COP28 to the upcoming COP31 highlights a profound evolution in how we view the climate emergency: climate change is the single biggest health threat facing humanity. To tackle this crisis effectively, the World Health Innovation Summit (WHIS) and the Great Green Wall of Africa (GGWOA) Foundation are driving a powerful paradigm shift that links ecological restoration, urban development, and human health directly to financial innovation and private capital mobilization.
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8 Nov 2026
Building the Future of Healthcare: Global Social Prescribing Alliance Opens Free Global Membership
Building the Future of Healthcare: Global Social Prescribing Alliance Opens Free Global Membership 🌍 What keeps us well is more than medicine. Launched in 2021 by the UK Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, the Global Social Prescribing Alliance (GSPA) is a worldwide network of partners leading the implementation and social revolution of social prescribing around the world. Supporting UN Sustainable Development Goal 3 (Good Health & Wellbeing), our mission is to advance social prescribing through promotion, collaboration, and innovation. Together, we enable thriving communities to shape the future of healthcare while generating long-term value. 🌿🎨🏃♂️
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The launch of the Global Social Prescribing Alliance
In 2021 the UK Secretary of State for Health and Social Care joined WHIS and its partners to launch the Global Social Prescribing Alliance — a platform for prevention-first, person-centred healthcare worldwide.
Support the future of health & wellbeing
Donate today and be part of the movement shaping the future. Every contribution funds our chapters, programmes, and the WHIS Health & Wellbeing App pilot.