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
5 Nov 2026
The Growing Clinical and Economic Reality of AMR: A $655 Billion Impact on US Healthcare
The Growing Clinical and Economic Reality of AMR: A $655 Billion Impact on US Healthcare Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is no longer a distant theoretical threat—it is an active, escalating crisis within hospital walls. A retrospective analysis conducted by Vital Transformation reveals the profound direct clinical and financial toll of AMR on the US healthcare system. Modeled estimates from the study project that the cumulative US economic burden of AMR could reach $655 billion over the 20-year period through 2045.
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4 Nov 2026
WORLD HEALTH INNOVATION SUMMIT VENICE 2027: WHIS AND MARE eHEALTH TECHNOPARK ANNOUNCE LANDMARK PARTNERSHIP
WORLD HEALTH INNOVATION SUMMIT VENICE 2027: WHIS AND MARE eHEALTH TECHNOPARK ANNOUNCE LANDMARK PARTNERSHIP ‘World Health Innovation Summit Venice 2027’ will convene institutional investors, sovereign wealth funds, clinical leaders, and tech pioneers at the world-renowned Venice Lido to unlock a multi-trillion-dollar opportunity for global health security, AI transformation, AMR stewardship, and health creation.
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3 Nov 2026
Global Social Prescribing Day 2027: A Weekend Celebration
Global Social Prescribing Day 2027: A Weekend Celebration We are delighted to announce that Global Social Prescribing Day will take place on Saturday, 27th March 2027! Since its launch by the UK Secretary of State for Health and Social Care in 2021, the Global Social Prescribing Alliance has grown into a powerful international movement. This year, we are proud to launch our first dedicated annual weekend celebration to make it easier for communities, volunteers, practitioners, and organisations worldwide to get involved.
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