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WHIS Italia

WHIS Italia partners with regional health authorities, universities, and community foundations to demonstrate scalable models of prevention, social prescribing, and healthy ageing across Italy.

WHIS Italia community

WHIS Italia is one of the most active chapters in the WHIS network, collaborating with local leaders, businesses, and healthcare professionals to deliver community-driven solutions across Bologna, Palermo, Milan, and Rome.

Focus areas

  • Digital health & sustainability — AI and data-driven solutions in Bologna
  • Social prescribing — holistic community wellbeing in Palermo
  • Health innovation & medtech — investor and policy convenings in Milan
  • Global health diplomacy — policy innovation in Rome

Highlights

  • Healthy-ageing pilots across multiple regions
  • Italy’s first social-impact bond in healthcare
  • MoU with Il Tulipano on community wellbeing at a UNESCO site
  • WHISKids, WHISatWork, WHISSeniors, and WHISGreen programmes active locally

Programmes

WHIS Italia delivers city-based summits, strategic roundtables, and community programmes aligned with Italy’s national and regional health priorities.

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