{"id":11832,"date":"2025-10-13T12:24:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T09:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onionlabs.link\/whs\/demo-4\/?p=11832"},"modified":"2026-01-06T12:37:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T09:37:04","slug":"prof-atwoli-takes-world-health-summit-international-presidency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onionlabs.link\/whs\/demo-4\/prof-atwoli-takes-world-health-summit-international-presidency\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Atwoli takes The World Health Summit International Presidency"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11832\" class=\"elementor elementor-11832\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05f47be e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"05f47be\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-334cf0e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"334cf0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"795\" height=\"398\" src=\"https:\/\/onionlabs.link\/whs\/demo-4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/WHS-Website.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-11836\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onionlabs.link\/whs\/demo-4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/WHS-Website.jpeg 795w, https:\/\/onionlabs.link\/whs\/demo-4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/WHS-Website-300x150.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/onionlabs.link\/whs\/demo-4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/WHS-Website-768x384.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/onionlabs.link\/whs\/demo-4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/WHS-Website-600x300.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 795px) 100vw, 795px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe45959 elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"fe45959\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\tProf. Lukoye Atwoli, Dean, AKU Medical College, East Africa (second right) during the handing over of the 2026 Presidency of the World Health Summit Regional Meeting in Berlin.\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f712caf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f712caf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">AKU Kenya to host 2026 Regional Meeting, focusing on African-led health solutions<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4e82ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d4e82ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Professor Lukoye Atwoli, Dean of the Aga Khan University (AKU) Medical College, East Africa was formally handed over the 2026 International Presidency of the World Health Summit Regional Meeting during this year\u2019s summit in Berlin.<\/p><p>This milestone marks the second time that the WHS International Presidency transitions to Africa, underscoring the continent\u2019s growing influence, innovation, and leadership in global health. The symbolic passing of the WHS Regional Meeting baton, from NIMS University, Jaipur, Rajansthan, India to Aga Khan University, Kenya, represents not only a geographic shift but also a deepening commitment to inclusive, globally informed health solutions.<\/p><p>In his acceptance remarks, Professor Atwoli reaffirmed AKU\u2019s collective commitment to championing transformative health systems and evidence-based solutions addressing the continent\u2019s most pressing health challenges.<\/p><p>\u201cAs the WHS Regional Meeting baton moves from New Delhi to Nairobi, we at the Aga Khan University are honoured to convene leaders, innovators, and partners to address Africa\u2019s health priorities,\u201d said Professor Atwoli. \u201cThis transition symbolizes global recognition of Africa\u2019s role in shaping a healthier, more equitable future for all.\u201d<\/p><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aku.edu\/mcea\/Pages\/whs.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World Health Summit Regional Meeting 2026<\/a>, will be hosted by the Aga Khan University in Nairobi, Kenya, from April 27 to 29, 2026, at the United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON complex) under the theme, \u201cReimagining Africa\u2019s Health Systems: Innovation, Integration, and Interdependence.\u201d<\/p><p>The WHS Regional Meeting 2026 is expected to convene over 2,000 global health leaders, policymakers, innovators, and researchers from across Africa and the world to explore African-led solutions for advancing health equity, strengthening health systems, and addressing critical issues such as the rising burden of chronic and non-communicable diseases, the changing patterns of infectious diseases, sustainable health financing, digital Health, AI, and technological innovation.<\/p><p>The handover ceremony celebrated the enduring spirit of collaboration, equity, and shared vision among global health institutions and partners.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor Lukoye Atwoli, Dean of the Aga Khan University (AKU) Medical College, East Africa was formally handed over the 2026 International Presidency of the World Health Summit Regional Meeting during this year\u2019s summit in Berlin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11834,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onionlabs.link\/whs\/demo-4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onionlabs.link\/whs\/demo-4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onionlabs.link\/whs\/demo-4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onionlabs.link\/whs\/demo-4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onionlabs.link\/whs\/demo-4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/onionlabs.link\/whs\/demo-4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onionlabs.link\/whs\/demo-4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onionlabs.link\/whs\/demo-4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onionlabs.link\/whs\/demo-4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onionlabs.link\/whs\/demo-4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}