Pacific health summit held in the UK

27 August 2010

In June the Pacific Health Summit, the world's most prestigious health policy summit, came to London for the first time.

The annual meeting brings together key leaders from science, industry, health systems and government to discuss how scientific advances and appropriate policy can be combined to make dramatic health improvements around the globe. This year’s topic was maternal and newborn child health. The Summit was co-presented by the Wellcome Trust, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the National Bureau of Asian Research.