Hosts / speakers

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated transformations within healthcare, and also emphasized the importance of international collaboration to exchange knowledge and share innovations. The IHF’s activities in 2020 focused on facilitating worldwide connections – bringing hospitals and health service providers together to promote agile and resilient responses to the pandemic.

International Alliance of Patient Organisations

Dr Sita Ratna Duddi

Chair of the Board

Dr. Ratna Devi is the CEO and Co-founder of DakshamA Health and Education, an organisation that is dedicated to working for access to health, patient...

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Hospital and healthcare federations join forces to strengthen healthcare leadership in Africa

  The International Hospital Federation (IHF) and Africa Healthcare Federation (AHF) announced today that they have entered into a partnership...

Harnessing Big Data: the launch of a new IHF Special Interest Group with Vizient

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to unprecedented changes for healthcare organisations, reducing patient volumes and provider revenues in ways no...

What to Remember from the WHA 74

This year as every year, the 74th World Health Assembly has been a key event in the healthcare world. More...

Interview with Rizza Rivera: Young Executive Leaders 2022 participant

We asked Rizza (from Davao Oriental Provincial Medical Center, Philippines) to share her thoughts  on her experience as a participant...

Checklist for climate-friendly events

The IHF and the Geneva Sustainability Centre are committed to making the World Hospital Congress a climate-friendly event, and we...