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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.

Unicancer, France


Sophie Beaupère

CEO

Chief Executive Officer of Unicancer since 2020, Sophie Beaupère is a Hospital Director with a Master in public management and advanced studies in Public Health....

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On 26 November 2025, the Geneva Sustainability Centre was represented by Aditi Jayaram, at the 8th Healthcare Accreditation Council Conference...

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Authors: Felipe Jordan (Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil), Fleur de Groot (Horacio Oduber Hospital, Aruba), Ida...

LEADSAFE: A transformational leadership framework for patient and healthcare worker safety (YEL 2026)

Authors: Warda Abdul Jabbar (Evercare Hospital Lahore, Pakistan), Anthony James Almazan (Mariano Marcos Memorial Hospital and Medical Center, Philippines), Laili Fathiyah...

Beyond digital: Rethinking the future of healthcare in the age of AI (YEL 2026)

Authors: Abeer Al Hinai (Royal Hospital, Oman), Rosie Batty (Guys & St Thomas’s NHS Foundation Trust, UK), Carissa Gilbert (NHS...