A summary report from the roundtable discussion held in Hanoi, Vietnam in February 2010 by NBR's Center for Health and Aging and the Institute of Social and Medical Studies, with support from GlaxoSmithKline. The roundtable convened 28 leaders in Vietnam from civil society, public health, medicine, policy industry, and academia to examine critical topics and priorities in maternal and newborn health.

At the fifth annual Summit in June 2009, top leaders tackled how science, industry, and policy can accelerate the uptake of innovation to address the emerging global health threat of multidrug-resistant TB. Read the 2009 Summit report, “Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis: Overcoming Global Resistance.”

"2009 Forum Challenge: Moving Beyond the Limitations of the Traditional Healthcare System" provides the conceptual foundation for the inaugural meeting of the Forum for Personal Health. Read the report to learn more about the 2009 session.

The official "2009 Summit Challenge" presents the conceptual foundation for the 2009 Pacific Health Summit, held June 16-18. The Challenge is conveyed through brief essays on this year’s Summit theme, "MDR-TB: Overcoming Global Resistance," written by Michael Birt, Lee Hartwell, David Fleming, Peter Neupert, Mark Walport, and Tachi Yamada.

The annual Summit Report summarizes the conceptual foundation of the meeting, as well as key outcomes. Read about the 2008 Summit which focused on "The Global Nutrition Challenge: Getting a Healthy Start."

The 2008 Summit Challenge presents the conceptual foundation for the 2008 Pacific Health Summit, whose theme was "The Global Nutrition Challenge: Getting a Healthy Start," through brief essays by Michael Birt, Lee Hartwell, Mark Walport, and Tachi Yamada.

“Leveraging Advances in Health IT” by NBR highlights observations and recommendations from leaders gathered at the August 2009 workshop on how health IT can help combat infectious diseases and improve health care delivery in the Asia-Pacific.

"Scaling Up and Sustaining Nutrition Interventions: Lessons Learned from Success in the Asia-Pacific Region" by Micronutrient Initiative experts outlines experiences, opportunities, and lessons learned in scaling up interventions in the Asia-Pacific region to address the global burden of undernutrition. This paper is cited in the Progess Towards Nutrition document in the Gates Foundation "Living Proof" project.

“Leveraging Information and Communication Technologies for Sustainable Development in Rural India” by the Rural Technology Business Incubator (RTBI) explores one organization’s model and approach to development, and provides a brief analysis of lessons learned over the past few years.

CHA’s library of Health Information and Technology (HIT) case studies for 2007 range from analyses of HIT adoption in different countries to overviews on key elements of HIT. Functional case studies on specific surveillance systems, for example, are also included.

A report from the February 15 Summit Advance Workshop held in Tokyo. The event welcomed 50 leaders from Japan and the international nutrition community to discuss the critical issue of global undernutrition.

A report, translated into Japanese, from the February 15 Summit Advance Workshop held in Tokyo. The event welcomed 50 leaders from Japan and the international nutrition community to discuss the critical issue of global undernutrition.

A report from the April 7 Summit Advance Workshop held in London. The event convened 60 leaders from science, policy, public health, industry, and medicine to discuss the rapidly emerging threat of obesity and its associated diseases in both developed and developing societies.