Dear Colleagues,

It’s still a month but nevertheless, the World Health Summit (11-13 October) in Berlin is approaching  – I’ll normally be there, at least if the Deutsche Bahn has mercy on me. And so, early this week, the WHS posted the following quote from IHME’s Chris Murray on social media: “The World Health Summit 2026 comes at a decisive moment for global health. Health financing is contracting, progress on mortality is slowing, and the threats to health ahead of us are shifting faster than our institutions are adapting. The health of the next generation will be defined not by one crisis but by a series of catastrophic threats. Yet each remains amenable to action. The future is not determined, and what we do now will change its trajectory.” 

I’m not sure the ‘next generation’ is thrilled by this wonderful prospect, but am certainly looking forward to the related WHS Keynote Session,  ‘Launch of the Findings from the Lancet Commission on 21st Century Global Threats to...