Global Commission for 21st Century Healthcare

Building the Healthcare System of the 21st Century

Over the past 300 years, healthcare has transformed from minimal local spending to a nearly US $10 trillion global system. Yet key challenges remain: rising disease burden, people living longer but sicker, half the world lacking basic care, and 10 million preventable deaths each year. Even with rapid technological progress, including AI, we must rethink how healthcare should function in the 21st century. The Global Commission for 21st Century Healthcare will examine these gaps and define what a truly future-ready health system should look like.

Global Commission for 21st Century Healthcare (GC21CH)

WSIS+20 UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting Side Event

Inaugural Global Meeting

Monday, 15 December 2025

8:30 AM – 10:30 AM (New York Time) / 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM (UTC)

Virtual

Founder's Message

Dr. Rajendra Pratap Gupta

Chairman, Health Parliament

Dear Esteemed Colleague,

This is the inaugural meeting of the Global Commission for 21st Century Healthcare (GC21CH), a landmark initiative being hosted as a WSIS+20 UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting Side Event (Virtual).

GC21CH brings together an exceptional group of global leaders from medicine, nursing, pharmacy, digital health, economics, informatics, and public health to design a New Global Healthcare Architecture that is equitable, proactive, digitally enabled, and human-centered.

At a time when global health systems face rising costs, fragmentation, and declining trust, this Commission aims to shape the next era of global health, which many believe can become the Golden Age of Medicine. Your observations, insights, and lived experiences will help shape a truly global, people-centered healthcare blueprint.

Event Details

Date: Monday, 15 December 2025

Time: 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM (New York Time) / 1.30 PM – 3.30 PM (UTC)

Format: Virtual

Participating Global Leaders

Dr. Rajendra Pratap Gupta, Ph.D., Chairman, Health Parliament
Prof. (Dr.) Thomas Zeltner, Chairman, WHO Foundation; Co-chair, Global Commission for 21st Century Healthcare
Dr. Alain Labrique, Director, Department of Digital Health & Innovation, World Health Organization
Mr. Paul Sinclair AM, President, International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP)
Dr. Joseph C. Kvedar, Professor, Harvard Medical School
Dr. Lars Lindsköld, President, European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI); Board Member, SFMI
Ms. Francesca Colombo, Head, Health Division, Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, OECD
Dr. K. Srinath Reddy, Founding President, Public Health Foundation of India
Dr. José Luis Cobos-Serrano, President, International Council of Nurses
Dr. Viviana Martínez-Bianchi, MD, President, World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA)
Dr. Clarice D. Aiello, Founder, Quantum Biology Ecosystem (CSO of the Quantum Biology Institute)
Dr. Dean Ho, Ph.D., Director, Institute for Digital Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS)

The meeting is organized by Health Parliament on the sidelines of WSIS+20 UN General Assembly High-Level meeting.

Best Regards,

Dr. Rajendra Pratap Gupta, PhD

Chairman

Health Parliament

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Global Leaders

Prof. (Dr.) Thomas Zeltner

Chairman, WHO Foundation; Co-chair, Global Commission for 21st Century Healthcare

Dr. Rajendra Pratap Gupta

Chairman, Health Parliament

Mr. Paul Sinclair AM

President, International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP)

Dr. Joseph C Kvedar

Professor, Harvard Medical School

Dr. Lars Lindsköld

President, European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI); Board Member, SFMI

Ms. Francesca Colombo

Head, Health Division, Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, OECD

Dr. K. Srinath Reddy

Founding President, Public Health Foundation of India

Dr. Viviana Martínez-Bianchi

MD, President, World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA)

Dr. José Luis Cobos-Serrano

President, International Council of Nurses

Dr. Clarice D. Aiello

Founder, Quantum Biology Ecosystem (CSO of the Quantum Biology Institute)

Dr. T. Dileep Kumar

President, Indian Nursing Council (INC); Board Member, ICN (SEARO); Ex-Nursing Adviser, Govt. of India

Dr. Dean Ho, Ph.D.

Director, The Institute for Digital Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore

Global Health System Redesign Lab

Pfarrkirchen, Germany

12th November 2025

The Global Commission for 21st Century Healthcare (GC21CH) is a once-in-a-century movement to rebuild healthcare for the modern age, where science, technology, and human values align to deliver equity, quality, and measurable outcomes.