## PHSSR highlighted as key initiative for health system transformation at Davos 2025

Two weeks ago, representatives of Partnership for Health System Sustainability and Resilience (PHSSR) member organisations, including AstraZeneca, Phillips, the WHO Foundation, the World Economic Forum, as well as IQVIA, attended the 55th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos. They met with policymakers, business leaders and healthcare experts to discuss health system priorities in 2025. Discussions highlighted the multifaceted challenges facing global health systems and transformative solutions to strengthen them, including acting earlier on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and sustainably financing these systems to foster a climate of innovation and economic growth.Writing in Forum Stories, Michel Demaré, Chair of the Board, AstraZeneca, highlighted PHSSR’s commitment to building more sustainable and resilient health systems, outlining  the importance of long-term investment and multi-stakeholder collaboration to drive sustainable healthcare reform and ultimately achieve better health for people around the world.

[Read the Forum Stories article here](https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/01/sustainable-healthcare-systems-long-term-commitments/)

Michel and Shyam Bishen, Head, Centre for Health and Healthcare; Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum, and PHSSR Steering Committee member, also participated in the ‘Health beyond Healthcare’ panel discussion, which addressed medical and non-medical factors that influence health systems, while also improving health outcomes.You can watch a recording of the panel discussion below.During the session, Michel emphasised the critical role of public-private partnerships, such as PHSSR, in strengthening health systems – both from a strategic perspective and at an implementation level. Michel said: “We are supporting country studies together with our key partners, making a full assessment of the situation of the health system and then issuing a number of evidence-based recommendations. Together with all the relevant actors within the ecosystem around the table, we collectively come up with impactful solutions that aim to drive positive change.”Michel highlighted the NCD challenge as a particular area of focus, highlighting the substantial economic cost of chronic diseases and noting that providing recommendations for policy action to improve prevention and early detection is a key goal of the PHSSR NCD Policy Roadmaps, due to be published later in 2025.The World Economic Forum is a PHSSR member organisation, and the Annual Meeting provides an important platform every year for high-level discussions around the issues faced by health systems today. Collaboration on the world stage is key to building transformative, long-term strategies to meet these challenges and build more sustainable and resilient health systems worldwide, so a huge thank you to all who represented PHSSR in Davos.


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