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The World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH) has held a special debate on education and wellbeing in partnership with the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) at the Qatar National Convention Centre. |
The event marked the first collaboration between the two global initiatives of Qatar Foundation aiming to ensure impactful outcomes in healthcare innovation and education in Qatar, the region and across the globe.
The joint panel between WISH and WISE was formed as a reflection of HH Sheikha Moza bint Nasser’s global work, aiming to explore and highlight the link between healthy children and happy children.
Moderated by Dr Harry Anthony Patrinos, manager, Educational Global Practice at the World Bank Group, the panel investigated integrated approaches to understanding the relationship between education attainment and wellbeing, and explored some of the projects and initiatives that are leading the way in this field.
The panelists included Dr Mandana Arabi, executive director of Sackler Institute for Nutrition Science at the New York Academy of Sciences; Prof Sir Harry Burns, professor of Global Public Health at Strathclyde University; and Prof Marwan Awartani, president of Palestine Technical University and secretary general of the Universal Education Foundation: Learning for Well Being.
WISH has also established the Mental Health and Wellbeing in Children and Young People Forum, chaired by Prof the Lord Richard Layard, wellbeing programme director at the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics. The forum will further explore the role of education in wellbeing as part of its remit to produce evidence-based reports and provide recommendations for policymakers at the second WISH Summit taking place in February 2015 in Qatar.
Prof the Lord Darzi of Denham, executive chair, WISH, said: “WISH and WISE share a passionately held belief that emerging global challenges can only be overcome with innovation and increased collaboration. The link between education and wellness is increasingly well documented, and I am confident that our experts can identify the best way forward. Together, we are working for a healthier, better-educated world for all.”
Sheikh Abdulla bin Ali al-Thani, chairman, WISE, said: “The Education and Wellbeing panel is an important contribution to the emerging consensus on the need for a multidisciplinary, collaborative approach to the great challenges of our global age. Combining the expertise of WISH with the reach and experience of WISE provides an unrivaled platform from which to tackle this issue.”
