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ZUG, SWITZERLAND - [22nd July 2025] – Pioneering Swiss-based health NPO PEAK15health has announced the launch of a global network of Knowledge Centres designed to transform public health education worldwide. This ambitious initiative will establish nodes of local insights – distributing a variety of public health information – between Europe, Latin America, Africa, Middle East, India, and Asia.

The strategically positioned Knowledge Centres will document and advocate the local public health challenges to international audiences, ensuring these issues are not forgotten. Moreover, through PEAK15health to support international partner finding and project solutions. Each Knowledge Centre will be led by a dedicated public health professional, responsible for comprehensively mapping public health programmes and resources, collecting and analyzing access and impact data and fostering online collaboration among academic institutions, media outlets, community organizations and other Global Knowledge Centres. 

"This initiative is the right one at the right time for global public health. It`s all about making public health more simple. We need to acknowledge the many good ideas out there already, and help to facilitate access, connecting knowledge in the right sequence to find solutions and above all empowering local knowledge. We are thrilled to launch this groundbreaking network of Knowledge Centres,"

…"By empowering local leaders and fostering collaboration across borders, we can create a truly global movement for improved public health education and outcomes."

These Knowledge Centres will prioritize knowledge transfer and capacity building, ensuring that the latest public health research, best practices, and innovations are disseminated to non-experts and experts alike. The initiative will in addition actively promote the storage of ancestoral indigenous medical knowledge for future generations, and promote the exchange between diverse socioeconomic geographies, fostering a bidirectional exchange of valuable insights and best practices.

 "We believe that by embracing both global alignment and local action, we can create a powerful fusion that drives meaningful progress in public health," added Dr. Pascal H. Dowling. "Also, these Knowledge Centres will be instrumental in adapting local strategies to global contexts, whilst promoting the exchange of relevant and impactful public health education."  

 The new Knowledge Centres are currently operating across 13+ countries.

About PEAK15health

PEAK15health is a Swiss non-profit organization dedicated to brokering public health knowledge, and improving health education access. It uses pioneering methodologies and leading technology solutions to locally co-develop practical and relevant educational programmes for communities across diverse geographies, empowering them to overcome existing and future health-related challenges.

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