From two disease alliances to one platform: our poster at the Geneva Health Forum 2026
What happens when two alliances working on different diseases decide to make a common case for global health? For the Swiss Malaria Group and the Swiss Alliance against Neglected Tropical Diseases (SANTD), it started with aligning strategies, not merging structures.
In 2023, both alliances agreed on four shared pillars. In 2024, they brought their secretariats together. Since then, cooperation has grown into joint parliamentary engagement, a joint advocacy working group and a shared roadmap for 2026–2027. For any coalition rethinking cooperation under financial pressure, the order matters: a shared strategy gives a merged structure something to stand on.
The poster was presented at the Geneva Health Forum, 10–12 November 2026, in the track “New forms of collaboration in global health.”
Authors: Nadine Schecker, Silija Körkel, Lorenz Indermühle, Manuel Hetzel