Port Blair(Sri Vijaya Puram): In a healthcare landscape where emerging challenges increasingly demand collaboration across medical disciplines, the Global Health Summit 2026 at the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Institute of Medical Sciences (ANIIMS) provided a much-needed platform for doctors, medical educators, researchers and students to exchange knowledge, share experiences and discuss new approaches to medicine and public health.
Organised by ANIIMS in association with GPHAR on September 6 and 7 under the theme “Advancing Science. Empowering Families,” the two-day summit brought together members of the healthcare and medical education community for discussions on contemporary health concerns, medical advances and innovations in healthcare delivery.
The significance of the summit lay not merely in the academic presentations but in creating opportunities for interaction among professionals working in different areas of healthcare. Such cross-disciplinary engagement, experts noted, is increasingly important as issues confronting modern healthcare—from drug resistance and preventive medicine to mental health—cannot be addressed in isolation. The summit was inaugurated by Dr Mukesh Tripathi, Director, ANIIMS, and Dr Siddharaju, Director of Health Services, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Among the key issues taken up during the summit were Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), Preventive Pharmacology and Mental Health Awareness. Expert lectures, interactive sessions and workshops enabled participants to examine emerging developments and approaches, while paper and poster presentations provided researchers, students and professionals an opportunity to present their work and engage in academic exchange.
For the Islands, where geographical constraints can often limit exposure to wider academic and professional networks, such platforms assume added importance. Regular interaction between medical practitioners, educators, researchers and students can help bridge knowledge gaps, encourage collaborative research and facilitate the sharing of practices relevant to the unique healthcare needs of the archipelago.
The summit also reinforced the role of medical education as a continuing process—one that extends beyond classrooms and clinical settings and depends increasingly on professional dialogue, research and exposure to evolving healthcare practices.
As part of the programme, ANIIMS organised a Teachers’ Day Felicitation Ceremony on September 5, recognising the contribution of teachers to medical education and healthcare.
The programme was conducted under the guidance of Dr Lokendra Sharma, Principal, Government Medical College, Tonk; Dr Pramod Shankhpal, Additional Professor and Head, Department of Pharmacology, TN Medical College, Mumbai; and Dr Ashok Pal Gobind, Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy, ANIIMS.
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The two-day summit thus sought to go beyond conventional academic exchange, highlighting the need for a continuing platform where diverse sections of the healthcare fraternity can come together, question established approaches, share knowledge and collectively explore better ways of delivering healthcare.
