UNITAR and Empower School of Health Deliver Inaugural Youth Career Accelerator in Health

07 September 2026, Geneva, Switzerland - UNITAR, in partnership with Empower School of Health, delivered the inaugural edition of the Youth Career Accelerator in Health (YCAH), bringing students and early-career professionals from 16 countries to the Palais des Nations from 17 to 21 August 2026 for a five-day immersive workshop dedicated to careers in global health.
Designed for those studying, working in, or exploring careers in the health sector, the programme offered participants direct exposure to the institutions and industries that shape global health from Geneva. Over five days, expert-led sessions, structured career-planning exercises and direct exchanges with senior professionals brought participants into contact with UN officials, senior health leaders, humanitarian practitioners, academics, clinicians, and representatives from the pharmaceutical, biotech and MedTech sectors.
Participants attended sessions at the Palais des Nations and engaged with experts and practitioners from across the Swiss and Geneva ecosystem, such as HUG, Referens Clinic, Novartis and Roche, gaining a broad view of how careers in the sector are built across policy, research, clinical practice, humanitarian action, innovation and industry.
What distinguished YCAH was the deliberate blending of these worlds. Few places bring together, in one setting, the multilateral institutions of International Geneva, the Swiss ecosystem of world-class hospitals, universities and industry, and the practical realities of building a career in global health. YCAH was designed to draw on all three at once, giving participants a holistic view of the sector rarely available in a single week: the frameworks that shape policy, the science and practice that deliver care, and the innovation that drives the sector forward.

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