MESH: The Movement for Equitable and Sustainible Healthcare
Tarakin Global provides strategic direction and planning support for MESH, which is led by the IWG and World Values Day jointly. The V20 is our primary platform for presenting the work of the movement and organisations like EHV and others help by providing values-based insights to
Resource library
This section provides overviews and downloadable versions of the reports, case studies and virtual summits that have been published or already taken place. They are in chronological order with the latest updates at the top. Please sign up for updates if you would like to be informed of future events.
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Contents summaries:
G20 Values 20 Summit, Cape Town, South Africa
Pre-G20 Values 20 Virtual Summit
Values in health discussions from past G20 Summits.
16-17th October 2025
G20 Values 20 Summit, Cape Town, South Africa
The Values 20 Summit 2025 brings together global leaders, policymakers, academics, and practitioners to advance a values-driven approach to shaping societies.
Led by Dr Bettina Baubeng-Baidoo, IWG, the MESH team has drafted the Health Chapter of the G20 Values 20 Communiqué. This builds on the pre-Summit discussion that took place on 8th October (details below).
The full communiqué, including the recommendation and proposed solutions made by Dr Baubeng-Baidoo will be discussed formally at this Summit and published here after the event.
Please use the form below to tell us about any questions you would like us to ask the Summit on your behalf. Additionally, if you would like to join us for a post-G20 virtual meeting to discuss outcomes from South Africa and plans for America 2026, then please use the form below to give us an overview of your interest.
8th October 2025
Pre-G20 Values 20 Virtual Summit
This virtual summit brought together global experts and healthcare activist from the Collaboration Centre for Values Based Practice, the Mental Health Innovation Network, SECTION 27 and the University of Pretoria.
With a focus on South Africa, as the host country for the G20 2025, the Summit reviewed the report and recommendations being presented to officials at the main summit, and reviewed the devastating case history of Life Esidimeni, which saw 144 people die as a result of non-values based policy implementation.
The reports and case studies discussed in the virtual summit are listed below.
Please use the form below to ask questions or tell us about other reports and experts MESH should seek to review and connect with.
2022 - 2024
Past G20 Values 20 Summits
At the G20 Summits in past year, Indonesia 2022, India 2023 and Brazil 2024, the MESH movement was taking shape. Building on the key themes and perceptions of values on a geo-political level, a selection of proactive World Values Day members decided to put their heads together.
The article, in the G20 Values 20 Magazine, written by Katrina Ramage, was the first step towards forming MESH.
The article and full magazine is below, as are the Communiqués published since the Values 20 Indonesia 2022, when MESH was first discussed among World Values Day members.
Please use the form below to tell us about other initiatives, past global summits and other events and reports that we should use to inform the work that MESH does.
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MESH Founders, Funders and Partners
