The World Innovation Summit for Health, WISH-2013 gets underway in Qatar capital, Doha today. Leading health care experts, analysts, leaders and key decision-makers on global health systems and policy implementation will discuss over the next two days, practical, sustainable and innovative solutions to tackle global health challenges. Our West Asia correspondent reports that the WISH Summit -2013 has focus on eight areas : Obesity, Mental health, Integrated and accountable care End-of-life, Road traffic accidents,,Empowering patients, Antimicrobial resistance and Big data. These are among the challenges which call for an innovative practices which can make healthcare not only available but affordable as well. A Global Diffusion of Health Innovation will be released for the first time toshow how the national healthcare systems of Brazil, England, India, Japan, Qatar, South Africa, Spain and USA. Contribute to globalchange. The summit also aims to bring collaboration and partnerships at the leadership level between governments, industry, civil society,non-profits and academia with the emphasis on the emerging countries.