For the first time, the UN General Assembly will convene three High-Level Meetings on health during its 78th session (UNGA 78) in New York in September 2023. Currently, the world is off track to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) health targets by 2030. UNGA78 is an historic opportunity for world leaders to place health back on the high-level political agenda as they recommit to ending tuberculosis (TB), delivering universal health coverage (UHC) and strengthening pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response, according to the World Health Organization. 

To elevate and advocate for global health, the Bay Area Global Health Alliance will be attending UNGA 78, along with Alliance members, Accenture, Baraka Impact Finance, Cepheid, Chevron, Connective Impact, Cross-Border Impact Ventures, Fistula Foundation, Friends of the Global Fight, GAIA Global Health, GBCHealth, Global Health Corps, Global Health Council, Global Health Technologies Coalition, Merck, Meta, Nivi, PATH, Roche Diagnostics, Seed Global Health, Simprints, Watsi, and others. 

The Alliance will be hosting a Networking Meet Up for Members at 4-6:30pm ET, near Madison Square Park. Register here. Space is limited and members in good standing will be prioritized.

To be connected to other members attending, please contact Alyana, alyana@bayareaglobalhealth.org. 

To help prepare for UNGA 78, learn more from the Global Health Council and attend their webinar on September 7,  read the UN Foundation’s What to Expect at the UN General Assembly in 2023, see the UN Foundation’s Guide & Event Calendar –  UNGA 78, and see below for other interesting events of our members happening in New York.

 

Events

Thursday, September 7

• Global Health Council: 78th United Nations General Assembly 101 WEBINAR [11 AM ET]

Sunday, September 17

• Roche Diagnostics with BCIU and G20 Health and Development Partnership: Achieving UHC Through Sustainable Financing and Access to Systematic Screening, Early Diagnosis, and Timely Treatment for NCDs [3 PM ET]
• Connective Impact: UNGA Happy Hour [5-7 PM ET]

Monday, September 18

• I-DAIR: [Virtual] Citizen Science for Digital Health and AI Research [6:30-9:00 AM]
• Seed Global Health: Addressing the Climate-Health-Equity Nexus: The Path to a Sustainable Future [1:45-2:40 PM ET]
• UNICEF: From eco-anxiety to eco-optimism: Listening to a generation of resilient youth [1:45-2:40 PM ET]
• PSI: Collaborative Efforts To Build Resilient Healthcare Systems @ 2023 Concordia Annual Summit [4:25-4:45 PM ET]
• Concordia Annual Summit (All day, Monday-Wednesday)
• Clinton Global Initiative (All day, Monday and Tuesday)

Tuesday, September 19

• Merck: All In: Sustainable Approaches to Improve Maternal Health and Achieve UHC through strategic private sector collaborations | Devex event [9-10 AM ET]
• Friends of the Global Fight: Inclusive Health Systems: Key to PPR, UHC and TB response [10 AM-12 PM ET]
• Americares: Climate change and health equity: The imperative for community-based resilience [11-11:55 AM ET]
• Merck: Accelerating access: Delivering equitable care across the cancer continuum | Devex event [2-3 PM ET]
• Merck: Addressing the Gap – Trust in Vaccines and Online Discourse @ 2023 Concordia Annual Summit [2-2:15 PM ET]

Wednesday, September 20

• Merck: Addressing Health Priorities in LMICs with Universal Health Coverage @ 2023 Concordia Annual Summit  [9:30-9:50 AM ET] 
• Sabin Vaccine Institute and Merck: Progress in Cervical Cancer Elimination: From Strategy to Action @ 2023 Concordia Annual Summit [9:50-10:05 AM ET]
• Seed Global Health (Speaker): Time to Adapt: Accelerating Climate Adaptation for Health Equity [9-10 AM ET]
• Meta: A Conversation with Sir Nick Clegg, President of Global Affairs of Meta @ 2023 Concordia Annual Summit [10:20-10:40 AM]
• Roche Diagnostics with Foreign Policy: Diagnostics Beyond 2030 [5:30-6:45 PM ET]
• Seed Global Health, (Fireside chat with Vanessa Kerry: climate change and health crisis) at Devex @ UNGA78 [3:40 PM ET]
• Simprints (Embracing and regulating emerging tech & AI) at Devex @ UNGA78 [1 PM ET]
• Bay Area Global Health Alliance Networking Meet Up for Members [4-6:30 PM ET] 
• Devex @ UNGA78

Thursday, September 21

• Pathfinder: Building Climate-Adaptive Health Systems [6-8 PM ET]
• Devex @ UNGA78

Friday, September 22

• Global Health Council: Post-UHC HLM debrief and strategy session [3-5 PM ET]

 

If you are an Alliance member and have a UNGA 78 side event that’s not mentioned above, please contact Alyana alyana@bayareaglobalhealth.org and we will update this list.