Join Alliance member WHO for their Technical Webinar Series on Climate Change and Health. These webinars will integrate training, experience sharing, interactive activities and group discussion with the aim of building capacity for implementation at country level. Webinars will take place from April 24th to October 23, and recordings of past webinars will be made available on their webpage.
The 79th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 79) will open on Tuesday, 10 September 2024. The first day of the high-level General Debate will be Tuesday, 24 September 2024. When global leaders meet at the UN, they will confront yet another year of complex crises and conflicts — as a deeply divided world watches. The UN is the only place on Earth where countries — whether big or small — have a say. The debates and conversations that will unfold during UNGA 79 will shape the solutions that can redefine our future. UNGA 79 will also include High-level Meetings on two issues of existential importance: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and the global threat of sea-level rise.
The 2024 Concordia Annual Summit is taking place on September 23-24, 2024 at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel. Its theme for its 14th Annual Summit is Navigating a New Era, providing the preeminent forum for the private sector and equipping the Concordia community with the network and platform to understand the unique challenges and opportunities presented by today’s global environment – along with the tools and partnerships to build for tomorrow.
The Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) community will reconvene September 23-24, 2024 in New York City for the 2024 Annual Meeting. Timed to coincide with the U.N. General Assembly, CGI brings together business, government, and civil society leaders to drive progress on climate resilience, inclusive economic growth and recovery, health equity, the full participation of women and girls, and humanitarian response efforts to crises around the globe.
Join Devex on the sidelines of UNGA79, Climate Week, and the Summit of the Future for the Devex Summit, 'The Future Can’t Wait: Shaping Tomorrow, Today', from September 24-26, 2024 which will feature a series of live interviews, networking moments, and conversations. The summit will tackle four critical themes: Adapting to a changing planet, Innovating for global health and well-being, Partnering for a better future, and Renewing trust and rethinking systems.
Join the International Confederation of Midwives for the ICM Regional Conference Africa and Eastern Mediterranean from September 24-26 in Kigali, Rwanda. The Africa and Eastern Mediterranean conference will bring together in Rwanda midwives and stakeholders from the region, with the goal of creating a supportive and adaptable community in today’s ever-changing world.
Join Alliance member Merck for Mothers in partnership with Devex for the session, The 2030 agenda: Sustainably accelerating maternal health outcomes, on September 24th at the Devex Summit on the sidelines of UNGA79, which will spotlight the ongoing work to strengthen systems for safer childbirth, or S3C, and the vital role of public and private sector partnerships in advancing maternal health. Emphasizing real-world impacts and personal stories, this discussion will help you understand the achievements and learnings from S3C coalitions over the past two years and how these collaborations have innovated and scaled solutions that can help achieve WHO’s resolution to accelerate efforts in reducing maternal and child mortality.
Join Alliance member Seed Global Health's Vanessa Kerry at the 2024 Concordia Annual Summit on the sidelines of UNGA79 for the session, 'Partnering to Build a Health Workforce for the Future: A Fireside Chat with Melissa Brotz and Dr. Vanessa Kerry'. This discussion will consider the essential role that physicians, nurses and other health professionals play in addressing growing health challenges and saving lives. During this session, these leaders will share their thoughts on the importance of sustainably investing in strong health systems and the people who hold those systems up – as well as discuss a new partnership between Abbott and Seed Global Health that aims to support a resilient health workforce to help advance maternal and child healthcare.
Join Alliance members Pathfinder International, Living Goods, and Seed Global Health, as well as Frontline Health Workers Coalition, CARE, Chemonics, IntraHealth International, Johnson & Johnson, Project Hope, and Smile Train for 'Building health workforce resilience: Preparing for tomorrow’s climate and health crises', an event on the sidelines of UNGA79. This event will provide opportunities to hear perspectives from health workers, NGOs, governments, donors and multilateral partners to examine how to build a resilient, multidisciplinary health workforce that is better prepared and more able to respond to the stressors to the health systems.
Join Foreign Policy in partnership with Mastercard, Bridge, The OneSight EssilorLuxottica Foundation, and Population Institute for the Her Power Forum @ UNGA79 where global gender experts, policymakers, and practitioners will discuss tangible solutions and actions to advance women’s equity and leadership.
Join ReSurge International and SkinCeuticals for a special screening of their short documentary about the Pioneering Women in Reconstructive Surgery program on Tuesday September 24, 2024 at 5:00 PM in New York City. This special screening of the award-winning documentary, 'A Place at the Operating Table,' features Dr. Thandi Munaiwe. Meet Dr. Munaiwe and the newest cohort of Pioneering Women in Reconstructive Surgery (PWRS) at this special event.
Accenture, the Bay Area Global Health Alliance, NetHope, the Society for International Development United States and the United Nations Association—National Capital Area are co-hosting an event networking reception on the sidelines of UNGA79 in NYC on September 24, 2024 from 5:30-7:30 PM ET to examine and learn about the opportunities and challenges ahead through the lens of inspiring GenAI use cases that have the potential to or already advancing the SDGs.