Connecting for innovation and equity in global health
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.
Join CHEST 2024 in Boston, Massachusetts from October 6th-9th. This year's keynote speaker is Vanessa Kerry, MD, MSc, Co-founder and CEO of Seed Global Health, Director of the Program in Global Public Policy at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, and World Health Organization Special Envoy for Climate Change and Health. She will speak on the effects of climate change on human health and health systems. CHEST 2024 brings together key experts in the topics that affect your patient care, including: artificial intelligence, biologics for severe asthma, the vaping epidemic, therapeutics for advanced COPD, and sleep disorders.
The 7th Global Forum on TB Vaccines is taking place for the first time in the Americas in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from October 8-10, 2024 with the theme, "Driving innovation from discovery to access”. This Forum aims to bring more than 400 stakeholders from over 35 countries and all sectors of the TB vaccine field together. The 7th Global Forum is convened by the Stop TB Partnership Working Group on New TB Vaccines in collaboration with IAVI, the TuBerculosis Vaccine Initiative (TBVI), and hosted by the Ministry of Health of Brazil and the Brazilian Tuberculosis Research Network (REDE-TB).
With global commitments to universal health coverage by 2030 (UHC2030) and primary health care (PHC) as the approach to achieving sustainable health for all, PATH is hosting an engaging webinar that will consider how HIV services are being included in essential care packages, highlight integration approaches, and convene an expert panel of community representatives, advocates, and funders who will share considerations for designing, implementing, and financing integrated and inclusive HIV-PHC models to ensure long-term sustainability as part of country-specific UHC2030 goals. Panelists include Alliance member Chris Collins, President & CEO of Friends of the Global Fight and moderator Dr. Kimberly Green, Global Director, Primary Healthcare of PATH.
Join the Pacific ADA Center for their in-person Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) update conference, Beyond Compliance: Equity, Access, and the ADA. This conference will provide opportunities to hear from experts on a wide range of ADA topics and enjoy opportunities to network with your peers.
The CHESA Global Health Equity Fellowship leverages UCSF resources and expertise to cultivate and mentor the next generation of global surgery and anesthesia leaders. For this Grand Rounds, CHESA will provide a brief overview of the fellowship program and highlight a project led by CHESA Fellow alumni Drs. Treasure Ibingira, Martha Namugga, and Caroline Stephens. Their initiative aims to reduce the mortality and morbidity of trauma in Uganda by improving education, strengthening care delivery, and mobilizing diverse stakeholders to build an integrated trauma system in the country.