Connecting for innovation and impact for all in global health
Join Alliance member ReSurge International in person in Menlo Park, CA on Wednesday, April 19 as ReSurge President & CEO, Claire Lachance interviews Dr. Shankar Rai about his success building reconstructive surgical capacity from the ground up in Nepal and his experiences.
Join Alliance member Baraka Impact Finance at the Innovations in Healthcare Annual Forum. James Bair, Partner and Managing Director, Baraka Impact Finance will be speaking at this event. This is a unique opportunity that brings together stakeholders from across the healthcare ecosystem to network and discuss a broad range of topics directed at improving access to quality affordable health care worldwide.
Join Alliance member UCSF’s community at a teach-in to discuss the latest developments in Syria and Turkey, following a series of devastating earthquakes, including a. 7.8-magnitude temblor that struck on Feb. 6, 2023. The hybrid event, to convene in person in Pottruck Auditorium in Rock Hall on the Mission Bay campus and via a live stream, will feature members of the UCSF community who hail from Syria and Turkey. Refreshments will be served.
Join Alliance member Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health for a conversation with global health leader and health equity advocate Dr. Madhu Pai, Canada Research Chair in Epidemiology & Global Health at McGill University. He will be joined in conversation with Global Health Faculty Fellow Paul Costello about his motivation and life journey, his work on infections and inequities, decolonizing global health, and the path towards allyship in global health.
Join Alliance member JSI on Wednesday, May 10 for a virtual presentation, where the MOMENTUM Routine Immunization Transformation and Equity project will share findings from the recent landscape analysis and practices for fostering innovations in health worker capacity building over the long term.
Join Alliance member Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health for an expert panel and skill-building session on global health communications and advocacy on May 10. A panel of journalists, professional communicators, and physician-storytellers will offer proven skills and personal insights for effectively sharing research and medical information with a general audience while building trust and understanding.
Join Alliance members PATH, Merck, and UNICEF the Microneedles 2023 conference. The International Conference on Microneedles provides a unique international forum for academics and industry involved in the design, development, application and clinical translation of microneedle technology. The conference includes keynote presentations from leaders in the field interspersed with early career researcher presentations and opportunities for networking where researchers at all levels can interact.
At this critical inflection point for global public health, join the launch of USAID’s new five-year strategy for global health research and development. The conversation will reflect on lessons learned from USAID’s five decades of engagement and detail how the agency is evolving its approach to drive continued global health progress through more inclusive, locally-led innovation.
"This year's World Health Assembly represents a pivotal moment to advance policy reforms to deliver a more fit-for-purpose, equitable research and development (R&D) ecosystem," stated the Global Health Technologies Coalition. To accelerate global health innovation and deliver health for all, they recommend WHO member states "take collective action now to establish more inclusive, globally distributed R&D systems and approaches." Other Alliance members also attending WHA76 include Baraka Impact Finance, Cross-Border Impact Ventures, Gilead Sciences, Global Health Council, Google, Living Goods, Meta, PATH, Pathfinder International, Pfizer, PSI, ReSurge International, and Viamo.
Join Alliance member PSI, the Yale Institute for Global Health, and the UK Mission in Geneva, United Nations on May 20, 6:00pm - 8:00pm CEST for an in-person panel discussion at the 76th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland. The discussion will focus on social and behavior change communication for pandemic preparedness and future infodemic management in the context of digital media platforms.
Join Alliance member Google Health on May 22, 5:00pm - 7:00pm CEST for a cocktail reception at the 76th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland. Dr. Karen DeSalvo, Google’s Chief Health Officer and Dr. Catharina Boehme, Assistant Director-General for the World Health Organization will be presenting on the impactful, collaborative work that Google and the World Health Organization have accomplished together and will be sharing the next steps to expanding their promising collaboration.
Join Alliance member PATH on May 23, 8:30am - 10:30am CEST, along with Transform Health, Digital Connected Care Coalition (DCCC), Geneva Digital Health Hub, OECD, UHC2030, and YET4H for an in-person discussion during the 76th World Health Assembly in Geneva on prioritizing investment in digital health transformation to accelerate Universal Health Coverage (UHC) progress.
