Connecting for innovation and equity in global health
Join Alliance member UC Berkeley and the German Center for Research and Innovation San Francisco at a conversation about how the United States and Germany collaborate more to foster digital health innovations, particularly for aging populations.
"The ambitious agenda over such a huge continent cannot be achieved unless every available resource is harnessed. And that can only be done through cross-collaboration partnerships," said Africa CDC's Chief Digital Health Adviser, Jean Philbert Nsengimana, at the Bay Area Global Health Alliance annual meeting on June 6. Attending were more than 125 members and guests, both online and in person at UCSF. Alliance board secretary Martin Dale, PSI, spoke with Nsengimana in a fireside chat that explored the rollout of Africa’s new digital partnership and how digital innovations and partnerships can advance health equity on the continent.
Novel pathogens, climate change, biodiversity loss, food insecurity, health disparities, antimicrobial resistance, water scarcity, pollution... our planet faces a host of interrelated serious challenges in the Anthropocene era. The Rx One Health Field Institute at Alliance member UC Davis is a transformative field-based experiential learning course focused on One Health core competencies for graduate students and early career professionals from all disciplines.
Join Alliance member Rise Up and Black Girls CODE for a free, virtual event "Transforming Tech" on Thursday, June 8 from 9–10 AM PT featuring influential leaders from India, South Africa, and the U.S. who are changing the tech landscape for women and girls. At the event, you'll hear directly from women leaders who are advancing gender equity by supporting women and girls in tech for economic success.
Join Hootsuite’s FREE week of educational sessions that will help you succeed on social media led by experts from world-leading nonprofits and more. Andy Pattison, Team Lead at Alliance member World Health Organization is a speaker.
During this session, Sarah Francis, Founding Partner, Campaigns & Impact and co-Founder Drew Bernard at Upswell, and Alliance member, led a session on the types of research that can be deployed through social media and how to use social media as a tool for survey recruitment. Sarah and Drew shared insights on how to understand one’s audience, measure the impact of ads on the perception of a brand, and use in-app polls. They also shared information on ads targeting options and strategies to create engaging content to help recruit participants through online surveys.
Join Alliance member CUGH at a webinar on building LMIC-LMIC partnerships that strengthen training programs in LMIC nations. This panel of global experts will share with the audience why these partnerships can be highly effective, the gaps that exist in creating them, their benefits, how they can be created and innovations in strengthening and retaining training capacity in LLMICS.
Join Alliance member UCSF’s Pandemic Initiative for Equity and Action for a webinar on the role of exposure notifications for future pandemic response. During the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 40 countries and 28 US states deployed the Google-Apple Exposure Notification (EN) smart-phone system. Malekinejad and Skehan will discuss EN’s potential utility for responding to outbreaks of similar infectious diseases.