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 Alliance member Street Business School for their Wildfire Virtual Workshops. These LIVE virtual training sessions led by Street Business School's best Global Trainers are held every Wednesday for eight weeks, with additional workshops added to the schedule regularly.
The McGill Summer Institutes in Global Health has proudly offered short courses for students and professionals for nine years. With 15 in-person and virtual courses to choose from, the summer institute provides sources of professional development for those working in universities, clinical settings, research institutes, non-profit organizations and industry. They also provide supplemental material for current students looking to learn more.
Join the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) for the AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva, Switzerland. The AI for Good Global Summit is the leading action-oriented United Nations platform promoting AI to advance health, climate, gender, inclusive prosperity, sustainable infrastructure, and other global development priorities.
Join Alliance member PHI's Regional Asthma Management & Prevention (RAMP) for a 2-day Community Action to Fight Asthma (CAFA) Virtual Summit. Day 1 will feature opening remarks by California Senate Majority Leader, Lena A. Gonzalez, followed by a panel on MediCal’s asthma policies and a presentation on the latest scientific research on indoor air quality. Day 2 will feature a panel on asthma and climate change policy, a training on advocacy, and opportunities to meet with California policymakers to educate them about asthma.
During the Brazil G20 3rd Health Working Group Meeting, PATH and partners are hosting a co-branded event to galvanize discussions around localization of digital innovation, and how AI as an emerging technology can support a shift in the center of gravity for product development in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Learn more and register.
Join Nivi for their first workshop on applying large language models (LLMs) in low- and middle income countries (LMICs) for healthcare solutions. The goal of this workshop is to bring together researchers and practitioners from diverse disciplinary backgrounds to discuss challenges and opportunities for applying LLMs for health applications in low-resource settings, and to share […]
According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, workplace violence is the third leading cause of fatal occupational injuries in the United States. Starting on July 1, 2024, employers in California need to implement an effective workplace violence prevention plan and provide training for workers and supervisors. Join UC Berkeley School of Public Health to […]
Join Alliance member Stanford Institute for Biodesign for their Policy Fellows’ Research Presentations. Their inaugural policy fellows will be showcasing their work on Healthcare AI Policy for Trustworthy Innovation, Interoperability and Maternal Health, Implications of Current Policies in the Biotechnology Industry and Patient Care, and Medicare Adoption Rate of Novel Medical Devices.
Join Alliance member PATH for the opportunity to review key findings and learnings from the Tools for Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (TIMCI) project. Tools like Pulse Oximeters empower health workers to identify critically ill children and refer them for treatment without delay. TIMCI is a Unitaid-funded initiative led by PATH, in partnership with the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute and local research partners in India (Uttar Pradesh), Kenya, Senegal, and Tanzania. Between 2019 and 2024, the TIMCI project worked in collaboration with the country governments to improve access to affordable and appropriate tools to help health care providers identify and manage children who are severely ill.
Join Alliance member ETR for Building and Sustaining Syringe Services Programs (SSP). This event is a part of ETR's 3 in 30 Series, where attendees can get 3 actionable tips in a 30-minute chat with guest experts. This webinar will provide opportunities to discover what you may consider when starting an SSP and where to learn more in-depth strategies to grow and sustain your SSP work. ETR will be joined by two guest experts; Tasha Turner-Bicknell, Associate Professor and Director of Advanced Public Health Nursing DNP and Certificate Programs at the University of Cincinnati College of Nursing, and Melissa Hernandez, Executive Director of the PR Project.
Join Mongabay for their Mongabay Webinar Series: Planetary Health on June 13th @ 9PM UTC (2PM PST). This Mongabay webinar will focus on the planetary health framework, and how journalists can better communicate stories related to global or ecological change and the human health impacts of these changes. Panelists for this webinar include Alliance members Sam Myers, the faculty director of the Planetary Health Alliance, and Mark Schapiro, a journalist and lecturer at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.
The Forecasting Healthy Futures (FHF) Global Summit will convene diverse stakeholders from the climate and health communities to build our collective knowledge, strengthen new and existing partnerships, and identify opportunities to move together from awareness and political will to action and impact. The Summit agenda is designed to provide participants first with a high level view of our current understanding of climate change and its impact on health, then insights and updates on technical innovations from a series of transdisciplinary panels in fields related to health, an executive take on recent and future developments in climate financing, and finally a thoughtful view of communications and advocacy opportunities to advance investment in next generation solutions for climate and health worldwide.
Join the Aspen Institute for the 11th annual Aspen Ideas: Health event. The 3-day event is designed to engage you in challenging conversations, introduce you to extraordinary innovations, and guide you on deep dives into the transformations that lie ahead. The agenda includes one-on-one interviews, panel discussions, live podcast recordings, and book talks, with additional enriching experiences such as morning yoga, nature hikes, and cultural offerings.
Join UC Davis Veterinary Medicine for the Rx One Health Field Institute, a transformative field-based experiential learning course focused on One Health core competencies for graduate students and early career professionals from all disciplines. Through hands-on experiences, case studies, group discussions and field exercises, Rx One Health will develop participants’ skills for addressing complex challenges using the One Health approach, which recognizes that the health of people, animals, and their environments are interconnected, and that problem solving to address complex challenges is best achieved through transdisciplinary collaboration.
Join the Initiative for MPTs (IMPT) for Reproductive Health and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) for the MPT Summit 'Envisioning the Future of HIV/STI Prevention and Contraception'. MPTs are innovative products designed to deliver combinations of HIV and other STI preventatives, and/or contraception. The MPT Summit offers an opportunity to engage with a diverse array of experts associated with MPTs, including researchers, policy makers, advocates, regulatory experts, and funders, spanning every stage of the MPT pathway. It will serve as a forum to discuss emerging trends, challenges, and opportunities in the field.
Join Alliance member Stanford University for the Ecology & Evolution of Infectious Diseases (EEID) Conference. Stanford University, known for its academic and scholarly excellence, is a leader in infectious disease research and has several laboratory groups throughout the institution whose research is dedicated to stopping infectious disease transmission and enhancing the health of the world around us. Given this area of expertise, this year’s EEID theme will be Healthy Planet, Healthy People, emphasizing the interconnectedness of human, animal, and environmental well-being. In addition to this focus, this year’s conference also strives to enhance learning through inclusion of diverse perspectives from experts around the world whose work focuses on infectious disease.
Join the Bay Area Global Health Alliance at 8:30-10 am PT, June 25 for a panel discussion exploring the complexities and opportunities of using AI to support frontline workers. This discussion, the third in a four-part series sponsored by Pfizer, will be moderated by UC Berkeley lecturer and Alliance board chair Colin Boyle and will feature Elina Urli Hodges (Duke Global Health Innovation Center), Daphne Ngunjiri (Access Afya, Kenya), Andrew Ddembe (MobiKlinic, Uganda), Raghav Minocha (Simprints), and Enric Jané (Causal Foundry).
The Africa Digital Health Summit 2024 will bring together key players in the health sector, and provide a platform for innovators, academics, entrepreneurs, researchers, regulators, policymakers and development partners to share knowledge and experience in digital health across Africa under the theme of Digital Transformation of Health Systems: What, Why, and How?