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Building Bridges, Uniting for Impact: 2024 Annual Meeting
The Bay Area Global Health Alliance’s Annual Meeting will bring together members to discuss pressing global health issues, including women’s health investments, the impact of climate change on health, and how to design effective multi-sector partnerships. Key stakeholders from major organizations like the Wellcome Trust, Google, and Roche Diagnostics will participate. This annual event is a prime opportunity for members of the Alliance to connect, reflect on our achievements, and strategize for the future.
Building Bridges, Uniting for Impact: 2024 Annual Meeting
The Bay Area Global Health Alliance’s Annual Meeting will bring together members to discuss pressing global health issues, including women’s health investments, the impact of climate change on health, and how to design effective multi-sector partnerships. Key stakeholders from major organizations like the Wellcome Trust, Google, and Roche Diagnostics will participate. This annual event is a prime opportunity for members of the Alliance to connect, reflect on our achievements, and strategize for the future.
The Role of Mental Health in Supporting Frontline Health Workers and Workforce During COVID | May 11, 2021
A virtual panel with Bay Area Global Health Alliance Members Americares, Chevron and Facebook. With representation across sectors, this discussion provided best practice strategies of how best to improve people’s health on the frontlines locally and globally.
Building Community Resilience Against the Health Effects of Wildfires and Air Pollution | September 8, 2022
Bay Area Global Health Alliance members Americares, Stanford University, Public Health Institute, UCSF, and Google had a virtual conversation exploring the impact of wildfires and air pollution on the health of communities in the United States. The discussion co-hosted by the Alliance and Americares highlighted the most important concerns in this space and each panelist shared how their organization is working to build resilience, support preparedness/disaster management efforts, and address the health inequities resulting from climate change. At this virtual event, attendees had the opportunity to learn from leading experts in climate health, contribute ideas, and leave with action items to further climate resilience in their communities. Learn more.
Trauma to Resilience: Supporting Mental Health in Disaster Relief
Join Americares mental and psychosocial support (MHPSS) experts during Mental Health Awareness Month to learn how the organization addresses mental health challenges in the context of emergencies by bringing counseling, psychological first aid and other therapeutic and community mental health approaches to people facing the most devastating moments of their lives.
Americares Mobilizes Over 15 Tons of Medical Aid for Israel and Gaza
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African Health-Tech and Supply Chains: How Innovations Can Accelerate Health Access and Equity | February 8, 2023
The Alliance and Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria brought together African health supply-chain innovators and global health stakeholders from multiple sectors to discuss how health supply chains are working to deliver equitable access to health in Africa. The dialogue was attended by 80 Alliance members and participants, including The Global Fund, Salient Advisory, Nivi, mPharma, Xetova, Chevron, JSI, Gilead, Stanford, BMGF, Vestergaard, Pathfinder, Americares, and Merck. The goal was to elevate the lessons learned from multi-stakeholder partnerships, especially from local innovators in Africa.
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Collaboration across sectors is necessary to solve global challenges We believe in the catalytic power of shared knowledge and collaboration across our sectors. The Bay Area Global Health Alliance is a membership organization and central network hub, bringing together...
UNGA 78 | Historic Convening of Three High-Level Meetings on Health, Members Gather in NYC
For the first time, the UN General Assembly will convene three High-Level Meetings on ending tuberculosis (TB), delivering universal health coverage (UHC) and strengthening pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response during its 78th session (UNGA 78) in New York in September 2023. To elevate and advocate for global health, the Bay Area Global Health Alliance will be attending UNGA 78, along with Alliance members.
African Health-Tech and Supply Chains: How Innovations Can Accelerate Health Access and Equity
“Locally tailored innovations are showing immense promise to yield benefits for healthcare in African and other low- and middle-income countries,” writes Friends of the Global Fight in its insights report stemming from a convening of African health supply-chain innovators discussing how supply chains can deliver equitable access to health.
Building Community Resilience Against the Health Effects of Wildfires and Air Pollution | Climate Health Convening
As California experiences a record-setting heat wave, Bay Area Global Health Alliance members Americares, Stanford University, Public Health Institute, UCSF, and Google had a virtual conversation on September 8, 2022 exploring the impact of wildfires, heat, and air pollution on the health of communities in the United States.