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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: innovations and investments for women’s health equity, overcoming barriers in multi-sector global health partnerships, and putting health at the heart of global climate change action. Speakers include leaders from Wellcome Trust, Accenture Development Partnerships, Africa Health Business, Americares, Cross-Border Impact Ventures, Gilead Sciences, Google, Merck for Mothers, PATH, Roche Diagnostics, and more.
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Harnessing Tech and Social Media to Educate and Save Lives | December 9, 2020
A panel hosted by the Bay Area Global Health Alliance at the Global Digital Health Forum in which experts discuss the efforts of tech, social media and digital and public health to educate, inform and keep people safe. Alliance board members Praveen Raja (Facebook) and Hema Budaraju (Google) joined Andy Pattison (WHO), Heidi Larson (Vaccine Confidence Project) and Rachel Sibande (Digital Impact Alliance, UN Foundation) on the panel moderated by Ben Plumley (A Shot in the Arm podcast).
Fireside Chat with Paulin Basinga, Gates Foundation Director for Health in Africa | January 27, 2021
At the Bay Area Global Health Alliance’s Annual Meeting, held on January 27, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s Paulin Basinga, Director, Health, Africa, served as the keynote speaker. He spoke in a fireside chat on “Solidarity in Vaccine Access” with Alliance board member Stefano Bertozzi, Dean Emeritus and Professor of Health Policy & Management, UC Berkeley School of Public Health. Read more about the Annual Meeting.
Advancing Global Health Initiatives with Technology | February 24, 2021
A panel discussion on global health and technology featuring Bay Area Global Health Alliance members. This panel served as part of the UC Berkeley Haas Healthcare Association two-day conference, “Finding New Breath: Emerging Stronger Through Health Crises.”
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.
YTH Live Global 2022: Despair and Hope | The Global Mental Health Crisis | October 12, 2022
At YTH Live Global, an annual event hosted by ETR, the Alliance organized a panel discussion exploring the challenges and opportunities of addressing the global youth mental health crisis. Experts from Google, Hopelab, and UCSF discussed fostering community on tech platforms and collaborating to create effective digital interventions for youth mental health. Learn more.
Google Health @ WHA76: Cocktail Reception
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.
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Megan RyskampMegan Ryskamp has worked at the intersection of technology, partnerships, and social impact for more than twenty years and currently leads Google’s global Social Impact Partnerships team. She connects nonprofit organizations, governments,...
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Insights to Action: Ideation on Implementation for Equity Convening
Too often, promising health interventions do not reach the world’s most vulnerable or are not effectively adapted to community needs and constraints, resulting in critical needs remaining unmet and growing health inequity. On Thursday, October 26, 2023, the Bay Area Global Health Alliance’s Insights to Action event explored practical solutions to close the gap between what we know and what we do, using the lens of implementation science to advance health equity.
The Alliance Joins Leaders at White House Roundtable on AI and Health
Last week Sara Anderson, Executive Director of the Alliance, was honored to be part of the White House Roundtable on AI and Health. The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy convened a distinguished group of leaders from across sectors to discuss how artificial intelligence (AI) can be safely deployed to improve health outcomes, with a special breakout session on the use of AI to improve public health and global health. To prepare for the meeting, the Alliance sought input from our multi-sector members and key stakeholders on what three-four points they would make if they were at the table.
PSI Plenary at the Global Digital Health Forum | December 6, 2022
Alliance member Population Services International (PSI) hosted a Global Digital Health Forum session on strengthening the role of social media in advancing global health. The session featured Christine Odour – PSI, Andy Pattison – World Health Organization, Erin Nilon – Johnson & Johnson, and Gladys Mugambi – Ministry of Health in Kenya. Hema Budaraju, Senior Director of Product – Health and Social Impact, Google Search and Board Co-Vice Chair of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance moderated the discussion.
WHO Tech Task Force and Bay Area Global Health Alliance Joint Meeting | February 15, 2023
On February 15, the Alliance hosted a meeting marking the third anniversary of the formation of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tech Task Force. Representatives from Google, Meta, TikTok, Amazon and other tech companies joined Alliance members for networking and short presentations by Andy Pattison, Team Lead Digital Channels, WHO and his esteemed WHO colleagues, Drs. Ruediger Krech, Director, Health Promotion and Vinayak Prasad, Program Manager.
Bay Area Global Health Alliance 2023 Annual Meeting | June 6, 2023
“The ambitious agenda [of Africa CDC’s Digital Transformation Strategy] 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.
Africa Health Tech Summit
Join the Alliance, PSI, PATH, UNICEF, Google and other members at the second annual Africa Health Tech Summit – Digital Health: Empowering People, Transforming Communities held in Kigali, Rwanda this upcoming October. Organized in partnership with the Africa CDC and SmartAfrica, the conference will explore how digital health can transform healthcare delivery across Africa.
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