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Building a Climate-Resilient Health Workforce: Lessons From Malawi’s Response to Cyclone Freddy
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Linkages Series: The Role of Private Philanthropy in Funding Climate Solutions
The Linkages Series is a mini-conference format designed to spark learning and action around current issues shaping the field. Together, it bridges funder, practitioner, & network constellations. Join the Network of Engaged International Donors on October 23rd for a deep dive into how and where private philanthropy plays a key role in funding climate change solutions globally and hear from leaders in the global south that are shaping policy and action about the climate solutions most urgently needed in their communities. This event will feature UNICEF and Seed Global Health as speakers.
Announcing Partnership with Takeda to Strengthen the Health Workforce in Africa
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CHEST 2024
Join CHEST 2024 in Boston, Massachusetts from October 6th-9th. This year’s keynote speaker is Vanessa Kerry, MD, MSc, Co-founder and CEO of Seed Global Health, Director of the Program in Global Public Policy at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, and World Health Organization Special Envoy for Climate Change and Health. She will speak on the effects of climate change on human health and health systems. CHEST 2024 brings together key experts in the topics that affect your patient care, including: artificial intelligence, biologics for severe asthma, the vaping epidemic, therapeutics for advanced COPD, and sleep disorders.
ICM Regional Conference Africa & Eastern Mediterranean
Join the International Confederation of Midwives for the ICM Regional Conference Africa and Eastern Mediterranean from September 24-26 in Kigali, Rwanda. The Africa and Eastern Mediterranean conference will bring together in Rwanda midwives and stakeholders from the region, with the goal of creating a supportive and adaptable community in today’s ever-changing world.
FP Health Forum | UNGA79
Join Foreign Policy and supporting partners Seed Global Health, Merck, and more for the FP Health Forum at UNGA79. The Health Forum will bring together world leaders, policymakers, industry experts, and civil society to explore strategies for expanding healthcare access and improving system resilience. This forum features three sessions (Session One: Navigating the Climate-Health Nexus, Session Two: People-Centered Treatment and Prevention, Session Three: Global Solutions to Emerging Global Threats) focused on turning insights into action, and culminates in a special session on antimicrobial resistance.
Building health workforce resilience: Preparing for tomorrow’s climate and health crises | UNGA79
Join Alliance members Pathfinder International, Living Goods, and Seed Global Health, as well as Frontline Health Workers Coalition, CARE, Chemonics, IntraHealth International, Johnson & Johnson, Project Hope, and Smile Train for ‘Building health workforce resilience: Preparing for tomorrow’s climate and health crises’, an event on the sidelines of UNGA79. This event will provide opportunities to hear perspectives from health workers, NGOs, governments, donors and multilateral partners to examine how to build a resilient, multidisciplinary health workforce that is better prepared and more able to respond to the stressors to the health systems.
Mpox Outbreak Declared a Global Emergency, Alliance Members Take Action
“World health leaders must deploy rapid support and flexible funding to countries affected in Africa to stop mpox from spreading further,” wrote Vanessa Kerry, Seed Global Health.
In response to the mid-August declaration by WHO that mpox is a global emergency, Alliance member organizations are mobilizing.
Partnering to Build a Health Workforce for the Future: A Fireside Chat with Melissa Brotz and Dr. Vanessa Kerry | Concordia | UNGA79
Join Alliance member Seed Global Health’s Vanessa Kerry at the 2024 Concordia Annual Summit on the sidelines of UNGA79 for the session, ‘Partnering to Build a Health Workforce for the Future: A Fireside Chat with Melissa Brotz and Dr. Vanessa Kerry’. This discussion will consider the essential role that physicians, nurses and other health professionals play in addressing growing health challenges and saving lives. During this session, these leaders will share their thoughts on the importance of sustainably investing in strong health systems and the people who hold those systems up – as well as discuss a new partnership between Abbott and Seed Global Health that aims to support a resilient health workforce to help advance maternal and child healthcare.
UNGA 79 and Climate Week | Acting Together to Shape the Development of Our Future, Alliance Members Gather in NYC
In September 2024, the United Nations General Assembly will convene in New York to confront complex global challenges during its 79th session (UNGA 79). Included in the high-level agenda is the Summit of the Future, as well as High-Level Meetings on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and the existential threats posed by sea-level rise. In parallel, Climate Week will bring together over 600 events and activities across NYC, with Nature, Food Systems and Health as a key theme. The Bay Area Global Health Alliance and many of its members will be in NYC to take part in the action that is shaping the development of our future.
World Health Worker Week 2024
World Health Worker Week 2024 will bring together advocates, health workers, practitioners, leaders, and communities around the world to call for greater funding and faster implementation of commitments to protect and support health workers. Led by the Frontline Health Workers Coalition and its partners, including Alliance members Living Goods, Pathfinder International, and Seed Global Health, this week is a time to influence policymakers and other decision-makers to translate policies and promises into long-term investments in the health workforce and integration in health systems.
Zambia’s Cholera Outbreak Rings Warning Bells on Climate Change
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Partnership with Foundation S to Advance Climate Resilience in Malawi and Zambia
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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.
WHA76 | Opportunity to Bolster Global R&D Capacity, Members Go to Geneva
“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.”