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.
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Empowering Frontline Health Workers with AI: Navigating Pitfalls and Possibilities
On June 25, the Bay Area Global Health Alliance hosted its third virtual convening on AI and Global Health, bringing together leaders from diverse sectors to explore how artificial intelligence has the potential to support these essential workers and facilitate care at the last mile.
Cisco NGO partner Simprints to advance ethical, inclusive AI for face recognition biometrics
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Simprints launch Impact Review 2023
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Simprints launch Impact Review 2023
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Empowering Frontline Health Workers with AI: Navigating Pitfalls and Possibilities
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 Importance of Having a Health ID (VIDEO)
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Simprints plans to make its biometric ID open source for greater social impact
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ICT4D: Learning Carousel, Digital Development in Ghana
The ICT4D Conference explores how Information Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) and data innovations are making a measurable difference in millions of peoples’ lives and increasing the impact of humanitarian relief, development, and conservation programs. The conference works to advance global knowledge exchange and build capacity on ICT4D and digital development to drive more impactful use of technology for good by facilitating knowledge exchange on best practices and innovations, creating inclusive spaces for cross-sectoral learning and capacity-building, and fostering partnerships in ICT4D among local and international actors (NGOs, governments, private sector organizations, research institutions, and funders).
Digital Identity in Health Care
Join JSI, Simprints, and UNICEF for their Digital Identity in Health Care webinar. This LiveCast offers a first hand opportunity to gain trustworthy insights into a sector poised for exponential growth – potentially fueling immense demand for digital identity. The...
Impact and Inclusion in Ethiopia: Using Biometrics to Verify Healthcare Delivery
Join Simprints and the Federal Ministry of Health Ethiopia as they discuss how health service impact is being verified by scanning patient fingerprints at the last mile. During this webinar, Simprints will explore how biometric solutions are helping to verify exactly who is being reached and how the national health system is becoming more inclusive through digitization.
Unique and Universal: How Fingerprint Tech is Helping to Protect Kids in Bangladesh
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Meet 6 of the 20 Organizations Making an Impact Through the Global Health Innovation Grants Program
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Maternal Health: Optimizing Safe Delivery Roundtable Discussion | April 19, 2023
More than 4.5 million women and babies die annually during or immediately after childbirth, according to a recent United Nations report. Most of these deaths are preventable with access to quality care. The Bay Area Global Health Alliance, together with Merck for Mothers, convened a small group of members in April 2023 to discuss the challenges and opportunities of ensuring safe delivery in both urban and rural impoverished communities. The cross-sectoral Alliance members that were engaged in discussing possible options to reduce those abysmal statistics included CCBRT in Tanzania and Chidamoyo Hospital in Zimbabwe, and representatives from Antara International, Maya Health Alliance, Simprints, UCSF Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health, and the World Telehealth Initiative.
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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.
Maternal Health: Optimizing Safe Delivery Roundtable Discussion
More than 4.5 million women and babies die annually during or immediately after childbirth, according to a recent United Nations report. Most of these deaths are preventable with access to quality care. The Bay Area Global Health Alliance, together with Merck for Mothers, convened a small group of members in April 2023 to discuss the challenges and opportunities of ensuring safe delivery in both urban and rural impoverished communities.