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Platforms, Play, and Public Health: Exploring the Impact of Digital Tools on Health and Wellbeing.

Platforms, Play, and Public Health: Exploring the Impact of Digital Tools on Health and Wellbeing.

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AI is increasingly shaping how health information is created, prioritized, and shared across digital spaces. At the same time, video gaming has become one of the most widespread and influential forms of digital engagement globally, particularly among youth and adolescents. Following the launch of the Regional Tech Task Force in November 2025—hosted by Sync Ithra in close partnership with WHO and the WHO Foundation—this webinar will continue the dialogue among researchers, public health leaders, policymakers, and technology experts. 

Shaping the Next Global Strategy on Digital Health (2028–2033)

Shaping the Next Global Strategy on Digital Health (2028–2033)

Join the World Health Organization (WHO) for a 90-minute technical webinar dedicated to shaping the successor Global Strategy on Digital Health (2028–2033). Following the endorsement of the Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly (WHA78.22), this session marks a critical milestone in a Member State-driven process to define the future of data, digital health, and AI. This consultation will gather structured inputs to ensure the next strategy reflects diverse global needs, addresses persistent obstacles like fragmentation and limited interoperability, and aligns with broader digital cooperation processes such as the WSIS Action Line 7 on eHealth and the Global Digital Compact.

WHO Technical Webinar Series on Climate Change and Health

WHO Technical Webinar Series on Climate Change and Health

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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.

Harnessing Tech and Social Media to Educate and Save Lives | December 9, 2020

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).

Hidden in Plain Sight: The Increasing Burden of Non-communicable Diseases Among Refugees and Migrants

Hidden in Plain Sight: The Increasing Burden of Non-communicable Diseases Among Refugees and Migrants

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Join Alliance member WHO for a webinar that will shed light on the burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) among people on the move and the major risk factors. The findings of the first WHO World report on the health of refugees and migrants will be presented and the positive examples from various countries in tackling NCDs among refugee and migrant populations will be showcased.

Google Health @ WHA76: Cocktail Reception

Google Health @ WHA76: Cocktail Reception

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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.

Uplift – A Week for Social Good

Uplift – A Week for Social Good

Join Hootsuite’s FREE week of educational sessions that will help you succeed on social media led by experts from world-leading nonprofits and more. Andy Pattison, Team Lead at Alliance member World Health Organization is a speaker.

The State of the Alliance 2023

The State of the Alliance 2023

As 2023 comes to a close, we reflect on what the Bay Area Global Health Alliance has accomplished, how we have shifted to meet the moments and our members’ needs, and where we need to go to advance global health equity and innovation.

PSI Plenary at the Global Digital Health Forum | December 6, 2022

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.