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Improving Access to Tools that Detect Severe Illness

Improving Access to Tools that Detect Severe Illness

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Join Alliance member PATH for the opportunity to review key findings and learnings from the Tools for Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (TIMCI) project. Tools like Pulse Oximeters empower health workers to identify critically ill children and refer them for treatment without delay. TIMCI is a Unitaid-funded initiative led by PATH, in partnership with the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute and local research partners in India (Uttar Pradesh), Kenya, Senegal, and Tanzania. Between 2019 and 2024, the TIMCI project worked in collaboration with the country governments to improve access to affordable and appropriate tools to help health care providers identify and manage children who are severely ill.

International West Africa Symposium & Workshop on Infectious Disease

International West Africa Symposium & Workshop on Infectious Disease

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Join Alliance member UCSF’s Quantitative Biosciences Institute in collaboration with the University of Sierra Leone for the first International West Africa Symposium & Workshop on Infectious Disease. The Symposium on July 29-30 will bring and expose leaders in the international infectious disease community from within Africa and beyond, together in Freetown, Sierra Leone to describe the state of the art in infectious disease research on a number of key pathogens relevant to the region. Workshops will follow on July 31-August 3.

2nd Africa Women’s Health Symposium

2nd Africa Women’s Health Symposium

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Join Alliance member Africa Health Business (AHB) for their 2nd Africa Women’s Health Symposium in Accra, Ghana with a focus on A New Dawn of Partnerships for Women’s Health. This event highlights opportunities to advocate to elevate women’s health in health system decision making, act through partnership to eliminate barriers to healthcare access for women, and advance existing innovations and initiatives to better women’s health on the continent.

Africa Interdisciplinary Health Conference

Africa Interdisciplinary Health Conference

The Africa Interdisciplinary Health Conference (AfIHC) aims to showcase research and best practices in a wide range of health-related disciplines across Africa and beyond, aims to provide a forum for networking and collaboration among health-related practitioners, academics, researchers, and students, and aims to engage with and learn from health leaders around the World. This hybrid conference is expected to draw participants from Africa and other continents from diverse backgrounds and locations.

ICT4D: Learning Carousel, Digital Development in Ghana

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).