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JPM 2026 | From Products to Patients: Capturing Value in Asia and Africa’s Growth Markets

JPM 2026 | From Products to Patients: Capturing Value in Asia and Africa’s Growth Markets

For the third consecutive year, the Alliance convened a panel at the 2026 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference (JPM) in San Francisco, followed by an Alliance side meeting held at Accenture’s San Francisco Innovation Hub. This year’s panel brought together leaders from Gilead Sciences, U.S. Development Finance Corporation (DFC), Nivi, Inc., reach52, and Accenture to explore how pharmaceutical partnerships, development finance, and patient platforms are creating investable infrastructure in high-growth markets across Asia and Africa. The panel underscored that the most promising long-term opportunities in emerging markets lie not just in individual products, but in the systems and partnerships that connect them to patients.

Strengthening Primary Care Access: AI and Pharmacies

Strengthening Primary Care Access: AI and Pharmacies

On October 14, the Alliance organized a panel at the Africa HealthTech Summit in Kigali, Strengthening Primary Care Access: AI and Pharmacies, as part of its 2025 AI and Global Health Discussion Series, sponsored by Pfizer. The session brought together experts from Chan Zuckerberg (CZ) Biohub, Goodlife, The Global Fund, and the Society for Family Health (SFH) Rwanda to explore how AI can enable pharmacists to deliver comprehensive primary care services, particularly in low-resource settings, that extend far beyond medication dispensing.

AI-Assisted Ultrasound: Bridging Innovation and Access in Low-Resource Settings

AI-Assisted Ultrasound: Bridging Innovation and Access in Low-Resource Settings

On September 9, 2025, the Alliance hosted AI-Assisted Ultrasound: Bridging Innovation and Access in Low-Resource Settings as part of its 2025 AI and Global Health Discussion Series, sponsored by Pfizer. The panel brought together multi-sector perspectives from AMPATH Kenya, the Gates Foundation, the Global Ultrasound Institute (GUSI), Philips Ultrasound, and UCSF’s Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health. Together, the expert panelists explored how AI-assisted ultrasound can transform care in low-resource settings while addressing the challenges of implementation. They discussed its potential to democratize diagnostics — making affordable imaging more accessible for maternal health, cancer, cardiovascular disease, tuberculosis, and other critical conditions where access is too often limited.

Alliance 2025 Annual Meeting | Meeting the Moment, Moving Forward Together

Alliance 2025 Annual Meeting | Meeting the Moment, Moving Forward Together

The Bay Area Global Health Alliance’s 2025 Annual Meeting on June 5 brought together a diverse community of leaders, innovators, funders, and implementers at a pivotal time for global health. Held under Chatham House Rules to encourage open, candid dialogue, the convening reflected the urgency and complexity of a sector facing major funding cuts. Despite the challenges, there was a strong call to action across the community — to do bold things and reimagine the future, acknowledging the millions of lives depending on it.

2025 Silicon Valley Cancer Tech Conference

2025 Silicon Valley Cancer Tech Conference

The first Cancer Therapy Tech Conference will be held at the Stanford Faculty Club on July 17. Join the conference for a day filled with cutting-edge advancements in cancer treatment technology.

Global Digital Health Forum 2025

Global Digital Health Forum 2025

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Global Digital Health Forum is the leading global public health industry networking and relationship-building opportunity for technology vendors, donors, researchers, government representatives, and implementing organizations working in low- and middle-income countries. GDHF 2025 will be held in Nairobi, Kenya and Worldwide Online from December 3-5, 2025.

HCD in Health Tech: Creating Scalable and Sustainable Digital Health Information Systems

HCD in Health Tech: Creating Scalable and Sustainable Digital Health Information Systems

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This event hosted by JSI will explore how human-centered technology can transform community health information systems, making them more effective, sustainable, and scalable. In a sector where data is essential, the discussion will focus on how technology can generate, simplify access to, and translate data into actionable insights for government stakeholders and community health workers.

2025 Africa Health Conference

2025 Africa Health Conference

The 2025 Africa Health Conference held from February 7-8, 2025 is a dynamic platform that brings together experts, researchers, practitioners, students, and community stakeholders dedicated to advancing forward-thinking solutions for Africa’s evolving health challenges. Under the theme “Building Sustainable Systems: Health Financing and Innovation for Africa,“ this 3rd annual conference will explore innovative and adaptive strategies in health financing, healthcare technology, climate resilience, and emergency preparedness to support equitable health outcomes.

STAT 2025 Breakthrough Summit West

STAT 2025 Breakthrough Summit West

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Join STAT on May 14 for Breakthrough Summit West in San Francisco and online. This event will provide health care leaders a blueprint for separating the AI efforts that will speed innovation and patient care from those that won’t, explore new breakthroughs and the latest emerging technology, and help foster discussion about the most urgent trends in health technology and medical research.

East Africa Region Global Health Security Summit (EARGHSS) 2025

East Africa Region Global Health Security Summit (EARGHSS) 2025

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The recent lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic set the stage for a regional conversation on global health security. Convened by the University of Nebraska Medical Center and Jumuiya Ya Kaunti Za Pwani and planned for 28th to 30th January 2025 at the Prideinn Paradise Beach Resort & Convention Center, Mombasa Kenya, the EARGHSS 2025 will convene a diverse group of stakeholders and serve as a road map for countries across East Africa to work together to facilitate preparedness and response for pandemics and bioterrorism, bolster biosecurity, strengthen health systems, advance health equity, and accelerate innovative health technologies.

YTH Live Global 2024

YTH Live Global 2024

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Join ETR on September 25th for the free, virtual YTH Live Global 2024. At YTH Live Global, youth and adults share their power and space to nurture the exchange and discussion of innovative ideas, new technologies, and transformational research. Each year the content shifts to match the priorities of young people and professionals working at the intersections of youth, technology, and health. This year’s event will feature a keynote address and Q&A with inspiring youth trailblazers, a global innovation challenge focused on technology to improve youth health and well-being, and several youth-led breakout sessions to choose from that will spotlight youth innovation and engagement across a variety of disciplines and health topics.

MWC Kigali 2024

MWC Kigali 2024

The African continent’s most influential connectivity event, MWC Kigali, is taking place from October 29-31, 2024. With 5G connections growing from two million in 2022, to a predicted 358 million by 2030, connectivity is rapidly transforming the African continent. Only at MWC Kigali can you mix with international business leaders and high-level government ministers, who are shaping our connected future. MWC Kigali will provide opportunities to find out about key growth areas like mobile money and the evolution of AI. Learn how you can be part of Africa’s ongoing digital transformation and leave with fresh ideas, qualified business leads and a wealth of knowledge to keep you one step ahead.