Global Health Connections
May 2022
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Alliance Members Commit to Global COVID-19 Efforts at Second White House Summit
Friends of the Global Fight, Global Health Council, Google, Mastercard Foundation, Merck, Pfizer, PATH, Sabin Vaccine Institute, and Seed Global Health took part in the second White House Global COVID-19 Summit on May 12. Alliance members joined nations and other partner organizations in announcing new commitments to address the pandemic. The Summit aimed to "accelerate collective efforts to get shots into arms, enhance access to tests and treatments, protect the health workforce, and finance and build health security for future pandemics and other health crises." Read more about the Summit commitments here and analysis from NPR here.
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WHO Tech Task Force Holds First In-Person Meeting Since 2020 in Bay Area
 The World Health Organization's Team Lead for Digital Health Channels, Andy Pattison, held an in-person Tech Task Force meeting at LinkedIn's Mountain View campus on May 9. The Bay Area Global Health Alliance facilitated the meeting in its role as secretariat of the WHO Tech Task Force. BAGHA board members Hema Budaraju (Google's senior director of product, Health & Search Social Impact) and Praveen Raja (head, HealthTech/Digital Health at Cognizant) welcomed the group's members at the Task Force's first in-person meeting since its founding in February 2020. Alliance members in attendance included representatives from ETR, Gilead Sciences, Google, Meta, PATH, Tiba Foundation, UC Berkeley, UCSF, Upswell, and Viamo.
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WHO Delegation Briefs Bay Area Global Health Leaders
On May 11, the World Health Organization's Dr. Garrett Mehl, Andy Pattison, and Dr. John Grove gave a briefing on recent developments in their respective areas of expertise: norms and standards for quality assurance, priorities for digital health and innovation, and guidance on health information through digital channels. The speakers addressed recent adaptations—spurred in part by the COVID-19 pandemic—and the need for capacity building. "We are trying to ensure that countries have the capacity, the technical tools, the guidance, coordinated technical support, and financing to successfully adopt, leverage, and bring innovations and digital health approaches to bear, to strengthen their health systems," said Dr. Garrett Mehl, WHO's Head, Digital Health Technology Unit, Department of Digital Health and Innovations. The WHO briefing was co-hosted by the Bay Area Global Health Alliance and UCSF’s Institute for Global Health Sciences. Read more and watch the recording here.
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Creating a Roadmap for Pandemic Preparedness & Prevention
 The Bay Area Global Health Alliance, Healthy Davis Together, and UC Davis Grand Challenges laid the groundwork for building a roadmap for academic and private integration in pandemic preparedness and prevention on April 26-28. Inspired by wanting to ensure we learn from and improve our collective pandemic response, this intimate gathering of private, nonprofit, public, and academic sector members represented all regions across the US. It culminated in a roadmap priority presentation gathered directly from the participants' reports by Dr. Jonna Mazet, UC Davis Vice Provost of Grand Challenges (pictured). The roadmap priorities detailed the group's takeaways, including pandemic learnings, unsolved challenges faced that still need solutions, and specific recommendations for the roadmap. Further guidance will follow. Read more here. Watch the recording.
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NGOs Ask Congress for Funding for Global COVID Efforts & Global Humanitarian Relief
Friends of the Global Fight, GAIA Global Health, Global Health Council, Ipas, JSI, PATH, Pathfinder International, Sabin Vaccine Institute, and UNICEF USA were among the more-than-110 global health and development organizations that urged Congress to appropriate billions of dollars in global COVID funding and to address humanitarian, food security, and nutrition needs across the globe and, specifically, in Ukraine. "We are deeply concerned by the intertwined global crises of COVID-19 and the dramatic rise in hunger and food insecurity exacerbated by the war in Ukraine," they wrote to Congress on May 6. "These twin crises require immediate US global leadership and resources, without which we risk even greater humanitarian, social, and economic suffering and protracted political instability." On May 12, the House passed a $40B aid package that purportedly includes $3.4M in new funding for food aid. The request for global COVID funding was decoupled from the measure the Senate will vote on next week. Read the statement here.
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Welcome to Global Strategies, Our Newest Member
 We are happy to extend a warm welcome to our newest Bay Area Global Health Alliance nonprofit member, Global Strategies. They improve the lives of women and children through healthcare in communities in resource-limited areas of the world. We look forward to working together to promote equity and innovation in global health. Learn more.
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Join Us: Annual Member Meeting on May 16 at UCSF
Global health professionals from academia, NGOs, tech, biotech and other private sector partners will gather for the Alliance's Annual Meeting on Monday, May 16, at UCSF. Amy Lin, acting director of USAID’s Center for Innovation and Impact, will discuss the future of the global health sector in a fireside chat moderated by PHI president and BAGHA board chair Mary Pittman. Lin will explore where the sector is headed in light of the decolonization movement, pandemic/post-pandemic preparedness and recovery, climate change, and the current geopolitical situation. Their conversation will be followed by a series of flash talks on the state of global health financing and investments from representatives from the Hewlett Foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation. The meeting will conclude with highlights on the state of the Alliance and key partnerships. For more information and to register, visit here.
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More member news
- PATH: Using a Rigorous, Participatory HCD Process to Increase Access to Safe Drinking Water
- Merck: US Study Suggests COVID-19 Pandemic May Be Accelerating Antimicrobial Resistance
- Americares Launches Climate Health Equity for Community Clinics Program with a $2 Million Grant from Johnson & Johnson
- Stanford's Britt Wray on the Intersection of Climate Change & Mental Health
- UC Berkeley: Does Lean Management Reduce Burnout in Health Care?
- Friends of the Global Fight: US Bilateral Programs & the Global Fund: Partnering to Amplify Impact
- Seed Global Health: When Women Lead, Transformation Follows, 2021 Reflection
- Ipas Statement on US Supreme Court Leaked Decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization
- ETR: We're in This Fight: Access to Safe, Legal Abortion
- PSI: What Do the New WHO Guidelines Say About Self-Managed Abortions?
- Stanford I WomenLift Health: Walking the Path to Gender Equality, Together
- Global Health Corps: MacKenzie Scott Bets Big on Next Gen Leadership
- PHI: Strategies for Strengthening Community Engagement
- Pathfinder International: New Presidents to Lead from the Global South
- UC Berkeley: New Research Shows Vaccinating Mothers for RSV Leads to Fewer Infant Antibiotic Prescriptions
- L.E.K.: The Future of Medtech
- PATH: Zero-Dose Children: Reaching the Unreached
- PATH: Expanding the Impact of COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout
- PATH: Overcoming COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy
- Americares to Deliver 100 Tons of Medical Aid for Ukraine
- Stanford: Microplastics: From the Beach to Your Blood
- UC Berkeley: Supporting Community Partners in Reducing HIV-Related Health Disparities
- PHI's Healthy Places Index: New Data, New Features to Connect Race & Place
- PSI: Getting to Zero Malaria Starts with Building Stronger Health Systems
- JSI: RTS,S Malaria Vaccine, a Promising Tool in the Fight Against Malaria
- PATH: Can COVID-19 Inspire Progress in Maternal Immunization?
- PATH: COVID-19 Maternal Immunization Resource Library
- UC Berkeley: First-of-Its-Kind Research Shows Dangers of Secondhand Cannabis Smoke
- San Francisco Community Health Center: How the Community Ambassador Program Develops Job Readiness
- Stanford: Sustainability Resources for Medical Providers
- Stanford Residents Aim to Make Clinics More Sustainable
- Resonance: 8 Success Factors for Leading Sustainable Companies
- PSI: Sustainable Social Businesses for Health Impact
- UC Berkeley: The View from the Trenches: A Discussion with Berkeley Public Health Experts Two Years into the Pandemic
- PSI: "Wiring" Health Systems Improves Health Security. Here's Why.
- Stanford: "Getting Better at Getting Better": A Partnership Sparks a Movement in Improving Palliative Care
- JSI: Four Key Prevention Strategies to End TB in Our Generation
- Washington Global Health Alliance 2021 Landscape Study
- GAIA Global Health: 10 Things You Should Know About GAIA!
- Chevron: A Tale of Two Organizations' Wellness Strategies
- UC Davis: Biden Appoints Frances Gulland Chair of the Marine Mammal Commission
- Gilead Sciences: Playwright Lee Raines Shines a Spotlight on the Criminalization of HIV
- L.E.K. Looks at the Use of Psychedelics in Treating Mental Illness
- PHI: Giving Local Coalitions Tools & Support to Stop Overdose Deaths
- ReSurge International's 2022 Transformations Gala: A Global Festival
- PHI: Responding to COVID-19 in India
- JSI: Using Door-to-Door Vaccination to Stop Polio in Northern Uganda
- PATH: Vaccinating 65,000 People in Two Days
- Resonance:10 Pros and Cons of Aquaculture
- AbbVie: How We’re Advancing Our Vision of Equity & Inclusion
- UC Berkeley: Looking at Palestinian Public Health
- Pathfinder International: Improving MHM for Rohingya Adolescent Girls in Bangladesh
- UCSF: Aga Khan University Renames Academy After Eritrean Physician Dr. Debas, Founding Director of UCSF Global Health Sciences
- UCSF: PhD Student Lucia Abascal Models Public Health Communications in Spanish–And Wins
- Watch. The L.E.K. Approach to Healthcare Services
- Watch. UNICEF: If You Have: The Untold Story
- Watch. Maya Health Alliance: Keeping Families Together
- Watch. PSI: Taking a Pleasure-Forward Approach to Sex
- Watch. PHI STAR Fellow Dr. Olayinka on Gates Foundation Working Dinner: "New Variants, New Challenges"
- Watch. Stanford: A Global Health Conversation with Patty J. Garcia
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Building Vaccine Confidence for Adolescents and Youth, May 17
 Youth and adolescents make up a predominant portion of populations in many countries, yet most vaccine uptake research focuses on childhood vaccination or adult COVID-19 vaccination. Explore effective ways to reach adolescents and youth to build vaccine confidence and drive uptake with ORB International and Shujaaz (both Vaccine Confidence Fund grantees of the Alliance for Advancing Health Online [AAHO]) and the Grameen Foundation India. The convening is hosted by the Sabin Vaccine Institute, the Bay Area Global Health Alliance, and the AAHO. Register here.
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Upcoming events
- Bans Off Our Bodies [Ipas & Partners, May 14]
- Annual Meeting [BAGHA, May 16]
- Building Vaccine Confidence for Adolescents & Youth [Sabin Vaccine Institute, May 17]
- Generation Dread: Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Crisis [Stanford, May 18]
- Leadership as a Lever for Change: Advancing Health Equity in COVID-19's Wake [Global Health Corps, May 18]
- US Bilateral Global Health Programs & the Global Fund: Partnering to End Pandemics [Friends of the Global Fight, May 19]
- Inaugural Health Summit [Meta, featuring PSI, May 19]
- Reimagining Global Health: Conversation for Change with Dr. Naya Jones [UCSF, May 19]
- Website Personalization for Better Engagement [Washington Global Health Alliance, May 19]
- American Causal Inference Conference [@UC Berkeley, May 23–25]
- Big Ideas in Overdose Prevention: Reach People Where They're At [PHI, May 24]
- Impact of COVID-19 on Global Paediatric Health [Stanford, May 24]
- Health Tech Summit [STAT I Google, May 24]
- 3 in 30: Implementing Tailored Motivational Interviewing [ETR, May 25]
- UC Center for Climate, Health & Equity Launch [UC Berkeley, May 25]
- DEVEX @ WHA 75 [Devex, May 25]
- Anyone, Anytime, Anything—Building Emergency Care from the Outside In, with Matthew Strehlow [Stanford, Jun. 1]
- Mindfulness for Beginners [Circles International, Jun. 9, 16, 23 & 30]
- Rx One Health 2022–California [UC Davis, Jun. 19–Jul. 2]
- YTH Live Global 2022 [ETR, Oct. 12–13]
- Participatory Surveillance Conference, Cambodia [Ending Pandemics, Nov. 1–3, 2022]
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Opportunities
- ACEs Aware Grant Funding of Up to $1M LOIs [PHI, May 13]
- "Healthy Planet, Healthy People" Early-Career Research Awards for Faculty/Staff [Stanford, May 31]
- Epidemic Intelligence Service [CDC, May 31]
- Call for Concept Notes, Detecting Disease Outbreaks [Ending Pandemics, May 31]
- Maternal & Infant Health $10M Award [Merck, Jun. 2]
- Master of Science in Global Health Application [UCSF, Jun. 15]
- Grand Challenges Fellow [UC Davis, Jun. 30]
- Call for Papers on SDG3 AGH [UC Berkeley, Jun. 30]
- STAT Wunderkind Nominations [STAT, Jul. 29]
- Longitude Prize for AMR Innovation [UK Science & Innovation Network, Sep. 30]
- COVID-19 Recovery for Routine Immunization Programs Fellowship [Sabin Vaccine Institute]
- Funding to Support Hospitals in Addressing Substance Use Disorders, Mental Health Application [PHI]
- Join DEI Is Not a Checkbox LinkedIn Group [PHI]
- Combating Online Health Misinformation & Vaccine Hesitancy for Health Providers [Johns Hopkins Univ.]
- COVID Vaccine Ambassador Training: How to Talk to Parents, Coursera [Johns Hopkins Univ.]
- Submit to Notes from the Field [CUGH]
- Communications Intern [Friends of the Global Fight]
- Policy Internship [Friends of the Global Fight]
- COVID-19 Training for Healthcare Workers Available in 5 Languages [Stanford]
- Fellowships, Various [PHI]
- Fellowships, Various [UCSF]
- Fellowships, Various [CDC]
- Online Scientific Writing Course [CDC]
- JHU Funding Opportunities [Johns Hopkins Univ.]
- NIH Global Health Funding [NIH]
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Publications
Looking for more peer-reviewed news?
Or peer reviews of COVID-19 research preprints?
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What we're reading
- The Domestic Sources of US Foreign Policy on Global Health [Think Global Health]
- Strengthening Gavi Is a Way Forward for Global Vaccine Equity, opinion [STAT]
- TRIPS Waiver Compromise Tabled at WTO Finds Few Takers [Devex]
- US to Ask World for More on Global COVID Fight as Its Own Cash Dwindles [Politico]
- Boards for All? A Review of Power, Policy & People on Global Health Boards [Global Health 5050]
- 5 Ways War Impacts Global Health [Global Citizen]
- War Threatens Ukraine's Progress Curbing HIV/AIDS [Think Global Health]
- HIV Drugs Have Reached Ukraine. But That's Not the End of the Problem [Devex]
- Sweden Pulls $1B in Foreign Aid for Ukrainian Refugees at Home [Devex]
- Nearly 15 Million Deaths Related to COVID-19, WHO Estimates [Washington Post]
- The 'Five Pandemics' Driving 1 Million U.S. COVID Deaths [STAT]
- WHO Working Group Proposes Ways to Boost Health Emergencies Response [Devex]
- This Psychiatric Hospital Used to Chain Patients. Now It Treats Them. [New York Times]
- The Unbelievable Stupidity of Ending Global COVID Aid, Opinion [NewYork Times]
- The Drive to Vaccinate the World Against COVID Is Losing Steam [New York Times]
- WHO Chief: Focus on Ukraine Shows Bias Against Black Lives [AP]
- US Pediatricians' Group Moves to Abandon Race-Based Guidance [AP]
- Moderna's Patents Stand in Way of mRNA Vaccine Hub's Grand Vision [Devex]
- Call to Save African Vaccine Producer Aspen as Countries Opt for Donations Not Orders [Health Policy Watch]
- We Created the 'Pandemicene' [The Atlantic]
- The Final Pandemic Betrayal [The Atlantic]
- European Studies Shed Light on Long COVID Risk & Recovery [CIDRAP]
- 'Without a Word for What We Know': The Unfathomable Loss of a Million US COVID Deaths [STAT]
- Better Ventilation Can Prevent COVID Spread. But Are Companies Paying Attention? [KHN I NPR]
- New CDC Team: A 'Weather Service' to Forecast What’s Next in Pandemic [Washington Post]
- 'Just Break the Glass'—Inside CEPI's 100 Day Plan for a New Vaccine [Devex]
- Four Americans Were Infected With a Virus Variant Seen in Mink [New York Times]
- Firearms Were Leading Cause of Death for US Children & Teens in 2020 [NBC]
- Veterinary Drugs, More than Human Ones, Drive AMR [Health Policy Watch]
- Chagas, the Disease That Lurks for Decades [BBC]
- Biotech Firm Announces Results from First UU Trial of Genetically Modified Mosquitoes [Nature]
- Dimming the Sun Could Be Climate Science's Trolley Problem [Atlantic]
- New Suicide Hotline Number Is Unknown to Most Americans [Axios]
- Unexplained Hepatitis Cases Not Caused by COVID-19 Vaccines [AP]
- US Overdose Deaths Hit Record 107,000 Last Year, CDC Says [AP]
- Researchers Discover Drug-Resistant Environmental Mold Is Capable of Infecting People [Science Daily]
- How COVID Vaccines Have Boosted the Development of an HIV Vaccine [NPR]
- Is a Measles Spike a Bellwether for Other Vaccine-Preventable Outbreaks? [Devex]
- Malaria Is Making a Comeback. Africa's 'Iron Lady' Is Out to Stop It [NPR]
- New Polio Vaccine Successfully Ends Outbreak in Tajikistan [Devex]
- Spectre of Polio Returns to Haunt Pakistan as Baby Boy Is Left Paralysed [The Guardian]
- COVID-19 Has Made Tuberculosis Even More of a Forgotten Pandemic [Forbes]
- Country Success Stories in Mitigating the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on TB Services [WHO]
- WHO Recommends Shorter Treatment for Drug-Resistant TB [Devex]
- Heat, Dust, Fever [Health Policy Watch]
- The Death Rate for Children Has Dropped Dramatically. Yet There's Cause for Alarm [NPR]
- The Gender Pay Gap Is Wider Than You Thought [ThinkGlobal Health]
- As US Poised to Restrict Abortion, Other Nations Ease Access [AP]
- Babies Die as Congenital Syphilis Continues a Decade-Long Surge [Washington Post]
- Ukraine: A Turning Point for Attacks on Health [Think Global Health]
- Tigray's Health System 'Totally Collapsed', Say Health Workers [The New Humanitarian]
- Health Experts Concerned About DRC Ebola Cases in High-Transit Area [Devex]
- WHO Chief's Remarks on China's COVID Policy Blocked on Country's Social Media [Reuters]
- Lifting Zero-COVID Policies in China Could Risk 1.6M Deaths, Says Study [The Guardian]
- North Korea Admits to Coronavirus Outbreak for the First Time [Washington Post]
- China Reports First Human Case of H3N8 Bird Flu [Reuters]
- India Tries to Adapt to Extreme Heat but Is Paying a Heavy Price [Washington Post]
- Egypt COVID-19 Vaccination Rate Reaches 79.5% [Arab News]
- Africa's Vaccination Effort Is Not Losing Steam. It Is Becoming More Strategic. [Global Health Now]
- Listen: The Mental Health Crisis among American Children of Color [WBUR]
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