Global Health Connections
March 2021
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One year ago today, the World Health Organization characterized COVID-19 as a pandemic. It has been a year of tragic losses, unbearable hardships and systemic inequities laid bare. These harsh realities have been mixed with accelerating innovation, technology and unprecedented partnerships to advance global health equity. Although we grieve, the silver linings give us slivers of hope. Our connections drive us forward.
Most grateful for your incredible contributions and efforts,
Sara Anderson, Executive Director, Bay Area Global Health Alliance
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Friends of the Global Fight Applauds Passage of COVID-19 Supplemental Bill; $3.5B for Global Fund
Congress has passed the American Rescue Plan Act, which includes $3.5 billion for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and $250 million for PEPFAR as part of a broader $10 billion international response to the disease. “The vote is an enormous step forward in saving lives, controlling the COVID-19 pandemic and advancing global health equity,” said Chris Collins, president and CEO of Friends of the Global Fight. Read more.
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Loyce Pace Named Director of Global Affairs at US Department of Health and Human Services
A week after announcing her departure from the Global Health Council, Loyce Pace was sworn in as director of global affairs at the US Department of Health and Human Services. In keeping with her commitment to equity, she promised to "always remember those not at the table or in the room. Being the first woman and person of color in this role, I know there are many more whose voices and experiences matter." Learn more.
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Pfizer Vaccine Delivered by Zipline Drone in Ghana
Photo by Samuel Moore / 2021 I Gavi
The initial shipment of vaccines from COVAX arrived in Ghana the first week in March. The 4,500 doses of the Pfizer vaccine were then promptly dispatched by drone across the Ashanti Region, in the south of the country. Zipline has outfitted the drones to maintain the cold temperatures required by the vaccines. In all, the drones made 36 separate trips on the first day. Zipline is delivering the vaccines in partnership with the Ghanaian government and UPS. According to Gavi, 2.5 million doses of the vaccine will be delivered by drone in Ghana. Read more.
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PHI Efforts Allow Thousands of California Farmworkers to Receive the Coronavirus Vaccine
A recent New York Times article highlighted efforts in California to prioritize the coronavirus vaccine for the state's essential farmworkers. PHI's Together Toward Health provided valuable resources and staffing for the vaccination drive, which is being run by eight local community-based organizations in Coachella Valley. The vaccination clinics are held directly in the farmworker communities, easing access. Read the article here.
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COVID Offers Opportunity to Rethink Inequitable Roles in Global Health Partnerships
"When we see that the value of this work is not charity but a mutual benefit, we can begin to inch closer to an equal exchange,” writes Michele Barry, director of the Center for Innovation in Global Health at Stanford. Barry invites global health leaders to "reflect and reexamine" their relationships with their global colleagues and take the time to learn the hard-won lessons of their partners around the world. Read more.
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Devex's Prescription for Progress Features Alliance Member Experts
Alliance member experts from UC Davis One Health Institute, UCSF, Pfizer, Facebook, Global Health Council, Global Fund for Women and Vir Biotechnology were featured in a series of virtual conversations at Devex's annual Prescription for Progress event on February 25. The speakers discussed how technology, innovation and partnership can move the needle in global health. Learn more and watch.
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Maternity Matters: Leveraging Digital Solutions
Merck for Mothers and the Alliance also partnered with Devex on "Maternity Matters: Leveraging digital solutions at scale to deliver quality maternal health care within UHC.” Speakers included Merck for Mothers’ Mary-Ann Etiebet, WHO’s Bernardo Mariano Junior, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Nosa Orobaton, Accenture’s Natasha Sunderji, and PharmAccess Foundation’s Njide Ndili. "As we converge on this 'new normal' and use more digital tools for everything from mobile payments to food delivery, we need to make sure health is included in the conversation," said Etiebet. Learn more and watch.
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COVID-19 in California Prisons
 Jaime Sepulveda, MD, Executive Director of the UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences moderated a discussion with Brie Williams, Professor of Medicine at UCSF, Director, AMEND, Co-director, The ARCH (Aging Research in Criminal Justice Health) Network, and Stefano Bertozzi, MD, PhD, Professor of Health Policy Management, UC Berkeley School of Public Health, Dean Emeritus, UC Berkeley School of Public Health, Interim Director of the UC systemwide programs with Mexico and Co-director, Berkeley Public Health China Program. Watch here.
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Using Technology to Advance Global Health Initiatives
Alliance members Neha Agarwal (PATH), Hema Budaraju (Google) and Tim Peck (IDEO.org) were among the featured panelists in a discussion titled “Advancing Global Health Initiatives with Technology” that was part of “Finding Breath,” a UC Berkeley Haas Healthcare Association conference at the end of February. Ben Plumley, the host of A Shot in the Arm podcast, moderated the discussion, which explored how the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated technology design and adaptation, how to bring those solutions to scale equitably and the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. Learn more and watch.
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March 16 | The Value of Human-Centered Design in Global Health: Case Studies in Reproductive Health
 Join Bay Area Global Health Alliance members JSI and IDEO.org as they explore how human-centered design (HCD) shifts norms, crafts effective and desirable solutions and pushes the edges of what’s possible in adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health (AYSRH). Using case studies, they will examine their work at the intersection of HCD and AYSRH, how they have worked together with the HCD Exchange and how they continue to evolve their work given new constraints. Alliance member Medicines360 will co-moderate the event. Learn more and register here.
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Upcoming events
- 2021 Conference: Addressing Critical Gaps [CUGH, Mar. 12–14]
- Four Former FDA Commissioners Discuss the Future [STAT, Mar. 12]
- Global Health Master's Open Lecture for Prospective Students: Soda Taxes, Food Policies & Global Health [UCSF, Mar. 15]
- An Update on COVID Vaccines: Experts Weigh In [UC Berkeley, Mar. 15]
- The Value of HCD in Global Health | Case Studies in Reproductive Health [BAGHA I IDEO.org I JSI, Mar. 16]
- Three Novel Partnership Models to Increase Access to NCD Care [Resonance I PATH, Mar. 16]
- Programmatic Roundtable Discussion on Alternative Funding Models for Global Health [WGHA, Mar. 16]
- Engaging with Evidence: Lessons from the World's First Maternal Health Development Impact Bond [Merck for Mothers, Mar. 17]
- WomenLift Health PowerUp Workshop: Building Your Authentic Leadership [Stanford I WomenLift Health, Mar. 17]
- A Conversation with Dr. John Nkengasong [Devex, Mar. 18]
- Info Session on Leader Cohorts [Global Leadership Forum, Mar. 18]
- Advocacy Week 2021 [UNICEF USA, Mar. 22–26]
- PHCOE: Latinx & the Environment: The Cumulative Impacts of Climate Change & COVID-19 [UCGHI, Mar. 24, 12–1 PM PT; no registration needed, link will be live on Mar. 24]
- Network Commons: Healthy Neighborhood Investments Policy Scan & Strategy Map Webinar [PHI, Mar. 25]
- One Health. One Planet: Universities Fighting World Hunger Summit [UC Davis, Mar. 25-26; registration closes Mar. 12]
- AIDS Memorial Quilt/Black History Exhibit [ends Mar. 31]
- World Health Day Symposium [UNICEF USA, Apr. 7]
- Global Health & Innovation Conference [Unite for Sight, Apr. 8–11]
- Trinity Challenge Application [Trinity Challenge, Apr. 15]
- Gaining a Competitive Edge When Applying for Jobs in Global Health [PHI I USAID Apr. 21–24]
- Bay Area Ecology & Evolution of Infectious Disease Conference [UC Davis, Apr. 23]
- Global Health Day: Decolonizing Global Health to Advance Health Equity [UCGHI, Apr. 24]
- Bay Area Global Health Innovation Challenge [BAGHA I UCB I UCSF I Stanford, May 1]
- GIS for Exposure Assessment in Environmental Health Research [ISGlobal, May 3–7]
- Epidemiology 101 for Journalists [McGill, May 3–7]
- Health Tech Summit 2021 [STAT, May 11–12]
- Rural ACEs Summit [PHI, Sep. 29–30]
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 Watch a community fundraiser for Alliance member San Francisco Community Health Foundation on ABC-7 (Bay Area) on Sunday, March 21 at 7 pm PT. Sponsored by Alliance Catalytic Members Gilead, Chevron and others. The broadcast's media partner is the A Shot in the Arm podcast. Learn more.
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What we're reading
Click here for lots more of what we're reading.
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Publications
Click here to see the full list of publications.
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Jobs
- India Program Director I Stanford, WomenLift Health, Mar. 15
- Instructional Design Lead I Stanford, WomenLift Health, Mar. 15
- Communications Content Lead I Stanford, WomenLift Health, Mar. 15
- Digital Manager I Stanford, WomenLift Health, Mar. 15
- East Africa Program Director I Stanford, WomenLift Health, Apr. 1
- Chair of Division of Clinical Medicine I Partners in Health, University of Global Health Equity, Rwanda
- Postdoctoral Position, Bangladesh, Faculty Mentor Steve Luby I Stanford
- Global Health Social Media & Digital Outreach Assistant (student job) [Stanford]
- Regional Growth Director, Africa I Zenysis
- Regional Director, Northeast I MedShare
- Sales Director, Global Health Partnerships I Zipline
- Program Manager I Cure Cervical Cancer
- VP, Communications & Marketing I Medicines360
- National Public Sector Senior Manager I Medicines360
- Human & Planetary Health Program Manager I Stanford
- RA Position: Forgone Medical Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic I Stanford
- Short-term Consultancy, Lit Review HIV/COVID | Global Impact Advisors
- Senior Program Officer, Health Products, Programs & Markets I Gates Foundation
- Program Coordinator I WGHA
- Development Director I Resonance
- Various Openings I CUGH
- Various Openings I IDEO.org
- Various Openings I JSI
- Various Openings I PATH
- Various Openings I PHI
- Various Openings I Seed Global Health
- Various Openings I Triangle Global Health
- Various Openings I UNICEF USA
- Careers in Global Health I UCSF
- Various Openings I Zipline
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"A crisis like a pandemic brings people to the table. We want to continue after the pandemic to ... work collaboratively between technology, academia and public health."
—Karen DeSalvo, Google’s Chief Health Officer, at The Trinity Challenge Town Hall.
April 15 deadline for Trinity Challenge submissions.
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Opportunities
- UCSF Master of Science in Global Health [UCSF, Mar. 15]
- Master’s Open Lecture: Soda Taxes, Food Policies, & Global Health [UCSF, Mar. 15]
- Creative Expressions Contest [UCGHI, Mar. 15]
- APHA Annual Meeting Call for Abstracts [APHA, Mar. 21]
- Rosenkranz Prize [Stanford, Mar. 22]
- IHME Roux Prize Nominations [IHME, Mar. 29]
- Spectrum Pilot Grants for Population Health Sciences [Stanford, Mar. 31]
- HIV, Infectious Diseases & Global Health Implementation Research Institute [WUSTL, Apr. 5]
- Impact Challenge for Women & Girls [Google, Apr. 9]
- The Trinity Challenge [Alliance I Facebook I Google, Apr. 15]
- Call for Proposals: Global Health Seed Grants [Stanford, Apr. 15]
- Global Mental Health Fellowship [APA, Apr. 16]
- Global Public Health Fellowships [UC Berkeley, May 1]
- Online Scientific Writing Course [CDC]
- JHU Funding Opportunities [Johns Hopkins University]
- NIH Global Health Funding [NIH]
- Various Fellowships [PHI]
- Palliative Care Course, Coursera [Stanford]
- COVID-19 Course in Spanish [Stanford]
- Graduate Program Opportunities, Various [UC Davis]
- Fellowships, Various [UCSF]
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