Category: Events and Webinars

Save the Date: Town Hall Meeting on the Future of the Global Health Council: August 28

by ihsection, posted in Events and Webinars, Information and Social Media

Please join your colleagues in global health at a Town Hall Meeting on the Future of the Global Health Council (GHC) on Tuesday, August 28 from 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. (EDT).

Who:     Interested Members of the Global Health Council
What:    Town Hall Meeting on the Future of the Global Health Council
When:    Tuesday, August 28, 2012, 1:30 – 3:00 pm EDT
Where:   Webinar

You are being invited to this meeting as a former member and/or stakeholder in the GHC.

As many of you know, there was a significant gap left in the field with the closing of the GHC. A group of 80+ former members joined together as the Interested Members of the GHC (IMG) to address the gap and to discuss the future of the GHC.

In tandem, an IMG Steering Committee formed to consider the options for the GHC, including potential viable business models and service offerings. Your strategic input is needed.

Register now.

The IMG would like to share its work to date and receive your valued feedback on:

  • Ensuring that tangible efforts are made toward the future of GHC
  • An issues and options paper created by the IMG Steering Committee, Creating a Renewed Global Health Coalition: Issues, Options and a Pathway for Action
  • Priorities of the IMG
  • Member support for next stage processes

While this meeting is not affiliated with the Global Health Council Board of Directors, it is requested with their knowledge and approval. This event is closed to the press.

Reserve your webinar seat now by registering online.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation e-mail containing information about joining the webinar.

Kindly note that in order to receive the issues and options paper and any other meeting documents, you must register.

Noncommunicable Disease conference – March 2012

by pfinchfreeman, posted in APHA IH Section, Events and Webinars

APHA members may be interested in an upcoming conference concerning Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in Children and Adolescents in Global Health.  The conference is being organized by a consortium known as NCD Child, which includes Caring and Living and Neighbors, the Public Health Institute, and the Global Health Council.  It will take place in Oakland, California during March 19-21, at the California Endowment’s conference center.  Themes to be covered include prevention, access to essential medicines, and health systems strengthening/work force development for NCDs in these vulnerable groups.  Individuals working in the field of NCDs, maternal and child health, social determinants of health, prevention as well as those advocating on behalf of these issues, are warmly welcome to apply.  A limited number of scholarships for students and individuals from outside the United States is available.

A draft program and application is here: www.ncdchild.com

This link also contains a call for abstracts, which closes on February 6.

Questions about this conference may be directed to APHA International Section member Jeff Meer of the Public Health Institute, at jmeer@phi.org.

SOPHAS Webinar on Careers in Global Health – October 12

by ihsection, posted in Events and Webinars, Information and Social Media

In today’s globalized world, health concerns transcend national boundaries, and global health is a growing area of interest for students and young professionals.  The Schools of Public Health Application Service (SOPHAS) webinar on Careers in Global Health, to be held on Wednesday, October 12 from 2-3 p.m. (Eastern), will include discussions on issues in global health, options for studying global health, and job opportunities in global health.

Participants in the webinar will hear from three experts in global health:  Dean Marjorie Aelion, University of Massachusetts Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences; Ms. Janice Hiland, Workforce Management Office Director for the Center for Global Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and Dr. Jacqueline Sherris, Vice President for Global Programs at PATH, an international nonprofit organization that advances technologies, strengthens systems, and encourages healthy behaviors. Participants can submit questions in advance or ask questions at the end of the presentation.

To register for this webinar, click here.  Please note that space is limited so please register early.

For more information about the SOPHAS webinar series, click here.