Events: Mar 2021

Asia Pacific Patient Innovations Summit 2021

2 March 2021 to 4 March 2021
Members
The 2021 Asia Pacific Patients Innovation Summit (APPIS) is a three-day virtual event co-created by a steering committee comprised of patient group leaders and Novartis. The event aims to support the evolving capability needs of patient organizations in Asia Pacific and beyond. The event is...

WHO Informal Consultation on People Living with Diabetes (PLWDs) Expression of Interest

9 March 2021 to 11 March 2021
Press and media
The establishment of a WHO Global Diabetes Compact (GDC) presents an opportunity to institutionalize meaningful engagement of people living with diabetes (PLWD) from the early stages of development of the initiative. With the intention of engaging PLWD as co-creators in the development and...

Why the African Medicines Agency? Why Now?

10 March 2021
Events
Two years after the treaty agreed to establish an African Medicines Agency, over 40 leading organizations called Heads of State and Government to ratify the Treaty as a matter of priority. Although there has been political support, legal commitment from more countries remains to be secured for the...

Global Health Compassion Rounds

11 March 2021
Press and media
What is the role of compassionate leadership in driving quality care? Please join Focus Area for Compassion and Ethics (FACE) discussion about the power of compassionate global health leaders. This webinar will explore the role and value of compassionate leadership in global health settings and how...

Quality, Speed & Equity: Delivering COVID-19 Vaccines to the World

15 March 2021
Events
All eyes are on the global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines. Over the coming months, vaccine manufacturers, regulatory authorities, logistics experts and healthcare practitioners alike are facing the daunting challenge of delivering billions of vaccine doses around the world and ensuring that every...

World TB Day

24 March 2021
Press and media
World TB Day celebrated on 24 March each year, is an opportunity to raise awareness about the burden of tuberculosis (TB) worldwide and the status of TB prevention and care efforts. It is also an opportunity to mobilize political and social commitment for further progress in efforts to end TB. The...