Past Events

Global NCD Alliance Forum 2020

The third Global NCD Alliance Forum is scheduled for 9-11 February 2020, in Sharjah, UAE. It will provide a prime opportunity to unite and mobilise NCD civil society to monitor governments’ progress and advocate for action to implement global pledges five years ahead of the next UN HLM and the 2025 date for globally agreed...

SUNI-SEA kick-off meeting: Prospective phase

SUNI-SEA research team will be gathering in Hanoi, Vietnam for a kick-off meeting of phase II - prospective study, from 17-19 February 2020. Review and information acquired from the retrospective study activities in three work packages will be officially shared to the consortium, along with the result of baseline study on the state of NCD...

The Geneva Health Forum

The overall goal of the Geneva Health Forum is to promote innovative practices that improve care access, especially in resource-poor settings. To achieve this goal, the Geneva Health Forum aims to: give visibility to innovative field experiences; establish a critical and constructive dialogue and promote collaborations between global health actors from different sectors including practitioners,...

The sixth global symposium on health systems research (HSR2020)

The Global Symposium on Health Systems Research is organised every two years by Health Systems Global to bring together the full range of players involved in health systems and policy research and practice. Beginning with the First Global Symposium in Montreux in 2010, the Symposia have played a crucial, catalytic role in convening a global community dedicated...

Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases – 9th Annual Scientific Meeting

The 9th annual GACD Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) is exclusively available for researchers working on GACD funded projects. It will take place online from 10-13 November 2020. GACD researchers have prepared updates on their projects. The ASM is an opportunity for researchers to share content not typically addressed at conventional scientific conferences. While ‘regular’ conferences usually focus...

2019 GACD Annual Scientific Meeting #2

This year, the 2019 GACD Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) will be held in Bangkok, Thailand and will be hosted by the Health SystemsResearch Institute. The ASM will run from 11-15 November and will include the Implementation Science Workshop on the first 2 days of the week. Tentative programme and agenda See the programme overview for the week...

Re-imagining health systems for better health and social justice

"Re-imagining health systems for better health and social justice" is the theme of the 6th Global Symposium on Health Systems Research which will take place in three phases, from November 2020 to March 2021. Phase One (from 8 - 12 November 2020) features live and on-demand sessions, including plenaries, parallel sessions, skills building sessions, special...

Diabetes Complications Congress 2020

The IDF Diabetes Complications Congress 2020 will take place in Lisbon, Portugal, on 3-5 December 2020. This is the second in a new IDF series of live educational events focused on tackling the issues around complications associated with diabetes. The increase in rates of diabetes across the globe brings with it an increase in diabetes complications. Poor...

Reducing Risks, Averting Deaths! Leveraging Systems for NCD Prevention

Date: 17 February 2021 Time: 13:00-14:30 CET / 19:00-20:30 GMT+7 The WHO Department for NCDs and Department of Health Promotion will hold an upcoming NCD Hard Talks webinar titled “Reducing Risks, Averting Deaths! Leveraging Systems for NCD Prevention.” A large proportion of NCDs can be prevented if their risk factors are addressed and conditions are changed...