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Project ECHO COVID-19 Global Conversations: Steps for Reopening During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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This ongoing series brings together health care and public health workers, policymakers, and other stakeholders from around the globe working to combat COVID-19 and to thinking deeply about how to create a healthier normal as we move forward. All sessions are moderated by Dr. Sanjeev Arora, Founder and Director of Project ECHO, and Dr. Matthew […]

Fireside chat with Sir Ronald Cohen

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Join the conversation with pioneering philanthropist, venture capitalist, private equity investor and social innovator, Sir Ronald Cohen. Passionate about driving forward the Global Impact Revolution, Sir Ronald will discuss the Catalyst 2030 report Getting from crisis to systems change: Advice for leaders in the time of COVID and his book Impact: Resharing capitalism to drive […]

Non-Communicable Diseases and Injuries: Closing the Gap for the Poorest Billion

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The Lancet Commission on Reframing NCDs and Injuries for the Poorest Billion (Lancet NCDI Poverty Commission) is pleased to invite you to a global virtual event that aims to launch the Commission’s report and spark a new movement around one of the world’s biggest and most neglected health disparities: NCDIs that kill and disable millions […]

The Great Reset: Strenghtening Economies, COVID-19 and Corruption

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Corruption undermines progress towards the SDGs by eroding the rule of law. It weakens government institutions and diverts trillions of dollars from development. In the COVID-19 era, corruption threatens effective pandemic response and economic recovery efforts. The crisis tests our trust in public institutions and the demands placed on them. Trust and public integrity urgently […]

Local Solutions for Global Recovery: Taking on Climate, COVID, and Health Inequity

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As the world responds to both the COVID-19 pandemic and the climate crisis, we find ourselves at a crossroads. One path takes us back in the direction we came, propping up old, unjust systems that have led to this moment of compound health, ecological, social, political, and economic crises. The other path leads toward an […]

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Spotlight on Inclusion – Pleins feux sur l’inclusion

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Join ID4Africa for a special LiveCast on Inclusion, commemorating International Identity Day, 16 September. The session will include a multi-stakeholder view from an expert lineup of panelists from Center for Global Development, UNDP, Nigeria Central Bank, Thales, GSMA, CENFRI and NAMATI, and will be moderated by ID4Africa Executive Chairman, Dr. Joseph J. Atick. The panel […]

COVIDialogue #1: Helping Children Catch Up After Schools Reopen

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J-PAL South Asia is excited to present COVIDialogues, a webinar series in which leading J-PAL affiliated researchers respond with evidence to COVID-19’s most critical policy questions. The first COVIDialogue invites you to hear from Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee (MIT) and Rukmini Banerji (Pratham Education Foundation) on the promise of tailored instruction programmes to stem learning […]

How to Help Smallholder Farmers Adapt to Climate Change

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Over the past six months, Root Capital has helped hundreds of agricultural businesses adapt quickly to COVID-19. But at the same time, we haven't lost sight of the dire threat of climate change. Smallholder farmers, some of the least responsible for climate change, are among those most vulnerable to its impacts. Droughts, floods, and temperature […]

COVID-19, Regulatory Rollback and the ‘Green Recovery’: Indigenous Peoples Raise Their Voices

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Join the Ford Foundation, the Land Portal Foundation, the Tenure Facility and the Thomson Reuters Foundation on Thursday, September 17th for a webinar on COVID-19, Regulatory Rollback and the ‘Green Recovery’: Indigenous Peoples Raise Their Voices. As COVID-19 has hobbled governments around the world, environmental protections have diminished or disappeared altogether, leaving the door wide […]

The Explosion’s Echo: A Lebanese peacebuilder and Syrian refugee find humanity amidst destruction

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In 10 seconds, their world changed. The explosion killed at least 180 people, wounded 6,000, and displaced another 300,000. It rocked Beirut, a city already struggling to find its feet amidst COVID-19, political unrest, and a refugee crisis. As a Syrian refugee and member of the LGBTQ community, Basel Dakak was already facing steep challenges. […]

Project ECHO COVID-19 Global Conversations: What Have We Learned About COVID-19 Transmission?

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This ongoing series is open to health care and public health workers, policy makers, and other stakeholders from around the globe working to combat COVID-19 and thinking deeply about how to create a healthier normal as we move forward. Each session is facilitated by Dr. Sanjeev Arora, Founder and Director of Project ECHO, and Dr. […]

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Reducing Disparities: Democratizing Access to Healthcare Globally

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Dr. Naveen Rao, Rockefeller Foundation (Moderator) Dr. Sanjeev Arora, Project ECHO Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, World Health Organisation Join our Expert Hour, Reducing Disparities: Democratizing Access to Healthcare Globally, where we will explore how the Catalyst 2030 community can best support the reduction of healthcare disparities and support the attainment of SDG3 (Health and Wellbeing) through systems […]

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