16 International Conference on Urban Health. ICUH 2022
2022-06-23 12:00 - 2022-06-24 17:00 (America/New_York) | Vienna, Austria, Vienna, Austria
The International Research Conference is a federated organization dedicated to bringing together a significant number of diverse scholarly events for presentation within the conference program. Events will run over a span of time during the conference depending on the number and length of the presentations. With its high quality, it provides an exceptional value for students, academics and industry researchers.

Collecting, Analysing and Using Data on Children with Disabilities - Cohort 1
2022-07-11 08:00 - 2022-07-21 08:00 | Virtual Event
This two-week virtual training workshop is intended to build capacity for the collection, analysis, monitoring and reporting of data on children with disabilities. The training is intended primarily for representatives of National Statistical Offices, Organizations of Persons with Disabilities and others working on data collection, analysis and dissemination. The sessions will be delivered in a virtual live format via Zoom.

If you are interested, kindly register by 19 June 2022.

SVRI Annual Forum 2022
2022-09-19 08:00 - 2022-09-23 17:00
The Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) Forum is the largest global, abstract-driven research and advocacy conference on violence against women, violence against children, and other forms of violence driven by gender inequality. It brings together researchers, funders, practitioners, policymakers, activists, and survivors every two (to three) years to connect, learn and share.

USAID’s HEARD/ISC project is directly supporting two presentations: “The Power of Data to Action: Country Experiences and Lessons Following Violence Against Children and Youth Surveys (VACS)” and “Improving Wellbeing and Parenting Practices Among Refugees in Uganda: Effectiveness of the Journey of Life Intervention.”

The “Power of Data to Action” presentation, given by Together for Girls, will highlight findings from the HEARD-conducted landscape analysis of country experiences with acting on VACS data. It will be delivered as part of a panel on violence against children on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. local time. From ISC’s mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) portfolio, Transcultural Psychosocial Organization (TPO) Uganda and Washington University in St. Louis will present on the Journey of Life intervention with a conflict-affected population living in Kiryandongo, Uganda. This is part of a panel on Parenting, Intimate Partner Violence and VAC on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2:30-4 p.m. local time.

Other HEARD/ISC partners presenting at SVRI include:

Universidad de los Andes “Violence Against Vulnerable Adolescent Mothers in Colombia: An Application of VACS in the Context of Extreme Adversity” Sept. 21, 2:30 – 4:00 p.m.

Washington University in St. Louis “Impacts of a Whole-family Support Program on Violence Against Girls in Emergencies” Sept. 20, 11:30 – 1:00 p.m.

“’I never knew that my daughter has such a sense of humor!’: Exploring the Impact of a Family-focused, Gender-transformative Intervention on Adolescent Girls’ Well-being in a Humanitarian Context” Sept. 20, 2:30 – 4:00 p.m.

“Women and Girls’ Limited Freedom During COVID-19 in Iraq”Sept. 21, 2:30 p.m.-4 p.m.

“COVID-19’s Impact on the Gender-based Violence Systems in Guatemala”Sept. 21, 4:30 p.m.-7 p.m.

“The Economic Burden of Intimate Partner Violence in Colombia”Sept. 22, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

“The Economic Costs of Violence Against Women: An Evidence Appraisal” Sept. 22, 2:30 – 4:00 p.m.

End Violence Lab and University of EdinburghWorkshop 12: “Young People & Participatory Methods”Sept. 19, 3:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Makerere University “The association between Childhood Sexual violence and low education attainment among 18-24 young people in Uganda. Evidence from the National Violence Against Children (2018)” Sept. 21, 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.

“Risk Factors for Sexual Violence Among 13–17-year-old Girls in Uganda: Findings From the National Violence Against Children Survey” Sept. 21, 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Population Council “Reducing Community-wide IPV: Lessons From Gender-transformative Program in Informal Settlements” Sept. 20, 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Strengthening Maternal Mental Health in Special Populations: Implementation Challenges and Opportunities
2022-09-21 09:00 - 10:00
Please join us for the next webinar in the MHPSS series on, “Strengthening Maternal Mental Health in Special Populations: Implementation Challenges and Opportunities” on September 21 at 9am EST / 1pm GMT.

Webinar Overview: This webinar will present implementation strategies for providing depression care and psychosocial support to vulnerable mothers in low- and middle-income countries, highlighting key findings and lessons learned from the Baby Friendly Spaces program for refugee mothers in Bangladesh and the Maternal Depression Treatment in HIV (M-DEPTH) program for HIV-infected pregnant women in Uganda. An expert panel will provide perspectives on important challenges in the field and outline opportunities to advance maternal mental health care for special populations.

Global Health Practitioner Conference (CORE Group)
2022-10-03 08:00 - 2022-10-05 17:00
GHPC22 aims to: ADVANCE technical learning and collaboration.. CHALLENGE historical trends in global health operations, funding, power, and implementation.

Seventh Global Symposium on Health Systems Research (HSR2022)
2022-10-31 08:00 - 2022-11-04 17:00
The Seventh Global Symposium on Health Systems Research (HSR2022) will be held in Bogotá, Colombia. HSR2022 will welcome around 2,000 delegates and the ISC team will be actively participating.

American Public Health Association Annual Meeting & Expo
2022-11-06 08:00 - 2022-11-09 17:00
The Implementation Science Collaborative is pleased to announce that an abstract detailing one of the Advancements in Postpartum Hemorrhage Care (APPHC) implementation research studies was accepted as an oral presentation at the American Public Health Association’s annual meeting and expo, Nov. 6-9, 2022, in Boston, Mass. A collaboration with Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, University of California San Francisco (UCSF) and PRONTO International, it focuses on a mentor-led, simulation-based intervention for providers and is featured as part of a maternal health session in the international program. The session titled, “Pivoting in the context of COVID-19: Hybrid training for nurse mentors to conduct simulation activities to improve the management of obstetric emergencies in Malawi” will be presented by Alisa Jenny, Technical Director at UCSF.

Collecting, Analysing and Using Data on Children with Disabilities - Cohort 2￼
2022-11-07 21:00 - 2022-11-17 21:00 | Virtual Event
This two-week virtual training workshop is intended to build capacity for the collection, analysis, monitoring and reporting of data on children with disabilities. The training is intended primarily for representatives of National Statistical Offices, Organizations of Persons with Disabilities and others working on data collection, analysis and dissemination. The sessions will be delivered in a virtual live format via Zoom.

If you are interested, kindly register by 1 October 2022.

ISWP Training Webinar Series by Experts #6
2022-11-10 11:00 - 12:00
Inviting all clinicians, technicians, students and community workers who are in any way involved in wheelchair service provision to join a free webinar on Thursday, November 10 at 11:00 am EST/ 4:00 pm GMT, hosted by the International Society of Wheelchair Professionals (ISWP). Jean Anne Zollars, PT, DPT, MA from USA who is the author of “Special Seating: An Illustrated Guide, 2nd edition”, published in 2010 will be presenting on the topic, “Five Common Seating Problems and Possible Solutions.” Click here to RSVP.

Science of Implementation & Dissemination Conference
2022-12-11 08:00 - 2022-12-14 17:00 | Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC
This year’s theme, (Re)Building Better Systems: Being Proactive, Nimble, and Responsive, will build upon lessons learned about rapidly changing community health and clinical settings to envisioning new models for conducting D&I science that respond to the shifting needs of diverse systems and populations, and use flexible and rigorous methodologies to anticipate challenges and ongoing change. To make large-scale gains in health at a population level, we must consider the integration of scientific discoveries within varied contexts and populations, in the face of dynamic evidence, competing demands, and diverse stakeholder priorities.

Webinar: Using Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (VACS) Data and Processes to Accelerate National Action to Protect Children
2023-01-24 09:00 - 10:00
This marks the first webinar in the Implementation Science Collaborative’s “Evidence to Policy Webinar Series: Protecting Children from Violence.” This upcoming webinar will have a global focus while subsequent episodes will examine the contexts of East and Southern Africa and Central and Latin America regions. The series will be co-hosted by Together for Girls; East, Central and Southern Africa Health Community; Universidad de los Andes; and University Research Co. with support from USAID’s Health Evaluation and Applied Research Development (HEARD) Project. With leadership from Together for Girls, this first webinar will focus on the findings from the recently published landscape analysis on “Using Data to Inform National Efforts to End Violence Against Children: Country Experiences and Lessons following Violence against Children and Youth Surveys.” A panel, moderated by Daniela Ligiero, CEO and Executive Director of Together for Girls, will highlight key findings and recommendations, and include commentary from country and survivor representatives.

Audience: Global and country level organizations (government; civil society, donor, academic, policy, survivors)

ModeratorDaniela Ligiero, PhD, is a long-time advocate for social justice. For over 20 years, she has focused on sexual violence, violence against children, gender-based violence, and sexual and reproductive health and rights. She is currently the Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of Together for Girls, a global partnership dedicated to ending violence against children, especially sexual violence against girls. The partnership includes five UN agencies, the governments of the United States and Canada, several private sector organizations and more than 20 country governments in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, working together to generate comprehensive data and solutions to this public health and human rights epidemic. Dr. Ligiero also serves as a member of the Executive Committee of the Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children.

Presenters

Kathleen Cravero, PhD, is co-director of the Center for Immigrant, Refugee and Global Health at the City University of New York (CUNY). Before joining CUNY, Dr. Cravero spent 25 years working for the United Nations. Her UN positions included: Assistant Secretary General for Conflict Prevention and Recovery, Deputy Executive Director for UNAIDS, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Burundi and UNICEF Representative in Uganda. After leaving the UN, Dr. Cravero served for 10 years as President of Oak Foundation, a private grant-making foundation based in Geneva. Promoting women’s rights and ending violence against women and children has been a priority in every assignment she has taken on. This theme continues in her present position on the leadership team of a USAID-funded project to improve the scope and impact of national Violence Against Children Surveys.

Greta Massetti, PhD, is the branch chief of the Field Epidemiology and Prevention Branch and a senior epidemiologist in the Division of Violence Prevention of CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. In this role, Dr. Massetti leads the division’s efforts to address the global burden of violence against children and youth. She serves as the lead for the global Violence Against Children and Youth Surveys (VACS) to determine the magnitude, epidemiology, and health impacts of violence against children in multiple countries. Dr. Massetti collaborates with CDC global partners, including WHO, UNICEF, the World Bank, USAID, PEPFAR, and Together for Girls, to increase the availability of scientific data on the topics of Adverse Childhood Experiences, violence against children, gender-based violence, and related health consequences.

Discussants

Arturo Harker Roa, PhD, is the director of IMAGINA, an applied research center at Universidad de los Andes that produces and disseminates evidence for the design and implementation of interventions, strategies and public policies to promote the well-being of children and youth. He is interested in understanding the impact of adverse childhood experiences, such as exposure to violence and forced displacement; collaborating in the design and evaluation of interventions that mitigate this impact, and identifying and promoting practices that improve health, education and protection systems. He is a faculty affiliate and advisory board member of the Child Protection and Care Learning Network, an Honorary Fellow at Moray House School of Education, University of Edinburgh UK, and a member of the INSPIRE Working Group on Violence Prevention.

Vivienne Mang’oli is Principal Children Officer-Directorate of Children Services with the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection in Kenya. With over 12 years of professional experience in child rights protection, programming and advocacy, Mang’oli has been intimately involved in the formulation and implementation of child policies and plans including the National Prevention and Response Plan (2019-2023) on ending violence against children. She is currently the lead technical officer on Ending Violence Against Children in Kenya. Mang’oli’s passion for child protection springs from the deep sense of purpose she has established in her vocation, primarily motivated by her belief in the inherent nobility and duty domiciled in children and childcare.

Samantha Ski, PhD, is a Senior Implementation Research Scientist with University Research Co., LLC (URC). Since 2016 she has been on the technical team for USAID’s HEARD Project, serving as technical focal point for HEARD’s portfolios focused on Protecting Children from Violence, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support, and Program Evaluation. Dr. Ski has managed HEARD’s efforts to support countries that have carried out a Violence Against Children and Youth Survey as well as implementing data-informed action plans and strategies to end violence against children.

East Central and Southern Africa Health Community's 13th Best Practices Forum & 71st Health Ministers Conference
2023-02-05 08:00 - 2023-02-07 17:00 | Avani Lesotho Hotel and Casino
The Conference will bring together Ministers of Health, Permanent/Principal Secretaries, Senior Officials from Ministries of Health, Experts, Researchers, Heads of Health Training Institutions and diverse Collaborating Partners in the East, Central and Southern Africa (ECSA) region and beyond. The meeting will be organized in three parts:

· The Best Practices Forum; Feb. 5-6, 2023· The Directors Joint Consultative Committee; Feb. 7, 2023· The Health Ministers Conference; Feb. 8-9 2023

This year’s theme is “Stronger health system post COVID-19 for attainment of universal health coverage in the ECSA Region.” The conference aims to address the challenges and opportunities that the COVID-19 pandemic has presented to the healthcare system and to discuss strategies for building a stronger and more resilient healthcare system in the ECSA region.

Safeguarding in Child Protection Summit
2023-03-28 08:00 - 2023-03-30 17:00
The Safeguarding in Child Protection Systems Summit aims to shed light on the state of child safeguarding within child protection systems around the world.

It will be a platform for different actors, international and local, to engage and network, facilitating mutual learning through the exchange of experience, resources, and best practices. The speakers will discuss some of the most pressing challenges and barriers to achieving the advance of effective child safeguarding across national systems, and present possible solutions. This conference will be a ground-breaking tool and resource that will strengthen child protection systems worldwide.

Commission on Population & Development
2023-04-10 08:00 - 2023-04-14 17:00

International Seating Symposium
2023-04-13 08:00 - 2023-04-15 17:00
Pre-conference workshops begin April 12. More details to be announced soon!

Global Health at a Crossroads: Equity, Climate Change and Microbial Threats
2023-04-13 08:00 - 2023-04-16 17:00 | Washington Hilton, Washington, D.C.
On April 5, the Implementation Science Collaborative will be hosting a virtual session from 9 a.m. to noon EST entitled: Enhancing capacity for global implementation science: informing more responsive, equitable, inclusive, and effective curricula and training approaches. Join a range of experts from public health training institutions, implementation, and policy-oriented organizations along with those who support IS partnerships across the globe, to explore IS capacity development opportunities, their utility, and availability across contexts and for different audiences. Register for this session here.

About the conference: The Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) is honored that two academic organizations will hold their annual meetings in partnership with CUGH 2023. The Berlin-based, M8 Alliance of Academic Health Centres, Universities, and National Academies through the Inter-Academy Partnership (IAP) will run their annual, international World Health Summit conference. The Association of Academic Health Centers International (AAHCI) will hold their annual Global Innovation Forum at CUGH 2023. Convening these three meetings together is a first. It is an unprecedented opportunity to share knowledge and build new and enduring partnerships amongst individuals who may never have met to address the global health challenges before us.

Note: Virtual satellite sessions will be held April 3-7, 2023.

International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics Congress
2023-04-24 08:00 - 2023-04-27 17:00
The ISPO 19th World Congress will offer a high-quality scientific program in Guadalajara, Mexico. At the same time, companies from all continents will present their latest products and innovations in the international exhibition.

The World Congress theme The Art and the Science brings together two important aspects of prosthetic, orthotic and mobility care. The Art can refer to elite craftsmanship and clinical experience that is applied when providing appropriate services for assistive technology consumers. Art can also relate to the personalization and artistic aspects of device design that incorporates the user’s personality and feelings, moving an assistive device beyond just a piece of technology. The Science incorporates innovation, evidence, and knowledge translation across the spectrum of prosthetic, orthotic and mobility services to enable end-users to receive appropriate services at the right time, the right place, and the right cost.

Virtual Global Health & Innovation Conference
2023-04-27 08:00 - 2023-04-28 17:00
An annual event that dives deep into bold ideas, transformative innovation, and responsible global engagement. Bringing together those who are collectively transforming organizations and inspiring communities.

International Maternal Newborn Health Conference
2023-05-08 08:00 - 2023-05-11 17:00 | Cape Town International Convention Center, Cape Town, South Africa
More than 1,000 stakeholders from around the world will come together to accelerate solutions to improve maternal and newborn survival and prevent stillbirths in a coordinated and inclusive manner. The 2023 theme is “Aligning Together. Accelerating Together. Saving Lives Together.”

As part of a concurrent thematic session at the International Maternal Newborn Health Conference (IMNHC) 2023, the Implementation Science Collaborative (ISC) will highlight its maternal mental health and psychosocial support interventions in low- and middle-income countries. The session, entitled “Advancing Evidence to Practice for Maternal Mental Health: Lessons learned from the Africa region,” will bring together ICS members from the University of California San Francisco, the City University of New York, East Central and Southern Africa Health Community (ECSA-HC), and the Infectious Diseases Institute to discuss the global and regional policy environment for maternal mental health. This critical conversation builds upon the ISC’s Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) webinar series and will present evidence and emerging policy actions related to maternal MHPSS in the Sub-Saharan Africa context.

Other sessions featuring ISC partners include:

Driving more respectful care in intrapartum settings, University of California San Francisco, Population Council

Enhancing maternal and newborn health in humanitarian and fragile settings with integrated service delivery, Pathfinder International

Cross-country learning for maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response programs, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences

Empowering India’s maternal and newborn health workforce to provide high-quality care, PRONTO

Free from harm: the power of storytelling to tackle obstetric violence, White Ribbon Alliance

Improving quality of care across the continuum in Tanzania, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Focus on the future: accelerating evidence into action, African Population and Health Research Center

Leveraging community and peer support during pregnancy and the postnatal period, Makerere University

Plenary: Exemplars of country success in improving maternal and newborn survival, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Makerere University

NOTE: All plenary sessions will be live streamed free of charge and available on-demand post IMNHC. They will be available for open access here: https://imnhc2023.dryfta.com/

Using the VACS: Part 2 - Africa Region - VACS webinar series: Data, action and the intersection between VAC + VAW
2023-05-22 08:00 - 17:00
Join the SVRI in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Together for Girls in this two-part webinar series as we seek to build awareness of Violence against Children and Youth Surveys (VACS) data availability and application, and demonstrate how VACS data can be a resource to answer critical questions around violence against children and violence against women in global contexts. This Africa-focused webinar will provide an overview of the VACS, discuss how VACS can support global research on intersections between VAC and VAW, particularly among early-career researchers, and explore how to use VACS to translate data into action.

VACS webinar series: Data, action and the intersection between VAC + VAW
2023-05-24 08:00 - 17:00
Join the SVRI in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Together for Girls in this two-part 90 minute webinar series. One webinar will be hosted for and focused on Latin America and the Caribbean and the second on the Africa region.

In building awareness of the Violence against Children and Youth Surveys (VACS) data availability and application, we will demonstrate how VACS data can be a resource to answer critical questions around violence against children and violence against women in global contexts.

These webinars will provide an overview of the VACS, discuss how VACS can support global research on intersections between VAC and VAW, particularly among early-career researchers, and explore how to use VACS to translate data into action.

The 76th World Health Assembly
2023-05-24 08:00 - 2023-05-30 17:00
The 76th World Health Assembly is being held in Geneva, Switzerland, on 21–30 May 2023. The theme of this year’s Health Assembly is: WHO at 75: Saving lives, driving health for all.

Proceedings will be webcast live from this web page. Simultaneous interpretation is available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.

European Implementation Collaborative
2023-06-07 08:00 - 2023-06-09 17:00
The European Implementation Collaborative (#EIE2023) brings together individuals and organizations engaged in synthesizing, translating, adopting and implementing evidence in human service practice and policy. You may work in health, social welfare, education or other human service sectors; you may be a psychologist, social worker, occupational therapist, nurse, sociologist, economist or have a totally different educational background; researchers as well as practitioners, funders, organizational leaders, intermediaries and other roles are welcome at the event – as are those who are new to the field and those with extensive knowledge and experience.

Implementation Research Scientific Conference
2023-06-12 08:00 - 2023-06-14 17:00
The purpose of this conference is to disseminate the fundamentals of implementation research among national and international health care services managers and researchers to foster implementation research and to generate new implementation research projects to be developed.

Launch of the International Classification of Violence Against Children
2023-06-21 08:00 - 17:00
UNICEF has developed the International Classification of Violence against Children (ICVAC) with inputs from more than 200 experts from national statistical offices, academia, and international organizations. The ICVAC was endorsed at the 54th session of the UN Statistical Commission as international statistical standard and was recommended for inclusion in the International Family of Classifications. We are excited that countries now have a tool to assess the extent to which their national definitions on violence against children comply with internationally-agreed standards. It will also help countries ensure that data collection efforts produce comparable data.

Posture and Mobility Group (PMG) Conference 2023
2023-07-10 08:00 - 2023-07-12 17:00 | Telford, United Kingdom, Telford
PMG’s annual conference provides an educational programme, industry exhibition and networking events for professionals working in the field of posture and wheeled mobility.

Women Deliver
2023-07-16 08:00 - 2023-07-20 17:00
The Women Deliver 2023 Conference (WD2023) will take place in-person in Kigali, Rwanda, as well as virtually, from 17-20 July 2023. As one of the largest multi-sectoral convenings to advance gender equality, WD2023 will convene 6,000 people in Kigali and 200,000+ people online through the virtual Conference and six-month Global Dialogue leading up to the Conference. WD2023 will enable inclusive and co-created spaces that foster solidarity for sustainable solutions on gender equality.

International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect 2023 Congress
2023-09-24 08:00 - 2023-09-27 17:00 | Edinburgh International Conference Centre
The 2023 ISPCAN Congress in Edinburgh Sept 23-27, 2023 will be held under the theme Advancements in Data and Solutions for Tackling Child Abuse.

Within the last decade, we have seen large advancements in child protection research, response and prevention – from an increase in our understanding of the prevalence of child abuse and neglect through national and multi-country population-based survey efforts to increased multi-sectoral responses and prevention efforts. We are also witnessing a generation of rapid technological changes, and child protection systems need to respond accordingly. We need data approaches that reflect the opportunities and challenges of our new hyper-digital world and ensure we safeguard children.

Evidence and Implementation Summit
2023-10-09 08:00 - 2023-10-11 17:00
This summit will share the latest advances, case studies, and results across the full spectrum of evidence synthesis and translation, evaluation, and implementation science.

EIS 2023 brings together policymakers, researchers, implementation scientists, program evaluators, practitioners, academics, and organization leaders to share advances and debate how high-quality evidence, well implemented, can change lives for the better.

Summit areas of interest:

Child and Social Welfare | Education | Mental Health | Health and Human Services | Public Health | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives | Crime and Justice | Disability Services | Early Childhood Development and Services | International Development | Humanitarian Aid | Environment and Climate Change

World Congress of Gynecology & Obstetrics
2023-10-09 08:00 - 2023-10-12 17:00
The FIGO World Congress is the leading and largest global event in gynecology and obstetrics. We will warmly welcome more than 8,000 delegates who will gather at the state-of-the-art Paris Convention Centre to learn, share, build alliances, and shape the future of women’s and reproductive health. Join us for an exciting cutting-edge scientific program, spanning the specialties of obstetrics and gynecology, including maternal and newborn health, and global women’s health care and policy.
