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Program

Explore our comprehensive program organized into six thematic tracks, covering the full spectrum of global health challenges and solutions.

Program at a glance:
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Note: Program is subject to change and should not be considered as final.

Confirmed panels include:
  • Scaling Group Mentorship in Global Health: Lessons from the APPI Initiative 

  • Global Health Educational Products in a Changing Landscape

  • Grassroots Global Health: Community Autonomy in Shaping the Agenda

  • Beyond Extractive Learning: Relational and Decolonial Approaches to Global Health Education

  • Safeguarding Children: Front-Line Realities Amidst a Shifting Global Health Funding Landscape

  • Taking the Global View: Bridging International and Domestic Research through Reciprocal Learning and Innovation

  • Building Climate-Resilient Health Systems in the Caribbean

  • Integration at a Crossroads: Chronic Care Delivery in the Post-PEPFAR Era 

  • Teaching Global Health in Turbulent Times: Challenges, Innovations, and the Fight for Equity

  • Reforming Development Finance: From Aid Dependence to Sustainable Impact

  • Perils at the Frontline: What does the America First Strategy mean for Nursing and Primary Health Care? 

  • Training the Next Generation of Global Health Researchers: The NIH-Fogarty Global Health Program for Fellows and Scholars / Launching Future Leaders in Global Health Research Training Program (LAUNCH)

  • Designing the Future Global Health Workforce: Humanity-Centered, AI-Enabled, and Equity-Driven Education

  • From Clinics to Campuses: Global Perspectives on Intimate Partner Violence and Women’s Health 

  • Climate, Societal Development, and Hygiene Determinants of Enteric Pathogen Transmission at the One Health Interface in two Kenyan Cities: Evidence from the PATHOME Study

  • Responsible Artificial Intelligence for Global Health in Low-Resource Settings: From Theory to Application

  • Building Africa’s Health Workforce: Driving Change Through Partnerships and Innovations in Health Professions Education

  • Beyond Access: Advancing Measurement of Quality, Financial Protection, and Service Delivery Challenges in Maternal, Newborn, and Chronic Disease Care-Findings from the QuEST Network eCohorts

  • Healthy Longevity: Public Health’s Next Frontier in Global Health

  • Advancing Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in a Time of Crisis: Supportive Laws and Policies are Necessary but Not Sufficient

  • Incorporating AI into HIV programming: Lessons Learned from the Lancet Commission on AI and HIV 

  • Nature Financing and the Financiers for Nature to Deliver Planetary Health Outcomes 

  • Fostering a Sustainable Global Surgery Ecosystem: Connecting Grassroots Advocacy to Global Policy

  • Shaping the Future of Global Health Education: Resilience Through Local Leadership and Diversified Partnerships

  • Financing the Future of Global Health: Pathways to Sustainability

  • Public Health & Prevention

    Primary & Surgical Care

    Emergency Care & Nursing

    Health Human Resources

    Cancer & Mental Health

    Cardiovascular & Respiratory Diseases

    Diabetes, Trauma & Accidents

    Maternal, Sexual & Reproductive Health

    Child & Adolescent Health

    Disabilities & Oral Health

    Pharmacology

    Water, Sanitation & Hygiene

    Environmental Drivers

    Nutrition & Food Security

  • Good Governance 

    Education Governance

    Strengthening Public Institutions

    Preventing Corruption & Illicit Money Flows

    Disinformation-Misinformation

    Capacity Building

    Reforming Financing for Development

    International Law

    Press Freedom

    Diplomacy

    International Regulations & International Cooperation

    Displacement & Migration

    Conflict Prevention & Post Conflict Reconciliation

    Trade Agreements

    Accountability

    Corporate Social Responsibility

    Economic stability

    Human Rights

    Decolonizing global health

    Conflict prevention

    Emergency Response and Preparedness Capacity

    Housing & the Built Environment

    Water, Sanitation & Hygiene

    Independent, free media

    Community Safety

    Gender Based Violence

    Racism & Discrimination

    Gender Equity

    Human Trafficking

    Digital Divide

  • Climate Change

    Biodiversity Crisis

    Protecting ecosystem services

    Pollution

    One Health

    Environmental Health

    Planetary Health

    Architecture

    Veterinary Sciences

    Animal Health

    Water

    Healthy Cities and Urban Planning

    Protecting Ecosystem Services

    Agriculture, fisheries & food security

    Deforestation

    Ocean Health

  • Pandemic Prevention & Response

    Global Health Security Agenda

    Diagnostics & Lab Sciences

    HIV/AIDS

    Malaria

    Polio

    NTDs

     Tuberculosis Measles, Mumps, Rubella

    Hepatitis

    Zoonoses

    Food-borne Diseases

    Animal Health

    Vaccine Development

    Antimicrobial Resistance

    Pharmacology

  • Policy Making

    Capacity Building & Human Resources

    Bridging the research-policy-implementation gap

    Reasearch

    Pedagogy

    AI & Machine Learning

    Strengthening Management

    Translational Research

    Reforming Academia

    Supply Chain Strengthening

    Research Funding & Reform

    Monitoring & Evaluation

    Overcoming the Digital Divide

    Social Sciences & Cultural Competencies

    Communication & Leadership Development

    Big Data

    Innovations & Technology

  • Reforming global health education

    Reforming academia- fits for purpose in the 21st century

    Reforming Research

    Reforming financing for development

    Capacity building

    Equitable partnerships in development

    Reforming UN agencies, WHO, other INGOs

    AI and the potential to revolutionize global health

    Cross-sectoral partnerships

    Free pre-conference workshops (April 9, 2026)

    Pulitzer Center workshop on global health communication

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