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Equity in COVID-19 Response and Recovery

PMNCH, the Global Financing Facility for Women, Children and Adolescents (GFF), Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, and CORE Group will co-host the third Lives in the Balance Summit: Equity in COVID-19 Response and Recovery. The Summit builds on previous Lives in the Balance summits, which revealed the urgent needs of women, children, and adolescents during COVID-19, and enabled coordinated action by partners and governments to help meet those needs. At this timely and important event, we will: Reflect on how well countries have been able in their national COVID-19 responses to implement equity enhancing strategies to protect the health and wellbeing

40th Anniversary: International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes

Please join the Global Breastfeeding Collective as they celebrate the 40th anniversary of the adoption of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes (the Code) by the 34th World Health Assembly. Hear from leading speakers on: The achievement of the Code in its first 40 years, How the baby food industry marketing practices influence feeding decisions and public health, How governments enforce legislation to protect against these marketing practices, Tools and strategies for strengthening the Code and subsequent resolutions in years to come. Get inspired and engaged by hearing the voices of governments from countries around the globe discussing

Water and Health Conference: Science, Policy and Practice

Since its founding in 2009, the goal of the Water Institute at UNC has been to inform the way the world works on water, sanitation and hygiene issues by generating the evidence that drives improvements in both practice and policy. Through this period, the Water Institute has remained steadfast in its commitment to improving public health by achieving universal access to safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) services that are safe, affordable and sustainable – particularly for the most marginalized. The annual UNC Water and Health Conference is intended to advance these goals by creating a space where policymakers

Behavior-Centered Design for the Environment Virtual Training

Led by trainers from the Center for Behavior & the Environment, we’ll explore the steps of behavior-centered design, including framing an environmental challenge, gaining empathy with your target audience, connecting research data to behavioral insights, ideation and prototyping, and measuring the success of your behavioral intervention. You will gain a basic understanding of the levers of behavior change with which we design environmental solutions, such as emotional appeals, social influences, and choice architecture. We then begin to apply the tools of behavior-centered design to a specific case study as a team. This is a highly interactive workshop geared toward building

Deep Environmental Transformations in Gulf Arab States: Past, Present, and Future

Throughout the past century, the environment of Arab countries in the Gulf has changed drastically. The region has seen major urbanization, soil transformation, and the disappearance of mangroves, oases, and wetlands. Despite the fact that all of the Gulf Arab states have signed and ratified the Paris Climate Agreement, the region continues to have a mixed record on climate action as the challenges of climate change increasingly unfold. What major environmental changes have occurred in the Gulf region? What are the projections for the future? Which countries are developing alternative energy sources to transition to green energy, and how are