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    Events preview: This week in development cooperation

    This week, Devex together with the Global Health Council and Women in Global Health are hosting a Twitter chat on how organizations can support women in global health. Also, stay tuned for our coverage of the upcoming 71st World Health Assembly. Check our preview for more events.

    By Devex Editor // 15 May 2018
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    FEATURED EVENTS

    #GlobalHealthWomen Twitter Chat
    May 17
    Online

    How can organizations support #GlobalHealthWomen? Join our Twitter chat with the Global Health Council and Women in Global Health.

    71st World Health Assembly
    May 21-26
    Geneva, Switzerland

    Follow Devex reporters Jenny Lei Ravelo and Vince Chadwick for our upcoming coverage of the World Health Assembly, and sign up for our on-the-ground newsletter briefings.

    Webinar 1: Can digital interventions influence behavior change?
    May 23
    Online

    Join us for this first webinar of our two-part series with creative nonprofit Girl Effect and social science think tank New Knowledge to learn more about how to design digital interventions to deliver behavior change.

    EVENTS IN THE NEXT 7 DAYS

    2018 Understanding Risk Forum
    May 14-18
    Mexico City, Mexico

    E-Discussion: Quality, Innovative Apprenticeships for the Future of Work
    May 14-25
    Online

    Online course: NCD Diplomacy in a Globalised World
    May 14 - June 15
    Online

    Getting on the Road to Health for All: A Conversation About the 71st World Health Assembly
    May 15
    Washington, D.C., United States

    2018 Red Nose Day Capitol Hill Reception
    May 15
    Washington, D.C., United States

    Seizing the Momentum: Prospects and Challenges for Latin America and the Caribbean
    May 16
    Washington, D.C., United States

    Thematic Dialogues Around Development Issues
    May 16
    Anosy, Madagascar

    Successful Country-Led Scale-Up of RMNCAH Interventions
    May 16
    Washington, D.C., United States

    IDAHOT 2018: International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
    May 17
    Vienna, Austria; Washington, D.C., United States; Online

    Mortality from Nestlé’s Marketing of Infant Formula in Low and Middle-Income Countries
    May 17
    Washington, D.C., United States

    From learning to adapting: How do we get to learning, and where do we go from there?
    May 17
    Washington, D.C., United States

    Pandemic Preparedness: Policy and Practice in the 21st Century
    May 17
    Washington, D.C., United States

    Investing for a Rainy Day: How to Finance Outbreak Preparedness?
    May 17
    Geneva, Switzerland

    Strategies for Financing Social Protection to Achieve the SDGs
    May 17-18
    Tokyo, Japan

    Cervical cancer: An NCD we can overcome
    May 19
    Geneva, Switzerland

    Walk the Talk: The Health for All Challenge
    May 20
    Geneva, Switzerland

    Annual Meeting of the RBM Partnership to End Malaria
    May 20
    Geneva, Switzerland

    Global Health Council World Health Assembly Welcome Reception
    May 20
    Geneva, Switzerland

    Fighting and Preventing Resistance to Anti-infectious Agents
    May 20
    Geneva, Switzerland

    Introduction to the World Health Assembly: A Briefing for Delegates
    May 20
    Geneva, Switzerland

    Heroines of Health: Celebrating Women in Global Health
    May 20
    Geneva, Switzerland

    Collaborative Solutions to Patient Challenges in NCDs
    May 21
    Geneva, Switzerland

    Do we need a new approach to support fragile states?
    May 21
    London, United Kingdom; Online

    Global Surgery: A Powerful Strategy for Advancing Women's Health
    May 21
    Geneva, Switzerland

    Calling for Global Action on Epilepsy
    May 22
    Geneva, Switzerland

    World Health +SocialGood
    May 22-24
    Geneva, Switzerland; Online

    71st World Health Assembly Side-Events by Non-State Actors in Official Relations with WHO
    May 22-25
    Geneva, Switzerland

    INTERNATIONAL OBSERVANCES

    International Day of Families
    May 15

    International Day of Living Together in Peace
    May 16

    World Telecommunication and Information Society Day
    May 17

    World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
    May 21

    International Day for Biological Diversity
    May 22

    Know of an upcoming event that might be of interest to the international development community? Leave a comment below or email us at news@devex.com.

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