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    Events preview: This week in development cooperation

    This week's highlights include WHO's First Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health and the 18th International Economic Forum on Africa. Check out our preview for more events in the coming days.

    By Devex Editor // 30 October 2018
    A view of the World Health Organization’s headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland where the first global conference on air pollution and health will be held. Photo by: WHO / P. Virot

    FEATURED EVENT

    Prescription for Progress: The essential role of partnerships in strengthening health systems
    Oct. 30
    San Francisco, United States; Online

    This event will convene 100 influential stakeholders including researchers, technologists, investors, donors, NGO leaders, and more. Together, we'll get to the root of the issues from how to make global health innovations scalable to how to generate investment in health systems. The event will provide a platform for a range of actors to explore and form the kinds of partnerships that will be needed to bridge the divide between health innovations in Silicon Valley and health needs globally. Watch the livestream here.

    EVENTS IN THE NEXT 7 DAYS

    Quality of Care: An Essential Pillar to Achieve Universal Health Coverage for Women, Children, and Adolescents
    Oct. 30 (English) Oct. 31 (French)
    Online

    ACFID National Conference
    Oct. 30-31
    Sydney, Australia
    Devex is on the ground. Follow Lisa Cornish for more.

    GIIN Investor Forum
    Oct. 30-31
    Paris, France

    This week’s online events and webinars:

    ► Quality of Care: An Essential Pillar to Achieve Universal Health Coverage for Women, Children, and Adolescents 

    ► WHO’s First Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health

    ► Making Primary Health Care Happen: From Aspirations to Reality

    ► Africa’s rising debt

    WHO’s First Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health
    Oct. 30-Nov. 1
    Geneva, Switzerland; Online
    Join and view sessions remotely.

    18th International Economic Forum on Africa
    Oct. 31
    Paris, France

    Making Primary Health Care Happen: From Aspirations to Reality
    Nov. 1
    Washington, D.C., United States; Online
    Register for the webcast.

    Eastern Himalayan Naturenomics Forum 2018
    Nov. 1-2
    Gauhati, India
    Devex is on the ground. Follow Kelli Rogers for more.

    2018 AIDS Philanthropy Summit
    Nov. 5-6
    Washington, D.C., United States

    Africa’s rising debt
    Nov. 5-6
    London, United Kingdom; Online

    U.S.-Africa Infrastructure Conference
    Nov. 5-6
    Gauteng, South Africa

    2018 Positive Peace Conference
    Nov. 5-6
    Stanford, California, United States
    Devex’s Catherine Cheney will be speaking.

    Development policies and practices in the Democratic Republic of Congo
    Nov. 5-7
    Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Law, Justice and Development Week 2018 - Rights, Protection and Development
    Nov. 5-9
    Washington, D.C., United States

    Global Financing Facility Replenishment Event
    Nov. 6
    Oslo, Norway

    ADB Knowledge Forum 2018
    Nov. 6-9
    Manila, Philippines

    Doing things differently: A dialogue to explore power and gender in global health
    Nov. 7
    London, United Kingdom

    Africa Investment Forum
    Nov. 7-9
    Johannesburg, South Africa

    Women Leaders in Global Health Conference
    Nov. 8-9
    London, United Kingdom
    Devex is on the ground. Follow Sophie Edwards for more.

    INTERNATIONAL CELEBRATIONS

    World Cities Day
    Oct. 31

    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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