Global Health Events and Advocacy Moments for UHC

 

This calendar includes awareness days, global and regional conferences, and other events relevant for UHC advocacy. If you would like to submit an event to be added to our calendar, please complete this short form.

 

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International Day of the Midwife (5 May)

The International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) supports, represents and works to strengthen professional associations of midwives throughout the world. Follow the data, invest in midwives – that's the theme of […]

International Nurses Day (12 May)

International Nurses Day is celebrated around the world every May 12, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth. The International Council for Nurses (ICN)'s theme for 2021 is Nurses: A Voice […]

G20 Global Health Summit (21 May)

The G20 is the international forum that brings together the world’s major economies. Its members account for more than 80% of world GDP, 75% of global trade and 60% of […]

World Health Assembly (24 May-1 Jun)

The World Health Assembly is the decision-making body of WHO. It is attended by delegations from all WHO Member States and focuses on a specific health agenda prepared by the […]

G7 Summit (11-13 Jun)

The UK has taken on Presidency of the G7 The G7 Summit will be held in Carbis Bay, Cornwall on 11-13 June 2021. The G7 Leaders' Summit in 2021 is […]

UN Human Rights Council (21 Jun-9 Jul)

The UN Human Rights Council holds no fewer than three regular sessions a year, for a total of at least ten weeks. They take place in March (four weeks), June […]

Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (21 Jun)

Leaders of the Commonwealth countries meet every 2 years at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). The 26th CHOGM and associated events will be held in Kigali, Rwanda. The […]

Commonwealth Women’s Forum (22-23 Jun)

The Commonwealth Women’s Forum will now take place from 21 to 22 June 2021 in Kigali, Rwanda The women’s forum is one of four gatherings to be held on the margins of the Commonwealth […]

IAS Conference on HIV Science (18-21 Jul)

The IAS Conference on HIV Science is the world’s most influential meeting on HIV research and its applications. This biennial conference presents the critical advances in basic, clinical and operational HIV […]