14th World Congress on Public Health will be held in Kolkata, India, 11-15 February 2015.

The theme for this Congress is “Healthy People – Healthy Environment”. The issues that will be covered range from climate change, to safe sanitation and air to orientation of health system to addressing the challenges of environmental health.

Watch the video of the upcoming World Congress of Public Health.

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On the 19th May 2013 the WFPHA general assembly passed a resolution from the newly established Oral Health Working Group on access to good for oral health for children. The declaration had been proposed by the Oral Health Working Group (OHWG) and endorsed by the WFPHA policy committee. 

Read more … Oral Health for Children - Declaration

A significant development in the field of healthcare was the recent 'Declaration of Dubai on Public Health in the Arab World, that was signed during the 1^st Arab Conference of Public Health that recently took place in Dubai. In line with the declaration, healthcare professionals are now discussing ways to begin implementing the steps laid down in the declaration.

Read more … Declaration of Dubai on Public Health in the Arab World

The 2012 Annual Report is now available, to read it click here.

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The 47th WFPHA General Assembly took place on Sunday, 19th May 2013 at the Graduate Institute in Geneva, from 9 am to 1 pm, the day before the opening Ceremony of the World Health Assembly (WHA).

This meeting was attended by representatives from several WFPHA Full Members, approved several
important items of business.

To read the President Annual Report and 2013-2014 Work Plan, click here.

Strategic planning group

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MDGs – A public health professional’s perspective from 71 countries

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are nowadays discussed at several levels from governments to grassroots advocacy.

The WFPHA has executed a quali-quantitative survey to explore the opinion of public health professionals worldwide and their experience concerning the implementation and achievement of the MDGs with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa. We received 427 completed questionnaires, from 71 countries.

Read more … The Millennium Development Goals survey

The 9th Public Health Association of South Africa (PHASA) conference and the inaugural conference of the African Federation of Public Health Associations (AFPHA) will be held jointly in Cape Town, South Africa, from 24 -27 September 2013.

Conference venue
Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town, South Africa

Theme
Africa’s Public Health Legacy - Beyond the MDGs

For more information, click here.

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The Asia Pacific Conference on Public Health is convened annually. In 2013, the Vietnam Public Health Association (VPHA) will be the host of the 4^th Asia Pacific Conference on Public Health from 21 – 22 November, 2013 in Nha Trang. The theme for the Conference is "Climate change and Population Health".

All World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA) members, VPHA members, scientists, individuals and organizations in and out of Vietnam interested in the field of public health are kindly invited to participate in the Conference. Presentations of scientific researches, training programs and community-based intervention models are welcome.

On-line registration and abstract submission can be made through the Conference website.

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