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Global Public Health Week 2023
Global Public Health Week 2023The 2nd edition of Global Public Health Week (GPHW) commences on April 3rd 2023, with the theme "Building a More Equitable, Sustainable, and Resilient Health System". It will be a hybrid event, combining face to face and digital...
WFPHA at EB152: Statement on Social Determinants of Health
WFPHA at EB152: Statement on Social Determinants of HealthThe 152nd session of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Executive Board takes place on 30 January - 07 February 2023. The World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA) attended this session with a...
Israel Decides to Revoke the Sweetened Beverage Tax: A Grievous Blow to Public Health
Israel Decides to Revoke the Sweetened Beverage Tax: A Grievous Blow to Public HealthIn a letter published in the Lancet, members of the World Federation of Public Health Associations' Non-Communicable Diseases Prevention and Health Promotion and Policy Working Groups...
Public Mental Health – An Opportunity for Collaboration between WFPHA & WPA
Public Mental Health - An Opportunity for Collaboration between WFPHA & WPAThe scission between mental and physical health is an artificial one. In a lot of places worldwide, both sides of health are separated. Mental health is also an issue for public health...
#WorldinTurmoil: Global Health Leaders Urged to Learn from Recent History in Afghanistan and to Work for Peace, for Health
#WorldinTurmoil: Global Health Leaders Urged to Learn from Recent History in Afghanistan and to Work for Peace, for HealthConflicts are ravaging the world and not enough is being done. Dr Wahid Majrooh, Former Minister of Public Health of Afghanistan, shares his...
Protecting Health Workforce: Recommendations to Develop & Implement Dedicated Vaccination Programs in LIC & LMIC
Protecting Health Workforce: Recommendations to Develop & Implement Dedicated Vaccination Programs in LIC & LMICProtecting health workers through appropriate vaccination is critical to protect them and our communities, and also, to avoid overburdening the...
New Internship Opportunity!
New Internship Opportunity!The World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA) is currently looking for 1 intern. WFPHA offers a unique environment for an internship for students in international health and development. Interns are given substantial...
#WorldinTurmoil: A Reflections on Public Health, the Pandemic, and the Importance of Building Trust
#WorldinTurmoil: A Reflections on Public Health, the Pandemic, and the Importance of Building TrustProf. Ilona Kickbusch, Founding Director and Chair of the Global Health Centre at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, is...
What Is the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) Doing?
What Is the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) Doing?At a special session of the World Health Assembly, which took place in December 2021, the WHO’s Member States decided to establish an Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB), representing all regions of the...
WFPHA Condemns Attacks on Democracy in Brazil
WFPHA Condemns Attacks on Democracy in BrazilOn January 8, 2023, a week after Lula da Silva's inauguration as the new president of Brazil, thousands of supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro invaded the country's National Congress, the Presidential Palace and...
Internship Opportunity with WFPHA
Internship Opportunity with WFPHAThe World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA) is currently looking for 1 intern for its NCDs Prevention & Health Promotion Working Group. WFPHA offers a unique environment for an internship for students in...