WFPHA Blog: Insights on Global Public Health
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Launching the Global HPV Consortium: Working Together to Prevent HPV & Eliminate Cervical Cancer
Launching the Global HPV Consortium: Working Together to Prevent HPV & Eliminate Cervical Cancer On September 5 – 6, 2023, the Global HPV Consortium has been launched in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Sabin Vaccine Institute has led the Consortium and served as the...
Protecting Healthcare Workers in Low- & Lower-Middle-Income Countries through Vaccination: Barriers, Leverages, & Next Steps
Protecting Healthcare Workers in Low- & Lower-Middle-Income Countries through Vaccination: Barriers, Leverages, & Next Steps Healthcare workers play a vital role in providing medical care to individuals and communities. Compared to the general public,...
Health Worker Vaccination Programs in Low, Middle and Upper Middle-Income Countries: A Review
Health Worker Vaccination Programs in Low, Middle and Upper Middle-Income Countries: A Review Health workers are at risk of contracting vaccine-preventable diseases while caring for patients and communities. Immunization against commonly encountered pathogens is an...
Allocating Sustainable Funding for Resilient Health Systems: A Distant Dream?
Allocating Sustainable Funding for Resilient Health Systems: A Distant Dream?The lack of alignment between the economic and healthcare worlds results in an inadequate strategy for sustainable healthcare investments. Numerous decisions affecting health outcomes are...
The Alliance of Public Health Associations of the Americas: New Board Members
The Alliance of Public Health Associations of the Americas: New Board Members WFPHA congratulates the new elected board members of the Alliance of the Public Health Associations of the Americas (AASPA), Anulfo Lopez as President, Rosana Onocko as Vice-President, and...
Public Health and Emergency Workforce Roadmap: The Third Steering Committee Meeting
Public Health and Emergency Workforce Roadmap: The Third Steering Committee Meeting In the historic setting of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), the third World Health Organization (WHO) Public Health and Emergency Workforce Roadmap Steering Committee meeting...
Why Health is Public: Insights from the 17th National Health Conference in Brazil
Why Health is Public: Insights from the 17th National Health Conference in Brazil The 17th National Health Conference takes place in Brasilia from July 2–5. The Executive Director of the WFPHA, Prof. Bettina Borisch, takes part in this event. The Conference gathers...
Global Public Health Policies: Public Health Associations’ Perspectives
Global Public Health Policies: Public Health Associations' Perspectives The definition of advocacy may exhibit slight variations across different disciplines. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), health advocacy is a combination of social actions designed...
High-Level Symposium on Health Policy & Personalized Medicine for Cancer: Projecting Europe-China Collaboration in the Global Arena – A Report
High-Level Symposium on Health Policy & Personalized Medicine for Cancer: Projecting Europe-China Collaboration in the Global Arena - A Report Integrating China in the International Consortium for Personalized Medicine (IC2PerMed) project aims to foster...
IC2PerMed: Roadmap
IC2PerMed: Roadmap Integrating China in the International Consortium for Personalized Medicine (IC2PerMed) project aims to support the European Union (EU)-China collaboration over the developments of personalized medicine research, innovations, and policies through...