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The WFPHA Special General Assembly 2022
The WFPHA Special General Assembly 2022On October 13, 2022, the WFPHA held a Special General Assembly, bringing together all member organizations from around the world and providing a unique opportunity for all participants to present their reports and discuss current...
Big Tobacco’s Dirty Tricks
Big Tobacco’s Dirty TricksSince its inception, the tobacco industry has been at the forefront of influencing public opinion and disrupting health policy through various sophisticated and deceptive methods. As evidence has mounted supporting the undisputed deadly...
WFPHA Position at the 4th Meeting of the Intersessional Process for Considering SAICM and the Sound Management of Chemicals and Waste Beyond 2020
WFPHA Position at the 4th Meeting of the Intersessional Process for Considering SAICM and the Sound Management of Chemicals and Waste Beyond 2020Chemicals have been made and used throughout history. The industrial revolution drove an explosion in volumes produced. In...
Statement on Health Equity on the Occasion of the UNGA 77
Statement on Health Equity on the Occasion of the UNGA 77On the occasion of the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 77), the Sustainable Health Equity Movement (SHEM) has approved a collective statement on health equity. Several civil society...
Welcoming New Chairs/Co-chairs of Our Working Groups
Welcoming New Co-chairs of Our Working GroupsA warm welcome to Dr Summer May Finlay, Dr Miguel Ángel Royo Bordonada, and Dr Ana Paula Bortoletto on joining our family as Co-chair of Indigenous and Co-Chairs of NCDs Prevention and Health Promotion Working Groups...
Thank You to Outgoing Chairs/Co-chairs of Our Working Groups
Thank You to Outgoing Chairs/Co-chairs of Our Working GroupsThe WFPHA expresses its sincere thanks to its Outgoing Working Groups Chairs/Co-chairs, Dr Carmen Parter (Indigenous), Dr Alexandra Jones, and Dr Chantal Julia (NCDs Prevention and Health Promotion), for the...
Concept Note: A WHA Resolution on Climate Change and Health
Concept Note: A WHA Resolution on Climate Change and HealthClimate change has been described as the greatest health threat of the 21st century. In 2008, the World Health Assembly (WHA) adopted resolution WHA61.19 on climate change and health, noting that climate...
Enhancing Pediatric Vaccination among Children and Adolescents in Europe
Enhancing Pediatric Vaccination among Children and Adolescents in EuropeVaccination has led to the eradication or a great decrease in the incidence of many Vaccine-Preventable Diseases (VPD); however, coverage of many highly recommended vaccines is still too often...
Letter to Prime Minister of Australia and Ministers for Climate Change and Energy, Health and Aged Care, and the Environment and Water
Letter to Prime Minister of Australia and Ministers for Climate Change and Energy, Health and Aged Care, and the Environment and WaterThe WFPHA is a signatory to the Health Professionals Call for Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty to protect the lives of current and...
Should We Still Talk about Crisis?
Should We Still Talk about Crisis?A Reflection by Public Health Leadership Coalition’s Member – Prof. Bettina Borisch The word "crisis" is omnipresent in today’s discourse. There is the COVID-19 crisis, the climate crisis, the Ukraine war crisis, the hunger crisis,...