WFPHA Blog: Insights on Global Public Health
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Call to Exclude Alcohol Advertising from Ad-supported Netflix Subscriptions
Call to Exclude Alcohol Advertising from Ad-supported Netflix SubscriptionsRecently, Netflix has decided to launch a new ad-supported tier. The company plans to exclude certain types of advertisements, including gambling ads from this new tier. Over 50 signatories...
Public Health and Emergency Workforce Roadmap: The First Steering Committee Meeting
Public Health and Emergency Workforce Roadmap: The First Steering Committee MeetingIn May 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched the Public Health and Emergency Workforce Roadmap (the Roadmap), a document outlining a strategy to measure and ensure the...
Driving Pediatric Vaccines Recovery in Europe
Driving Pediatric Vaccines Recovery in EuropePediatric vaccination helps protect children and adults against serious, preventable and sometimes life-threatening diseases. Childhood vaccination coverage in Europe has increased in recent decades, reaching very high...
The WFPHA Has Attended the World Health Summit 2022
The WFPHA Has Attended the World Health Summit 2022The WFPHA attended the the World Health Summit 2022 in Berlin, Germany, represented by Dr Michael Moore AM, Chair of the International Immunization Policy Taskforce. During the Summit, Dr Moore emphasized the...
The WFPHA Has Attended the 1st World Patients Conference
The WFPHA Has Attended the 1st World Patients ConferenceThe WFPHA attended the 1st World Patients Conference in Rome, Italy, represented by its Executive Manager, Dr Marta Lomazzi. Dr Lomazzi discussed with delegates from other international NGOs and patients how to...
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...