WFPHA Blog: Insights on Global Public Health
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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,...
Barriers to Climate Disaster Risk Management for Public Health
Barriers to Climate Disaster Risk Management for Public HealthAccording to available data, atmospheric warming, sea level rise, mountain glacier loss, and ocean acidification are all happening at unprecedented speeds, leading to extreme weather events such as tropical...
Protecting Health Workforce through Vaccination in LICs and LMICs
Protecting Health Workforce through Vaccination in LICs and LMICsSuccessful national immunization programs depend on up-to-date policies and effective strategies at all levels to achieve and maintain coverage targets, as well as to develop understanding and trust in...
Leaders and Leadership in Systemic Approaches to the Challenge Posed by COVID-19
Leaders and Leadership in Systemic Approaches to the Challenge Posed by COVID-19A Reflection by Public Health Leadership Coalition’s Member – Dr. María del Rocío Sáenz Madrigal A single-cause or opportunistic understanding of health contributes to fragmented and...
WFPHA Has Joined Health Professionals to Call for Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty
WFPHA Has Joined Health Professionals to Call for Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation TreatyThe message is clear; to prevent exceeding 1.5ºC of warming and to protect the health and lives of present and future generations, we need a rapid, equitable phase-out of fossil...