WFPHA Blog: Insights on Global Public Health
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Statement about the Current Situation in Tigray, Ethiopia
Statement about the Current Situation in Tigray, EthiopiaThe World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA) notes with concern the reports that around 5 million people need humanitarian assistance, and more than two million people were forced to flee their...
Healthy Climate Prescription: An Urgent Call for Climate Action from the Health Community ahead of COP26
Healthy Climate Prescription: An Urgent Call for Climate Action from the Health Community ahead of COP26The 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in November 2021 is a critical moment to raise our voices to protect people worldwide from...
EU Commission’s Response to Co-signed Open Letter on Access to COVID-19 Vaccines and Therapies
EU Commission’s Response to Co-signed Open Letter on Access to COVID-19 Vaccines and Therapies"The Commission is committed to the objective of universal equitable access to vaccines and treatments against COVID-19." The European Commission has responded the co-signed...
WFPHA Working Groups: Welcoming New Chairs/Co-chairs and Thanking Outgoing Chairs
WFPHA Working Groups: Welcoming New Chairs/Co-chairs and Thanking Outgoing ChairsAt WFPHA, our mission is to protect people, prevent diseases, and promote health and wellbeing. Our 10 diverse Working Groups help us achieve our mission through advocacy, collaborative...
Ensuring a Trained Public Health Workforce
Ensuring a Trained Public Health WorkforceGlobally, public health training mainly occurs through Master of Public Health (MPH) programmes, although undergraduate and doctoral programmes exist. Although difficult to measure, globally public health teaching programmes...
Public Health Answers: Trust in Science during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Public Health Answers: Trust in Science during the COVID-19 PandemicIn this episode of Public Health Answers, we talk to Dr Michael Moore AM, Former Minister of Health and Community Care and an Independent member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative...
Co-building a New Eco-Social World: Leaving No One Behind
Co-building a New Eco-Social World: Leaving No One Behind"Our vision is that when we emerge from this pandemic, we co-build a world based on values that ensure our planet will be sustainable, and together we can provide good quality life-cycles, not only for each...
Global Public Health Leaders Warn about Political Leadership that Harms
Global Public Health Leaders Warn about Political Leadership that HarmsAround the world, the rapid spread of the Delta variant is posing a grave threat to pandemic control, highlighting the critical need for effective leadership informed by the best available...
Value-based Vaccination Webinar
Value-based Vaccination WebinarValue-Based Healthcare (VBHC) offers a new value(s)-based immunization approach for sustainable and resilient healthcare systems. Exploring the full value of vaccinations could allow better evaluation of health-related and care-related...
Recommendations to Drive Value-based Decision-making in Vaccination
Recommendations to Drive Value-based Decision-making in VaccinationVaccination as a public health intervention intrinsically provides broad value that goes beyond individual benefits. Here, several recommendations are issued in order to drive broader dialogue and...