GPHW2024: Sustainability in Oral Health

Theme: Promoting a Sustainable Life for Thriving Communities

Date and Time: 11 April 2024 | 17:00-18:00 EST

Event Description: We aim to disseminate our expertise on sustainability in oral health to a global audience. The webinar will feature multiple presenters offering insights into the state of oral health in their respective countries, supported by scientific data. Attendees are encouraged to engage in a rich discussion on the topic.

Event Type: Seminar / Webinar

Event Format: online

Language(s): English

Organiser(s): Youth for Sustainable Oral Health

How to Attend Virtually: Zoom link

Registration: N/A

GPHW2024: Future Directions in Oral Health: Global Perspectives

Theme: Rethinking Public Health Paradigms

Date and Time: 8th April 2024 |06:30-07:30 (EDT)

Event Description: Explore the future of oral health from a global perspective in our upcoming webinar “Future Directions in Oral Health: Global Perspectives”.
Presented by the WFPHA Oral Health Workgroup members, World Federation of Public Health Associations.

Join us as our diverse panel of speakers, hailing from various regions around the world, share their insights and experiences, offering unique perspectives on the future landscape of oral health.

Don’t miss this opportunity to gain valuable knowledge and engage in a stimulating panel discussion. Register now and be part of this enlightening session shaping the future of global oral health. All presenters are members of the WFPHA Oral Health Workgroup.

For questions, please contact Dr. Kiran Nagdeo: kn2293@nyu.edu

Invited Speakers:

Dr. Hyewon Lee DMD, MPH, DrPH  – South Korea

Dr. Sonia Groisman DSc, PhD, MSc, DDS – Brazil

Dr. Kenneth Eaton BDS, MSc, PhD, LDS, MGDS RCS (Eng), FFGDP(UK), FFPH, FHEA, FICD, DHC – England

Dr. Aarthi Shanmugavel BDS, MPH, DHI (ABD) – USA

Dr. Rachel Martin BDSc, Grad Dip Ed, MPH – Melbourne, Australia

Dr. Seema Kumar: BDS, MSc Paed, PGC Orthod., PGCTT, PG Dip. Med Edu. – Cook Islands

Dr. Pascaline Talla DMD, PhD – Montreal, Canada

Dr. Kiran Nagdeo BDS, MPH, PhD Student – USA

Event Type: Seminar / Webinar

Event Format: online

Language(s): English

Organiser(s): Dr. Kiran Nagdeo

How to Attend Virtually: Zoom Link 

Registration: N/A

GPHW2024: Speech from Prof. Michael Baker on allocating sustainable funding for resilient health systems

Theme: Enhancing and Democratizing Governance in Global Health

Date and Time: 9th April 2024 | 10:00-10:20 (CET)

Event Description: The lecture is about allocating sustainable funding for resilient health systems and the insights that Prof. Michael Baker provides really are important for those who are interested in not only health, but how we get there, and how we manage our policies in dealing with our general political masters and bureaucracy.

Professor Michael Baker, from Otago University in Wellington, New Zealand, has an extraordinary background as a public health physician and as a professor of public health. He was the key leader in the fight in New Zealand against COVID-19.

This webinar is part of the International Immunization Policy Task Force activities led by the WFPHA. 

Event Type: Video

Event Format: online

Language(s): English

Organiser(s): International Immunization Policy Task Force

How to Attend Virtually: Youtube Link

Registration: N/A

Shaping the Future of Public Health Sustainable Investments

On January 23, 2024, the WFPHA Immunization Taskforce hosted an insightful conversation on Shaping the Future of Public Health Sustainable Investments.

This webinar is part of the Immunization Taskforce activities led by the World Federation of Public Health Associations.

Anuradha Gupta, President of Global Immunization at the Sabin Vaccine Institute and Hugo Marín Piva, Head of the Pharmaco-economy Area at the Pharmacoepidemiology Department at Costa Rican Social Security Fund explored real-world cases, emphasizing the critical need for strategic and impactful investments in the realm of global health.

GPHW2024: Empowering Future Public Health Professionals: A Workshop on Professional Development

Theme: Fostering the Development of the Right Competencies within Tomorrow’s Health Workforce

Date and Time: 12th April 2024 | 14:00-15:30 (CET)

Event Description: The “Empowering Future Public Health Professionals” workshop aims to empower students and young professionals in the field of public health by providing them with opportunities to discuss, share opinions and experiences, and actively engage in their professional development, fostering a sense of individual and collective responsibility towards addressing global health challenges.

Organised by leading organizations of students and young professionals in the field, including the Young WFPHA Working Group, International Pharmaceutical Students’ Federation (IPSF), International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA), International Veterinary Students Association (IVSA), and the European Public Health Student and Alumni Association (EPHSA), the workshop addresses the evolving needs of public health professionals by involving students in shaping curriculum competencies.

The structure proposed for the workshop includes an introduction to set the context, through the involvement and engagement with expert keynotes to provide valuable insights into public health competencies and professional pathways.

Following, interactive activities, including Mentimeter mapping and breakout sessions, will allow participants to discuss challenges, desired competencies, and strategies for professionalization.

The discussions in the breakout rooms will serve to collect the ideas and proposals to draft a document, such as manifestos or calls to action, that will lay the groundwork for future initiatives, with a mid-long-term goal of informing and influencing prominent global health forums such as the World Health Assembly or the World Health Summit.

The workshop aims to foster collaboration and dialogue, contributing to building a dynamic public health workforce capable of addressing global health challenges.

Event Type: Workshop / Online Training

Event Format: online

Language(s): English

Organiser(s): Young WFPHA Working Group, International Pharmaceutical Students’ Federation (IPSF), International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA), International Veterinary Students Association (IVSA), and the European Public Health Student and Alumni Association (EPHSA)

How to Attend Virtually: Zoom Link (will be sent after registration)

Registration: Link

GPHW2024: Digital Health Citizenship: Advancing digital health and civic literacy through intergenerational dialogues

Theme: Enhancing and Democratizing Governance in Global Health

Date and Time: 9th April 2024 | 14:00-15:15 CET

Event Description: In the era of digital transformation, ensuring the health and well-being of young people requires strategic action. The Lancet and Financial Times Commission on Governing Health Futures 2030: Growing up in a digital world has outlined essential recommendations that stakeholders must heed to support the thriving health and well-being of the younger generation. To move the Commission’s recommendations into tangible action, the Digital Transformations for Health Lab (DTH-Lab) was established in 2023. The global consortium with hubs in Africa, Asia, and Europe is a multidisciplinary platform aiming to strengthen digital and data governance to improve young people’s health and well-being.

Enfranchising young people to co-design and critically engage with digital-first health systems is a core project of the DTH-Lab as part of efforts to increase public participation and digital health citizenship. By partnering with youth and youth organizations at the global, regional, and country levels, the DTH-Lab is launching an assessment of young people’s perception of digital health citizenship to support the co-creation of desired health outcomes, promote youth leadership and support a generation of informed and enfranchised digital health citizens.

Digital health citizenship emerges from the intersection of digital transformations, health, and citizenship. Recognizing that individuals have rights, responsibilities, and agency in the digital health landscape, digital health citizenship promotes active participation, informed decision-making, and ethical use of digital health technologies and platforms. To advance digital health citizenship, particularly among the youth population, improved capacity must be enacted particularly focusing on the unity of digital, health, and civic literacy.

This intergenerational dialogue aims to assess the current perception of digital health citizenship with a particular focus on garnering youth insights and their key asks in becoming more enfranchised digital health citizens. Discussants will share preliminary work on this topic including a current scoping study on digital health literacy tools from the Young World Federation of Public Health Association (YWFPHA) and the general landscape of current work on digital health citizenship. Moreover, the DTH-Lab will launch an online survey to support its broader work of co-designing and solution creation with young people in becoming enfranchised digital health citizens in the age of digital transformations.

DTH-Lab links:

Website|Twitter |Linkedin | Instagram| Twitter

YWFPHA links:  

LinkedIn| Instagram| Whatsapp| Telegram

Event Type: Seminar / Webinar

Event Format: online

Language(s): English

Organiser(s): Young World Federation of Public Health Association (YWFPHA)

How to Attend Virtually: Zoom Link (will be sent after registration)

Registration: Link