GPHW2024: Empowering the Next Generation: Insights from Early Career Academia in Public Health

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

Date and Time: 12 April 2024 | 10:00-12:00 AEST

Event Description: This event aims to provide practical strategies and celebrate achievements in shaping the knowledge and skills of early career and future public health professionals. The event will showcase the work of the CAPHIA ECA committee to inform and support other early-career academics and public health professionals interested in creating similar forums within their respective regions. The event will feature a hybrid format comprising a seminar and a virtual network meeting.

The seminar will commence by describing the essential functions and structures of a public health Early Career Academic committee, a group of passionate members who deliver programs, events, and services to support early-career academics (ECA), postgraduate, and higher degree research (HDR) students in public health, as well as early career public health professionals.

Through insights from recent research conducted by the group, the seminar will highlight the key areas of interest and developmental needs of tomorrow’s public health workforce in Australasia. Attendees will gain valuable insights into impactful initiatives such as Catch-up Café networking events, informative blogs and an innovative webinar series, all designed to support the professional development of recent public health graduates and postgraduate students.

Following the seminar, the virtual network meeting will provide an extended platform for global engagement. Participants will be presented with key findings of the CAPHIA needs assessment, opening avenues for a comprehensive discussion on the support requirements of public health graduates and postgraduate students worldwide. This session will also facilitate the exchange of best practices for effective ECA committee operations, encouraging participants to share success stories and collaborate on strategies to guide the development of tomorrow’s public health workforce.

Moreover, strategies for promoting equity within ECA and postgraduate public health circles will be discussed, fostering an inclusive environment conducive to developing future health leaders.

Event Type: Virtual Networking Event

Event Format: online

Language(s): English

Organiser(s): Council of Academic Public Health Institutions Australasia – Early Career Academics (CAPHIA ECA)

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

Registration:Event Link

GPHW2024: NextGen Public Health Summit: Developing Early Career for Forthcoming Workforce

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

Date and Time: 12th April 2024 |07:00-09:00 (CET)

Event Description: This event aims to promote the development of core competencies among healthcare professionals, students, and educators to refine skills and abilities for the forthcoming healthcare workforce.

The event will include a panel discussion featuring representatives from WFPHA, Prof. Bettina Borisch (WFPHA Executive Director), and the Taipei Public Health Specialists Association, focusing on the evolution and prospects of public health legislation. This discussion will offer valuable insights into Taiwan’s pioneering role as the first in Asia to shape the legal framework of the field.

Event Type: Seminar / Webinar

Event Format: Hybrid

Language(s): English

Organiser(s): Federation of Public Health Student Associations in Taiwan

How to Attend Virtually: LinkedIn | Facebook| Website | Instagram

Registration: Link

WFPHA Intervention at The Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB9)

The ninth meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) for a WHO instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response is currently being held in a hybrid format until 28 March in Geneva, Switzerland.

The World Federation of Public Health Associations actively participates in the Ninth meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) for a World Health Organization instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response.

GPHW2024: The WHO’s Intergovernmental Negotiating Body Significance for Pandemic Preparedness

Theme: Enhancing and Democratizing Governance in Global Health

Date and Time: 9th April 2024 | 09:00-10:00 am (CET)

Event Description: In response to the devastating impacts wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic, the WHO established the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) in December 2021 with the intent to develop an international instrument under the Constitution of the WHO to bolster the International Health Regulations (IHR) to strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response. As the INB approaches final negotiations, it is important to understand the significance of the proposed instrument and the INB, the political tensions surrounding it, and what’s at stake regarding the language and passage of such an instrument. To provide a brief overview of the process and its importance, several WFPHA representatives will share a summary of the proceedings and their experiences as public health professionals in civil society regarding the ongoing negotiations. Presentations will be pre-recorded due to time differences and scheduling conflicts.

Event Type: Seminar / Webinar

Event Format: online

Language(s): English

Organiser(s): World Federation of Public Health Associations

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

Registration: Link

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: Enhancing and democratizing Governance in Global Health

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

Date and Time: 9th April 2024 |15:00-16:00 BRT (Brasília Time) UTC/GMT

Event Description: The recent crises in Western democracies pose new questions for healthcare systems around the world. To celebrate World Health Day, we propose to debate this issue with the participation of members of two Latin American public health associations (from Colombia and Argentina) and a specialist in Global Health from Portugal. Colombia faces serious challenges and attacks on its democratic government, which has undertaken a reform aimed at making Colombians’ access to the right to health more equitable. Argentina has just elected a right-wing government that has put access to healthcare and the very subsistence of its public policies into question. How are these themes related, what do we have to learn in the framework of international relations and Global Health? What is the role of public health associations in these circumstances?

Panelists:

Juan Eduardo Guerrero – Colombian Public Health Association

Alejandra Sanches Cabezas – Argentine Public Health Association

Tiago Correia – Professor of Global Health – NOVA University of Lisbon

Event Link

Event Type: Seminar / Webinar

Event Format: online

Language(s): Portuguese, Spanish

Organiser(s): Rosana Onocko Campos – Associação Brasileira de Saúde Coletiva

How to Attend Virtually: Youtube Link

Registration: N/A