GPHW2024: Rethinking Public Health Paradigms: systems thinking with One Health approach 运用全健康的系统思维重新思考公共卫生模

Theme: Rethinking Public Health Paradigms

Date and Time: 08 April 2024 | 16:00 – 19:00 (GMT+8)

Event Description: The COVID-19 pandemic has made the public health field more apparent and appreciated. However, the risk of regression post-pandemic is high. We need to act together now to prevent the next pandemic. Making public health visible and understood is a key step for emergency preparedness as well as other public health issues. Facilitating the sharing of knowledge, resources, and barriers faced by public health professionals globally is key to improving public health capacity in all contexts. In order to sustainably promote the capacity building of public health system by implementing One Health approach at global and national levels, a hybrid webinar entitled “Rethinking Public Health Paradigms: systems thinking with One Health approach” will be arranged with two sessions. In the first session, an opening ceremony will be held followed by six key note speeches related One Health implementations in various scenarios around the world, to provide case studies for promoting the capacity of public health system with focus on the capacity building on emerging and re-emerging zoonoses control, antimicrobial resistant surveillance, food security monitoring, impact assessment of climate changes on health, One Health governance, etc. In the second session, a panel discussion will be arranged with two topics, including (i) the challenges and opportunities for One Health action to promote rethinking public health paradigms at global and national levels, and (ii) lessons sharing on One Health implementation to promote the capacity of the public health system from your country.

Confirmed Speakers:

• Dr Junxia Song, FAO
• Marcel Tanner, President of Swiss Arts and Science Academy
• Ernest Tambo, Prof., Africa Disease Intelligence, Preparedness and Response, Universite des Montagnes, Bangangte, Cameroon
• Mark E.J. Woolhouse, Professor, University of Edinburg
• John P. Ehrenberg, Former Director, Division of Combating Communicable Diseases, Western Pacific Region of WHO
• Abigail Wright, One Health Office, WHO, Geneva
• Christopher Holmes, Wildlife Conservation Society
• Xiao Nongzhou, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Science in One Health
• Zijian Feng Vice President and Secretary General, CPMA; Director, APRLO
• Xiaofeng Liang Dean, Disease Control and Prevention Institute, Jinan University; Vice President, Chinese Preventive Medicine Association; Governing Council member of WFPHA
• Quanle Li Deputy Secretary General, CPMA
• Xianfeng Zhang Director, Hubei Center for Disease Control and Prevention
• An Pan Dean, Huazhong University of Science and Technology School of Public Health
• Anjiang Jin,  Executive Vice Dean, College of Biomedicine and Health, Huazhong Agricultural University
• Luis Eugenio de Souza, President, WFPHA
• Hongbing Shen, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering; Deputy Director, National Administration of Disease Prevention and Control; Director, China CDC

Event Type: Seminar/Webinar

Event Format: Hybrid

Language(s): English

Organiser(s): Chinese Preventive Medicine Association (CPMA)

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How to Attend Virtually: Zoom link

Registration: Zoom link

GPHW2024: Building Together: Co-Creating Health Equity Training for Tomorrow’s Learning Health System Scientists

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

Date and Time: 12 April 2024 | 15:00-15:45 CET

Event Description: Join us for an interactive webinar where we explore the application of co-creation approaches in the development of health equity training within the Swiss Learning Health System (SLHS). Our primary objective is to showcase the collaborative process aimed at equipping SLHS doctoral researchers with the necessary tools to address health inequities.

Key topics of discussion will include:

– Introduction to the Swiss Learning Health System

– Health Equity in Learning Health System Science

– Engagement Strategy for Diverse Stakeholders

– Co-creation of the Training Module

– Showcasing Co-Creation Efforts in the SLHS

Whether you’re a researcher, policymaker, healthcare professional, or advocate, this webinar offers valuable insights for anyone committed to advancing health equity training using participatory approaches.

Join us as we discuss the importance and an alternative approach to developing competencies of tomorrow’s workforce for a more inclusive and equitable health system.

Event Type: Virtual Networking Event

Event Format: online

Language(s): English

Organiser(s): Universitat Luzern

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

Registration: Link

GPHW2024: Urbanization and Public Health: Challenges of middle and low income countries

Theme: Rethinking Public Health Paradigms

Date and Time: 8th April 2024 | 11:00-12:30 CET

Event Description: The Public Health Foundation, Bangladesh (PHFBD) is an independent, autonomous, non-political, and non-profitable organization led by a group of well-reputed, committed, and dedicated multidisciplinary professionals, including physicians, nurses, health academicians, health researchers, public health specialists, and allied health professionals from home and abroad. It aims to make a positive change towards establishing a fairer, inclusive, more equitable, and healthier society by addressing emerging public health challenges through evidence-based actions, research, mobilizing required resources, and delivering people-centered health services. The world is now predominantly urban; rapid and uncontrolled urbanization continues across low-income and middle-income countries. Health systems are struggling to respond to the challenges that urbanization brings. While better-off urbanites can reap the benefits from the ‘urban advantage’, the poorest, particularly slum dwellers and the homeless, frequently experience worse health outcomes than their rural counterparts. Key challenges include: responding to the rising tide of non-communicable diseases and the wider determinants of health, strengthening urban health governance to enable multi-sectoral responses, and provision of accessible, quality primary health care and prevention from a plurality of providers.

This webinar, organized by PHFBD focuses on enhancing understanding of the challenges of rapid urbanization among participants, discussing probable solutions, and disseminating of knowledge related to the issue to a wider audience.

The event is designed for Health professionals, academia, researchers, students, Policy makers, Public health leaders, and anyone interested in global health issues. It will attract participants from various industries, creating a dynamic and diverse environment for learning and collaboration. 

Presenters:

Prof. Hasnat M Alamgir, Director of Professional Development, Southeast University Dhaka, Bangladesh

Prof. Bettina Borisch, CEO WFPHA Geneva, Switzerland

Other speakers:

Prof. M Muzaherul Huq, Member, National Executive Committee at Bangladesh Society for Enforcement of Human Rights (BSEHR) Dhaka, Bangladesh

Hossain Zillur Rahman, Executive Chairman at PPRC (Power and Participation Research Centre) Dhaka, Bangladesh                                                   

Dr. Aftab Uddin, Chairperson, Public Health Foundation, Bangladesh (PHFBD) Dhaka, Bangladesh

Dr. Shegufta Mohammad, International Coordinator Public Health Foundation, Bangladesh (PHFBD), Geneva, Switzerland (Moderator)

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Event Type: Seminar / Webinar

Event Format: online

Language(s): English

Organiser(s): Public Health Foundation, Bangladesh 

How to Attend Virtually: Facebook Live

Registration: Link

GPHW2024: Work Readiness of Public Health Graduates – Challenge Room

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

Date and Time: 12 April 2024 | 9:00-11:00 am GMT +11

Event Description: The pipeline from students to graduates to professionals is vital across all industries. To make sure the workforce remains strong, full of fresh ideas, and able to meet the challenges in front of it. Work readiness is important in every profession. So, why do we struggle to employ fresh public health graduates?

Why is there a preference in the industry to open roles up to other people with transferable skills rather than individuals who have studied prevention and the determinants of health?

How can you, as a public health professional, help to resolve this issue? This will be an interactive session. It will start with the challenge being broken down, and some potential options offered. However, the remainder of the session will be dedicated to attendees discussing this challenge we have in our industry together.

Event Type: Online challenges

Event Format: online

Language(s): English

Organiser(s): La Trobe University

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

Registration: Link

GPHW2024: Community Resilience and Well-being for a Changing World

Theme: Putting Mental Wellbeing on the Health Agenda

Date and Time: 10 April 2024 | 18:00 – 19:30 CET

Event Description: A thought-provoking webinar about the crucial topic of community resilience in the face of a rapidly changing world, full of social, environmental and many other challenges – rising non-communicable diseases, vaccine hesitancy, antimicrobial resistance, aging, war and armed conflicts, political and economical instability, social digitalisation, climate change and its threats, to list a few.

This webinar will feature a panel discussion led by three speakers:

• Lara Pinheiro Guedes, Public Health Physician, Master’s in Medicine, Master’s in Health Statistics. Well-being and Mental Health Advocate.
• Luísa Alvim Barateiro, Biologist, Master’s in Epidemiology. European Climate Pact Ambassador. Climate Speaker and Planetary Health Advocate.
• Monika Barcikowska, Phd in Environmental Science, European Climate Pact Ambassador. Founder of the Women for Climate – Inner Development Goals Hub.

We will address some of the challenges of this era, approaching them from a system-thinking public health perspective. The goal is to discuss problems, impacts, and a community resilience and well-being framework for the coming years.

In addition to discussing community resilience in the context of future challenges through collective approaches, our webinar will also explore the pivotal role of individual habits and behaviors.

This will be a 60-minute dynamic and participatory session where participants will be invited to share their perspectives and experiences as public health professionals, as well as to answer some online questions through the webinar. The session will end with a 15-minute Q&A.

Event Type: Seminar/Webinar

Event Format: online

Language(s): English

Organiser(s): Luísa Barateiro

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

Registration: Link

GPHW2024: The Intersection of humanities, arts and sciences in women’s mental wellbeing research

Theme: Putting Mental Wellbeing on the Health Agenda

Date and Time: 10 April 2024 | 13:00 – 14:00 AEST

Event Description: Addressing inequities in women’s mental well-being requires cross-collaboration between disciplines. Here we propose a gathering of experts from medical research, equity research, critical theory, linguistics, and humanities to discuss approaches and methodologies we could use to advance the field.

The program outline is as below:

• Introduction and overview by Dr. Siew Lim
• Critical theories and linguistic approaches in health research by Prof. Chris Watkin
• Participatory approaches to include the voices of all women in health research by Prof. Jacqui Boyle
• Working beneath the surface: applied medical humanities in clinical practice by Prof. Jo Winning

Event Type: Seminar/Webinar

Event Format: Hybrid

Language(s): English

Organiser(s): Monash University, Australia

How to Attend in Person:  Japanese Studies Centre (main auditorium), 12 Ancora Imparo Wy, Clayton VIC 3168, Australia 1-2pm 

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

Registration: Link