GPHW2024: Cultural Competency in Perinatal Mental Health

Theme: Putting Mental Wellbeing on the Health Agenda

Date and Time: 10th April 2024 | 16:00 – 17:00 (GMT)

Event Description: During this webinar, organized by the FPH Women’s Health SIG, speakers will present on a range of topics including:

• Research around perinatal depression and anxiety in India and UK settings.
• Evaluating the expansion of maternal mental health services.
• Developing Maternal and Perinatal Mental Health services from trauma-informed and health inequalities principles.

Event Link

Event Type: Seminar / Webinar

Event Format: online

Language(s): English

Organiser(s): FPH Women’s Health SIG

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

Registration: Link

GPHW2024: Investigating and addressing inequities on the mental health impacts of climate change

Theme: Putting Mental Wellbeing on the Health Agenda

Date and Time: 10th April 2024 | 12:00 – 13:30 (GMT)

Event Description: The United Nations has recognized that mental distress is a challenge for humanity in navigating our future of uncertain and complex times, not least climate change and widening inequalities. This webinar will share knowledge on understanding the mental health inequities associated with climate change and discuss the public health approaches that can be used to reduce them.

This webinar has been organized by the following FPH SIGs:

• Public Mental Health
• Academic Public Health
• Sustainable Development
• Poverty

Event Link

Event Type: Seminar/Webinar

Event Format: online

Language(s): English

Organiser(s): Public Mental Health SIG, Academic Public Health SIG, Sustainable Development SIG, and Poverty SIG

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

Registration: Link

GPHW2024: What’s Love Got To Do With It? Social love as an approach to public health and violence prevention

Theme: Rethinking Public Health Paradigms

Date and Time: 8th April 2024 | 09:30 – 10:30 (GMT)

Event Description: The term ‘social love’ describes the motivation and actions of a system, organization, or institution (and people working within them), for the collective good, increasing the well-being of another, self, community, and the environment. With a collective affective quality, it involves care, respect, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, and trust, valuing the other, self, community, and environment, and remaining open and receptive.

Public health systems dominated by biomedical models of care often neglect ‘social love’, to the potential detriment of those providing and using public health services. With mounting evidence that human connection and compassion are associated with the delivery of high-quality healthcare, increased health outcomes, and societal well-being, now is the time to recognize the unlocked potential of social love as a concept that could enhance public health discourse, introducing a new way to analyze problems, and deliver interventions. The concept of social love goes beyond traditional concepts of “compassionate care” in taking an asset-based and systems-level approach, focused on rethinking public health narratives, systems, and interventions to elevate protective factors across populations.

We will also consider the role of power and civic engagement in promoting public health and socially loving approaches.

Distributions of power are a key determinant of health; power imbalances in society have detrimental impacts on population health and are a key driver of inequalities. Considering the community-level impacts and solutions to disempowerment and power imbalances can contribute to creating systems and environments that form part of the social love approach.

This webinar will demonstrate the potential value of social love and power as concepts to improve public health practice and decision-making to promote population health and wellbeing, highlighting the positive impact social love could have on addressing key public health issues, such as violence prevention.

Event Link

Event Type: Seminar/Webinar

Event Format: online

Language(s): English

Organiser(s): FPH Emergency Services SIG, FPH Global Violence SIG, and the Global Law Enforcement and Public Health Association (GLEPHA)

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

Registration: Link

GPHW2024: ASPHER-GCCHE European Climate and Health Responders Course: Europe in a Global Context: Climate Justice

Theme: Enhancing and Democratizing Governance in Global Health

Date and Time: 9th April 2024 | 12:00 – 13:30 (CEST)

Event Description: This session will analyze the role of Europe in the global context. It will discuss the responsibility of European countries in mitigating climate change considering its historical and current contribution to GHG emissions. It will describe the concept of climate justice and the importance of loss and damage financing to support the countries that are at the forefront of climate change. It will also discuss key international treaties and policies that drive climate change mitigation and adaptation globally, such as the Paris Agreement, and analyze the role of the UNFCCC and the COP meetings.

Event Type: Seminar/Webinar

Event Format: online

Language(s): English

Organiser(s): The Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER)

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

Registration: Link

GPHW2024: Does public health have a role in peace? A beginner’s guide

Theme: Rethinking Public Health Paradigms

Date and Time: 8th April 2024 | 12:30 – 13:30 GMT

Event Description: In this webinar, organized by the FPH Yemen and Global Violence Prevention SIGs, there will be a panel discussion and Q&A addressing:
• What are the definitions of conflict and war?
• What is the impact of conflict on public health?
• What roles and skills are needed to mitigate these impacts?
• What are the challenges for public health when trying to prevent conflict?

Event Link

Event Type: Seminar/Webinar

Event Format: online

Language(s): English

Organiser(s): FPH Yemen and Global Violence Prevention SIGs

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

Registration: Link

HPV Awareness Day: WFPHA Advances Global Efforts to Eradicate Cervical Cancer

The launch of the Global HPV Consortium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on September 2023, stands as a monumental achievement in the realm of global health. Led by the Sabin Vaccine Institute and with active involvement from the World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA), represented by its Executive Manager, Dr. Marta Lomazzi, this event signifies a key advancement in the battle against cervical cancer.

Aligned with the World Health Organization‘s (WHO) Immunization Agenda 2030 and Cervical Cancer Elimination Initiative, the Consortium serves as a collaborative platform uniting public and private stakeholders worldwide. Its primary mission is to expedite the prevention of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) transmission and ultimately eliminate cervical cancer as a public health threat.

Cervical cancer remains a global health challenge, claiming the lives of approximately 350,000 women annually, with over 600,000 affected each year. This largely preventable disease disproportionately impacts low- and middle-income countries, where access to screening and treatment resources is limited. Without intervention, cervical cancer cases are projected to surge by almost 50% by 2040.

Despite the availability of the HPV vaccine for 17 years, its uptake remains low, exacerbated by the challenges posed by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Recognizing the urgent need for action, the Consortium has galvanized diverse stakeholders from various sectors, including vaccination, cancer control, non-communicable diseases, HIV, reproductive and adolescent health, gender equity, and women’s empowerment.

Looking forward, on June 23rd, 2024, the WFPHA’s Immunization Taskforce convened a webinar on “Shaping the Future of Public Health Sustainable Investments.” This event brought together global experts to showcase tangible examples of efficient and effective health investments, including the transformative potential of gene therapy and the analysis of the return on investment for HPV immunization in low and middle-income countries. Insights into Costa Rica’s immunization model and the PAHO revolving fund were also shared.

The WFPHA is committed to supporting the Global HPV Consortium’s endeavors and anticipates collaborative initiatives aimed at preventing HPV transmission and eradicating cervical cancer. Together, we can stride towards a future where cervical cancer ceases to be a threat to public health.