GPHW2023: Making Health a Human Right: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue

Theme: Making Health a Human Right

Date and Time: 06 April 2023 | 11:00 – 12:00 (CEST)

Event Description: The ‘right to health’ is well understood as much more than the right to health care services. It includes the right to a wide range of socio‑economic factors that promote conditions in which people can lead a healthy life, and extends to the underlying determinants of health, such as food and nutrition, housing, access to safe and potable water and adequate sanitation, safe and healthy working conditions, and a healthy environment.

But where do these ‘rights’ come from? What is their status in 2023? Are they ethical principles, or legal principles, or both? Can rights language truly advance global health, particularly in low and middle income countries, or is the ‘right to health’ only a lofty ideal?

Research reveals differing conceptions of the right to health from different disciplinary perspectives. Are these visions reconcilable? Legal tools exist to advance rights, including health rights, but priorities must be identified by public health experts and affected communities.

In academic institutions, law and public health are taught in different faculties – truly interdisciplinary courses and centres are still rare. Other disciplinary perspectives – e.g., economics, geography, architecture, anthropology, theology – also have much to contribute, as do communities directly affected. Consultation and meaningful participation is often inadequate.

This session of Global Public Health Week will offer an opportunity for participants to share different disciplinary and regional perspectives on ‘Making Health a Human Right’. Everyone is welcome to join, listen and share their views. A short summary of the discussion and any suggestions for strengthening interdisciplinary collaboration will be circulated afterwards.

Event Type: Panel Discussion & Round Table

Event Format: Virtual

Language(s): English

Organiser(s): Groningen Centre for Health Law

How to Attend In-person: N/A

How to Attend Virtually: Zoom

Registration: https://nl.surveymonkey.com/r/KRQSR6C?

GPHW2023: Public Health Education for a Sustainable and Equitable Future: Workshop

Theme: Making Health a Human Right

Date and Time: 06 April 2023 | 04:30 – 06:00 (CEST)

Event Description: In this free workshop hosted by the Council of Academic Public Health Institutions Australasia (CAPHIA) we will explore the role of public health education in creating a sustainable and equitable future throughout Australasia. CAPHIA’s Call to Action will be presented, which addresses the following questions:

1. What is the vision and role of public health education in a sustainable and equitable future?
2. What are the responsibilities of public health educators in achieving this vision?What priority knowledge, skills and qualities do we need to embed across public health curricula?
3. What teaching and learning strategies can we adopt to deliver these curricula?

This workshop will allow for the exploration of ideas and methods targeted at embedding this call to action across public health sectors with academics and leaders around the globe.

Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions in this interactive workshop. The event will be available for viewing after the session at www.vimeo.com/caphia along with some take-home messages.

Registration notes:

1. This session is limited to 100 participants.
2. Registration closes on Thursday 27th March 11:59 PM (AEDT).
3. Invitations will be sent manually by CAPHIA staff. Please allow 1-2 business days for processing.

Event Type: Workshop

Event Format: Virtual

Language(s): English

Organiser(s): The Council of Academic Public Health Institutions Australasia (CAPHIA)

How to Attend In-person: N/A

How to Attend Virtually: Zoom

Registration: https://caphia.com.au/public-health-education-for-a-sustainable-and-equitable-future-workshop/ 

GPHW2023: Consultative Meeting on Health is Human Rights

Theme: Making Health a Human Right

Date and Time: 06 April 2023 | 04:00 – 08:00 (CEST)

Event Description: Ministry of Health, Mongolian National Human Rights Commission, and Institute for Strategic Studies will jointly organize “Consultative Meeting on Health is Human Rights”. The objective of the meeting is to consult and build a common understanding on how health is becoming a human rights issue and how to protect this right in a turbulent world and less sustainable society. Each organizer will give presentations on the current situation of health rights in Mongolia. The participants will apart from representatives of the organizers, from National Center Against Violence, women’s NGOs, Mongolian Consumers Association and Health Professionals Association. The meeting in order to make health human rights, will discuss how to reach the highest attainable standard of health, how to build and provide equitable, accessible, affordable, and quality health services to the population, how to avoid any discrimination in health services and how to encourage the participation of the patients and to be informed. The expected outcomes are to build ground for turning health as human rights in reality through having common understanding and consultation amongst different stakeholders and some recommendations on making health as human rights in the context of Mongolia will be developed. Event information will be displayed on the websites of organizing bodies and broadcast through social media channels.

Event Type: Seminar/Webinar

Event Format: In-person

Language(s): Mongolian

Organiser(s):

How to Attend In-person: Government Building XI, Sambuu street-11, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

How to Attend Virtually: N/A

Registration: On-site registration is available on the day of the event.

GPHW2023: More than Just Numbers: Indigenous Community Engaged Research and Maternity Experiences/Narratives of First Nations, Métis and Inuit Birth/Surrogate Parents, Birth Partners, Elders/Knowledge Keepers, and Health Care Providers

Theme: Empowering Our Communities – Protecting Minorities & the Most Vulnerable

Date and Time: 05 April 2023 | 21:00 – 22:00 (CEST)

Event Description: The historical, social, and political exclusion of Indigenous women from public health research does not address maternal health disparities for First Nation, Métis, and Inuit women across Canada. These disparities include 1.7 to over four times higher rates of infant mortality and preterm birth; sudden infant death syndrome; nutritional limitations; and inadequate prenatal care and high levels of stress. Despite these disparities, the 2009 Public Health Agency of Canada Maternal Experiences Survey did not capture Indigenous women’s maternity experiences. To understand the unique barriers and challenges faced by Indigenous women and families seeking perinatal care, ten semi-structured sharing circles, with a combined total of 56 participants across Canada were conducted. This presentation includes the diverse perspectives of Indigenous parents, health care providers, community supports, and Elders to provide community informed health recommendations. Data were analyzed thematically, and four overarching themes were identified to address: 1) celebrating strengths and visions; 2) intergenerational impacts on maternal child health and wellness; 3) healthcare and interactions with colonial systems; and 4) services, supports and access to culturally safe care. This research advances Indigenous knowledge(s), experiences, and methodologies in population and public health research in Canada by addressing longstanding scientific issues of inclusion, representation and the advancement of Indigenous women’s maternal health and wellness. 

Event Type: Seminar/Webinar

Event Format: Virtual

Language(s): English

Organiser(s):

How to Attend In-person: N/A

How to Attend Virtually: Zoom

Registration: N/A

GPHW2023: Pequeños Cambios, Grandes Transformaciones

Theme: Empowering Our Communities – Protecting Minorities & the Most Vulnerable

Date and Time: 05 April 2023 | 19:00 – 20:00 (CEST)

Event Description: The Trauma and Global Mental Health Lab at the New School for Social Research in New York City, in partnership with HIAS Colombia, Universidad del Norte, and Columbia University, with the support of Laser Pulse and USAID, is pleased to announce the international launch of “Pequeños Cambios, Grandes Transformaciones”, a documentary film directed by Marianne Amelinckx, featuring the lived experiences of Venezuelan migrant women and Colombian women from the host community in Barranquilla, Colombia.

Group Problem Management Plus (Group PM+) is a five session intervention for individuals experiencing distress that can be delivered by persons without a mental health background. With the aim of improving mental health access for both Venezuelan migrant and Colombian women at risk of gender-based violence in Barranquilla, they were trained to become facilitators and deliver PM+ to other members of the community holding the same identities.

‘Pequeños Cambios, Grandes Transformaciones’  is a heart-felt, short documentary film that shares and makes the stories of community and personal transformation, from this research study, accessible to wider audiences, and that often do not come across in research papers.

The viewing of the film will be immediately followed by a panel discussion and Q&A session featuring the directors, as well as members from HIAS, Laser Pulse and the World Health Organization.

Event Type: Panel Discussion & Round Table

Event Format: Virtual

Language(s): English and Spanish

Organiser(s):

How to Attend In-person: N/A

How to Attend Virtually: Zoom

Registration: https://newschool.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYoceuqqjwjHtwFkbVdiVwrjW_6sOrqr95u 

GPHW2023: Barrières à la vaccination contre le VPH : comment y répondre pour favoriser une équité vaccinale au niveau mondial

Theme: Empowering Our Communities – Protecting Minorities & the Most Vulnerable

Date and Time: 05 April 2023 | 19:00 – 19:30 (CEST)

Event Description: Le Virus du papillome humain (VPH) est une des maladies transmissibles sexuellement (ITS) les plus répandues au monde. Plusieurs types de VPH ont été identifiés comme étant cancérigènes. Le VPH est d’ailleurs responsable de plus de 95% des cancers du col de l’utérus. Ce cancer est, au niveau mondial, le quatrième cancer le plus fréquent chez les femmes. Malheureusement, sur l’ensemble des décès causés par ce cancer en 2020, 90% sont survenus dans des pays à faible ou moyen développement. Considérant que plusieurs types de vaccin existent afin d’aider à prévenir l’infection au VPH, le manque de couverture vaccinale dans les pays à faible et moyen développement constitue une grave iniquité de santé. De plus, les femmes sont beaucoup plus à risque de graves complications, voire de décès, suite à la contraction du VPH. Le manque de couverture vaccinale constitue donc également une iniquité de santé au niveau du genre. Dans ce webinaire, nous discuterons des barrières à la vaccination contre le VPH dans les pays à faible et moyen développement, et des stratégies pour y répondre, en prenant en compte le contexte social, économique, et politique.

Event Type: Seminar/Webinar

Event Format: Virtual

Language(s): Français

Organiser(s): Raphaëlle Perrot (WFPHA) & Association camerounaise de santé publique

How to Attend In-person: N/A

How to Attend Virtually: Facebook

Registration: N/A