GPHW2023: Addressing Health Care Workers’ Psychological Distress and Moral Injury as a Public Health Priority

Theme: 3 Themes

Date and Time: 03 – 05 April 2023 | 18:00 – 19:00 (CEST)

Event Description: Public health stakeholders in South Africa, including the South African government, academics and subject experts, people living with HIV (PLHIV), people with lived experience of mental health conditions, and representatives from international agencies met in September 2022 and identified a need to build awareness of moral injury as a concept among HCWs and management, as part of a strategy to tackle the psychological distress facing many HCWs in the workplace. The whole area of mental health is a new challenge that needs to be faced by Public Health Professionals and Associations, not only in South Africa, but globally as well. This webinar will seek to unpack the concept of moral injury, including how inadequate resources, policies that conflict with morals and values, cultural differences, and corruption in the health system drive the experience of moral injury in HCWs in South Africa. It will build on the report of the September 2022 round table meeting, in which panellists suggested that mental health champions, peer support structures (e.g., WhatsApp groups), campaigns, and employee assistance programs (EAPs) are potential mechanisms to build mental health resilience in HCWs. The target audience would be HCWs, management, professional associations, industry professionals and government officials. Three weeks after this Global Public Health Week, on 24-25 April, we will be hosting a major two-day in person Mental Health Conference in Johannesburg. This webinar would serve as an important opportunity to focus on an important area of mental health in the public sector in the lead-up to the conference.

Event Type: Seminar/Webinar

Event Format: Virtual

Language(s): English

Organiser(s): Foundation for Professional Development 

How to Attend In-person: N/A

How to Attend Virtually: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0Wb3p3fMQ2u738fgWSKoGg 

Registration: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0Wb3p3fMQ2u738fgWSKoGg 

GPHW2023: Climate Change: A Public Health Crisis with a Health-centred Solution

Theme: Tackling the Climate Crisis

Date and Time: 04 April 2023 | 14:00 – 14:45 (CEST)

Event Description: Climate change threatens to undermine the last 50 years of gains in public health. We are experiencing intensifying heatwaves and extreme weather events, worsening flood and drought, the spread of infectious diseases, and exacerbated poverty and mental ill-health, all connected to the climate crisis. However, an aligned, global and equitable response to climate change will bring immense benefits for human health, with cleaner air, healthier diets, and more liveable cities. The Lancet Countdown: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change exists to monitor this transition from threat to opportunity. We are a collaboration of over 300 leading experts from academic institutions and UN agencies across the globe, bringing together climate scientists, engineers, energy specialists, economists, political scientists, public health professionals and doctors. Each year our findings are published annually in medical journal The Lancet ahead of the UN climate change negotiations. Our data makes clear how climate change is affecting our health, the consequences of delayed action and the health benefits of a robust response. During GPHW 2023, join this webinar with Lancet Countdown experts to explore:

• The latest evidence on the links between climate change and public health, using data from the 2022 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: health at the mercy of fossil fuels.
• The role of Public Health associations in helping avoid the worst health impacts of climate change, and achieving a healthy, thriving future – including how global public health actors can use Lancet Countdown indicators and data.

Event Type: Seminar/Webinar

Event Format: Virtual

Language(s): English

Organiser(s): The Lancet Countdown: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change

How to Attend In-person: N/A

How to Attend Virtually: Zoom

Registration: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UIBvVtvKS02Ng5MVrjIdtg 

GPHW2023: Opening Ceremony

Global public health leaders, including Dr Jarbas Barbosa da Silva Jr., Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), will officially open the second edition of Global Public Health Week (GPHW) on April 3, 2023, during a dedicated ceremony to be held at 12:00 (CEST). The ceremony will be followed by the event “Decolonizing Public Health”, organized by the WFPHA.

Join us to advance the importance of public health in everyone’s lives!

GPHW2023: Government Response to the Reform of Disease Prevention and Control and Lessons Learned from the Pandemic

Theme: Preparing Public Health Professionals & Associations for the New Challenges

Date and Time: 03 April 2023 | 10:00 – 14:00 (CEST)

Event Description: To address the challenges facing public health in the post-COVID-19 era, further explore public health reforms in different countries and share experiences and lessons brought about by the pandemic, the APRLO (CPMA) plans hold a webinar during the GPHW. On this webinar, experts will exchange opinions through theme report and panel discussion. The proposed topics include lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic and the biggest challenges of establishing a strong and resilient health system. We will invite experts from WFPHA, New Zealand, Singapore, Vietnam, Australia, US, UK, Japan, Korea, China, etc.

Event Type: Seminar/Webinar

Event Format: Virtual

Language(s): English (simultaneous translation is provided.)

Organiser(s): Chinese Preventive Medicine Association

How to Attend In-person: N/A

How to Attend Virtually: http://h5.live.gmw.cn/cloud/h5/1679901154686076 

Registration: N/A

GPHW2023: Health Policies and Public Health During the Pandemic Crisis in Latin America: The Use of Politics to Reject the Global Consensus Against COVID-19

Theme: Tackling the Climate Crisis

Date and Time: 04 April 2023 | 15:30 (CEST)

Event Description: In Latin America, politics has historically been claimed as a fundamental dimension for the identification of the context, design, and implementation of public health policies. Politics should illuminate the technical debate by contributing to the understanding of the interests and agendas that mobilize actors to facilitate or obstruct public health policy. However, a contemporary trend gained momentum during the COVID-19 pandemic: some relevant political leaders in the region used political instruments and mechanisms to forge false narratives against scientific evidence, promoting hesitation regarding preventive methods, and the dissemination of misguided alternatives for disease prevention and treatment. The combination of vocal leaders and new ways of disseminating these alternative narratives has caused serious damage to efforts to combat the disease in the region. The panel will cover the experiences of Brazil, Mexico, Panama, and the Dominican Republic, exploring similarities and differences in political narratives and strategies towards pandemics. Panelists will be encouraged to analyze the contemporary roles of politics in relation to health policy and public health.

Event Type: Panel Discussion & Round Table

Event Format: Virtual

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Organiser(s): Associação Brasileira de Saúde Coletiva

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GPHW2023: Essential Public Health Functions

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

Date and Time: 05 April 2023 | 12:00 – 13:30 (CEST)

Event Description: The webinar on Essential Public Health Functions (EPHF) will focus on the core responsibilities of public health systems and their contribution to improving population health. It explores the different EPHF areas, including health monitoring and surveillance, disease prevention and control, health promotion, and emergency preparedness and response. The webinar will highlight the critical role of public health in mitigating and responding to health threats, including infectious diseases, natural disasters, and social determinants of health. The session will also discuss the challenges and opportunities in strengthening public health systems and achieving health for all. Overall, the webinar will provide insights into the EPHF framework and its relevance for public health practitioners, policymakers, and researchers.

Event Type: Seminar/Webinar

Event Format: Virtual

Language(s): English

Organiser(s): WFPHA

How to Attend In-person: N/A

How to Attend Virtually: Zoom

Registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/essential-public-health-functions-tickets-575786160907