GPHW2023: The Urban Burden of Disease Estimation for Policy-Making: A Project for European Cities

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

Date and Time: 05 April 2023 | 09:00 – 17:00 (CEST)

Event Description: UBD Policy is a research project that estimates the health and socioeconomic costs and benefits of air quality, noise, urban green spaces, heat and temperature, physical activity, and inequity for nearly 1000 European cities in the EU. This online event will present in the form of a social media live event the project and what could be the linkages between urban and transport planning, environment, behavior, and human health to formulate and support policies for healthier urban and transport planning.

Event Type: Social Media Campaign

Event Format: Virtual

Language(s): English

Organiser(s): Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL)

How to Attend In-person: N/A

How to Attend Virtually: Twitter

Registration: N/A

GPHW2023: Masterclass: Co-Design for Health System Reform

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

Date and Time: 05 April 2023 | 04:30 – 06:00 (CEST)

Event Description: Collaboration and co-design are at the heart of public health and are essential to enable health services, policies and initiatives to meet the needs of the populations they serve. In this free masterclass hosted by the Council of Academic Public Health Institutions Australasia (CAPHIA), we will explore co-design tools used in practice to reform health systems.

Leading academics will present case studies showcasing best practice co-design tools and share evidence-informed recommendations with academics and public health leaders across the globe.

Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions in this interactive webinar. 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 500 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: Webinar

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/masterclass-co-design-for-health-system-reform/ 

GPHW2023: Workshop on Empowering and Protecting Our Communities

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

Date and Time: 05 April 2023 | 04:00 – 08:00 (CEST)

Event Description: Mongolian Association for Professionals of Family Medicine and Federation of Soum Health Center Professionals jointly will organize “Workshop on Empowering and Protection Our Communities” with the participation of representatives of the Mongolian Women’s Federation, Mongolian Red Cross, Health Journalists Federation “White Pen” and National Center for Child Rights and Mongolian Erdely Federation. The objectives are information and experience sharing on what have been done for the protection and empowerment of our communities, find out what the challenges are in empowering and protecting our community and determine the ways to intensify community empowerment and protection measures. Each workshop organizer’s representative will provide a presentation on how the organization responds to the empowerment and protection of their relevant target groups, what challenges exist, and how to solve the problems. After the presentations, during question-and-answer time, every participant’s involvement and free discussion on best practices and gaps in empowering and protecting the community are encouraged. As a result, the participants will have more solid understanding of empowerment and protection of community, the challenges they face and solutions for empowerment and protection and learnt lessons from others. All information about the event will be displayed on the relevant websites of the organizations that participated in this workshop and disseminated through the channels of Health Journalists Federation networks.

Event Type: Workshop/Online Training

Event Format: In-person and Virtual

Language(s): Mongolian

Organiser(s):

How to Attend In-person: Government Building VIII, Olympic Street-2, Sukhbaatar district 14210, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

How to Attend Virtually: N/A

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

GPHW2023: Why Institutions Matter – A Conversation with Professor Vivian Lin

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

Date and Time: 05 April 2023 | 04:00 – 05:00 (CEST)

Event Description: Vivian Lin is Professor of Public Health Practice at the University of Hong Kong. Well-known for her academic and policy contributions in Australia, including with the Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA), National Public Health Partnership, and La Trobe University, she also has extensive experience in the Western Pacific region with the WHO and globally. She has particular interests in universal health coverage, gender equity, and health sector aid.

In this webinar, she will reflect on the importance of institutions linking “transnationally” with community organizations, civil society and academia, and government. She will be interviewed by Prof. Tarun Weeramanthri, President of PHAA.

Event Type: Seminar/Webinar

Event Format: Virtual

Language(s): English

Organiser(s): The Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA)

How to Attend In-person: N/A

How to Attend Virtually: Zoom

Registration: N/A

GPHW2023: NCD and Mental Health Campaign

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

Date and Time: 05 April 2023 | 02:45 – 04:15 (CEST)

Event Description: The NCD and Mental Health Campaign is one of the voluntary initiatives led by Dr Prajjwal Pyakurel in one of the urbanized communities in Sarswatinagar, Kathmandu, Nepal. This initiative is organized once a month in the Sarswatinagar community. This is done in collaboration with the local subunit and the local fitness club. In this initiative, we walk for 1 hour, followed by 1 hour of lectures on various topics related to NCDs and mental health. This program has been running for one year. 

Event Type: Public Health Campaign

Event Format: Virtual

Language(s): English and Nepali

Organiser(s):

How to Attend In-person: N/A

How to Attend Virtually: Zoom

Registration: N/A

GPHW2023: Climate Change and Health: Opportunities for Students

Theme: Tackling the Climate Crisis

Date and Time: 04 April 2023 | 20:00 – 21:00 (CEST)

Event Description: As part of the World Federation of Public Health Associations’ (WFPHA) Global Public Health Week, ASPPH will host a webinar dedicated to student engagement in climate change and its intersection with public health. Featuring guest speakers and a TIPH student ambassador, we will hear about some of the most pressing issues in climate change and health and ways students might actively become involved in moving the needle forward on climate change and health research, practice, policy and advocacy.

Event Type: Seminar/Webinar

Event Format: Virtual

Language(s): English

Organiser(s): ASPPH

How to Attend In-person: N/A

How to Attend Virtually: Zoom

Registration: https://aspph.org/newslug/climate-change-and-health-opportunities-for-students/