GPHW2023: Role of Physiotherapy for Sustainable Healthcare

Theme: Tackling the Climate Crisis

Date and Time: 04 April 2023 | 19:00 – 20:30 (CEST)

Event Description: The Europe region of World Physiotherapy has been striving as part of its strategic to uphold and enhance sustainable health care. During this webinar there will be an overview of the methods used and also on how this European organisation is promoting these practices to its members organisations and physiotherapists practising in the EU and globally. A webinar will be held in line with the theme “Tackling the Climate Crisis” with the title of session being “Physiotherapy for Sustainable Healthcare”. The primary obejctive of this webinary is that participants will learn further on how physiotherapy services are a better option to address climate crisis, which approach is aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals Agenda 2030. The webinar will be 1.5 hours long and the plan is as follows: A welcome note will be held by the Chairperson of the Europe region of World Physiotherapy (10 minutes) then Speaker 1, Annie Palstam from Sweden will be presenting a 20 minutes overview on “The role of Physiotherapy for Sustainable Healthcare” followed by Speaker 2, Loredana Gigli from Italy who will be presenting a 20 mins overview on the document of the Europe region of World Physiotherapy titled “Harmonisation of Sustainable Development Goals Within the Physiotherapy Profession”. The rest of the session will be moderated by Maria-Louisa Busuttil from Malta who will be facilitating a debate of 35 minutes where participants will be provided with the change to interact, and the primary focus of this debate will be on the cultural change that healthcare needs to implement to address the Climate Crisis. The concluding remarks will consist of recommendations that will merge throughout this session which will be presented by the moderator of the debate.

Event Type: Seminar/Webinar

Event Format: Virtual

Language(s): English

Organiser(s): Europe region of World Physiotherapy

How to Attend In-person: N/A

How to Attend Virtually: Livestream

Registration: https://www.eventbrite.be/e/role-of-physiotherapy-for-sustainable-healthcare-tickets-567859843077 

GPHW2023: Sustainable Dentistry

Theme: Tackling the Climate Crisis

Date and Time: 04 April 2023 | 18:00 (CEST)

Event Description: This event will firstly examine sustainability, the impact of dentistry on planetary health and ask how we as dental professionals can embed sustainability into the modern delivery of dentistry. Secondly, we will examine the sustainability of health care systems, particularly in the most marginalized areas of the world, asking how we can create a sustainable system of care when infrastructure and workforce capacity is suboptimal? How can we overcome significant financial and social barriers to accessing oral health care worldwide?

The event invites all dental and healthcare students and professionals to start a journey producing concrete actions locally to make oral health sustainable. We hope to catalyze our young professionals to take the next steps towards enacting change.

Event Type: Seminar/Webinar

Event Format: Virtual

Language(s): English

Organiser(s): WFPHA Oral Health Working Group & Youth for Sustainable Oral Health

How to Attend In-person: N/A

How to Attend Virtually: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ropPTYctSayjQXoeI57_Gg

Registration: https://forms.gle/8Y97ZsGXCuG5guUb7

GPHW2023: The Cost of Mental Health in a Changing Planet

Theme: Tackling the Climate Crisis

Date and Time: 04 April 2023 | 17:00 – 18:30 (CEST)

Event Description: The event is organized in collaboration with the Planetary Health Alliance. There will be two keynote speakers: Prof. Fusar Poli and Prof. Odone. Prof. Fusar Poli, Psychiatrist, Professor of Preventive Psychiatry at King’s College London, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at University of Pavia, will focus on “the impact of climate change on global mental health”, while Prof. Odone, Full Professor of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, President of the Digital Health Section at the European Public Health Association, will discuss the importance of a preventive approach to the issue.

Event Type: Seminar/Webinar

Event Format: In-person and Virtual

Language(s): Italian

Organiser(s):

How to Attend In-person: Collegio Nuovo – Fondazione Sandra e Enea Mattei, Via Abbiategrasso 404 – Pavia (Italy)

How to Attend Virtually: Zoom

Registration: https://forms.gle/BjkEw9Bj3SA4KLiY8 

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: Tackling the Climate Crisis

Theme: Tackling the Climate Crisis

Date and Time: 04 April 2023 | 15:00 – 16:00 (CEST)

Event Description: Public Health Association of Bangladesh (PHAB) will observe the Global Public Health Week (GPHW) which is a initiative of the World Federation of Public Health Association (WFPHA) that will take place on 3 -7 April 2023. On the eve of this week, a ‘Webinar’ will be organized with the theme: Tackling the Climate Crisis by PHAB in collaboration with National Heart Foundation (NHF), Center for Injury Prevention & Research of Bangladesh (CIPRB), Obstetrical & Gynecological Society of Bangladesh (OGSB), Bangladesh Nursing Association (BNA), Bangladesh Society of Midwives (BSMW). The participants will be from the mentioned organizations. The webinar will be facilitated by Prof. Shah Monir Hossain, President, PHAB. A keynote presentation will be made by Prof. Dr. Iqbal Kabir, Director, Climate Change, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of Bangladesh. A report will be generated after the webinar.

Event Type: Seminar/Webinar

Event Format: Virtual

Language(s): English and Bangla

Organiser(s): Public Health Association of Bangladesh (PHAB)

How to Attend In-person: N/A

How to Attend Virtually:

Registration: N/A

GPHW2023: Strengthening Climate Change Education for the Public Health Workforce

Theme: Tackling the Climate Crisis

Date and Time: 04 April 2023 | 15:00 – 16:00 (CEST)

Event Description: The Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER) will be hosting an online seminar with climate-health partners to learn about the role of public health professionals in the climate crisis. This seminar will also include a summary of climate-health education resources across ASPHER partners, with future insights on how schools of public health can move forward from advocacy to action.

Event Type: Panel Discussion & Round Table

Event Format: Virtual

Language(s): English

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

How to Attend In-person: N/A

How to Attend Virtually: Zoom

Registration: N/A