GPHW2023: Equity Actions for Health as a Human Right: Using Evidence, Ethics, and Dialogue to Explore Collective Obligations in the Face of Global Health Crises

Theme: Making Health a Human Right

Date and Time: 06 April 2023 | 22:00 – 23:30 (CEST)

Event Description: Drawing on insights from the Canada-based SOLVE (Solidarity for Vaccine Equity) project, this panel will feature a brief presentation sharing results of: (a) a policy mapping exercise examining Canada’s trajectory relative to vaccine equity; (b) a series of deliberative dialogues with international stakeholders (e.g., governance leaders, advocates, scholars) to understand the equity and ethical implications of vaccine nationalism; and (c) evidence and equity-informed responses submitted to the World Health Organization’s Intergovernmental Negotiating Body, urging coherence between stated intentions and the inclusion of equity actions in proposals for a new global pandemic treaty instrument.

Attendees will then participate in a question-and-answer session to address critically reflective questions grounded in content presentations. The session will explore the threshold participants believe might constitute a pivotal point when collective obligations to global health supersede national obligations; participants’ perspectives on how to operationalize health equity in global health governance; and their response to preliminary recommendations on ethically coherent governance principles for the navigation of global health crises. The panel will conclude with a plenary de-brief, bringing together shared insights and next steps.

Recognizing attendees have far reaching influences over domestic health practices, the nature of evidence, and imagined policy solutions within and beyond their representative borders, this panel will generate equity-oriented knowledge mobilization on global health policy and practice, considerations of deeply-held assumptions about the role of the nation-state in relation to societal wellbeing and economic growth, and raise questions about legitimacy, responsibilities, and accountability in the context of issues affecting collective global health.

Event Type: Panel Discussion & Round Table

Event Format: Virtual

Language(s): English

Organiser(s): SOLVE Study, University of British Columbia-Okanagan

How to Attend In-person: N/A

How to Attend Virtually: Zoom

Registration: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/equity-actions-for-health-as-a-human-right-solve-study-panel-discussion-tickets-567241654057 

GPHW2023: Youth Voices for a Healthy, Clean, and Sustainable Environment

Theme: Making Health a Human Right

Date and Time: 06 April 2023 | 20:30 – 21:30 (CEST)

Event Description: In July 2022, the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) declared that access to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment constitutes a universal human right. As stakeholders across the globe are prompted to take action towards this end, the voice of young professionals and students should also be heard. Lately, youth organizations have increasingly become involved in a host of public health causes. These range from promoting cancer prevention and early diagnosis and disseminating credible information against COVID-19 to advocating for reparative action regarding the ramifications of armed conflicts on health. To shed light on these important issues, we are organizing a panel discussion featuring representatives from public health-oriented youth and civil society organizations, such as the European Student Think Tank, #Students_Against_COVID, the Institute of Cancer and Crisis, and the Cancer Prevention Research Group in Greece. Join us as we discuss the impact and lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic on sustainable healthcare, the importance of a healthy and sustainable environment for cancer prevention and management, and the potential response of the surgical community to climate change within the newly proposed concept of social surgery. 

Event Type: Seminar/Webinar

Event Format: Virtual

Language(s): English

Organiser(s): European Student Think Tank (Public Health and Policy Working Group), #Students_Against_COVID, Institute of Cancer and Crisis, and Cancer Prevention Research Group in Greece (CPRGGreece)

How to Attend In-person: N/A

How to Attend Virtually: Online event via Google Meet. A link for participation will be shared on the social media of the participating organizations in due time before the event. Interested individuals and organizations are welcome to reach out by e-mail for further clarifications: publichealth@esthinktank.com

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Registration: N/A

GPHW2023: Making Health a Human Right

Theme: Making Health a Human Right

Date and Time: 06 April 2023 | 16:00 – 17:30 (CEST)

Event Description: This webinar aims to highlight the importance of health and healthcare provision as a basic human right that has to be offered to all human beings. It will give a space for participants to reflect on the existing gaps in the healthcare systems and how to bridge them in accordance with the Universal Declaration on Human Rights and the international human rights treaties.

Event Type: Seminar/Webinar

Event Format: Virtual

Language(s): English

Organiser(s): The International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations (IFMSA)

How to Attend In-person: N/A

How to Attend Virtually: Zoom

Registration: https://ifmsa.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIqd–tqDotHNCECNsgrB_sqvK3Z7APeCRV 

GPHW2023: Assessment of Swallowing and Balance in Elderly People

Theme: Making Health a Human Right

Date and Time: 06 April 2023 | 14:00 – 16:00 (CEST)

Event Description: The academic staff of the Department of Logopedics and the Department of Kinezitherapy will assess swallowing and balance in elderly people. As a result of the obtained data, guidelines and recommendations will be given for the prevention and treatment of the identified deficiencies.

Event Type: Public Health Campaign

Event Format: In-person

Language(s): Bulgarian

Organiser(s): South-West University “Neofit Rilski”

How to Attend In-person: South-West University “Neofit Rilski” 66 Ivan Mihailov str., Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria

How to Attend Virtually: N/A

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

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: Speech Therapy Interventions for Persons Who Have Recovered from COVID-19

Theme: Making Health a Human Right

Date and Time: 06 April 2023 | 12:00 – 13:00 (CEST)

Event Description: The academic staff of the Department of Logopedics will preset different interventions – assessment and therapy for persons who have recovered from COVID-19. The participants of the workshop will be speech and language therapy professionals.

Event Type: Workshop/Online Training

Event Format: In-person

Language(s): Bulgarian

Organiser(s): South-West University “Neofit Rilski”

How to Attend In-person: South-West University “Neofit Rilski” 66 Ivan Mihailov str., Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria

How to Attend Virtually: N/A

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