Joint Statement during the First Round of the INB Public Hearings

The World Health Assembly Special Session (WHASS) which took place in December 2021 established an Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) to draft and negotiate a WHO convention, agreement or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response.

In the decision establishing the INB, the WHA also requested the WHO Director-General to hold public hearings to inform its deliberations.

The first round of hearings held in April 2022. WFPHA provided a joint statement on substantive elements of a new international instrument on pandemic preparedness and response.

GPHW2022:

Closing Ceremony

The closing ceremony of Global Public Health Week 2022 (GPHW) will celebrate the importance of global public health and recognize the efforts of professionals around the world in preventing disease, protecting communities, and promoting health and well-being.

Public health is a policy choice embedded in sound scientific knowledge. At the closing ceremony which will be held on April 8, 2022 at 13:00 (CEST), leaders from WFPHA’s Public Health Leadership Coalition will discuss the place of science and policy in public health and how we must act now.

GPHW2022:

Opening Ceremony

Global public health leaders, including Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), and Rt. Hon. Helen Clark, Former Prime Minister of New Zealand and Former Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), officially opened the first edition of Global Public Health Week (GPHW) on April 4, 2022 during a dedicated ceremony. The ceremony was followed by the event “Health and Social Wellbeing in a Conflict Environment” co-organized by the WFPHA and the International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW).

This event is available to view by clicking on the link below.

GPHW2022:

Writing beyond Contexts and Borders

Theme: Preventing the Next Pandemic

Date and Time: 08 April 2022 | 19:00 – 21:00 (CEST)

Event Description: Interactive lecture about writing genres enabling scientists to disseminate evidence to decision makers and the public.

Event Type: Webinar

Event Format: Virtual

Language(s): English

Organiser(s): European Student Think Tank, #Students_Against_COVID, and Bringing Europeans Together Association (BETA)

How to Attend Virtually: Closed.

Registration: Closed.

GPHW2022:

Prevenir la próxima pandemia

Theme: Preventing the Next Pandemic

Date and Time: 08 April 2022 | 16:00 (CEST)

Event Description: La Sociedad Cubana de Salud Pública (SOCUSAP) y la Alianza de Asociaciones de Salud Pública de las Américas (AASPA), en correspondencia con la iniciativa de la Federación Mundial de Asociaciones de Salud Pública (WFPHA por sus siglas en ingles) para la celebración de “La Semana Mundial de la Salud Pública”, tienen el gusto de invitarle a que nos acompañe en el evento que se celebrará desde el lunes 4 hasta el viernes 8 de abril, con el tema “La salud pública importa: construyendo el nuevo futuro”. Este evento tiene como objetivo reunir a instituciones, comunidades y actores de la salud pública para reconocer sus contribuciones.

Event Type: Webinar

Event Format: Virtual

Language(s): Spanish

Organiser(s): Sociedad Cubana de Salud Pública (SOCUSAP) and Alianza de Asociaciones de Salud Pública de las Américas (AASPA)

How to Attend Virtually: Closed.

Registration: Closed.

GPHW2022:

Infodemic: A Health Communication Emergency

Theme: Preventing the Next Pandemic

Date and Time: 08 April 2022 | 13:15 – 14:15 (CEST)

Event Description: Infodemic, role of social media and digital tools, as opportunity and critical factors impacting public health: 1. use of Artificial Intelligence (affective computing) applied to social media information in order to detect mental health; 2. evaluation of the impact of social media in the phenomenon of vaccine hesitancy.

Event Type: Webinar

Event Format: In-person and Virtual

Language(s): Italian

Organiser(s): Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

How to Attend In-person: Closed.

How to Attend Virtually: Closed.

Registration: Closed.