Global Public Health Week 2026

Global Public Health Week Day 3 Events

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Mar 24, 2025

Global Public Health Week 2025: Day 3 – Prevention First: From Epidemics to Everyday Health – Wednesday, April 8th

Focus: Immunization, surveillance, and community prevention.

Prevention saves lives and stabilizes societies. Investing in vaccination, disease surveillance, and community prevention mechanisms fosters trust and cooperation, key components of lasting peace.

While we finalize the event list for 2026, have a look at last years events to get an idea of what to expect: 

Time Event Format Link

9:00 AM GMT/1:00 AM CEST

Decolonizing Public Health in History

Panel Discussion/Roundtable (English)

Register here

9:00 AM GMT +6 /
5:00 AM CEST
Domestic Resource Mobilization: Addressing Complex Challenges to Decolonize Bangladesh’s Health System  Blog (English) Read here
9:00 AM CEST Strengthening collaboration between all health sectors: what are the challenges? Panel discussion and round table (English and French) Register here
10:00 AM CEST Nicotine Poses a Particularly Serious Threat to Public Health Webinar (English) Register here
10:00 AM CEST Perspectives from Young Professionals: Insights from Sarah Tan Video (English) Watch here
10:00 AM CEST Perspectives from Young Professionals: Insights from Maya Jones
Video (English) Watch here
10:00 AM CEST Protecting Older Adults from RSV – The Critical Role of Vaccination Video (English) Watch here
10:00 AM CEST Advocating for HPV-Induced Cancer Prevention in the Arab World Video (Arabic and English) Watch here
12:00 PM Palestine / 11:00 AM CEST Voices from Palestine: Young Public Health Researchers Speak Out Webinar (Arabic and English) Contact: duhashella@gmail.com
11:00 AM CEST Lecture on The Importance of Gender-Neutral HPV Vaccination Lectur (English) Watch here
11:00 AM YMT/12:00 PM CEST Patient Ownership of their Health Records Webinar (English) Contact: richardpeterfitton7@gmail.com
2:00 PM CEST Strengthening HIV/AIDS and TB Transition, Linkage, Retention Webinar (English) Register here
8:00 AM EST / 2:00 PM CEST Future of Oral Health: Transformative Initiatives Webinar (English) Register here
2:00 PM CEST Raising Youth Voices: A Discussion on Equity and Decolonization in Public Health Webinar (English) Register here
3:00 PM CEST Fueling Health or Harm? Clean Energy in the Global South Webinar (English) Register here
4:00 PM CEST Combatting Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare Webinar (English) Register here
3:00 PM GMT / 4:00 PM CEST Public Health Without Borders Livestream (English) Join here
4:00 PM BST / 5:00 PM CEST Global Men’s Health Equity Webinar (English) Register here
7:00 PM CEST Sustainable Oral Health Webinar (English) Join here (Passcode: 741245)
7:30 PM CEST The Science and Politics of Planetary Health Webinar (English) Register here
6:00 PM BRT / 12:00 AM CEST (April 10th) Conservatism & Health in South America Livestream (Portuguese and Spanish) Join here

Key Notes

– All events are free and open to global participants.
– CEST = Central European Time (UTC+1).
– Find the other events here: Day 1, Day 2, Day 4, and Day 5

Get Involved

– Follow #GPHW2026 and #Immunization on social media.
– Questions? Contact secretariat@wfpha.org