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24th IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion - UNESCO Chair speaking
2022-05-15 - 2022-05-19 | Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Promoting policies for health, well-being and equity – hybrid event
The 24th IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion will provide a unique opportunity to take stock of strategies and actions that can be taken to align policies with health, well-being and equity objectives (e.g. Health in All Policies), and to reinvigorate all sectors of society and all regions of the world concerned with supporting health and well-being. This will be an opportunity for researchers, health practitioners and decision makers and other sectors critical to population health to exchange knowledge and share experiences on progress and challenges in better aligning policies for the promotion of population health equity and well-being.
Important dates:

April
2021
Abstract submission opens

May
2021
Online registration opens

May
2021
Online hotel reservation opens

September
2021
Abstract submission closes

November
2021
Abstract acceptance sent to participants

December
2021
Early-bird registration closes

April
2022
Publication of the scientific programme

I International Symposium on Nursing and School Health – UNESCO Chair speaking
2022-03-23 15:00 - 2022-03-25 20:00 (Europe/Amsterdam) | Online
INTERNATIONAL-SYMPOSIUM-2022-Poster

Webinar Transitioning to a sustainable food system and delivering on the SDGs - The potential of school meals
2022-03-21 14:00 - 16:30 (Europe/Amsterdam) | Online
EURAGRI and CIRAD invite you to join the online webinar “Transitioning to a sustainable food system and delivering on the SDGs – The potential of school meals” on 21 March 2022 from 14.00 – 16.30 CET.

The first United Nations Summit on Food Systems (UNFSS) took place in 2021. It addresses food security and food systems’ sustainability and their contribution to achieve the SDG’s. These issues are widely recognised to be among the most significant challenges humanity is facing today together with associated issues such as climate change and biodiversity loss.

Many people lack access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food. Furthermore, food has enormous social, cultural and political significance influencing how policies are formulated and how pathways to a more just and sustainable food system are identified.

In preparation of and during the summit, actors at many levels, government representatives, civil society, the research community, and the private sector, engaged in discussions which resulted in several coalitions. Among them the “School Meals Coalition: Nutrition, Health and Education for Every Child” was established, and actively supported by most states. It is accompanied by a Global Research Consortium for School Health and Nutrition led by Professor Donald Bundy (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine).

This coalition approach is of great interest to develop best practices concerning transformational research and systematic evaluation of the impact of interventions to achieve transformation.

Download the programme here

International Adolescent Health Week
2022-03-20 - 2022-03-26 | Online
Theme: Transitions

from childhood to adulthood, physically and mentally
from a pre-pandemic life into a life shaped by a pandemic
from dependence to independence
from leadership from older generations to this younger one

SHE Research Group Webinar on Health and Wellbeing of School Staff
2022-03-16 15:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Amsterdam)
Positive staff wellbeing can increase productivity and engagement and improve job satisfaction. In the school setting it means that staff are better able to support pupils and each other and to contribute to learning success and educational quality. How can we build a sustainable school culture that keeps staff wellbeing in mind – even in times of uncertainty and rapid changes in policies and expectations.

We will explore this field with two expert presentations focusing on the Promotion of occupational well-being in school communities (Terhi Saaranen/Finland) and School staff needs to face the COVID-19 pandemic as a health promoting school (Veronica Velasco/Italy). Following the presentations, we will have time for discussion.No registration is required. You can join the webinar via this link: https://lnkd.in/e832WK4g …Passcode: [REDACTED]

CLIMATE AND HEALTH IN EUROPE - Third meeting of the thematic network led by the Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER)
2022-03-11 15:00 - 16:15 (Europe/Amsterdam) | Online
During the third webinar of this thematic network, the floor will be open to your comments on the draft statement on the importance of climate action through education and training of public health professionals. This draft will be shared on the EU Health Policy Platform a few days in advance of the meeting. To showcase concrete examples, invited speakers will speak about how their organisation is contributing to climate action.

To access the Thematic Network led by ASPHER, please register first in the EU Health Policy Platform. All supporting documents, such as slides from the last meeting, are uploaded on that network.

More information (pdf).

Implications of adultcentrism on the health of children and adolescents in Latin America (in Spanish)
2022-02-17 16:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Amsterdam) | Online
This webinar aims to explore the implications of adultcentrism on the overall health of children and adolescents in Latin America. Dr. Iván De Jesús Rosa and Dr. Elba Betancourt Díaz from the Ana G. Méndez University in Puerto Rico will explore the following questions:

What are the implications of adultcentrism for the health of children and adolescents in Latin America?
How can the framework of child and youth citizenship help us to overcome the impact of adultcentrism on health?
How does our work contribute to the renewal of the health promotion (research) framework? What are the priorities in the field of health promotion?

This webinar will be held in Spanish.
Zoom registration link. Registration is free of charge. The link to the webinar will be sent to you after registration.
This webinar will also be streamed live on our YouTube channel
More information
Versión en español

4th IAAH MENA region adolescents' health conference - UNESCO Chair speaking
2021-12-01 - 2021-12-03 | Continental Hotel, Hurghada, Red Sea, Egypt
The 4th IAAH MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region adolescents’ health conference will be held in-person December 1st – 3rd, 2021 in Hurghada, Egypt.
The main theme of the regional conference is: “Adolescents’ care; leaving no one behind”. The conference aims at breaking the silence around the unmet needs of the large and increasing cluster of disadvantaged adolescents in the Middle East and North Africa Region suffering from chronic illness or disabilities; being an ethnic minority or living in a low socioeconomic environment or displaced due to political violence. It would also emphasize that investing in adolescents’ health, development and well-being in general, is the most cost-effective investment a nation can make for the future.
Abstracts from young researchers (under 30 yrs) can still be submitted.

IAAH 12th World Congress on Adolscent Health - UNESCO Chair speaking
2021-11-19 - 2021-11-21 | Online
Meeting the Challenge of Global Change – Hybrid modality
Unprecedented global forces are shaping the health of adolescents everywhere, requiring new responses, different actors and wider alliances. The 12th IAAH World Congress on Adolescent Health is a unique opportunity to explore the challenge of global change. The World Congress will challenge you to think and respond differently as clinical and public health challenges are debated, alternative policies are explored and the latest adolescent health research is shared. Multidisciplinary trainees are especially welcome.
Prof. Didier Jourdan, chair holder and head of the WHO collaborating Center “Global Health & Education” will be giving a keynote presentation in a session on education and health on Saturday 20 November at 15:30-16:45 Peru time / 21:30-22.45 CET.

Pre-conference: Genuine Participation and the Transformational Potential of Health Promotion - Coronavirus Politics - UNESCO Chair speaking
2021-11-10 09:00 - 12:30 (Europe/Amsterdam) | Online
Online pre-conference of the 14th European Public Health Conference 2021
Organised by EUPHA Health Promotion section, UNESCO Chair Global Health & Education and International Institute, University of Michigan.
The main goal of this pre-conference is to open new perspectives on genuine participation as a means to highlight the transformational potential of Health Promotion. By shifting participation as a mantra to participation as a practice this pre-conference aims at establishing a stronger focus to inclusion as part of health-for-all-policies. During the preconference we will:

identify gaps between discourse and practice in participation
discuss a range of practices and tools to guide the transformational potential of health promotion
share priority areas for moving ahead with genuine participation

Next to these objectives, we wish to create a space that supports international networking among professionals and researchers interested in advancing participatory community-based public health interventions.
Speakers are:
Moderator

Luis Saboga-Nunes, EUPHA Health Promotion section; Institute of Sociology University of Education, Freiburg, Germany

Presenters

Goof Buijs, WHO Collaborating Center & UNESCO Chair Global Health & Education
Bjarne Bruun Jensen, Professor in Health Promotion, Senior Adviser, Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Denmark

Round table

Goof Buijs, facilitator, UNESCO Chair Global Health & Education
Mamdouh Wahba, Egypt
MinChien Tsai, Taipei
Nicola Gray, UK
Rául Mercer, Argentina
Vanessa Salgado (pre-recorded video), Brazil
Marco Akerman, Brazil

For more information and registration

14th European Public Health Conference 2021
2021-11-10 - 2021-11-12 | Online
Public health futures in a changing world
Themes:

Public health futures in a changing world
Public health praxis, training and workforces for the future
Communications and public health
Digital health – person centred?
Climate change and public health – a dual role
Learning from the pandemic, and getting ready for the next one
Public health, equity and justice, going back to go forwards

Registration: https://ephconference.eu/register-107

Global Health Literacy Summit - UNESCO Chair speaking
2021-10-03 - 2021-10-05 | Online
The first Global Health Literacy Summit is the first largest and most diverse global gathering on health literacy. Organized by the International Health Literacy Association, the first Global Health Literacy Summit will be held virtually on 3-5th October 2021. The summit will bring hundreds of people from countries throughout the world to network and share ideas on how to advance health literacy. The theme of the Summit is “Health Literacy for All” highlighting its importance for equity and sustainable development.
The aim of the IHLA Global Health Literacy Summit is to unite people around the world working to promote health literacy in order to

foster knowledge exchange between researchers, practitioners and policy makers regarding health literacy
promote evidence-based actions and practices in the area of health literacy
promote health literacy to reduce inequality in health.

Didier Jourdan, chair holder of the UNESCO chair “Global Health & Education” and head of the WHO collaborating center for “Research in Education and Health”, will be speaking during the Plenary Session on Health Literacy and SDGs, to take place on Sunday, October 3rd, 2021 at 14:00-15:00 (CET).

Webinar Strategies for School Health Promotion during COVID-19
2021-09-30 14:00 - 15:00 (Europe/Amsterdam) | Online
The COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted schools all over the world. Schools in many countries closed in haste and had to create virtual learning opportunities for their students. The reopening of schools is taking place in various speeds and with different guidance at national and/or local level.
The UNESCO Chair Global Health & Education gathered the experiences and opinions of education and health professionals about reopening schools safely and/or to keeping them open. The survey explored the public health measures that have been put in place in schools; communication of guidance at national and/or local level, and the facilitators or barriers to safe reopening. Nicola Gray (Affiliated researcher, UNESCO Chair Global Health & Education; Senior Lecturer, University of Huddersfield, UK) will provide a preview of the results of this survey on the safe reopening of schools during COVID-19.
The WHO-Europe Technical Advisory Group for schooling during COVID-19 recommends that ‘the principles of health-promoting schools (HPS) are even more important in a pandemic’. However, moving from recognition of HPS values to putting these into practice is challenging. Veronica Velasco (Assistant professor, Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy) wrote a new document on School Health Promotion during COVID-19 for the Schools for Health in Europe network (SHE). The relevance of the HPS approach during the COVID-19 pandemic will be discussed and implementation strategies based on the HPS approach will be presented.
During this webinar the experts will explore the following questions:

What are the experiences of education and health professionals around the world concerning the safe reopening of schools?
Why is the HPS approach relevant during the COVID-19 pandemic and how can HPS be implemented?
What can we learn to better prepare schools for future epidemics and disasters?

This webinar is organised by the Schools for Health in Europe Network Foundation (SHE), the UNESCO Chair Global Health & Education, the University of Huddersfield and the University of Milano-Bicocca.
Join the webinar. This webinar will also be broadcasted live on our YouTube channel.
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Addressing hate speech through education – Multi-stakeholder online forum
2021-09-30 - 2021-10-01 | Online
Hate speech is on the rise worldwide, with the potential to incite violence, undermine social cohesion and tolerance, and cause psychological, emotional and physical harm based on xenophobia, racism, antisemitism, anti-Muslim hatred and other forms of intolerance and discrimination (UN, 2020). History has shown us that genocide and other atrocity crimes begin with words – there is a collective responsibility to address hate speech in the present day to prevent further violence in the future.
As part of the implementation of the United Nations Strategy and Plan of Action on Hate speech, UNESCO and the UN Office on the Prevention of Genocide and the Responsibility to Protect will convene the “Global Multi-stakeholder Forum on addressing hate speech through education” on 30 September and 1 October 2021. The Forum will serve to provide inputs for the upcoming “Global Education Ministers Conference on addressing hate speech through education” due to take place on 26 October 2021.
The Forum will encompass two days of online dialogues, bringing together teachers/educators, youth, civil society organizations, human rights experts, tech and social media companies and government representatives, with a view to promote meaningful engagement, discuss the role of education in addressing hate speech and identify key recommendations for a way forward ahead of the Ministerial Conference.
To attend this public event please register on the link below as soon as possible as there are limited places: REGISTER HERE.
More info about addressing hate speech through education by UNESCO, here.

Beyond the Pandemic: Health Systems Change to Protect Children and Adolescents from NCDs
2021-07-28 10:00 - 11:00 (Europe/Amsterdam)
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the vulnerabilities of health systems around the world. Emergency measures have created barriers to accessing essential services and medicines, with major impacts on children and young people, especially those living with non-communicable diseases (NCDs). As the pandemic continues into the foreseeable future, we must position youth at the center of discussions about preparedness, push for health systems change to protect the most vulnerable, and invest in healthier and more resilient societies.
This discussion will encourage thoughtful dialogue about the health systems changes needed to protect young people, and the importance of engaging young people as active and positive change agents.
Agenda:
10:00 – 10:10 a.m. – Welcome and introductions
10:10 – 10:40 a.m. – Speaker presentations
10:40 – 10:55 a.m. – Q&A and discussions
10:55 – 11:00 a.m. – Closing remarks
Speakers:
Dr. Robert Blum, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Dr. Kerry Kalweit, Youth With Diabetes, South Africa
Dr. Aatekah Owais, SickKids Centre for Global Child Health, Canada
Dr. Simone Spence, Ministry of Health & Wellness, Jamaica
Opening remarks by Dr. Alafia Samuels, NCD Child, Barbados.
Moderated by Paula Knipe, University of the Western Cape, South Africa.
Register for the event

School Health in Latin America: Intersectoral NCD Prevention and Management
2021-07-07 12:00 - 14:00 (America/Halifax) | Online
A Follow-Up Discussion on School Health in Latin America: Intersectoral NCD Prevention and Management
Hosted by NCD Child, in partnership with the Healthy Latin America Coalition (CLAS) and the American Heart Association, the two-hour follow-up discussion will focus on strengthening partnerships across health and education sectors and highlighting youth-led and youth-focused initiatives in the region. Time will be devoted to sharing the report from the Latin America Regional Workshop that took place in December 2020. There will be English /Spanish interpretation.
Agenda:
12:00 – 12:05 p.m. – Welcome and introductions
12:05 – 12:30 p.m. – Latin America Regional Workshop and report
12:30 – 1:30 p.m. – Plenary panel and discussion
1:30 – 2:00 p.m. – Final remarks and next steps
Register for the event

Global Community Health Annual Workshop - First edition
2021-07-06 - 2021-07-08 | Online
The UNESCO Chair and WHO Collaborating Center on Global Health & Education and EHESP invite all those interested in promoting health and equity at a community level to the first edition of the Global Community Health Annual Workshop that will take place on 6, 7 and 8 July 2021. We welcome all those involved in health promotion, prevention, healthcare and social care services.This year’s course will be online and FREE of charge. Participants and tutors will learn from the diversity in community health practices.
Aim and audience
The main aim of the workshop is to explore the diverse practices of community health worldwide, learn from them, and apply those newly acquired skills and knowledge to current/future projects. The workshop is intended for:

Professionals working in public health institutions, NGOs
Students undertaking a Master or PhD in Public Health or Health Promotion
Researchers and professionals involved in implementation of community health programs

Why this workshop?
The event aims to bring together community health actors from around the world. Many professionals will be contributing, each with different expertise with the aim of promoting the health and well-being of communities. Participants will be offered a unique opportunity of meeting with different people around the world, share valuable experiences from the field and learn from those experiences. They will work and engage with different leaders in community health from different backgrounds and expand their professional network.
Registration
Registration is now closed. The recording of the lectures will be made available on this webpage after the workshop.
Basic requirements to access the course includes a good level of English, a good internet connection and motivation to learn and share experiences with other participants from many different contexts.
At the end of the workshop, the UNESCO Chair Global Health & Education will provide a certificate for all the participants who attended the lectures and submitted the assignment. You will work on the assignment during the ‘satellite sessions’ we organise each day.
Programme
The online workshop will start on Tuesday 6 July 2021 at 11.30 (CEST) and will end on Thursday 8 July 2021 at 14.30 (CEST). The overall 3-day schedule is structured in a way that will accommodate to most time zones:

The online workshop consists of lectures, case studies and time for questions, voices from the field and satellite sessions. Voices from the field are pre-recorded interviews of practitioners/ researchers/ policy makers talking about their work in the field of community health. During the satellite sessions participants will be able to reflect and discuss in Arabic, English, French and Spanish (in different breakout groups chaired by a moderator) how the messages of our contributors can be applied to different national and/or regional contexts. Go to the detailed programme.
Speakers
We are honoured to have excellent contributors from all over the world. A preview of the contributors:

Prof. Didier Jourdan, Chair holder UNESCO Chair and head of the WHO Collaborating Center Global Health & Education, France
Ass. Prof. Eric Breton, EHESP School of public health, France
Ass. Prof. David Houeto, Health Promotion, University of Parakou, Benin
Viola Cassetti, Public Health researcher and anthropologist, Spain
George Arrey, Chief executive officer Health Promotion South Africa Trust, South Africa
Dr. Raúl Mercer, Coordinator of the Program of Social Sciences and Health at FLACSO (Latin American School of Social Sciences), Argentina
Ass. Prof. Valéry Ridde – Director of Research at CEPED, a Joint Research Unit involving the University of Paris and the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), France
Dr. Yifei Hu, M.D., Ph.D. – professor at the Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Maternal Care, Capital Medical University, China
Prof. Louise Potvin – School of Public Health, University of Montreal, Canada

More information about the speakers

Launch of the Global Partnership Forum on Comprehensive Sexuality Education
2021-06-29 15:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Amsterdam) | Online
UNESCO and UNFPA, co-convenors of the Global Partnership Forum on Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE), are delighted to invite you to its virtual launch event. This formal launch event, before the Generation Equality Forum, aims to highlight the importance of CSE to achieving bodily autonomy and sexual and reproductive health and rights. Held during the Generation Equality Forum, the event will see a group of more than 50 member organizations stating their commitments and strengthening the global community on CSE.
Register here

Making every school a health-promoting school
2021-06-22 13:00 - 14:30 (Europe/Amsterdam) | Online
Virtual meeting organised by WHO and UNESCO
The health, well-being and education of children and young people are closely intertwined. With a vision that every school around the world becomes a Health-Promoting School (HPS), UNESCO and the World Health Organization (WHO) have developed a joint initiative to support Member States strengthen the health promoting function of education systems.
This global launch will feature the introduction of the initiative and present a newly-developed guidance package consisting of four publications:

Global standards and indicators for health-promoting schools and systems;
Implementation guidance;
Country case studies; and
Guideline for school health services.

Global and country-level stakeholders, including representatives from government and school communities will present their perspectives and experiences in implementing school health and health-promoting school approaches.
The event will be available in English, French, Arabic and Spanish.
Agenda

Statements by the Directors General of WHO and UNESCO (TBC)
Presentation: Towards global standards for health-promoting schools for all
Roundtable 1: Voices from the school community
Roundtable 2: Perspectives of national policymakers
Roundtable 3: Perspectives of development partners
Conclusion and closing remarks

For more information contact: healthpromotion@who.int
To register: https://who.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2tS0XUbFSra_2-YOJBWNQg

11th IUHPE European Conference on Health promotion - UNESCO Chair speaking
2021-06-14 - 2021-06-16 | Online
The theme of the 11th IUHPE European Conference on Health Promotion, taking place from 14 to 16 June 2021, is “Health Promotion: Transformative action in a changing Europe”. The event aims to put the spotlight on the health promotion work carried out by various institutions and organisations across Europe, and to promote networking and the exchange of ideas.

The overall theme will be developed in three plenary sessions with high level keynotes or roundtable discussions:

The first Recognizing Health Promotion’s contribution in a changing Europe will reflect on what health promotion as a transdisciplinary field of professional practice has contributed to shaping public health in a changing Europe.
The second keynote session, Reinforcing Health Promotion’s capacity to address change in Europe will focus on the professional competencies and organisational capacities that are required for health promotion to live up to the challenge of shaping public health in Europe.
The third session, Rethinking Health Promotion to better address change in Europe, will take a critical look at the points where health promotion needs to be strengthened so as to cope with the challenges of societal and health changes in Europe.

The UNESCO Chair Global Health & Education is involved in the following events:
Tuesday 15 June 2021, 11.30-13.00 – Workshop 6: Principles for health promotion and health literacy in schools as foundations for solidarity and public health
Wednesday 16 June 2021, 9.00-10.00 – Plenary session , Reinforcing Health Promotion’s capacity to address change in Europe
Speakers:

Caroline Costongs, EuroHealthNet
Didier Jourdan, UNESCO Chair and Head of the WHO Collaborating Center “Global Health & Education”

Wednesday 16 June 2021, 16.00-17.00 – Celebrating 70 years of IUHPE’s role in advancing global health promotion

Panellist – Didier Jourdan, UNESCO Chair and Head of the WHO Collaborating Center “Global Health & Education”

Education for the future – healthier pupils, better learning outcomes - UNESCO Chair speaking
2021-06-07 15:30 - 17:00 (Europe/Amsterdam) | Online
Dutch regional seminar: Education for the future – healthier pupils, better learning outcomes (Onderwijs van de toekomst: gezondere leerlingen, betere leerprestaties).
Online event organised by Regional Health Service Zuid Holland Zuid, with contributions from UNESCO Chair, JOGG and Maastricht University for professionals in education, policy makers and others.
Speakers are:

Goof Buijs, manager UNESCO Chair Global Health & Education
Tilly de Jong, owner www.gezondeleefstijlopschool.nl
Peter Legters, programme manager JOGG
Andrew Simons, De Gezonde Basisschool van de Toekomst
Maartje Willeboordse, Lecturer Maastricht University

The event will be held in Dutch

Webinar Dynamics in School Health Promotion
2021-05-25 14:00 - 15:00 (Europe/Amsterdam) | Online
This webinar is organised by the Schools for Health in Europe Network Foundation (SHE) and the UNESCO Chair Global Health & Education. The webinar will be held in English.

Summary:
Implementing the Health Promoting School (HPS) approach and creating change in the whole school system can be challenging, since schools are dynamic organisations. Each school operates in its own specific context and health promoting interventions should fit to that unique context. Consequently, this indicates a variety of choices when implementing the HPS approach, flexibility is thus needed. This webinar focuses on these dynamics in school health promotion. In the first part of the webinar, the variety of choices will be illustrated by different spectra on which can be navigated by researchers and practitioners. The second part will focus on research findings regarding the self-reported navigation on these spectra in 24 member countries of SHE (Schools for Health in Europe network foundation). The last part will focus on how this approach can contribute to the future of school health promotion (research). The speakers will address the following questions:

How can you deal with studying the dynamics in school health promotion?
How do countries in the European region deal with the dynamics in school health promotion?
How does this work contribute to the future of school health promotion (research)?

Speakers are:

Dr. Nina Bartelink – Researcher, Health promotion; School for Public Health and Primary Care; Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences; Maastricht University, the Netherlands
Dr. Kathelijne Bessems – Senior Researcher and Lecturer, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism; Department of Health Promotion; Faculty of Health, Medicine & Life Sciences; Maastricht University, the Netherlands
Prof. Stef Kremers – Professor of the Prevention of Obesity, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism; Department of Health Promotion; Faculty of Health, Medicine & Life Sciences; Maastricht University, the Netherlands

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European Public Health Week: 3rd edition
2021-05-17 - 2021-05-21 | Online
Joining forces for healthier populations

The European Public Health Week (EUPHW) aims to:

Make the case for public health and a more inclusive society across Europe
Raise awareness and amplify existing messages on five specific public health themes, in line with key organisations at European level
Create trust and innovative ways of collaboration among all professionals contributing to public health at local, national, regional and European level.

The themes for the 2021 edition are:

Monday 17 May: Communicating science and health
Tuesday 18 May: New challenges in mental health
Wednesday 19 May: Your local community
Thursday 20 May: All for one health
Friday 21 May: Leaving no one behind

We encourage you to look at each of the themes and become an Event Host, Disseminator or Participant on one or more of the days. Learn how to get involved.

Webinar Éducation, santé, social : travailler ensemble au service de la santé de tous
2021-05-12 18:00 - 19:00 (Europe/Amsterdam) | Online
“Education, health, society: working together for the health of all”

Speakers:

Louise Potvin, Directrice du centre de recherche en santé publique (CReSP) de l’Ecole de Santé Publique de l’Université de Montréal (ESPUM), titulaire de la chaire de recherche du Canada sur les approches communautaires et les inégalités dans le domaine de la santé. Rédactrice en chef de la revue canadienne de santé publique.
Carmella Fernandes Da Rocha – Puloteo, Infirmière scolaire, chargée de mission en promotion de la santé au vice-rectorat de Nouméa.

Language: French

More information (in French)

Webinar link

Webinar School Health Promotion in Latin America: Lessons Learned (in Spanish)
2021-05-11 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Puerto_Rico) | Online
This webinar “Lecciones y Desafíos de la Promoción de la Salud Escolar en América Latina” (School Health Promotion in Latin America: Lessons Learned) will be held in Spanish.
Speakers are Blanca Patricia Mantilla Uribe from the Institute Proinapsa of the Universidad Industrial de Santander in Colombia and Karina Cimmino of FLACSO Argentina. The experts will explore the following questions:

What has been the contribution of School Health Promotion in promoting development and equity in health for children and adolescents in Latin America?
What have been the advances, the distinctive/potential components and the contribution of the networks on school health promotion in Latin America?
What political paths, programmatic actions and other opportunities should shape the future agenda of the Latin American School Health Promotion Movement?

This webinar is organised by the UNESCO Chair and WHO Collaborating Center Global Health & Education in collaboration with the University of Puerto Rico, Institute Proinapsa of the Universidad Industrial de Santander and FLACSO Argentina.

Este webinar “Lecciones y Desafíos de la Promoción de la Salud Escolar en América Latina” (School Health Promotion in Latin America: Lessons Learned) se celebrará en español.
Los oradores son Blanca Patricia Mantilla Uribe del Instituto Proinapsa de la Universidad Industrial de Santander en Colombia y Karina Cimmino de FLACSO Argentina.
Los oradores explorarán las siguientes cuestiones:

¿Cuál ha sido el aporte de la Promoción de la Salud Escolar en la promoción del desarrollo y la equidad en salud de la niñez y adolescencia en América Latina?
¿Cuáles han sido los avances, los componentes distintivos / potenciales y el aporte de las redes en el trabajo del Movimiento de Promoción de la Salud Escolar en América Latina?
¿Qué caminos políticos, acciones programáticas y otras oportunidades deberían dar forma a la agenda futura del Movimiento Latinoamericano de Promoción de la Salud Escolar?

Este webinario está organizado por la Cátedra UNESCO y el Centro Colaborador OMS Educación y Salud en colaboración con la Universidad de Puerto Rico, la Universidad Industrial de Santander, FLACSO Argentina y con el apoyo de Emerald Publishing.

SOPHE 2021dX - Gateway to the Future: Health Education & Promotion for All
2021-04-06 - 2021-04-09 | Online
Educational Tracks:

Leadership, Mentoring and Training the Next Workforce
Systems Thinking, Interconnectedness and Health in all Policies
Social Justice and Health Equity
School Health
Digital Health, Health Communication, and Health Literacy

One year into COVID: Prioritizing education recovery to avoid a generational catastrophe - high-level Ministerial on-line event - UNESCO Chair GHE speaking
2021-03-29 14:00 - 15:30 (Europe/Amsterdam) | Online
As the world enters a second year living with the COVID-19 pandemic, UNESCO will convene a high-level ministerial event on 29 March to take stock of lessons learnt, the greatest risks facing education and strategies to leave no learner behind, building on the actions of the Global Education Coalition (GEC) established in March 2020 that marks its first anniversary.

The meeting will provide the global education community with a space for policy dialogue to assess lessons learnt and the most pressing current challenges, informed by the presentation of key data sets. Main participants will be Ministers of Education, high-level representatives of partners within the GEC and of sister agencies. The debate will be framed around three key topics related to:

School dropout & learning loss: what are the top policy measures taken to mitigate against school drop out? What remedial actions have been most successful so far to make up for learning loss?
Keeping schools open, prioritizing and supporting teachers: how to keep schools open as a priority and ensure a safe learning environment? How to ensure that teachers are safe, considered as frontline workers and supported to adapt to a new learning reality?
Digital transformation and the future of education: what are the key strategies for digital transformation of education systems? How can public-private partnership contribute to advancing the digital transformation? How has COVID-19 impacted the future of education?

Professor Didier Jourdan, chair holder of the UNESCO Chair Global Health & Education will deliver an opening presentation about emerging evidence on safe school reopening.

Webinar Exploring Global Inequalities in Adolescent Health and Healthcare
2021-03-25 13:00 - 14:00 (Europe/Amsterdam) | Online
This webinar is organised by the UNESCO Chair and WHO Collaborating Center Global Health & Education as part of the International Adolescent Health Week, in collaboration with the International Association for Adolescent Health, the EUPHA section on Child and Adolescent Public Health and supported by Emerald Publishing.

Introduction by:

Sir Michael Marmot, Professor of Epidemiology, University College London; Director of the UCL Institute of Health Equity

Speakers are:

Professor Susan Sawyer, president International Association for Adolescent Health, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Associated professor Danielle Jansen, immediate past president EUPHA Section on Child and Adolescent Public Health, University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), the Netherlands

Moderator:

Goof Buijs, manager UNESCO Chair Global Health & Education

English

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Webinar La santé au quotidien dans les établissements scolaires (Everyday Health in Schools)
2021-03-24 18:00 - 19:00 (Europe/Amsterdam) | Online
This webinar is organised by the UNESCO Chair and WHO Collaborating Center Global Health & Education as part of the International Adolescent Health Week and the Global Health & Education webinar series.

Speakers:

Valérie Etéocle, Cheffe d’établissement, Collège Jules Romain, Académie de Clermont-Ferrand
Véronique Baranska, Infirmière Éducation Nationale, sexologue clinicienne, licenciée en psychologie et personne ressource du site www.pratiquesensante.org
Sourour Memdouh, professeure de Lettres modernes au collège Lucie Aubrac de Clermont Ferrand et Docteur en Littérature française. Porteuse du projet “Les Explorhéteurs, bâtisseurs du collège du futur”.

Time: 18.00 – 19.00 CET

Language: French

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Global Healthcare Research Conference 2021 - UNESCO Chair GHE speaking
2021-03-22 - 2021-03-24 | Online
Theme: Basics of Research “From Formulation to Publication”
The Annual Global Healthcare Research Conference (GHRC) aims to inspire, recognize, and support fundamental research and innovation in Medicine and allied sciences. Supported by ICMR, BMJ and other eminent scientific bodies, GHRC is an ideal collaboration platform for researchers, academicians, scholars, and students to share experiences, ideas, and research results, as also seek solutions to existing and emergent challenges within the framework of each year’s research theme and strategy.
Prof. Didier Jourdan will deliver a guest address om 22 March 2021.
