On Thursday 20 March 2025 the second Greek National Meeting “Advocating for Adolescent Health II” took place in the Auditorium of the “P. & A. Kyriakou” Children’s Hospital. You can read more about the event in this article in Greek.
Programme
9.30 – 10.00 Registration
10:00 – 10:30 Official Opening – Greetings
Moderator: Mr Spyros Charitatos – Lawyer and Journalist
Speakers:
- Adonis Georgiadis (TBC) – Minister of Health
- George Patoulis – President of Athens Medical Association and NHCN/WHO
- Prof Nikolaos Arkadopoulos – President of the Medical School Board N.K.U.A.
- Manos Papassavas – Chief Administrator “P. & A. Kyriakou” Children’s Hospital
10:30-11:30 “Advocating for Adolescent Health II”
Chairs:
- Prof Didier Jourdan – Professor and Chair of the UNESCO Chair “Global Health and Education” and Head of the WHO Collaborating Centre for “Research in Education and Health”, Paris, France
- Prof Maria Tsolia – Professor of Pediatrics-Infectious Diseases, Chair of the Second Dpt of Pediatrics, Medical School – National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (N.K.U.A.), “P. & A. Kyriakou” Children’s Hospital
Speakers:
Navigating Adolescent Health and Well-Being in the Digital Age
- Prof Didier Jourdan – Professor and Chair of the UNESCO Chair “Global Health and Education” and Head of the WHO Collaborating Centre for “Research in Education and Health”, Paris, France
Adolescent Medicine : a most needed subspecialty in Greece
- Artemis K. Tsitsika – Asoc. Professor of Pediatrics – Adolescent Medicine/Health NKUA, Professor Af. UNESCO GHE, Head of the Adolescent Health Unit (A.H.U.), Second Dpt of Pediatrics- “P. & A. Kyriakou” Childrens’ Hospital, Chair of the MSc “Strategies of Developmental and Adolescent Health”, President of the Greek Society of Adolescent Health/Medicine (G.S.A.H.M.)
Reflections:
- Giannis Apostolopoulos – Chairman of the Board of Directors of RMHC, Ministry of Health Consultant
- Michael Giannakos – President of the Panhellenic Public Hospital Working Members Association
- Angie Margariti Andrews – Dental Surgeon PhD, Honorary Vice President. LIFLINE Hellas, GSAM Ambassador for the development of Youth Friendly Services (YFS)
- Argyro Alexandri – Youth Council representative
11:30 – 12.00 Press Conference & Award Ceremony
awarding the
Adolescent Health Unit (A.H.U.)- Second Dpt of Pediatrics
“P. & A. Kyriakou Childrens’ Hospital”
as “youth friendly” service implementing SEL interventions
and lifestyle medicine
Acknowledgments
The event is held under the auspices of: the Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports and the Ministry of Health.
In collaboration with: the Greek Society for Adolescent Health/Medicine (G.S.A.M), “FOR Adolescent Health” Scientific Organization, the National Healthy Cities Network World Health Organization (W.H.O.) and the UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (IITE).
Local organizers are: MSc «Str. of Developmental and Adolescent Health», Medical School of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens N.K.U.A. and Adolescent Health Unit (A.H.U.), Second Dpt of Pediatrics N.K.U.A., “P. & A. Kyriakou Children’s Hospital”.
With the support of: the UNESCO Chair on Global Health & Education و LIFELINE Hellas.
