The Portuguese launch event of the UNESCO Chair on Global Health & Education took place on 12 November 2024 from 17.30 – 18.30 during the 17th European Public Health Conference in Lisbon, Portugal.
The main aim for this meeting was:
- to introduce the UNESCO Chair Global Health & Education;
- to highlight the collaborative research with University of Minho, Portugal, São Paulo State University, Brazil and Rovuma University, Mozambique on the safe re-opening of schools during COVID-19;
- to sign the partnership agreement between the UNESCO Chair and EUPHA.
The launch event was organised in collaboration with the Research Centre on Child Studies (CIEC), Institute of Education, University of Minho.
Our speakers contribution’s
Launch of the UNESCO Chair Global Health & Education
Collaboration between the Research Centre on Child Studies and the UNESCO Chair
Zélia Anastácio – Assistant Professor, Research Centre on Child Studies (CIEC), Institute of Education, University of Minho, Portugal.
Introduction of the UNESCO Chair Global Health & Education
Didier Jourdan – Chairholder UNESCO Chair Global Health & Education, University of Clermont Auvergne
Insights from the Lusophone collaboration in the UNESCO Chair global research project around the safe re-opening of schools during COVID-19
Organisation of the school environment on reopening schools amidst COVID-19
Roberto Tadeu Iaochite – Associate Professor at the Department of Education, São Paulo State University – UNESP in Brazil.
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Teacher training, views and concerns
Manecas Candido Azevedo – Rovuma University, Mozambique (recorded message)
Watch the video from Manecas Candido Azevedo
Schools and COVID-19: Experiences and visions of education and health professionals in reopening schools
Regina F. Alves – Researcher, PhD, Research Centre on Child Studies (CIEC), Institute of Education, University of Minho, Portugal.
Signing of the partnership agreement between the UNESCO Chair and EUPHA
During the launch event a partnership agreement between the UNESCO Chair Global Health & Education and EUPHA was signed.
- Iveta Nagyova – EUPHA President, PJ Safarik University, Department of Social and Behavioural Medicine, Kosice, Slovakia
- Tit Albreht – EUPHA President, Scientific Co-Ordinator, National Institute of Public Health of Slovenia
- Charlotte Marchandise – EUPHA Executive director, Utrecht, Netherlands
- Didier Jourdan – Chairholder UNESCO Chair Global Health & Education, University of Clermont Auvergne
