{"id":10661,"date":"2026-09-10T12:19:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T10:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unescochair-ghe.org\/?p=10661"},"modified":"2026-09-10T12:22:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T10:22:32","slug":"nigerian-launch-event-unesco-chair-on-global-health-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unescochair-ghe.org\/fa\/nigerian-launch-event-unesco-chair-on-global-health-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian launch event UNESCO Chair on Global Health & Education"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We are pleased to invite you to the webinar “Stronger together: empowering our communities through health promotion”. The interactive webinar on health promotion, health education and community action in Nigeria will feature the launch of the UNESCO Chair on Global Health & Education in Nigeria. The online webinar will take place on Thursday 17 September 2026 from 10.30 – 12.00 WAT \/ 11.30 – 13.00 CET<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The main aim for this webinar is to introduce the UNESCO Chair on Global Health & Education and highlight the work of the team in Nigeria. The webinar is organised in collaboration with the Department of Health Promotion and Education, Faculty of Public Health, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan <\/a>\u0648 Behaviour Modification Media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Registration<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you would like to attend the online webinar you can register here:\u00a0https:\/\/y.uca.fr\/register17Sept2026<\/a>. After registration you will receive the link to login.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Programme<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Welcome and opening prayer\u00a0<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Yetunde O. John-Akinola<\/strong> is a senior lecturer and researcher at the Department of Health Promotion and Education, Faculty of Public Health, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan. She is the National representative of Nigeria of the UNESCO Chair on Global Health & Education. She has more than fifteen years\u2019 experience as a researcher working with both non-governmental and academic research groups. She has been involved in various researches including school health, child and adolescent health, NCDs prevention, HIV\/AIDS and women\u2019s health. Her focus encompasses child participation in the research process and children\u2019s participation in school, health behaviour of adolescents and young people, adolescent and young people\u2019s health and wellbeing and parents\u2019 participation in school.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Welcome on behalf of the UNESCO Chair on Global Health & Education<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Didier Jourdan<\/strong>\u00a0is the co-chair holder of the UNESCO Chair on Global Health & Education and the head of the WHO Collaborating Centre n Global Health & Education. He is a Professor of Education Sciences, former Director of the ESPE and Vice-President of Clermont Auvergne University (France). He has served as Chair of the Prevention Commission of the High Council for Public Health in France and as Director of Prevention at the National Public Health Agency. Didier Jourdan is Vice-President of the IUHPE (International Union for Health Promotion and Education) and a member of the Governing Board of the IITE (UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nicola Gray<\/strong>\u00a0is the co-chair holder of the UNESCO Chair on Global Health & Education. She is a Reader in Medicines and Health at the University of Huddersfield, UK. Registered as a pharmacist in 1991, she has worked in hospital, community and academic practice.\u00a0She is a Trustee of the UK Association for Young People\u2019s Health and Vice-President for Europe of the International Association for Adolescent Health. She has published a number of papers and opinion pieces regarding young people\u2019s health, health literacy, the safe reopening of schools during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the challenges for children and young people living with non-communicable diseases (NCDs).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Introduction of the UNESCO Chair on Global Health & Education<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Goof Buijs<\/strong>\u00a0is the manager of the UNESCO Chair on Global Health & Education. After finishing his Master study in Human Nutrition his first job was teaching health science at the Amsterdam teacher trainer institute. At the Netherlands Institute for Health Promotion NIGZ he specialized in school health promotion, by introducing the national health promoting school programme in the Netherlands and leading several European projects including managing the Schools for Health in Europe (SHE) network from 2007 until 2017. His specialisation is bringing health and education sectors together. He is an experienced networker, expert in co-creation, trainer, and organizer of local and global events. He supports cooperation among people, focusing on everyone\u2019s talents and uniqueness. He is an environmental activist for most of his life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Introduction of the UNESCO Chair on Global Health & Education in Nigeria<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Yetunde O. John-Akinola<\/strong> is a senior lecturer and researcher at the Department of Health Promotion and Education, Faculty of Public Health, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan. She is the National representative of Nigeria of the UNESCO Chair on Global Health & Education. She has more than fifteen years\u2019 experience as a researcher working with both non-governmental and academic research groups. She has been involved in various researches including school health, child and adolescent health, NCDs prevention, HIV\/AIDS and women\u2019s health. Her focus encompasses child participation in the research process and children\u2019s participation in school, health behaviour of adolescents and young people, adolescent and young people\u2019s health and wellbeing and parents\u2019 participation in school.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Introduction of the Youth Panel of the UNESCO Chair on Global Health & Education<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Representatives of the Youth Panel of the UNESCO Chair on Global Health & Education in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Closure<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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