The Global Network for Academic Public Health (GNAPH) has joined leading scientific and public health organizations in a collective statement reaffirming confidence in the safety and effectiveness of childhood vaccination. Initiated by the World Health Summit Academic Alliance in collaboration with international partners, the statement highlights the extensive scientific evidence supporting routine childhood vaccination, including […]
Councillor Ayumu Kikuchi, representative of the Japanese Embassy in London addresses the Hiroshima Day Remembrance in Coventry Cathedral, August 6th 2026. On August 6th I attended the annual Coventry Cathedral commemoration of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with atomic bombs. The Coventry Lord Mayor’s Committee of Peace and Reconciliation organises the remembrance every year […]
FIGURE 1: A Pyro-cumulus firecloud in Valpacos, Portugal,July 29th 2026 Picture: MeteoTras-os montes A World in Flames The world is on fire. More than three hundred thousand people in Southern France and Spain have become the latest climate refugees in the last month. They were not included in the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) estimate […]
Academic public health institutions from across the Arab region officially launched the Arab Network for Academic Public Health (ANAPH) on April 13, 2026, marking an important milestone for regional collaboration in public health education, research, and practice. Established through collaboration among schools, colleges, and institutes of public health from multiple Arab countries, ANAPH aims to strengthen cooperation in […]
The WHO EPHF Training of Trainers Workshop at Manila, Philippines 2026. Photo 8th March 2026. Credit: (©️WHO/Rocel Ann Junio-Balbutin) From 8–10 June 2026, I had the privilege of attending the WHO Essential Public Health Functions (EPHF) Training of Trainers Workshop in Manila, Philippines, a focused, high-energy gathering bringing together public health leaders from Papua New […]
Feature Photo: Dr. Laura Magaña (left), GNAPH Founding President, and Professor Tracy Daszkiewicz PrFPH (right), UK Faculty of Public Health President. Photo courtesy of UKFPH. The Global Network for Academic Public Health congratulates Dr. Laura Magaña, founding president of GNAPH and president and CEO of ASPPH, on being awarded an Honorary Fellowship with the UK […]
Session 4 of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine of Ireland Summer Conference, Registrar presentations on their aspirations for their future. With President of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, Professor Diarmuid O’Shea, Dr Tony Holohan, former Chief Medical Officer of Ireland, Dr Kevin Kelleher Dean of the FPHMI, and Dr Fenton Howell, formerly […]
The Global Network for Academic Public Health (GNAPH) is delighted to congratulate our 2026 Riegelman GNAPH Fellow, Dr. Tong Wen Ting of Universiti Malaya, Malaysia, on being selected as a recipient of the 2026 Prof. Yoo Hang Kim Young Women Scientists Award. The prestigious international award recognizes outstanding early-career women scientists who have demonstrated excellence […]
The United Kingdom Faculty of Public Health is the standard setting body for professional public health in the UK. Their annual awards ceremony took place on June 15th, 2026, and honoured some outstanding figures from our global academic community. Sir Michael Marmot, of the Institute for Health Equity at the University College London, an ASPHER […]
By Brian Li Han Wong and Margaret Kaseje In late April, the World Health Summit held its Regional Meeting at the United Nations Office at Nairobi. The theme, “Reimagining Africa’s Health Systems: Innovation, Integration, and Interdependence,” was ambitious. But what made Nairobi distinctive was not the theme itself — it was who was in the […]
