October 23 – 25, 2024 The Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health (APACPH) will be hosting its 55th conference in Bexco, Busan, Korea from October 23 – 25, 2024. This year’s focus, Public Health: Shifting Paradigm for Future Society and Community, includes panel discussions, oral presentations, pre- and post-conference workshops, and a talk concert featuring […]
Professor John Middleton, Vice President of the Global Network for Academic Public Health and a Global Law Enforcement and Public Health Association (GLEPHA) Fellow, presented evidence to the meeting of the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Mr Rajagopal, and the UN Special Rapporteur on poverty and human rights, Olivier De Schutter, […]
20th February 2024, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. (London). 15:00-17:00 (Geneva) Climate change is a public health emergency. It is the single biggest threat to global health, peace, and security, a crisis multiplier, and a significant driver of health inequalities. Human right-based approaches are essential for good public health policies and practice, including action to address climate change. This webinar is […]
ASPPH and ASPHER both released statements supporting the first ever Health Day at the 28th UN Climate Change Conference (COP28). Academic public health institutions educate the public health leaders who will be on the front lines of the health crises that are the result of climate change, conduct the research needed to make evidence-based decisions, […]
From Analysis to Action – Climate change litigation: a guide for PH professionals was a collaborative effort among 11 organizations including GNAPH as well as two of its comprising members – ASPPH and ASPHER – and offers extensive insight into the role of public health experts and scientists required to provide evidence in court pertaining to […]
The Global Network for Academic Public Health (GNAPH) expressly and unequivocally condemns the horrific terrorist attacks, perpetrated by Hamas, with the aim to murder and abduct non-combatant Israeli civilians. We also highlight the critical need to protect innocent citizens and relief workers in Gaza, in observance of human rights and international conventions. The unfolding humanitarian crisis is already severely […]
The Global Network for Academic Public Health (GNAPH) has been closely monitoring the conflict in Sudan. We know that hundreds of people have already died and thousands have been injured in the capital, Khartoum. According to the Sudanese American Physicians Association, “Out of 78 major hospitals in the country, only 55 are operational…. The health […]
In November 2021, the Global Network released a statement in support of waiving intellectual property rights related to COVID-19 vaccines in order to increase global vaccine equity. Making vaccines accessible to populations in low and middle-income countries is essential to address the current pandemic. Read the statement.
The Global Network for Academic Public Health endorses ASPHER’S statement on the war against Ukraine. We strongly agree with their condemnation of the military action against Ukraine, and express our concern about the impact of the war on the health and wellbeing of the Ukrainian people and all those affected. We call for an end to […]
In October 2021, the Global Network released Global governance for improved human, animal, and planetary health: the essential role of schools and programs of public health, in advance of the World Health Assembly’s November meeting on pandemic preparedness. The paper outlines the following: Key roles of schools and programs of public health in responding to the […]
