The Global Network for Academic Public Health (GNAPH), in collaboration with the Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education (GCCHE), has concluded its regional Climate and Health Communities of Practice (CoPs), which brought together nearly 90 public health educators across six GNAPH regional associations. The CoPs were designed as a practice-oriented continuation of the Climate-Ready […]
Figure 1: A different view of the continent of Africa: flying from Europe to Cape Town. Presidents reports from the World Congress of Public Health, Cape Town, September 6th– 9th 2026 The World Congress of Public Health was staged in Cape Town, South Africa this year, September 6th-9th. The congress was well served with leading […]
The World Health Summit (WHS) Academic Alliance has published its 2026 Declaration on Peace and Health, calling on global leaders and academic institutions to protect the right to health in conflict settings and to strengthen the role of health as a tool for peace and conflict resolution. As a member of the WHS Academic Alliance, […]
A new open-access eBook, Transformative Public Health Education, has been published by Public Health Reviews, bringing together scholarship on innovative, inclusive, and policy-relevant approaches to preparing the public health workforce. The eBook grew out of a special issue focused on how public health education can better prepare learners and professionals to adapt, respond, innovate, and […]
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. – The Second Coming WB Yeats “AI will most probably sort of lead to the […]
The Global Public Health Alliance (GPHA) formally launched on September 8, 2026, during the 18th World Congress on Public Health in Cape Town, bringing together three major pillars of the global public health community: the World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA), Global Network for Academic Public Health (GNAPH), and the International Association of National […]
Members of the Global Network for Academic Public Health have recently returned to their respective countries after taking part in the immensely productive and successful World Congress on Public Health in Cape town, South Africa, September 6th-9th. Five representatives of our regional associations shared a platform on September 7th, celebrating our successes. This included the […]
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 […]
