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 […]
The Global Network for Academic Public Health (GNAPH) hosted the webinar, “From Data to Action: Global Burden of Disease and the Role of Academic Public Health,” on 27 May 2026, bringing together global experts to explore how the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study can support public health education, research, policy engagement, and workforce development. […]
The purpose of this brief issued by the ASPHER Public Health Emergencies Task Force is to elaborate on the implications of the changing geopolitical context to the WHO, why its role as public health infrastructure is important, and how the WHO can fulfill this essential role despite an apparent decline in support for established forms […]
