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 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 […]
The ongoing Andes Hantavirus outbreak associated with the MV Hondius cruise ship serves as a critical stress test for global health governance, One Health, and international preparedness. Released by the ASPHER Public Health Emergencies Task Force, this statement highlights that, while the international response shows visible post-COVID progress in speed and transparency, the event simultaneously […]
PART 2: Lessons for me, and for the Global Network for Academic Public Health GNAPH President John Middleton, with World Federation of Public Health Associations, Chief Executive officer, Professor Bettina Borisch. GNAPH and WPFHA lead a group of global health organisations implementing the competencies and outcomes framework Overwhelmingly positive and optimistic impressions For me, the […]
WHO 5th steering group photo march 24th 2026 The fifth steering group meeting of the WHO roadmap for public health workforce including emergencies In March this year, public health experts convened at the WHO headquarters in Geneva for the 5th steering group meeting of the WHO roadmap for public health workforce including emergencies. GNAPH has […]
The Global Network for Academic Public Health (GNAPH), in collaboration with the Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education (GCCHE), is pleased to announce the launch of its regional Communities of Practice (CoPs), following from the recent Climate-Ready Classrooms faculty development course. This global effort brings together faculty from across GNAPH’s seven regional member associations to advance the integration of climate and health […]
The Global Network for Academic Public Health (GNAPH) is pleased to welcome Dr. Wen Ting TONG as the Riegelman GNAPH Fellow for 2026. Wen Ting is an implementation scientist and Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine Universiti Malaya, Malaysia. Her work focuses on implementation science: translating evidence, policy, and innovation into effective real-world practice, […]
A senior colleague in European public health tells me, “Public health is currently off the agenda not only in the US but also in Europe because all countries have forgotten the pandemic and are now in ‘war’ mode. This status is even more heightened by the ongoing events in the Middle East.” It is to […]
Thirteen years ago, I wrote that gender is a poverty and public health issue. Sadly, that statement is more urgent today than it was even then. Across the world, women’s rights—the foundation of community well-being and collective progress—are being systematically eroded. From legislative attacks on reproductive autonomy to the silencing of women’s voices in politics, […]
A New Year: A New Resolve, a Renewed Moral Compass for Public Health “Auschwitz is outside of us, but it is all around us, in the air. The plague has died away, but the infection still lingers and it would be foolish to deny it. Rejection of human solidarity, obtuse and cynical indifference to the […]
