Newsletter No 03 – Dec 2023

EPH Conference in Dublin

16^th EUROPEAN PUBLIC HEALTH CONFERENCE, 8 – 11 NOVEMBER 2023, Dublin, Ireland

OUR FOOD, OUR HEALTH, OUR EARTH: A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR HUMANITY

EUPHA ENV had successful workshops with partner sections Public Mental Health, Public health economics, Digital Public Health, Health Impact Assessment, Food and Nutrition Section, Joint Research Centre JRC and others. See below the list of the session.

– PRECONFERENCE – Art, architecture, atmosphere and (mental) health – A multi-disciplinary walking experience in Dublin

– Workshop: Planetary and One health policy and governance: evidence, tools and management

– Workshop: Air pollution health impacts and costs in EU accessing countries

– Round table: Environmental stressors on health economics and policies – challenges and pitfalls

– Pitch presentations: Environment and health

– Workshop: Salutogenic Cities: European experiences in Urban Health.

– Workshop: Evaluating progress in climate adaptation in the European public health sector

– Late breaker panel: Climate change is a health emergency

– Workshop: Digital Public Health and Climate change: The European Framework made easy

– Workshop: Obesity: the greatest burden of the 21st Century and the post-pandemic

– Workshop: Healthy Buildings: interdisciplinary perspectives.

You can check all the abstracts from the conference in the SUPPLEMENT, European Journal of Public Health. Volume 33, Issue Supplement_2, October 2023.

https://academic.oup.com/eurpub/issue/33/Supplement_2

Join the EUPHA-ENV zoom meeting in 26 January 2024 @12h

26th January 2024 at 12h

Register in advance for this meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZErc-2hpzoqE9Z3p5gPBX_SbC10umtLKhJW

Meeting ID: 856 4499 1092

Passcode: EUPHAENV

Please join us for our Section’s zoom meeting to discuss future plans for ENV Section.

Planetary Health Task Group (EUPHA ENV)

Our section has had a specific Planetary Health Task group since January 2023. We held a meeting on December 8th 2023 with interested members. The EUPHA Environment Section and its Task Group on Planetary Health support the fact that European Public Health professionals should understand how public health is deeply connected to the health of our planet and the best ways to collaborate to act on this relationship through education, research and practice.

We will continue to work, planning activities in advocacy in the field among public health professionals and  we are planning to organize the workshop in the next EUPHA Conference in Lisbon together with partner Sections. 

Consider signing – Academic Health Institutions’ Declaration on Planetary Health

As academic health institutions declare the health of the planet a Code Red emergency and call for immediate implementation of planetary health education and research, and the transition to climate-resilient and low-carbon health systems in order to build a healthy, sustainable, and just future for all. EUPHA-ENV invites you to sign – individually or through your institution – the Academic Health Institutions’ Declaration on Planetary Health.
The declaration aims to take immediate action to halt both the negative impact of their activities on the planet’s natural systems, and to institute adaptive and regenerative measures, including through advocacy.

Climate Pact Ambassador work

EUPHA ENV advocates for targeted climate action using evidence-based policies. Going beyond business-as-usual activities to address climate change through targeted discussions, workshops and meetings for medical professionals.  EUPHA (and Environment and Health Section) share information, supports actions and insist on the importance of education, respecting the EU Green Deal, Paris Agreement and SDGs as a roadmap for action.

https://db.eupha.org/popup_document.php?p=b3pFR1oxaTNyOWxFcHZoU2I0UnVCdz09Ojp660q2wREGA2ZATAoFNCjP&pp=%2Fsection_page.php

From analysis to action: climate change litigation: a guide for public health professionals

11 November 2023 – Launch of From analysis to action: climate change litigation: a guide for public health professionals at the European Public Health Conference, Dublin. Published by the Faculty of Public Health (UK) and the Aletta Jacobs School of Public Health. The Guide is endorsed by EUPHA and will be disseminated through global and public health networks including WFPHA, GNAPH, Global Consortium on Climate Education, and ASPHER. An online form can be used for feedback and requests for technical assistance in using the Guide. The Guide has been posted on the Faculty of Public Health (UK) website with recordings of EUPHA webinars on litigation, public health, law and climate change. 

ENBEL

The Horizon 2020 project ENBEL (Enhancing Belmont Research Action to support EU policy making on climate change and health) is bringing together leaders in climate change and health research. This project is ending thi year and prepared short summaries on climate change and health. Some of the Briefs: Protecting the vulnerable from heatwaves: a gap in policyRole of COVID-19 recovery for climate change adaptation and health system resilience in Europe

https://www.enbel-project.eu/

Stay healthy and environmentally friendly,

Dr Vlatka Matkovic, secretary                          Prof. dr Marija Jevtic, president

                                                                           Dr Peter van den Hazel, vice president

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