Newsletter – October 2024

EPH Conference in Lisbon, Portugal

17th European Public Health Conference 2024

Sailing the waves of European public health: exploring a sea of innovation

Main conference 13 – 15 November 2024

Pre-conferences 12 November 2024

EUPHA ENV prepared a number of 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 sessions.

We remind you that the deadline for Presentation upload in the system is 27/10/2024.

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OUR ACTIVITIES:

Tue 12^th 13:30-17:00 WALK – Art, architecture, atmosphere and (mental) health. A multi-disciplinary walking experience in Lisbon

EUPHA-URB, EUPHA-PMH, EUPHA-DH, EUPHA-ENV

Wed 13^th 9:35-10:00 1.Y.2. – Scientific session: Children’s mental health problems explode. Can exposome research offer a solution?

EUPHA-ENV, -CAPH, -PMH, INCHES

Wed 13^th 10:30-11:30 2.E. – Round table: Building climate resilient health systems in the EU

Ecorys, EUPHA-PHPP, -ENV

Wed 13^th 10:30-11:30 2.F. – Scientific session: Challenges in healthcare architectures

EUPHA-URB, -PMH, -ENV

Wed 13^th 10:30-11:30 2.P. – Scientific session: Improving health impact assessment in the context of EU policy cycle

EC JRC; EC DG-SANTE, EUPHA-HIA, -EPI, -PHPP, -ENV, -ECO, -FS

Wed 13^th 10:30-11:30 2.P. – Scientific session: Improving health impact assessment in the context of EU policy cycle

EC JRC; EC DG-SANTE, EUPHA-HIA, -EPI, -PHPP, -ENV, -ECO, -FS

Wed 13^th 15:15-16:15 3.E. – Scientific session: Environmental Health Tracking Systems: a tool for planetary health

EUPHA-HIA, INPHET, EUPHA-ENV, -PHMR

Wed 13^th 15:15-16:15 3.F. – Round table: Legal action & capacity building: essential for climate action to protect and promote public health

Aletta Jacobs SPH, ASPHER, EUPHA-ENV, -GH, -HIA, -LAW, FPH, GCCHE

Wed 13^th 15:15-16:15 3.M. – Skills building seminar: Culture, Arts and Mental Health

EUPHA-PMH, -ENV

Wed 13^th 16:45-17:45 4.F. – Scientific session: Progress in assessing climate change risks to health and implementation in UK and Europe

LSHTM HPRU ECH, EUPHA-ENV

Wed 13^th 16:45-17:10 4.Y.1. – Climate trauma, public protest and the ethics of civil disobedience in our warming world

Aletta Jacobs SPH, ASPHER, EUPHA-LAW, -ENV, -HIA, -PMH, -GH, FPH, GNAPH

Thu 14^th 9:00-10:00 5.D. – Scientific session: Climate Change and Inequalities: Addressing Intersections and Impacts

EUPHA-ENV, -LAW

Thu 14^th 12:20-12:45 6.X.2. – Scientific session: Food Insecurity in Europe: Voices from Austria, Germany and the Netherlands

EUPHA-ENV

Thu 14^th 15:50-16:15 7.X.2. – Round table: Planetary Health: metaphorical visualizations of transdisciplinary working in practice

EUPHA-PHPP, -ENV, -HSR, EUPHAnxt, EHMA, WHO EURO/CD/ECEH

Thu 14^th 16:45-17:45 8.C. – Scientific session: Health system resilience: A Planetary Health perspective

EUPHA-ENV

Thu 14^th 16:45-17:45 8.F. – Scientific session: Promoting Public Health with healthy smart buildings

EUPHA-URB, -PMH, -ENV

Join the EUPHA-ENV network meeting at EPH2024

Fri 15^th 12:55-13:55 – Room 3A

JTN27 – Environment and health – Join the network EUPHA-ENV

Please join us for our Section’s annual in-person meeting at EPH2024 to discuss future plans for ENV Section.

Commission recommends stronger measures on smoke-free environments to better protect public health

The new initiative recommends that Member States extend smoke-free environment policies to key outdoor areas, to better protect people in the EU, particularly children and young people.

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_24_4682

The 2024 Europe Report of the Lancet Countdown

 The latest report from the Lancet Countdown Europe tracks progress on health and climate change in the region.  Compiled with the contribution of 69 experts spanning 42 academic and UN institutions, the new report explores 42 indicators which monitor the health impacts of climate change, as well as the inadequate, delayed or missed opportunities of climate action in Europe. 

https://lancetcountdown.org/europe/2024-report/

WHO announces the 2024 updated Compendium of interventions on environmental health

The World Health Organization (WHO) has released the 2024 updated version of the Compendium of WHO and other UN guidance on health and environment. This vital resource compiles proposed interventions for reducing disease from environmental risks and saving millions of lives worldwide.

https://www.who.int/news/item/29-07-2024-who-announces-the-2024-updated-compendium-of-interventions-on-environmental-health

Stay healthy and environmentally friendly,

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

                                             Dr Peter van den Hazel, vice president