Tuesday 13 May - Global Health: Food Systems, Health Security, Climate, and Sustainability

Daily Partners: WHO Europe, Global health section

Daily message

The health of people and the planet are deeply interconnected. Climate change, food insecurity, and emerging health threats are putting increasing pressure on public health systems, requiring urgent and coordinated action. Sustainable food systems, resilient health security measures, and environmental policies that prioritize well-being are key to protecting both current and future generations.

How can we create food systems that support both human and planetary health? What steps can strengthen global health security in the face of pandemics and environmental crises? How can public health drive climate action and sustainability?  

Sub-themes

• Sustainable food systems for better health.
• Global health security and pandemic resilience.
• Climate change and its impact on public health.
• The role of public health in environmental action.
• Food security, nutrition, and well-being.
• Policies for a healthier, more sustainable future.
• Supply chains: food, drugs and crises.
• OneHealth, health equity and climate.
• Innovation in health and climate resilience.

By integrating health, sustainability, and security into our policies and actions, we can build a healthier and more resilient future for all.

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One Health in the Global Health agenda: Towards a healthier and more sustainable future for all 
10:00 - 11:15 CEST

Organised by: WHO Europe, Global health section

Global health is an emerging international priority. It is simultaneously an aspiration, and a mindset based on understanding that the global environment is the scene where people can be developed mentally and physically, aiming to live in balance. It builds on shared common values and norms, and a commonly agreed approach to tackling health problems with worldwide prevalence or a geographical dimension.

An approach to critically consider in the global health agenda priorities is that of One Health. One Health recognizes that the health of people is interconnected to the health of animals and our shared environment. With megatrends at interplay, i.e., climate change and environmental degradation, changing demographic trends and patterns of trade and travel, increasing urbanization, incl. in low- and middle-income countries seeing the fastest urbanization globally, and with the emergence of digital and frontier technologies, there is an urgent need to integrate this approach in our global health agenda. Critically, with global inequalities are high and rising, with growing discontent that can impact on political stability, it is critical to consider security aspects and mechanisms to safeguard resilient systems and societies, safeguarding a sustainable future for all.

This interdisciplinary event will examine key aspects, governance mechanisms and activities to be considered in priority settings and for future actions to this effect. From policy to research and capacity-building, due consideration will be given to the Quadripartite activities, the work for the pandemic accord, innovative projects to transform collaboration and decision-making and, capacity-bulding for the global public health workforce so as to ensure capacity in expertise and in numbers across settings and borders.

Target audience: Health professionals, policymakers, researchers, students, and representatives from environmental and veterinary sectors. 

Agenda Overview:

• 10:00 – 10:05 | Welcome and Opening Remarks

  • • Charlotte Marchandise (EUPHA) 

    • Elena Petelos (EUPHA Global Health Section) 

    • Simona Seravesi (WHO/Europe) 

   

• 10:05 – 10:20 | Panel: Regional Perspectives on One Health in Europe

  • • Sinaia Netanyahu (WHO European Centre for Environment and Health)

   

• 10:20 – 10:30 | Panel: Health Security and the Pandemic Agreement

  • • Dimitra Lingri (EUPHA Public Health Law section)

    • Elena Petelos (EUPHA Global Health section)

    • Julia Langer (DG Santé) 

   

• 10:30 – 10:45 | Panel: Innovation in One Health Governance and Collaboration

  • • Marleen Bekker (EUPHA PHPP)

    • Katie Woolaston (KW Green Governance Solutions / Nature4Health)

    • Maria Feio (OneAquaHealth Coordinator)

   

• 10:45 – 10:55 | Panel: Building the Future One Health Workforce

  • • Simon Rüegg (University of Zürich)

    • Mary Codd and Karl Konyard (ASPHER)

   

• 10:55 – 11:10 | Open Discussion and Q&A

• 11:10 – 11:15 | Closing Remarks

Register here!

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