Dear EUPHA Chronic diseases section members,

This year the Chronic Disease Section has set forward several new initiatives and opportunities for our  members to engage and interact with other colleagues. The first initiative was the monthly webinar. The second webinar took place on the 29^th of February at 4pm CET, where Prof. Orsolya Varga and her team, Nour Mahrouseh and Carlos Alexandre Soares presented their research “A national and sub-national analysis of diabetes mellitus prevalence and health inequalities in Europe”.

The next webinar is set for the 28^th of March at 4pm CET, where our colleague from Israel, Dr. Yael Bar-Zeev, will be presenting her work entitled “How are tobacco companies circumventing tobacco control legislation in Israel? ”. Register for this webinar here.

We urge you to connect with us if you are interested to contribute to future webinars. Feel free to reach out on: sarah.cuschieri@um.edu.mt

Symposium – From single chronic disease to multimorbidity prevention, surveillance, and public health policy: need for multisectoral approaches

It is with great pleasure to announce the first ever Chronic Diseases Symposium that will be held between 26 – 27 June at Santé publique France (SpF), Paris. Several highly esteemed keynote speakers and panellists will be joining us. The registration is free and will open soon. Spaces are limited. Attendees need to take care of their own travel and accommodation arrangements.

The preliminary program for this upcoming symposium is as follows:

JUNE 26, 2024

Welcome – Registration

Opening Session

14:00 – Welcoming remarks – Santé publique France Direction Generale – Prof. Laetitia Huiart

14:15 – EUPHA chronic disease section – Prof Saverio Stranges (Western University, Canada) and Introduction to symposium – Dr. Tatjana Makovski (Santé publique France)

14:30 – First Keynote Speaker
Prof Iveta Nagyova (President EUPHA, Slovakia)
Partnership between EUPHA & WHO to tackle NCD

15:00 – Second Keynote Speaker
Prof Marjan van den Akker (Goethe U, Germany)
Addressing the global challenge of multimorbidity

15:30 – Coffee Break and Networking

16:00 – Panel Discussion – Current Perspectives across Europe
Valentina Andreeva, Michele Cecchini, Sarah Cuschieri, Tatjana Makovski, M van den Akker

17:00 – Third Keynote Speaker
Prof Elio Riboli (Imperial College, UK)
European Cancer Prevention Plan: an opportunity to tackle multimorbidity burden across Europe

17:30 – Fourth Keynote Speaker
Dr. Amaia Calderon Larrañaga (Karolinska Institute, Sweden)
Clinical and epidemiological research on multimorbidity: challenges and opportunities

JUNE 27, 2024

09:00 – Welcome Coffee and Networking

09:30 – Fifth Keynote Speaker
Prof Licia Iacoviello (LUM/Neuromed, Italy)
Design of epidemiological studies for ageing and chronic disease research in the modern era…

10:00 – Sixth Keynote Speaker
Dr. Piotr Wilk (Western University, Canada)
Methodological challenges and data sources for multimorbidity research to inform policy

10:30 – Seventh Keynote Speaker
Prof Joël Coste (Santé publique France) and Laure Carcaillon-Bentata (Bordeaux PharmacoEpi Platform)
 Surveillance and prevention of multimorbidity – what do we need to prevent?

11:00 – Panel discussion – Challenges and opportunities for multimorbidity research, surveillance and prevention
Pierre Arwidson, Panayotis Constantinou, Amaia Calderon Larrañaga, Kathryn Nicholson

12:00 – 13:30 – Lunch Break and Networking

13:30 – Eighth Keynote Speaker
Dr. Eric Breton (Rennes University, France)
Tackling complex problems requires multisectoral solutions: French experience.

14:00 – Panel Discussion – Multisectoral approaches to tackle multimorbidity – Integration of Public Health, Primary Care and Occupational Health
Franca Barbic, Eric Breton, Michele Cecchini, Julian Mamo, M van den Akker

15:00 – Panel Discussion – Future perspectives
Sarah Cuschieri, Laetitia Huiart, Iveta Nagyova, Elio Riboli, Saverio Stranges

16:00 – 16:30 – Summary of Symposium & Next Steps
Dr. Tatjana Makovski & Prof Saverio Stranges

17^th European Public Health Conference, Lisbon, Portugal

This year the annual EPH conference will be held in Lisbon between the 12^th to 15^th November. The abstract submission is open, deadline is 1^st May 2024. If you are interested to organize a workshop or panel discussions with the Chronic Diseases Section, feel free to reach out.

If you have any initiative/s or idea/s that you would like to share with us, we are always happy to connect with our members.

Looking forward to connecting with you soon!

Best wishes,

Sarah (Vice-President)
o.b.o the Chronic Disease Section Steering Committee  
Sarah.cuschieri@um.edu.mt