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Published: 4 November 2024

Dear Colleagues


The EUPHA conference in Lisbon is fast approaching and we look forward to meeting many of you at the Conference.

Please kindly note that the Join the Network ethics in public health Section meeting at the conference will be held on Wednesday 13 November from 14:00 to 15:00 in Room 3C. We hope you will be able to attend and share your views and ideas about the section and consult on ongoing work of the section.

Some workshops / roundtables organised by the ethics section in collaboration with other partners which may be of interest include:

Wednesday 13 November

  • 09:00 – 10:00 Round table: Artificial Intelligence in Mobile Health Apps: Ethical, Legal, and Regulatory Challenges in Auditorium VII
  • 14:00 – 15:00 Join the Network - Ethics in Public Health in 3C
  • 15.15 – 16.15 Round table: Improving equity in health: Understanding and responding to health literacy in room 3 B
  • 16.45 – 17.10 Climate trauma, public protest and the ethics of civil disobedience in our warming world in room 0.08
  • 16.45 – 17.45 Round table: Advancing genomic diagnostics for rare genetic diseases: a focus on non-clinical domains of HTA in room 1.13

Thursday 14 November

  • 09:00 – 10:00 Epidemiological insights into vaccine hesitancy in Europe: building bridges and overcoming barriers in room 1.09
  • 09:00 – 10:00 Climate Change and Inequalities: Addressing Intersections and Impacts in room 3B
  • 11.45 – 12.45 Round table: Artificial Intelligence in healthcare: navigating ethically with equity and workforce empowerment in room 1.15
  • 15.50 – 16.15 Solidarity and public health teaching and practice in the age of new normal in 0.08

Friday 15 November 2024

  • 09:00 – 10:00 Round table: Strengthening public health law for public health professionals in Room 1.15
  • 11.45 – 12.45 Skills Building Seminar: How public health professionals can use the right to health to advance climate action and justice in room 3A
  • 14:00 – 15:00  Round table: A Guide for creating a code of ethics for public health professionals and institutions Room 1.15

Ethics and law for good public health praxis and policy

There are plans for a conference / roundtable on Ethics and law for good public health practice and policy, as well as a special supplement of Journal of public health on the issue. This is part of the initiative by EUPHA, ASPHER, Global Network for Academic Public Health, Faculty of Public Health  and other partners through the Public health ethics and law network to further advance the scholarship, the discourse and practice, as part of efforts to build ethicolegal competence and capacity of public health workforce and institutions. Issues to be covered will include: code of ethics and professional conduct for public health professionals and institutions; education and training; moral distress and injury; law, governance for climate action; and other areas. If you require further information or wish to be participate / contribute to the conference or the supplement please contact: PHELnetwork@gmail.com

Greetings and best wishes
Els Maeckelberghe and Farhang