Just a few days until the EPH Conference in Berlin and here is what we have put together for you, just as a ‘starter’. There is much more to learn on the health workforce and many other interesting topics are addressed during the conference, look at the programme https://ephconference.eu/app/programme/programme.php and join us for workshops and sessions. Also don’t miss the poster walks and the poster displays, available during the entire conference.

Thursday

9.00-10.00 (1L), room Beta 4, Building capacity for a resilient and healthy post-COVID health workforce, workshop organised by EUPHA-HWR and WHO Regional Office for Europe (Tomas Zapata)

10.30-11.30 (2L),room Beta 4, Public Health institutions and academia’s role in building capacity for health impact assessment, workshop organised by EUPHA-HIA (Piedad Martin Olmedo), EUPHA-HWR and ASPHER

Lunchtime event: 12.45-13.45, Beta 1, Health and care workforce in Europe: Time to act! Presentation of the new WHO Report, contributions from Natasha Azzopardi-Muscat (WHO Europe), Gilles Dussault (Lisbon, and EUPHA-HWR), Matthias Wismar and Gemma Williams (European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies), Tomas Zapata (WHO Europe) and others

16.30-17.30h (4L), room Beta 4, Mobilising coping and support strategies: learning from healthcare workers’ experiences of COVID-19, round table organised by Robert-Koch-Institute Germany (National Public Health Institute) (Heide Weishaar) and EUPHA-HWR

Friday

11.40-12.40h (6L), room Beta 4, A digital literate health workforce for a resilient future, round table organised by EUPHAnxt (Monica Brinzac) and Young Forum Gastein

Lunchtime event: 12.45-13.45h, room Gamma 8-9, EUPHA-HWR Join-the-Network session, everybody very welcome!

If you cannot join us in Berlin, have a look at the new Supplement of European Journal of Public Health (open access), which contains the abstracts of all contributions. The health workforce topic is addressed in many abstracts; https://academic.oup.com/eurpub.

See you soon - best wishes

Ellen (EUPHA-HWR section president)

Section related news