Fifth International Conference on Learning Cities – Call for researchers
In preparation for the fifth International Conference on Learning Cities (ICLC 5), the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) and Yeonsu City, Republic of Korea, are commissioning background papers on the three themes related to global health education and emergency response. These papers will.. →
Schooling during COVID-19: recommendations from the European Technical Advisory Group for schooling during COVID-19
Recently the recommendations from the WHO European Region Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on Schooling during the COVID-19 pandemic were published. The recommendations represent the work of the TAG between October 2020 and March 2021.
The recommendations were considered at a WHO ministerial.. →
24th IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion – Call for abstracts
The call for abstracts for the 24th IUHPE World Conference on health Promotion – IUHPE 2022 is now open. The conference theme is “Promoting policies for health, well-being and equity”. The conference will be held Montréal (Québec) Canada and in hybrid format from 15 to 19 May 2022. Abstract.. →
Global Community Health Annual Workshop – First edition
The UNESCO Chair and WHO Collaborating Center on Global Health and Education invites all those interested in promoting health and equity at a community level to the first edition of the Global Community Health Annual Workshop that will take place on 6, 7 and 8 July 2021.
The main aim of.. →
What does the evidence tell us about keeping schools open safely – High level ministerial meeting UNESCO
As the world enters a second year living with the COVID-19 pandemic, half of the global student population is still affected by full or partial school closures. To mobilize and support learning continuity, UNESCO established the Global Education Coalition which today counts 160 members working.. →
Call for Chapters International handbook of teaching and learning health promotion: practices and reflections from around the world
This call is intended to identify experiences that produce a dialogue between teaching and learning practices carried out locally and the possibilities of application and transformation from local to global reality. The book is to be published by Springer Publisher and launched at the 24th IUHPE World.. →
Development and evaluation of educational resources produced in response to the COVID-19 crisis
In this recently published French article “Élaboration et évaluation de l’utilité, de l’utilisabilité et de l’acceptabilité de ressources éducatives produites en réponse à la crise de la COVID-19[i]” (in English: ‘Development and evaluation of the usefulness, usability and acceptability.. →
Webinar – Exploring Global Inequalities in Adolescent Health and Healthcare
On 25 March 2021 from 13.00 – 14.00 CET, the interactive webinar “Exploring Global Inequalities in Adolescent Health and Healthcare” will take place. The webinar is organised by the UNESCO Chair and WHO Collaborating Center Global Health & Education as part of the International Adolescent.. →
International Adolescent Health Week
International Adolescent Health Week, celebrated the 3rd full week in March yearly, is a grass-roots initiative for young people, their health care providers, their teachers, their parents, their advocates and their communities to come together and celebrate young people and with an ultimate.. →
One year into COVID: Prioritizing education recovery to avoid a generational catastrophe
Monday 29 March, 14:00 CET, a high-level Ministerial on-line event
As the world enters a second year living with the COVID-19 pandemic, UNESCO will convene a high-level ministerial event on 29 March to take stock of lessons learnt, the greatest risks facing education and strategies to leave.. →
New online portal for resources and information on health inequalities
EuroHealthNet launched a new online portal for information and resources on health inequalities in Europe, health-inequalities.eu. It is a platform for international exchange including information, policies, research, and initiatives on health inequalities, for anyone who has a role in the COVID-19.. →
Webinar: Global Standards for Health Promoting Schools
WHO and UNESCO organise a webinar on Global Standards for Health Promoting Schools on 16 February 2021 from 14.00 – 16.00 CET / 13:00 – 15:00 UTC .
The key objectives of the webinar are:
Provide an outline about the initiative
Present an overview on the two documents:.. →
Participate in the second survey on the safe reopening of schools
You are invited to complete the second survey on the safe reopening of schools and to share the survey within your network. The aim of the survey is to gather the experiences and opinions of education and health professionals about the processes in place in their countries and territories to reopen.. →
The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health – Podcast
In Conversation With… Didier Jourdan & Nicola Gray
Didier Jourdan & Nicola Gray join The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health Editor-in-chief Jane Godsland to discuss how and why child health professionals should be supporting schools to become the foundation of a healthy life.
Didier.. →
Supporting every school to become a foundation for healthy lives
Article published in the Lancet on Friday 22 January 2021
This recent article[1] in the Lancet Child & Adolescent Health is both an advocacy tool and a roadmap for building bridges between education and health and enabling the development of intersectoral practices in schools.
Child.. →
Recording of regional workshop ‘School Health in Latin America: Intersectoral NCD Prevention and Management’
On December 14 and 15, 2020, NCD Child, in partnership with the Healthy Latin America Coalition (CLAS) and the American Heart Association, hosted a two-day regional workshop entitled ‘School Health in Latin America: Intersectoral NCD Prevention and Management’ that focused on strengthening partnerships.. →
Webinar: Health literacy in schools: an education asset in the 21st century
On 21 January 2021 from 14.00 – 15.00 CET, the interactive webinar “Health literacy in schools: an education asset in the 21st century” will take place. The webinar is part of the Global Health & Education webinar series and organised by the UNESCO Chair Global Health.. →
School Health in Latin America: Intersectoral NCD Prevention and Management
On the 14th and 15th of December NCD Child, in partnership with the Healthy Latin America Coalition (CLAS) and the American Heart Association organize two days of dialogue around the theme: School Health in Latin America: Intersectoral NCD Prevention and Management. The webinar will be held in.. →
Soft launch: ‘Using the revised International Technical Guidance on Sexuality Education to steer CSE policy and programmes’
On Wednesday 9 December 2020 at 9.00 am New York time and 3.00 pm Paris time UNESCO and UNFPA will organise the soft launch of the Global Partnership Forum on Comprehensive Sexuality Education. The dialogue will be held in English.
The webinar will be opened by Vibeke Jensen, UNESCO and.. →
Interactive WEBINAR: Education as a “social vaccine” against COVID-19
On 10 December 2020 from 14.00-15.00 CET, the interactive webinar: Education as a “social vaccine” against COVID-19 will take place. The webinar is part of the Global Health & Education webinar series and organised by the UNESCO Chair Global Health & Education in collaboration with CHAIN.. →