Webinar Implications of adultcentrism on the health of children and adolescents in Latin America – 17 February 2022
On 17 February 2022, 16.00 – 17.00 CEST / 11.00 – 12.00 AST, the UNESCO Chair and WHO Collaborating Center Global Health & Education, the University of Puerto Rico, and the Ana G. Méndez University will organise the webinar: Implications of adultcentrism on the health of children.. →
Article – An analysis of alcohol industry-funded school-based youth education programmes
While the tobacco and fossil fuel industries have used youth education programmes and schools for decades to disseminate product-friendly discourses, ideas and values favourable to their positions, there has been no systematic research specifically on youth education programmes funded by the alcohol.. →
Concise Guides to the Sustainable Development Goals – SDG 3 Good Health and Wellbeing
The Concise Guides to the UN Sustainable Development Goals series consists of 17 short books, each examining one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The series provides an integrated assessment of the SDGs from an economic, legal, social, environmental and cultural perspective.
The guide.. →
New edition of the handbook of Salutogenesis
In January 2022 Springer published ‘The Handbook of Salutogenesis’ and is coordinated by Maurice Mittelmark as one of the leading expert in this field. It is the second edition and available as open access. The handbook provides an overview of the development of the field of salutogenesis.. →
SHE monitoring report on implementation of school health promotion
In December 2021 the Schools for Health in Europe Network Foundation (SHE) published a report on barriers and facilitators for the implementation of school health promotion in Europe: SHE Monitoring Report.
The aim was to get a deeper understanding of the current influencing.. →
The IUHPE 2022 programme is out! Check it now!
We are pleased to announce the preliminary programme for the 24th IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion is now available online!
We have confirmed an exciting and informative programme in a variety of formats that will explore the conference theme Promoting policies for.. →
4th IAAH MENA Region Adolescent Health Conference – Declaration
The 4th IAAH (International Association for Adolescent Health) MENA (Middle East and North Africa) Region Adolescent Health Conference was held from 1-3 December 2021 in Hurghada, Egypt.
Theme
The main theme of the conference was: “Adolescent Care, Leaving No One Behind”. The conference.. →
4th IAAH MENA Region Adolescent Health Conference – contributions UNESCO Chair
The 4th IAAH (International Association for Adolescent Health) MENA (Middle East and North Africa) Region Adolescent Health Conference, organized by the Arab Coalition for Adolescent Health & Medicine (ACAHM), was held from 1-3 December 2021 in Hurghada, Egypt. The conference was held under the.. →
Late-breaking call for abstracts – share your latest work at IUHPE 2022!
The Global Scientific Committee is re-opening the opportunity for late-breaking submissions to IUHPE2022. We invite you to submit an abstract for presentation of the latest policy and research issues at the 24th IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Under.. →
5th UNESCO Forum on Transformative Education for Sustainable Development, Global Citizenship, Health and Well-being
From 29 November to 1 December, UNESCO brought together experts in education for sustainable development, global citizenship and, health and well-being to discuss good practices, progress, monitoring and mainstreaming of transformative education towards target 4.7 of the Sustainable Development Goals.. →
Article: Health promotion research has come of age!
Structuring the field based on the practices of health promotion researchers
In the article “Health promotion research has come of age! Structuring the field based on the practices of health promotion researchers” which was recently published in Global Health Promotion, Louise Potvin and.. →
New Strategic Development Plan EuroHealthNet
EuroHealthNet has launched its new Strategic Development Plan, which sets out the principles and priorities which will guide their work over the next five years.
EuroHealthNet members (over 60 organisations, institutes, and authorities working on public health, disease prevention, promoting.. →
Article: Teacher Care is a Lot More Than Self-Care
Published 2 November 2021, on EdSurge
In the article “School Leaders Take Note: Teacher Care is a Lot More Than Self-Care” the author, Sean Slade, stresses the importance of improving the environments educators are in everyday, in stead of focusing on solutions revolving around “self-care”.
Educators.. →
Lifelong learning for health as a key to building sustainable, equitable, inclusive and resilient cities
From emergency to resilience: Building healthy and resilient cities through learning – 5th UNESCO International Conference on Learning Cities
The South Korean city of Yeonsu, a member of UNESCO’s Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC), hosted the Fifth International Conference.. →
Join the SDG4Youth Network
Call for applications for young leaders, 18-29 years old, who are actively working to contribute to the Education 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development with youth/student networks.
The SDG4Youth network aims to include young education activists in shaping global education policies through.. →
Antidote COVID-19 game launched by WHO and Psyon Games
WHO and Psyon Games jointly launched a new tower defense game called the Antidote COVID-19 to turn complex, scientific information into a fun learning experience. During the course of the game, players will learn about their immune system, pathogens, vaccines and how to protect themselves from COVID-19.
The.. →
UNICEF Report – The State of the World’s Children 2021
In my mind – Promoting, protecting and caring for children’s mental health.
UNICEF recently published a report on the mental health of children around the world. The COVID-19 pandemic has raised concerns about the mental health of a generation of children. But the pandemic may represent.. →
Online pre-conference Genuine Participation and the Transformational Potential of Health Promotion – 10 November 2021
Join the preconference Genuine Participation and the Transformational Potential of Health Promotion – Coronavirus Politics on 10 November 2021 from 9.00 CET. The focus of this pre-conference is to open new perspectives on genuine participation as a means to highlight the transformational potential.. →
Addressing hate speech through education – Multi-stakeholder online forum
Hate speech is on the rise worldwide, with the potential to incite violence, undermine social cohesion and tolerance, and cause psychological, emotional and physical harm based on xenophobia, racism, antisemitism, anti-Muslim hatred and other forms of intolerance and discrimination (UN, 2020). History.. →
The UNESCO Chair endorses The Jena Declaration
The UNESCO Chair Global Health & Education endorses The Jena Declaration which calls for a global mobilization to attain the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) before 2030. It wants to spur communities around the world to choose pathways to sustainability through a new culturally.. →