Health

JCIHE Call for Proposals for Special Issue: Global Health, Politics, and Education in Africa

JCIHE Call for Proposals for Special Issue: Global Health, Politics, and Education in Africa

The Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education launched a Call for Proposals for the Summer 2026 Special Issue: Global Health, Politics, and Education in Africa. Guest editors are: Didier Jourdan, Chair holder UNESCO Chair and WHO Collaborating Center on Global Health & Education; Carole Faucher, Affiliated researcher UNESCO Chair on Global Health & Education & Lul Admasachew, Affiliated researcher UNESCO Chair on Global Health & Education.

Papers in this special issue will expound on the United Nations Decade of Action for Sustainable Development. Articles should draw on concepts of “Health is Politics” within the African continent. In all regions, but particularly in Africa, higher educational institutions can be politicized irrespective of academic freedom being declared. Innovations in global health are also influenced by politics. This begins where fundings comes from and bibliometric inequalities in what is published, in what journals, and the influences of bibliographic colonialism. Critical and decolonial health and education are pertinent for emancipation. Political agendas are at an interplay within higher education with expression of diverse views and forms of knowledge.

This special issue invites contributions to submit empirical or theoretical articles pointing to the Pan African knowledge in global health, politics, and education that intersects with AIDS, mpox, pandemic prevention, that is largely defined by Western knowledge holders that influence how Global South academia presents knowledge to the general public.

Themes to be Explored:

  1. Pandemic Prevention Accord and ways to engage all stakeholders
  2. Education, vaccinations as politics
  3. Impact of AIDS and mpox education for community health
  4. Sexuality education
  5. Faith-based medicine
  6. Virtual platforms to uphold education within political agendas
  7. The otherness standpoint epistemology, health and politics
  8. Decolonization of knowledge: critical internationalization trends, innovation and agendas

Submit 500 word proposals to: lul2lul@yahoo.com or via the JCIHE website. Proposals are due by January 10, 2025, with full manuscripts due by May 15, 2025. All articles will undergo a double-blind peer review process and must follow the JCIHE guidelines.

Posted by Didier in News
Global meeting: Tackling challenges and sharing solutions for the health and well-being of education staff

Global meeting: Tackling challenges and sharing solutions for the health and well-being of education staff

We are pleased to invite you to participate in the Global meeting: Tackling challenges and sharing solutions for the health and well-being of education staff, organized by the Education and Solidarity Network, in collaboration with the UNESCO Chair Global Health & Education, as part of the 10th World Congress of Education International. The meeting will take place on 27 July 2024, in person in Buenos Aires, Argentina and online.

In celebration of the 15th anniversary of the Education and Solidarity Network, this year’s event offers a day of exchange of knowledge, experience, and research, focused on the health and well-being of educational staff. Share your experiences, discover innovative projects, and make links with partners working for health, social protection, and education.

Programme

The meeting will start with a main conference providing a global overview of the health and well-being of educational staff followed by a panel discussion where you will be able to discuss with experts from various international organizations who will present their work, research, and public policies.

The second part of the day will be devoted to the Solutions Forum with workshops addressing themes arising from the 2023 International Barometer of health and well-being of Education Staff (I-BEST) results such as psychological health, work environment, safe and positive school climate, social protection, and health.

You will be able to discover initiatives and share your ideas, concerns, and aspirations to promote the health and well-being of educational staff.

Access the programme.

Practical information

Interpretation will be available in French, English, and Spanish, more practical information and the registration form is available on the ESN website.
Attending the meeting is free of charge and the event is also accessible online.

Posted by Didier in News
Join the Scientific & Abstract Review Committees for the 13th IAAH World Congress on Adolescent Health

Join the Scientific & Abstract Review Committees for the 13th IAAH World Congress on Adolescent Health

The International Association for Adolescent Health’s 13th World Congress will be held in Jamaica on November 6-8, 2025. IAAH is looking for volunteers to assist with developing and refining keynote, plenary sessions, workshops, and symposia sessions, and youth participation activities, as well as persons to help with reviewing submitted abstracts and workshop proposals.

You are invited to share your experience, knowledge, and expertise by joining the Scientific and/or Abstract Review Committees. Committees will be asked for written input several times over the coming months, and will have 3 or 4 conference calls or webinar meetings for these committees over the next 18 months as a part of program planning.

Please click here to complete the survey to sign up for these important committees.

Posted by Didier in News
New study highlights the role of education in reducing adult mortality

New study highlights the role of education in reducing adult mortality

CHAIN and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) published a ground-breaking study in The Lancet Public Health highlighting education as a vital factor in reducing adult mortality across demographics.

Findings reveal that each extra year of education reduces mortality risk by nearly 2%, and that education benefits people of all ages and backgrounds. Those who completed six years of education had around 13% lower mortality risk, while 18 years of education resulted in a reduction of around 34%. Having had no schooling was shown to be as bad for your health as smoking 10 cigarettes a day.

Education provides a pathway to improving overall health, as it leads to better employment, income, and access to healthcare. The study emphasizes the need for global efforts to improve education access to interrupt the cycle of poverty and preventable deaths.

Read the article

Read the factsheet

The announcement on the EuroHealthNet website


Mirza Balaj, Claire A. Henson, Amanda Aronsson, Aleksandr Aravkin, Kathryn Beck, Claire Degail, Lorena Donadello, Kristoffer Eikemo, Joseph Friedman, Anna Giouleka, Indrit Gradeci, Simon I. Hay, Magnus Rom Jensen, Susan A. Mclaughlin, Erin C. Mullany, Erin M. O’connell, Kam Sripada, Donata Stonkute, Reed J.D. Sorensen, Solvor Solhaug, Hanne Dahl Vonen, Celine Westby, Peng Zheng, Talal Mohammad, Terje Andreas Eikemo, Emmanuela Gakidou (2024). Effects of education on adult mortality: a global systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet Public HealthVolume 9, Issue 3, e155-e165. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(23)00306-7

Posted by Didier in News
Demo session Global Platform to Monitor School Health – 27 March 2024

Demo session Global Platform to Monitor School Health – 27 March 2024

The Global platform to monitor school health aims to support countries to obtain standardized metrics to monitor their school health programmes.  Aligned with the Global Standards for Health Promoting Schools, the platform was developed by WHO, UNESCO, UNICEF and the WFP to help countries:

  • Generate standardized data to inform priorities for school health;
  • Inform actions for improvements by linking results with recommendations;
  • Establish trends in school health policies and practices;
  • Facilitate dialogue between countries, international agencies, and others by exchanging information on school health policies and practices.

National school health coordinators, UN staff and development partners are invited to join.

Registration

For the ENGLISH version 13:00-14:00 CET March 27th 2024  https://who.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_sOgEGY32T9yGrINip_kO1Q

For the FRENCH version 13:00-14:00 CET April 3d 2024 https://who.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_XxO_QwVRS2CQIgM6fTAzkQ

More information

Flyer webinar Global Platform School Health in English

Flyer webinar Global Platform School Health in French

Visit the web page to learn more about the WHATs, WHYs and HOWs of the platform

Posted by Didier in News
Global Community Health Annual Workshop 4th edition – register now

Global Community Health Annual Workshop 4th edition – register now

The fourth edition of the Global Community Health Annual Workshop will take place from 4 till 6 June 2024 as an online event.

The main theme of this year’s workshop is ‘How can community health contribute to fighting poverty?’ The workshop will explore the root causes of poverty, and how poverty impacts community health. The value of community-based interventions – as a research method and also as a key health promotion strategy – should be recognised in this work. The workshop will be solution oriented. This year’s focus of capacity-building for the participants will be on ‘advocacy and activism’.

The workshop provides a space where community health and health promotion practitioners and policy makers can improve their skills and where researchers can gain in capacities to conduct community-based participatory research.

Format of the workshop

The global workshop will run during 3 consecutive days. To accommodate participants from all different time zones around the world, the workshop will be offered twice a day.

  • Block 1 will run from 10.00 – 13.30 Paris; 16.00 – 19.30 Beijing; 18.00 – 21.30 Melbourne.
  • Block 2 will run from 16.00 – 19.30 Paris; 7.00 – 10.30 Los Angeles; 11.00 – 14.30 Buenos Aires

It uses an interactive format ensuring active participation through a series of online lectures, combined with community heath hubs.

These community health hubs (smaller working groups) acknowledge our diversity and cultural dimensions and are offered in different languages including English, French, Spanish and other languages depending on the availability of facilitators. During the community health hubs participants have the opportunity to share experiences and build their regional and global networks.

The online lectures are held in the English language. We do not want language to be a barrier for participation. Therefore we are trying to organise simultaneous translation.

Registration

This interactive workshop will take place online and is free of charge. Practitioners, students, policy makers and researcher from different backgrounds from all over the world are welcome to join. You can register by completing the online registration form. Registration will close on Tuesday 28 May 2024, 16.00 CEST.

Organisers are the UNESCO Chair Global Health & EducationEHESP School of Public HealthInternational Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE)Réseau Francophone International Pour la Promotion de la Sante (RÉFIPS)University of Clermont Auvergne and University of Huddersfield.

For more information about the workshop, please visit the dedicated webpage.

Posted by Didier in News
Save the date – Global Community Health Annual Workshop 4th edition

Save the date – Global Community Health Annual Workshop 4th edition

The fourth edition of the Global Community Health Annual Workshop will take place from 4 till 6 June 2024.

The main theme of this year’s workshop is ‘How can community health contribute to fighting poverty?’ The workshop will explore the root causes of poverty, and how poverty impacts community health. The value of community-based interventions – as a research method and also as a key health promotion strategy – should be recognised in this work. The workshop will be solution oriented. This year’s focus of capacity-building for the participants will be on ‘advocacy and activism’.

The interactive workshop will take place online and is free of charge. Practitioners, students, policy makers and researchers from all over the world are welcome to join. Registration will open on 15 February 2024.

Organisers are the UNESCO Chair Global Health & EducationEHESP School of Public HealthInternational Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE)Réseau Francophone International Pour la Promotion de la Sante (RÉFIPS)University of Clermont Auvergne and University of Huddersfield.

For more information about the workshop, please visit the dedicated webpage.

Posted by Didier in News
University of Huddersfield is hiring a Research Manager and Stakeholder Manager to support the work of the UNESCO Chair Global Health & Education

University of Huddersfield is hiring a Research Manager and Stakeholder Manager to support the work of the UNESCO Chair Global Health & Education

The University of Huddersfield is currently seeking “a researcher to assist with the management of the research activities” and “a professional to engage and manage stakeholders in the research and policy activities” of the UNESCO Chair ‘Global Health and Education’ (GHE). The UNESCO Chair GHE is a multidisciplinary collaboration about the intersections between health and education, co-chaired from 2022-2026 by the Université Clermont Auvergne in France and the University of Huddersfield in the UK. These jobs are based in the School of Applied Sciences at the University of Huddersfield. 

The University is investing in these two new roles to underpin the existing and future research activities of the Chair. You will work with academics across the Schools of Applied Sciences, Human and Health Sciences, Education and Professional Development, and Huddersfield Business School on topics including school health, lifelong learning for health, the public health role of community health settings and the genuine participation of children and youth in public life.

Research Manager

You must have a PhD submitted or awarded in the subject areas of healthcare, public health, health promotion, social care or education. With the ability to produce high quality funding applications and publications, you will work strategically to assist the Chair to become self-sustaining in terms of research activity by 2026.  Experience of working with children, young people and families – in schools or community settings – would be an asset.

Apply by 05/12/2023.

Read the full job description for the research manager

Stakeholder Manager

Educated to degree level, or equivalent educational/training/work-based experience, you will have proven ability to develop and manage a local and global network of partners, and you will work strategically to maximise the impact of the Chair’s research programme. Experience of working with children, young people and families – in schools or community settings – would be an asset.

Apply by 05/12/2023.

Read the full job description for the Stakeholder manager

Posted by Didier in News