Session 22

Public health diplomacy: In a world of competitiveness rather than cooperativeness

Organised by the Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region

There is an urgent need to tackle numerous global health threats through increased collaboration, coordination, cooperation and communication acoss multiple stakeholders. Policy makers, practitioners and scholars have increasingly recognised the importance of health in relation to other political issues such as trade, security, equity, development, and human rights. However, in the current environment, good health and well-being has been challenged due to increased geopolitical tensions and a rise in nationalism, fuelling competitiveness rather than cooperativeness. Countries need to design and negotiate frameworks and agreements that can address global health challenges in a collective manner.

The Association for Schools and Programs in Public Health (ASPPH) and the Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER) seek meaningful solutions to prepare a cadre of committed Public Health Diplomats that have the technical, cross-cultural, management, negotiation and consensus building skills to support sustainable development by strengthening interaction between multiple sectors, facilitating data driven dialogue, evidence-informed communications and the implementation of health programmes in a complex environment.

Speaker to be announced