Session 22
Public health diplomacy
Cooperativeness and collaboration vs disagreement and division
Thursday, 2 October 2025 | 18:00-19:30 | Conference Centre
Organised by the Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region and the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health
Session format: Fishbowl
There is an urgent need to tackle numerous global health threats through increased collaboration, coordination, cooperation and communication across 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 and bold solutions to prepare a cadre of committed Public Health Diplomats, facilitating data driven dialogue, evidence-informed communications and implement health training programs in a complex environment.
SPEAKERS
- Natasha Azzopardi-Muscat, Director, Division of Country Health Policies and Systems, WHO Regional Office for Europe
- Ayman El-Mohandes, Dean, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy
- Ashish Joshi, Dean and Distinguished University Professor, School of Public Health, University of Memphis
- Ramunė Kalėdienė, Head of Department of Health Management, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
MODERATOR
- Josep Figueras, Director Emeritus, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
- Laura Magaña, President & CEO, Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health
Further speakers to be announced
