Submission’s deadline extended until 30 June 2023
To submit the abstract for the 19th IAHPE Conference please fill the form here or use the QR code below.
Every capitalist epoch presents distinct struggles for health, social justice, and access to health care. The onset of this decade has been characterised by growing health and health care disparities. In addition to having increased the class divide in accessing health services, healthcare, and vaccines worldwide, the COVID-19 pandemic illustrates the global public health crisis within the context of a planetary health emergency. Both have been propelled by a cynical economic system that prioritizes profit-making at the detriment of planetary needs. Furthermore, ongoing conflicts and wars over resources – which exacerbate nationalism amidst an increasingly unstable climate – continue to shape the political economy of health worldwide.
Human engagement with the planet is imperative for understanding and strengthening public health and health care systems against future threats.
Within the above context, the 19th IAHPE Conference will focus on looking forward to preparing for future public health challenges, addressing the following themes, but not exclusively:
- Health care inequities and the struggle for health.
- Planetary health, climate change, and health.
- War and conflict and health.
- Migration, forced migration, and health.
- Universal health care and health services privatization.
- Access and distribution of vaccines and pharmaceuticals.
- Academic freedom and commodification of public health education.
- Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic and public health preparedness
- Challenges and opportunities for public health.
- Social movements, solidarity, and public health activism.
The papers’ presentations will be allocated in oral and posters’ presentations, both having equal academic recognition as presentations in the Conference. We welcome any submission falling in one or more of the above themes.
To submit the abstract for the 19th IAHPE Conference please fill the form here or use the QR code below. The main body of the abstract should be no longer than 500 words and following the Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion structure. Upon submission, please provide the name, contact, and affiliation of the presenting author, as well as the title and general theme of the presentation.
Abstract submission deadline: 30 June 2023
In due time you will receive the decision of the peer review committee regarding the admission of your presentation and in case of positive answer its allocation in oral or poster presentation.
The 19th IAHPE Conference will be hosted at the School of Medicine at Aristotles University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) in Greece on 21 – 24 September 2023.
The Organising Committee is delighted to announce that the upcoming Conference has received an overwhelming response from renowned organizations in public health and health policy, including the People’s Health Movement (PHM), the Latin American Social Medicine Association (ALAMES), the Centre for Health and the Public Interest (CHPI), the Center for Research and Education in Public Health, Health Policy and Primary Health Care (CEHP/ΚΕΠΥ), the International Initiative for the Promotion of Political Economy (IIPPE), Physicians for a National Health Programme (PNHP), the association of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW Greece), the Brazilian Centre for Health Studies (CEBES), German Democratic Doctors, the Turkish Medical Association (TMA), People’s Vaccine Alliance, Viva Salud, Health Poverty Action, Medicus Mundi International (MMI), Keep Our NHS Public Tower Hamlets (KONHSP), SOS Τροχαία Εγκλήματα Greece,and InterSOS Hellas.
Furthermore, academic journals like the International Journal of Social Determinants of Health and Health Services (formerly International Journal of Health Services), Globalisation and Health, and Saude em Debate have also expressed their enthusiastic participation and unwavering support.
We anticipate a rich and engaging Conference that will foster insightful discussions, knowledge exchange, networking, and collaboration, with contributions from leading experts including:
- Feride Aksu Taniq (Ege University, Turkey),
- Fran Baum (University of Adelaide, Australia),
- Alexis Benos (Aristotles University of Thessaloniki, Greece),
- Chiara Bodini (PHM, Italy),
- Kayvan Bozorgmehr (Universitat Bielefeld, Germany),
- Jaime Breilh (Universidad Andina Simon Bolivar, Ecuador),
- Roberto De Vogli (University of Padova, Italy),
- Hans Ulrich Deppe (Goethe Universitat, Germany),
- Miran Epstein (Queen Mary University of London, UK),
- Sebnem Korur Firanci (Turkish Medical Association, Turkey),
- Valentina Gallo (University of Groningen, Netherlands),
- David Himmelstein (City University of New York, USA),
- Manolis Kogevinas (Barcelona Institute of Global Health, Spain),
- Elias Kondilis (Aristotles University of Thessaloniki, Greece),
- Ronald Labonte (University of Ottawa, Canada),
- Asa Christina Laurell (ALAMES, Mexico),
- Jane Lethbridge (University of Greenwich, UK),
- Colin Leys (CHPI, UK),
- Julien Mercille (University College Dublin, Ireland),
- Doreen Montag (Queen Mary University of London, UK),
- Carles Muntaner (University of Toronto, Canada),
- Shatha Odeh (Health Work Committees – HWC, Palestine),
- Kayihan Pala (Turkey),
- David Rowland (CHPI, UK),
- Alfredo Saad-Filho (King’s College London, UK),
- Hani Serag (Univeristy of Texas, USA),
- Maria Sotiropoulou (IPPNW, Greece),
- Howard Waitzkin (University of New Mexico, USA),
- Rob Wallace (USA)
- Steffie Woolhandler (City University of New York, USA)
Find the 19th IAHPE Conference material here
Registration Fees: Participants with full-time jobs and salary: 50€ | Unemployed, precarious workers, students: free of charge.
For any query, please contact the organising committee at iahp.online@gmail.com
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