Global Conversations on Sustainable Health
The Centre invites you to join a space where new ideas, innovative solutions and visions for sustainable health will be shared and discussed.
The conversations are:
- short & interactive
- feature prominent speakers
- online via Zoom
Previous recorded conversations
Global Conversation on Sustainable Health: Advancing Quality Care During Labour and Child Birth
27 November 2024
Panelists:
- Dr. Richard Mugahi, Commissioner for Reproductive, Maternal and Child Health at the Ministry of Health, Uganda, will discuss the role of policy and support in implementing maternal health interventions during birth across Uganda.
- Louise Nordström, Head of Midwives and Obstetric Care at Karolinska University Hospital, will share improvement work from a Swedish perspective, with a particular focus on respectful maternity care.
- Prof. Helena Lindgren, from Karolinska Institutet and the MIDWIZE project, will discuss research and practical approaches to respectful care, dynamic birth positions, and better birth outcomes in Uganda, East Africa, and Sweden.
- Christine Kajungu, project coordinator at UNFPA Uganda, will share insights from implementing maternal health projects in Uganda and beyond, offering a UN perspective.
Themes for Discussion:
- Innovations in Maternal and Newborn Health: Highlighting successful interventions, focusing on those that can be scaled or adapted to different contexts.
- Respectful Maternity Care - satisfaction of care: Discuss strategies to ensure respectful and patient-centred care during childbirth, emphasising dignity, cultural competence and satisfaction of care.
- Collaborative Implementation: Explore how partnerships between NGOs, researchers, policymakers, and local health systems drive sustainable improvements.
Global Conversation on Sustainable Health: The Role of Academia in Navigating the Health and Climate Crisis Nexus
29 May 2024
The health impacts of the climate crisis demand urgent yet deliberate action. Most professionals making crucial decisions regarding these challenges have or will have an academic degree. So, how is academia innovating itself to provide relevant training for future professionals to manage these challenges? To what extent are we rethinking our ways of teaching? What works and what does not? Join us for a critical conversation featuring senior health researchers, university climate change leaders, and student representatives from Germany, Sweden, and Uganda. The seminar is organised by the Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Health and the Charité Center for Global Health.
Global Conversation on Sustainable Health: Multisectoral collaboration to reach the sustainable development goals, what does it mean in practice?
26 March 2024
Multisectoral collaboration is seen as a prerequisite to reaching the 2030 Agenda, but how is it done in practice? Little guidance on this is available, although everybody talks about the importance of doing it. Join us in a global conversation where members of the SDGCap program share their experiences and results of working together to enable multisectoral collaboration in Uganda, Somalia and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Global Conversation on Sustainable Health: Navigating the Nexus of Climate Change, Air Quality Resilience, and Future Health Solutions
23 January 2024
Innovation and Technology for Sustainable Health
29 November 2023
Using innovation and technology is crucial to achieving Sustainable Health as it holds the key to addressing pressing global health challenges and ensuring equitable access to advanced healthcare solutions. During this seminar experts shared insights as they introduce a valuable tool and discuss the challenges and potential of this field.
Global Conversation on Sustainable Health. Climate Change and Health: Mitigating the Effects of Extreme Weather
5 September 2023
During this seminar, experts in the field discussed the pressing issue of climate change and its impact on health, specifically focusing on extreme weather events such as flooding. The panel addresses the current state and actionable steps toward sustainable health solutions.
Global Conversations – Turning Research into Action: Strategies for Effective Implementation
4 May 2023
Achieving impactful and sustainable health interventions based on research is fundamental to ensuring sustainable health. However, this process can be challenging and time-consuming, despite its importance. During this seminar, experts in the field shared valuable knowledge and presented a toolbox that can aid you in turning your research into practical applications.
Global Conversations – The new EU Global Health Strategy. Listen, discuss and contribute
9 February 2023
The EU is in the process of setting out its position on the newly launched Global Health Strategy, intending to improve global health security and deliver better health for all in a changing world. Universities and civil society organisations are essential contributors to this process. In this online seminar, participants had the opportunity to listen, discuss and contribute to the Strategy.
Global conversation – Information sharing and public participation for sustainable health
25 October 2022
A global conversation about information sharing and public participation for sustainable health.
Speakers:
- Bridget Msolomba Malewezi, medical doctor, public health practitioner, motivational speaker, activist & health columnist
- Johan von Schreeb, medical doctor, professor in Global Disaster Medicine at the Department of Global Public Health
- Wilson Akiiki Kaija, journalist, editor, media trainer and researcher
Special edition Stockholm +50 – Our health is on fire
2 June 2022
A global conversation organised together with the International Federation of Medical Students Association focusing on how climate change affects our health and how can we relieve the consequences. The event was organised in association with Stockholm +50.
Speakers:
- Maria Wolodarski, president of Swedish environmental organisation Doctors for the Environment
- Rawlance Ndejjo, Environmental Health Scientist and Makerere University coordinator for the Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Health.
- Anna Oudin, epidemiologist and statistician. Investigates how air pollution and other environmental factors may affect the brain, e.g. dementia and mental health.
- Clara Brune, vice-president of IFMSA Sweden. Project coordinator of the climate-health campaign Our Health Is on Fire
- Ruth Ngechu, Pathfinder international. Global engagement director Kenya
- Ahmad Owda, Medical student and a member of the Stockholm +50 Youth Taskforce
From research to action
7 December 2021
Watch the previous Global Conversation that focused on ways to move from research to action and unite sectors and disciplines to impact sustainable health.
Speakers:
- Dr Rhona Mijumbi-Deve – Research scientist and health policy analyst based at Makerere University, College of Health Sciences, Uganda
- Tanja Kuchenmüller – Leads the Evidence to Policy and Impact unit in the Research for Health Department/Science Division at World Health Organization Headquarters
- Lina Nordquist – Associate professor of physiology, Member of the Swedish Parliament
Multisectoral collaboration
10 March 2022
Watch the session that focuses on how to adopt multisectoral collaboration to improve the health of the people and the planet.
Speakers:
- Nelson Sewankambo – Professor of medicine. Former principal of the College of Health Sciences, Makerere University Uganda
- Gabriel Wikström – The Swedish Agenda 2030 coordinator. Former Minister for Public Health, Healthcare and Sports in the Swedish Government
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