Plenary Lectures

Live mutual exchange on pressing public health topics discussed with experts from multiple settings and sectors.

9:00

10:15

CEST

Hybrid

August

The World Needs Public Health Leadership

This plenary focuses on the importance of leadership, characteristics of great leaders, and how to prioritize public health policy and actions globally.

Suzanne Suggs

Katarzyna Czabanowska

Swiss Global Health Film Festival

The 1st Swiss Global Health Film Festival will cover the topic of conflict focusing on three aspects: sexual violence, food, and migration as consequences of war. On Monday there will be an introduction to the film-festival followed by a discussion on the broad topic of conflict and screening of the movie “Manus” on Migration as a sole salvation.

Epidemic? Pandemic? Infodemic? Managing harmful health information for better health

This plenary is devoted to the challenges of mis-, dis-, and too much harmful information, as well as solutions for tackling informational pandemics.

Health policy and planning decisions in times of uncertainty

This session presents insights from real-world applications of systems modelling, and specific case studies for tobacco control and mental health, in high- and low- income countries.

Jo-An Occhipinti

Adam Skinner

Salvador Camacho

Laura Ospina-Pinillos

Building Resilience Through Health Care Financing Reforms: Lessons from Ukraine

This plenary presents insights on how improved governance has strengthened the resilience of the health system and these lessons should inform the rebuilding of healthcare infrastructure after the war in Ukraine.

The long and the short of Long COVID

In this plenary, we will discuss the science and real world challenges of Long COVID.

Non-communicable diseases: A problem that never went away

This plenary elaborates on the burden of NCDs, priorities for global and local action, and examples of country responses.

João Breda

Tonatiuh Barrientos Gutierrez

Food, Water, and Climate Change

This plenary focuses on the consequences that climate change has and will have on food security, nutrition, and the health of both people and the planet, as well as bold and simple actions to mitigate these challenges; and on the effects of contaminated drinking water on health in developing countries, and the challenges related to it.

Nanna Skau

Claudio Valsangiacomo

August