Swedish Institute for Global Health Transformation

25/03/2022

Today, a group of Commissioners and collaborators with the Commission on Peaceful Societies write in to condemn the Russian Government’s aggression against Ukraine and its attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure, including health workers and hospitals.

The comment highlights the catastrophic health impacts of the war in Ukraine, especially on children, older people, and disabled persons through the Russian military’s indiscriminate use of weaponry and targeting of civilian infrastructure which violate international humanitarian law.

The comment also draws attention to how war in Ukraine is a health and humanitarian catastrophe that will have prolonged health consequences far beyond Ukraine’s borders.

Read the full Comment in The Lancet:
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)00571-2/fulltext?utm_campaign=comment22&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

16/03/2022

Students for Sustainable Development at KI, in collaboration with SIGHT, are hosting their first seminar in the Thursdays for Sustainability at KI series tomorrow on March 17th at 17:00!

Come listen to Dr Maria Neira, the Director of Public Health, Environmental and Social Determinants of Health at WHO. She is a seasoned public health expert with a breadth of experience, and will speak to us about the threats to public health from environmental pollution and the path towards a cleaner, healthier future.

Join us in the MF building on campus at Karolinska or by zoom. More info here: https://www.facebook.com/events/661297638417709

06/03/2022

🎧🌳🌍 Don't miss the third episode of the podcast "The World We Want - Youth Voices on Climate and Health", this time with Komal Kumar, Climate Activist from Fiji! Komal offers us her philosophy of engagement through education and how to be taken seriously as a climate and health activist, the importance of ocean ecosystems, taking a stand against tokenism and keeping an open mind when trying to find sustainable solutions.

✅ You find the podcast on your favourite podcast platform (don't forget to subscribe!) or SoundCloud: https://lnkd.in/eMJd4KQa.

The podcast is brought to you by the Prince Mahidol Award Conference in collaboration with Swedish Institute for Global Health Transformation FHI 360 BMJ World Health Organization (WHO) USAID - US Agency for International Development World Bank and Foster Media.

In this series, podcast host Jonathan Foster takes a closer look at the lives of youth leaders and activists, discussing the current climate, environment, and health crisis and the possibilities, alte

04/03/2022

We are happy to present Students for Sustainable Development at KI 's Seminar Series, in collaboration with the SIGHT Student Organisations Network. Three exciting seminars are planned in anticipation to the Stockholm+50 conference in June.🌏

📌 This hybrid series is titled "Thursdays for Sustainability at KI" and the recurrent theme is the Interconnectivity between Human and Environmental Health, as well as how the economic, social and environmental pillars of the UN SDGs can guide us towards a better planetary health and a more sustainable future.

📣 The speakers will be announced soon. We are lucky to be joined by high-ranked professionals in areas ranging from healthcare to economics, finance and environmental sciences. Each seminar includes an introduction to the topic and Q&A session, as well as savoury fika and time to mingle with each other.

🍀 For more information, make sure to check out Students for Sustainable Development at KI

22/02/2022

We are excited to announce our first Armchair Session on the 14th of March with Ilona Kickbusch! Register here: https://forms.gle/tzSzpzLGQCunT1eMA

26/01/2022

The second episode of the podcast "The World We Want - Youth Voices on Climate and Health" is live! This episode zooms in on Máximo Mazzocco from Argentina, founder and director of Eco House Global, a youth-led environmental organisation with one of the highest numbers of volunteers in Latin América. Find out about Máximo's philosophy of engagement through education and action where the objective should always be healthy humans living within healthy ecosystems.

You find the podcast on your favourite podcast platform or
SoundCloud: https://lnkd.in/eEeFZ4y2

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The podcast is brought to you by the Prince Mahidol Award Conference in collaboration with Swedish Institute for Global Health Transformation FHI 360 BMJ World Health Organization (WHO) USAID - US Agency for International Development World Bank and Foster Media.

Register for the PMAC 2022 virtual conference, which runs from January 26-29, at https://pmac2022.com/

Listen to The World We Want: PMAC Podcast | SoundCloud is an audio platform that lets you listen to what you love and share the sounds you create.

14/01/2022

🌳🌍💉 Welcome to the high-level virtual session "Scaling up Efforts to Address Climate Crisis and Building Forward Greener", January 27, 14:00 CET. The session will be moderated by Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief of the Lancet, and will address the converging crises of climate, environment, and health; megatrends that present current and future threats to our planet and its people.

The session takes place under the Prince Mahidol Award Conference (PMAC) 2022, themed "The World We Want: Actions Towards a Sustainable, Fairer and Healthier Society", which runs virtually and onsite in Phuket, Thailand, January 25-29. PMAC is the largest global health conference to be led by a low- or middle-income country and has grown to be one of the most important fora to discuss public health issues of global significance.

The session is coordinated by the Swedish Institute for Global Health Transformation World Health Organization (WHO) USAID - US Agency for International Development FHI 360 BMJ and the World Bank.

Welcome to see the full schedule of the conference and register to participate on https://pmac2022.com/. Read more about the session on https://pmac2022.com/activity/6/session/detail

21/11/2021

✨Global Health Night is happening 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆! ✨Take this chance and register for what is promising to be an interesting, insightful and entertaining event. ✨Come and enjoy a fika and pre-event mingle starting at 17:00, followed by an evening of passionate and forward-thinking speakers and panellists.

See you there! 🌎🌍🌏

Technology: a Force for Good in Planetary Health?

01/11/2021

🎙 🌍 🌳 The podcast "The World We Want - Youth Voices on Climate and Health" is LIVE with its first episode!

Take part in global environmental activists' stories from Fiji, Egypt, Argentina, France, India, Thailand and Kenya, their views on current climate and health leadership, hopes for the future, and their expectations for COP26.

You find the podcast on Apple Podcaster, SoundCloud and YouTube (soon available on additional podcast apps).
🍏 https://podcasts.apple.com/th/podcast/pmac-2022-podcast/id1592955623
☁️ https://soundcloud.com/user-884026045/the-world-we-want-youth-voices-on-climate-and-health?si=992f88db80ea424a826200045e68f3ec
💻 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDXRhjbLoP4

🎤 Let us know what you think in the comment section below! ⬇️

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The podcast is brought to you by the Prince Mahidol Award Conference in collaboration with Swedish Institute for Global Health Transformation FHI 360 BMJ World Health Organization (WHO) USAID - US Agency for International Development World Bank and http://fostermedia.se/.

Listen to what global youth leaders really think about the handling of our intensifying Climate and Health Emergency.Jonathan Foster gets the unrestricted vi...