EuroNet MRPH Spring Meeting 2022 in Lyon
Another marvellous meeting has come to an end.
This year, Lyon and Villeurbanne had the pleasure to host the EuroNet MRPH spring meeting 2022!
The first face-to-face meeting after 2 years of COVID- 19 pandemic.
“Happiness, unity and reunion” are the words that could describe this congress best.
Happiness: to finally see each other in person
Unity: to meet European colleagues, willing to learn and share knowledge about a very hot topic: “Global Health, the path to implement policies“.
Reunion: We can proudly say that almost 180 people attended the meeting.
Speakers from prestigious institutions and organisations such as Pr Agnès Buzyn (WHO), Dr Guillaume Dedet (OECD), Dr Serge Breysse (Solthis), Dr Luis Pizarro (UNITAID), Pr Didier Pittet (University Hospital of Geneva), Pr Andre Carvalho (IARC), Dr Shufhang Zhang (The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria) attended the congress as speakers. What an honour to welcome Pr Agnès Buzyn for the opening lecture.
WORKSHOPS AND ROUND TABLE
Participants also had the opportunity to attend workshops in 4 different structures on Friday morning: the Lymphoma Academic Research Organisation (Lysarc), Fondation Mérieux, Médecins du Monde (Doctors of the World) and Sanofi.
The goal of our event couldn’t have been fulfilled without constructive discussions about the COVID- 19 pandemic, and we decided to take advantage of the multiple skills of our speakers -Pr Pittet, Dr Pizarro, Dr Ortmans- to debate during a round table entitled “Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the global health approach”.
The theme of Global Health architecture and diplomacy in time of pandemic was also explored during the second day of the conference.
Simona Seravesi (WHO) and Marco Simonelli (ISS) presented the experience and efforts of the Italian G20 Presidency in promoting equitable, worldwide access to diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines.
FIRST EDITION OF THE EUROPEAN SCIENTIFIC CONTEST (ESC)
Eventually, the participants could attend and benefit from the first Euronet Scientific Contest (ESC), directly inspired by the CAISP, created by the CLISP, the french national PHR association. Seven residents from different countries had the opportunity to present their work to their colleagues and 6 other works were shown as posters! Great moments of knowledge sharing.
Congratulations to our Dutch fellow Inge Van De Luitgaarden who won the first edition of the contest with her study: “Alcohol-Attributable burden of cancer in Argentina”.
SOCIAL PROGRAM
Of course, the social program couldn’t miss this appointment! The Eurovision Song Contest, taking place during the same days of the congress, gave us the idea to have a thematic night and to share the enthusiasm of this event with all the European par- ticipants.
We also gave a taste of “French cuisine” to the attendants with a dinner in a typical “Bouchon Lyonnais”s. This experience was truly enriched by some popular songs sung by participants from all over Europe, testing their choral skills in Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese.
That’s why, EuroNet is also an exchange of culture and fun!
Spring Meeting 2022 : Euronet Scientific Contest Rules
Spring Meeting 2022 : Practical Info
Spring Meeting 2022 : Program
Ukraine : Joint Statement, February 28 of 2022
Spring Meeting 2022
GREAT NEWS: EuroNet IRL meetings are back!
The Organizing Committee is pleased to invite you to Villeurbanne, Metropolitan area of Lyon, from the 12th to the 14th of May 2022 for the 2022 edition of the EuroNet Spring Meeting. This will be the first in-person meeting of EuroNet since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic: another great reason not to miss it!
The theme of this year will be “Global Health: the path to implement policies”. You will have the opportunity to discover the process that goes from the identification of a Global Health issue to the implementation and evaluation of Global Health policies. Speakers coming from international organizations will be hosted to talk about different Global Health topics: evolution of the concept of Global Health, actors and stakeholders, indicators and priorities, policy evaluation, etc.
Various activities, such as plenary sessions, round tables, and workshops, will be organized to get the most out of this meeting.
Time to have fun will not be missing for sure. The SOCIAL PROGRAM will include a city tour, a Eurovision party and of course food (let’s not forget that Lyon is the French capital of gastronomy).
To put it in a nutshell, if you are interested in knowing more about Global Health, in meeting people coming from all over Europe, in growing your network, in visiting an amazing city, and in having fun, then you should not hesitate to click on the registration button.
CONGRESS PROGRAM: please find HERE a preliminary version of the program. An updated version will be available in the following weeks.
Final ProgramCONGRESS REGISTRATION: was closed on the 30th of April 2022.
ACCOMMODATIONS: You can find accommodation options and information in the event’s practical information guide, available HERE. SOCIAL PROGRAM: Contact us if you want to participate to the social program. ESC – EuroNet Scientific Contest: Interested in sharing your research work on Public Health topics with the network? You will have the opportunity to participate in the EuroNet Scientific Contest and to present your work during the congress. Please note that the topic of your work can also be on Public Health themes not related to Global Health.
The rules of the contest are available here.
Registrations for the ESC was closed on the 4th of April 2022.
SPRING MEETING PRACTICAL INFORMATION: You can find information about how to reach Lyon, public transportation, and accommodation options in the event’s practical information guide, available HERE.
If you are coming by car, do not forget car sharing!
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
– Facebook Spring Meeting event gathering all the information.
– EuroNet MRPH on social media: Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
– Email us at meetingeuronetlyon@gmail.com
See you in Lyon,
The Organization Committee
EuroNews MRPH #19
The December issue is online now 🙂
Enjoy the selection of articles, and for better viewing, use the fullscreen mode.
https://issuu.com/euronetmrph/docs/euronet_newsletter19_reviewed
The Formation of the German Network of Young Professionals in Public Health (Nachwuchsnetzwerk Öffentliche Gesundheit): Reflecting transformative change in Public Health in Germany
by Kerstin Sell on behalf of the Network
A wave of transformative energy has been building up in Germany’s Public Health community over the past years. After the 2015 Leopoldina report powerfully presented the necessity for reform in Germany’s Public Health institutions and academic landscape, along with the country’s politics and policies, the actors in the Public Health community have joined forces to work towards a new Public Health strategy for Germany. The conference Zukunftsforum Public Health (Future Forum PH) has been critical in facilitating community networking, interdisciplinary exchange of perspectives and preparing a road map for the strategy development.
At the second Zukunftsforum Public Health in December 2017, early career public health professionals, students, and researchers sought to find a medium to connect with each other, network, discuss and work on common interests. This led to the formation of the German Network of Young
Professionals in Public Health which we would like to introduce here.
Initially, the network consisted of an informal mailing list that anyone who self-defined as a young person with an interest in Public Health could join after review by the moderators. News about the network was shared by word of mouth, but as the network became more formalised, new members were informed about its existence through publications and the visibility of public engagement of the network.
In addition to the email exchange, regular conference calls were established, a network statute was adopted, a corporate design and a homepage were launched, and a coordinating committee was elected. Within the first months of the network’s existence we published an article about our perspectives as young professionals on Public Health in Germany with a focus on necessary reforms in Public Health education and training (Akçay et al. 2018). Careers in Public Health have been an ongoing topic in the network as the urgency to reform Public Health education in Germany has become very clear through the exchange of the network members’ experiences.
At the third Zukunftsforum conference in January of 2019, participation of young professionals and students had increased remarkably. A network meeting was organised for the day following the conference to enable reflection about our role as Young Professionals in Public Health at the conference and within the German Public Health landscape. The network meeting also offered the opportunity to continue brainstorming and discussing the Zukunftsforum’s main topic: the new Public Health strategy for Germany. From the brainstorming process we were able to derive recommendations for the strategy development from our perspective, which we subsequently published on our homepage. An executive summary of this paper has been accepted for publication recently.
While our network is growing and facilitating exchange, cooperation and a platform for discussion among young professionals in Public Health in Germany, it is also still evolving and diversifying. We hope to be able to report on further interesting projects and initiatives in another EuroNet Newsletter in the future.
As our homepage is in German, please feel free to contact the speakers of the network sprecher@noeg.org for more information.
Reference:
Akçay et al., Public Health in Germany from the Perspective of Young Professionals. Gesundheitswesen 2019; 81(03): 176-181. DOI: 10.1055/a-0795-3477. (Article in German)
News from Erice (ASPHER – Deans’ and directors’ retreat)
by Erica De Vita and Filippo Quattrone,
PH residents University of Pisa, Italy
The 2019 edition of the Deans’ & Directors’ Retreat organized by the European Association of Public Health (ASPHER) was held in Erice (Sicily, Italy), from 26th to 29th of May.
The congress dealt with educational issue in some of the most relevant topics in public health such as vaccinology, digital health, climate change and workforce development.
A parallel session of the congress was dedicated to Italian schools of public health.
It was a unique occasion for Directors and Residents from all over Italy to discuss together about the status of public health education in Italy.
Erica De Vita and Filippo Quattrone, two members of SItI residents` committee (EuroNet MRPH member), had the opportunity to illustrate the expectations of residents and to propose some solutions
In particular five expectations were highlighted:
- Recognize that the status quo of public health education is unsatisfactory.
- Act for quality standards and homogeneity among all schools of public health.
- Promote collaboration among schools on public health education.
- Adopt innovative technologies and methods in public health
- Involve actively residents in their own education.
In addition, two improvements were proposed:
1) to write, with the contribution of all Italian school, a national core curriculum based on ASPHER list of core competencies for the public health professional.
2) to develop a e-learning portal where sharing courses among different schools. The proposals found the approval of the presents and the session closed with the institution of a working group, composed by directors and residents’ representatives, to promote the improvement of public health education in Italy.