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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

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

🎧🌳🌍 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.

The World We Want: Youth Voices On Climate And Health, Part III - Komal Kumar 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

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

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

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/

The World We Want: PMAC Podcast 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.

🌳🌍💉 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

✨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! 🌎🌍🌏

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/global-health-night-2021-tickets-190521062627

Global Health Night 2021 Technology: a Force for Good in Planetary Health?

🎙 🌍 🌳 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/.

Trailer 2 | The World We Want - Youth Voices on Climate and Health, Part I Listen to what global youth leaders really think about the handling of our intensifying Climate and Health Emergency.Jonathan Foster gets the unrestricted vi...

🎙 🌍 🌳 Stay tuned for the podcast "The World We Want - Youth Voices on Climate and Health, Part I", a conversation with a diverse and inspiring group of global activists who talk openly about current leadership in the climate crisis, human stories from their regions, the way climate affects health, expectations for COP26 and hopes for the future.

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/.

While you wait for the full podcast to go live, get a sneak peek here:

Trailer 2 | The World We Want - Youth Voices on Climate and Health, Part I Listen to what global youth leaders really think about the handling of our intensifying Climate and Health Emergency.Jonathan Foster gets the unrestricted vi...

✨ The SIGHT Fellows Programme 2021-2023 has officially taken off! ✨

The 11 Fellows met for the first time in person in Uppsala 13-14 September, with exciting conversations and connections from day one. Through this programme, funded by Sida, SIGHT aims to strengthen interdisciplinary research and develop collaborations between universities to contribute to implementing the UN's 2030 Agenda. Throughout these two years, the Fellows will explore and develop an interdisciplinary approach to selected themes in global health, such as child and adolescent health, peace and conflict, and climate and environment.

Keep checking SIGHT social media channels to learn more about the Fellows and the programme activities!

🌍🌳 Don't miss out on the Gordon Goodman Memorial Lecture, to be held by Professor Sir Andy Haines on 15 September 2021, hosted by The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm Environment Institute and Stockholm University. The lecture will focus on a crucial topic: the direct and indirect ways in which climate change impacts human health, and solutions that can yield multiple co-benefits for people and our environment.

Read more and register at: https://www.sei.org/events/climate-change-and-health-sir-andy-haines/

Climate change and health: developing evidence for action Join the Gordon Goodman Lecture on climate change and health, to be held by Sir Andy Haines, Professor at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

🌍 🌳 Don't miss out on these two upcoming webinars on climate change, environment and population dynamics:

🔸 23-24 September, 15-18 hrs CEST: ”Population and environmental change”, organised by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Register at https://www.kva.se/sv/kalendarium/webinar-population-and-environmental-change

🔹 16 September, 16 hrs CEST: "Climate Change and Population Dynamics", organised by the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population in association with the Population-Environment Research Network (PERN) and the European Association for Population Studies (EAPS). Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_n4TA18UiSwuWO8KH2TEzcQ

🔔 LIVE WEBINAR 🔔

Pandemic Preparedness in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Hosted by the World Health Organization (Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office), in partnership with the The Lancet-SIGHT Commission on Peaceful Societies Through Health and Gender Equality, The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response and Abu Dhabi Public Health Centre

🗓️ September 6
⏰ 11am CET

Register now: http://www.emro.who.int/pandemic-epidemic-diseases/news/webinar-on-pandemic-preparedness-and-framework-convention-in-the-eastern-mediterranean-region.html

🌍 🎨 Welcome to participate in the PMAC 2022 World Art Contest, calling young artists on the topic “The World We Want: Actions Towards a Sustainable, Fairer and Healthier Society”. The submission deadline is 30 September 2021, more details on https://pmac2022.com/artcontest

PMAC | Art Contest With the aim to create a more sustainable, health-centric world where all people live better in societies with social, environmental and economic resilience, the Prince Mahidol Award Conference gladly invites everyone to take part in the PMAC 2022 World Art Contest on the topic “The World We Want:...

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗼𝗻𝘀!

The SIGHT Student Coordinators are excited to kickstart a new academic year for the Student Organziations Network with the announcement of the theme for this year’s Global Health Night: 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵.

With 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 across the Swedish global health student sphere this year we are feeling ambitious, and aim to make this a year of improvement for the network. In brief, our goals are as follows:

- 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘐𝘎𝘏𝘛 𝘚𝘖𝘕 to foster more interdisciplinary thinking about global health, especially with focus on technology
- Involve student organizations from 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘚𝘸𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘯 to create a wider, more fruitful student ecosystem
- Retain focus on 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 as a central theme of SIGHT
- Continue to organize 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩-𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 events, seminars and, of course, the Global Health Night

Looking forward to what this year has to bring!

✍️ 🌍 As a member of the Prince Mahidol Award Conference Organising Committee, SIGHT is happy to share the flipbook of PMAC 2021/BMJ Collection: “Covid-19: The Road to equity and solidarity”, with contributions from SIGHT staff, collaborators and colleagues.

Further details regarding the collection can be found on the exclusive page of the collection: https://www.bmj.com/pmac-2021

BMJ Collection Covid-19 The road to equity and solidarity

✨ SIGHT is delighted to announce the eleven researchers from seven Swedish universities admitted to the SIGHT Fellows Programme 2021–2023! ✨

Through this two-year programme funded by Sida, SIGHT wants to strengthen interdisciplinary research and develop collaborations between universities to contribute to the implementation of the UN's 2030 Agenda. This is an opportunity for researchers to explore and develop an interdisciplinary approach to selected themes in global health, such as child and adolescent health, peace and conflict, and climate and environment. 🌍

Warmly welcome to all Fellows! We are looking forward to sharing more on the progress of the programme throughout the two coming years, starting autumn semester 2021. Click below for the official press release.



https://sight.nu/eleven-researchers-admitted-to-the-sight-fellows-programme-2021-2023/

Interdisciplinary career development in global health: Eleven researchers admitted to the SIGHT Fellows Programme 2021–2023 - Sight.nu SIGHT, under auspices of Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, has now appointed eleven researchers as SIGHT Fellows to its career development programme in global health for the years 2021–2023, funded by the Board for International Development Cooperation, Sida. Through its two-year program, SIGHT w...

Has COVID-19 changed the global health security agenda? How?

Join us tomorrow, Wednesday, May 26th at 17:00 for our final seminar on Politics in Global Health: Global Health Security to discuss these and many other important questions on health securities!

We will be joined by Jeremy Youde and Lois King and are looking forward to have you join and get your input and perspective.

Register here: https://uu-se.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5ArdOuvqjksG9csnY1DdpapeWixAiSgawGm?fbclid=IwAR1jFqCfmnXPi6m4xv5LLQveH1mcZmuA57yqDjA5Pk0Cd1wH8rRf-hrZj9s

Check the event page for more information: https://fb.me/e/4D648dgyi

How has global health security overcome the dichotomy "national security & global public health"?

Join us on Wednesday, May 26th at 17:00 to discuss potential answers during our final series in politics in Global Health – on the topic of Health Securities!

We will be joined by:
- Dr. Jeremy Youde the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota, who an internationally recognized expert on global health politics, including the author of five books, focusing on questions of global health governance and global health politics.
- Lois King, PhD candidate with the Global Health Governance Programme in the Usher Institute at the University of Edinburgh. She is the co-founder of the University of Edinburgh's Decolonising Global Health Conference and Working Group, blog editor for Women in Global Health UK and has worked as a consultant for the WHO

We look forward to your questions and an engaging discussion. So don’t wait up and register now at the following link: https://uu-se.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5ArdOuvqjksG9csnY1DdpapeWixAiSgawGm

For more information, check the Facebook event page: https://fb.me/e/4D648dgyi

On behalf of SIGHT Student Organization Network, we would like to thank Ilona Kickbusch and Mandeep Dhaliwal Mandeep Dhaliwal, for participating in our event “Future of Global Health: A conversation between leaders of today and leaders of tomorrow” 🌏. And for shedding light on the key challenges we face within health inequalities and the climate crisis. Your experience has shown us the challenges, but also the opportunities that lie ahead to make systemic change and create a healthier planet. Touching on topics such as, how we should challenge governance structures, reconsider the financing of global health and increase intersectoral collaboration, provided us, students, with much to consider as we head off after our studies and join you in improving global health.

As well, we would like to thank all of the student participants for asking tough and insightful questions, you gave us all a lot to consider moving forward, and raised issues that are not always easy to tackle, but nonetheless are necessary to discuss in an effort to make an impact in global and planetary health.

A reminder that tomorrow is the last day to sign up and join us for a discussion with Ilona Kickbusch and Mandeep Dhaliwal about pressing global health challenges: the climate crisis and health inequalities!

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to share your own perspectives on the topic and have an in-depth discussion with leaders and experts in the field. Knowledge sharing is the best way forward - for us to learn from one another, and take actions as students and future global health leaders to set global health on the right trajectory!

Register here: https://forms.gle/3LhqGDAk6JbFTxvb8

For more information, visit the event page: https://fb.me/e/10phBtYeQ

Today is the second day of the Annual Conference of the Swedish Platform on Global SRHR Issues, with a full program discussing various aspects of SRHR, facilitated by Lisa Sjöblom. Read more about the Swedish Platform on Global SRHR Issues and the Swedish Networks for Global Health here: http://sight.nu/networks/ RFSU Sida - Styrelsen för Internationellt Utvecklingssamarbete

HAPPENING NOW

What is the role of health 💉and gender equality ♀️ in peace and security? 🌎🕊️

Live here: https://youtube.com/watch?v=OByGyhMsucI

Bridging health, peace and security: The role of trust and community engagement Welcome to the 2021 Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development ( ) held on the theme 'Promoting Peace in the Age of Compound Risk'. The studio panel ...

Welcome to the webinar ‘The intersectoral action needed for the future health of people and planet’, on Wednesday 26 May, 12pm (CEST), hosted by The George Institute for Global Health. The webinar will be chaired by our senior advisor and co-founder Göran Tomson.

Join by registering at: http://bit.ly/FutureHealthAction

What is the role of health 💉and gender equality ♀️ in peace and security? 🌎🕊️

Join Lancet-SIGHT Commission Chair President Halonen, the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs's Minister for International Development Cooperation Per Olsson Fridh, and the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros at the 2021 SIPRI Forum on Peace and Development! ✨

Joining President Halonen, Olsson Fridh and Tedros are:
•Wahid Majrooh, Minister for Public Health, Afghanistan
•Svitlana Shatalova, Deputy Minister of Health of Ukraine
•Karin Landgren, Executive Director, Security Council Report

Moderator:
Scott Weber, President, Interpeace

Watch live ➡️ http://youtu.be/OByGyhMsucI
Read more ➡️ https://www.sipri.org/events/2021/2021-stockholm-forum/day-4

LAST DAY TO APPLY to become a SIGHT Student Coordinator and take your Global Health skills to the next level.
Are you interested in engaging with like-minded students? Are you passionate about Global Health and sustainable development? Then, this role is for you!
The Swedish Institute for Global Health Transformation (SIGHT) is looking for two new part time Student Coordinators to contribute with their student perspective and organize events for students and youth.
Don’t forget send your CV and Cover Letter to [email protected]
For more details check out the attached ToR or visit sight.nu
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nmRNPWc3ZbgdVnDJLt-nBo_VCPZpuL_t/view?usp=sharing

Do you want to become the next SIGHT Student Coordinator? Don’t miss the opportunity to engage with other like-minded students, learn from senior professionals and improve your skills for your future global health career!
The Swedish Institute for Global Health Transformation (SIGHT) is looking for two new part time Student Coordinators to contribute with their student perspective and organize events for students and youth.
Apply now! Send us your CV and Cover Letter to [email protected]
For more details check out the attached ToR or visit sight.nu
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nmRNPWc3ZbgdVnDJLt-nBo_VCPZpuL_t/view?usp=sharing

Are you ready to talk about Global Health Politics? Because we are! Here's a look at the agenda for tomorrow's seminar 🙌🏻 So make sure to come ready with your burning questions and feel inspired to think critically!

Reminder that the event is tomorrow, Tuesday April 27th at 17:00 CET, so make sure to register now: https://ki-se.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5wuf-qprzsrGNTIwS1io6nDo6g_B0We-r8B?fbclid=IwAR3H3U6gmipJ6KnVcTn1isbQ-JmLBRiGYB3xQqOVFKm6fHavbKssl7OSzh0

For more information about the event and details about our thought-provoking speakers, check out the event page: https://fb.me/e/DyF0PRSA

This event is co-organized by Swedish Organization for Global Health, Polygeia Stockholm, Karolinska Chapter of Decolonizing Global Health Sweden ISPOR - KI Student Chapter Mother and Child Health Association - MACHA