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BAPH Sections

Members of the BAPH focus on their particular areas of practice or interest in sections, which all members are welcome to join. If you would like to become involved in a section of the BAPH, contact .

Suggested sections include:

  • Epidemiology
  • Global Health
  • Health Inequalities
  • Health Promotion
  • Public Mental Health

EUPHA Sections

The EUPHA has 24 operational sections and 2 initiatives, listed below, in which BAPH members may also become involved. The goal of these sections and initiatives is to bring together researchers, policymakers and practitioners working in the same field for knowledge sharing and capacity building.

  1. Child and adolescent public health
  2. Chronic diseases     
  3. Digital health     
  4. Environment and health    
  5. Ethics in public health     
  6. Food and nutrition    
  7. Foresight – Initiative      
  8. Health impact assessment    
  9. Health promotion     
  10. Health services research    
  11. Health technology assessment      
  12. Health workforce research    
  13. Infectious diseases control     
  14. Injury prevention and safety promotion    
  15. Migrant and ethnic minority health      
  16. Oral health     
  17. Public health and law – Initiative     
  18. Public health economics     
  19. Public health epidemiology      
  20. Public health genomics     
  21. Public health monitoring and reporting   
  22. Public health policy and politics     
  23. Public mental health      
  24. Sexual and gender minority health     
  25. Social security, work and health      
  26. Urban public health    

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This year's theme: Public Health for the Future of Humanity: Analysis, Advocacy, and Action

Online event from 12 – 16 October 2020 In October 2020health professionals, policy makers and students will meet  for the 16th World Congress on Public Health. This important event that takes place every three years is organized by the World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA) in collaboration with the Italian Society of Hygiene, Preventive Medicine and Public Health (SItI) and the European Public Health Association (EUPHA). The European Public Health (EPH) Conference of 2020 will be an integral part of the 16th World Congress on Public Health. The 2020 World Congress on Public Health comes at a critical time for our planet. Several commentators, looking ahead over the next few decades, have warned that the very survival of humanity is at risk. This year, temperatures in the Arctic and Antarctic are far beyond what has been seen since records began, and there are real fears that we are reaching a tipping point. Threats to food and water supply, biodiversity, and in some parts of the world, the ability to survive in extreme temperatures, are leading to mass migration and conflict. Political structures, at national, regional, and global level, are struggling to respond. International agreements, on climate change, nuclear weapons, and much else, are being torn up. The Enlightenment view, that policy should be shaped by evidence, is being rejected by some leading politicians. At a time when global solidarity is required, populist politicians are exploiting divisions. Democracies are being subverted by poorly understood forces that have taken advantage of the information revolution. The theme of the Congress, Public Health for the Future of Humanity: Analysis, Advocacy, and Action, reflects our firm commitment that we, in the global public health community, have an obligation to respond to these new circumstances. We must make visible the threats to health, some of which are already emerging. We must challenge and hold to account those with the power to make a difference. And we must act, making real our commitment to health in all policies. Partners and supporting organizations include European Commission, WHO Regional Office for Europe, Ministry of Health, the National Institute of Health (ISS), the Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA), the Municipality of Rome, EuroHealthNet, ASPHER, EHMA, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). The 16th World Congress on Public Health is chaired by:

  • Prof Walter Ricciardi - President National Institute of Health, Italy; Vice-President World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA)
  • Prof Carlo Signorelli - Professor of Hygiene and Public Health at the University of Parma and Vita-Salute San Raffaele of Milan, Italy; Past-President Italian Society for Hygiene, Preventive Medicine and Public Health (SItI)

Co-chairs of the International Congress Council (ICC) are:

  • Prof Martin McKee – Professor of European Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom; Past-President European Public Health Association (EUPHA)
  • Prof Laetitia Rispel – Professor of Public Health at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; President World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA)