On September 13-14, 2018, the city of Odesa will host City Health International conference for the first time in Central and Eastern Europe. This is the seventh event dedicated to the public health issues in urban areas, which is hosted by the Alliance for Public Health (Ukraine), AFEW International (the Netherlands), City of Odessa (Ukraine) and Knowledge Action Change (United Kingdom).
The theme for City Health International 2018 is ‘Developing healthy responses in a time of change’. This includes changes in political and societal norms, as well as changes in perceptions and expectations within communities. It also provides scope to tackle the important principle of inclusion, with regard to marginalized individuals and groups.
“In today’s world dynamics we must see health in politics in the first place. Here in Ukraine we deal more and more with health challenges of maintaining health in non-governmental controlled territories, finding health solutions for internally displaced people, supporting health of soldiers; Europe is looking for effective solutions for health of migrants. In this diversity of challenges healthy cities are best placed to become hubs of stability. This is what this conference will be speaking about,” – says Andrey Klepikov, Executive director of Alliance for Public Health.
More than 300 delegates from around the world will gather to examine how, in the increased urbanization of society, cities respond to changing populations, changing economic and environmental pressures and adapt to changing health behaviours.
CHI 2018 is an ‘inclusive’ conference, with presenters and participants including NGOs, community projects, advocacy groups, as well as urban and health planners, academics, policy makers and those who deliver services and interventions.
Program of the event: https://cityhealthinternational.org/2018/programme/programme
List of speakers: https://cityhealthinternational.org/2018/programme/speakers-bios/david-wilson
Registration for press: https://goo.gl/forms/i5sJac3Em99GAJLh2
Alliance for Public Health is the International charitable foundation founded in 2000 in Ukraine. It became a leading non-governmental professional organization making a significant impact on the epidemics of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, viral hepatitis and other socially dangerous diseases in Ukraine. In cooperation with state partners and civil society organizations, it provides financial and technical support to programs, covering over 250,000 representatives of most vulnerable populations: the highest such coverage indicator in Europe. For more information on Alliance please visit http://aph.org.ua/en/about-alliance/