03 - 06 July 2023, Brussels

ASPHER invites all senior students, recent alumni, post-docs and junior faculty in the field of public health to the upcoming ASSETS, ASPHER Mentoring Summer School Programme, a unique mentoring and coaching programme taking place in Brussels from the 3rd to the 6th of July.

ASSETS fosters professional development and provides a space where young professionals can network and share their knowledge and experience while receiving guidance and feedback from experts in the field, enhancing their knowledge, skills and networking opportunities. 

ASPHER and the School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science at University College Dublin, Ireland are pleased to invite you to join us for the 2023 ASPHER Deans' & Directors Retreat!

The Retreat is free (no registration fee!) and open to Deans, Directors, Department Heads and key Faculty from all ASPHER member institutions. 

Come join us in Dublin from 31 August – 02 September! REGISTER NOW!  

Go to the Retreat website to learn more and register!

Download the Retreat flyer here.

ASPHER and EPHA in the context of the 17th World Congress on Public Health launched a manifesto calling for 'UNITED PUBLIC HEALTH ACTION AND ADVOCACY CENTRED ON: PEOPLE AND PLANET, EVIDENCE, TRUST, PARTNERSHIP, INVESTMENT.'

The Manifesto includes five actionable points in order to advance public health universally and advocate for the common good.

Read and download the Advancing Public Health Advocacy Manifesto here!

These syllabi provide hands-on material for people engaged in public health education on health inequities, social injustices and diversity enabling students to:

- identify mechanisms of privilege and oppression related to social identities,

- determine awareness of one’s own social identities and their relevance in the public health landscape,

- learn how to determine biases within public health structures (and oneself),

- address and change biases in their practices to ultimately reduce health inequities. 

Learn more and download the syllabi here.

The public health and care research leadership programme is designed to support future leaders in the field of public health and care research to become excellent leaders with a mission.

The 2-year programme starting in July 2023 consists of 4 modules (Two 2,5 day modules per year). All sessions have a highly interactive character and work through experiential learning with elements of theory.

Download the Leadership Programme flyer

Download a slideshow about the Leadership Programme here

Visit the Public Health and Care Research Leadership Programme website

The FINAL Joint Statement by the ASPHER led EU Health Policy Platform’s thematic network on “Climate action through public health education and training” is now available for download.

Continue to stay updated through the EU Health Policy Platform! where the thematic network has shifted to an Exchange Network.

Don't miss the ASPHER Climate and Health Competencies for Public Health Professionals in Europe to support public health schools to implement education and training for public health professionals in the area of climate and health.

Learn more about all ASPHER's Climate and Health Actions here.

In response to the war in Ukraine, ASPHER has convened a Task Force on War. 

The Task Force has published a Roadmap to Developing ASPHER Technical Guidance Notes on War and Health. The overall aim of this document is to outline a roadmap leading to the development of a series of technical guidance notes to inform the response of the ASPHER community to the Russian war on Ukraine. 

ASPHER has released a statement on the role of Europe’s Schools of Public Health in times of war. The published version is available here. (Translated versions are available here)

Road Map to Professionalizing the Public Health Workforce

ASPHER and WHO have launched the Road Map to Professionalizing the Public Health Workforce. This Road Map offers pragmatic recommendations for action to professionalize the public health workforce as a response to growing public health needs; it puts forward levers that can be engaged to do so. It embraces, by necessity, a cross-sectoral and cross-disciplinary approach that provides clarity about the scope and the specific competencies required, identifies key action areas for professionals and identifies the roles of the various actors.

Learn more and download the Road Map here.

Watch the launch webinar recording here!

The Roadmap works in synergy with the WHO-ASPHER Competency Framework for the Public Health Workforce, part of the ongoing ASPHER Programme for Public Health Competencies