Health is Global Symposium Programme

Location: McEwan Hall

Location: Main auditorium, McEwan Hall 

300 years of the world in Edinburgh and Edinburgh in the world. 

Location: Main auditorium, McEwan Hall

Health - a global commons, a global currency, a global asset. 

Location: Main auditorium, McEwan Hall 

10:00 - 10:10 | Introduction

10:10 - 10:55 | Achieving equity and inclusion in global mental health partnerships in changing times - Global Mental Health Collaborative

11:00 - 11:45 | Gender Equity Determines Health – lessons from respiratory health in Asia (RESPIRE)

11:50 - 12:35 | Global Surgery – using data differently to design better outcomes - GlobalSurg  

Location: Robing Room, McEwan Hall

Please let us know in the Eventbrite registration form if you would like lunch. 

Main Auditorium: Pesticides and Methanol Poisoning (Centre for Pesticide Suicide Prevention) 

Foyer 5: Climate change and infectious diseases - (Brazil, Uganda and Nepal) 

Foyer 4: AI and Health care – designing applications in Kenya, Mauritius and Scotland Consult-Ed. 

Main Auditorium: Indigenous knowledges – different and new ways of knowing 

Foyer 5: Toolkits for equity ETHICA-4Ps. Conceptualising Centrality SHIFT-SHARE

Foyer 4: AMR and conflict (AMR Forum)

Location: Main Auditorium, McEwan Hall 

Operationalising One Health and Planetary Health - Jameel Observatory / Dry Lands Academy

Location: Main Auditorium, McEwan Hall 

Dr Shams Syed, WHO - Can we predict what is coming down the line for health globally and what can Universities contribute to healthcare? 

A case study from Education Beyond Borders 

Location: Main Auditorium, McEwan Hall

Location: McEwan Hall

Location: Main Auditorium, McEwan Hall 

Presentation of the Alumni Future Health Papers. 

Location: Robing Room, McEwan Hall 

Main Auditorium: Building equitable and resilient partnerships: lessons from Botswana (BSRHI)  

Foyer 5: Protecting health and wellbeing in a warming world Wellcome India 

Foyer 4: Prioritising Maternal health in Africa – lessons across regions 

Main Auditorium: The Future of Health Research in Africa - epidemics and pandemics - (TIBA) 

Foyer 5: Stroke research in LMICs - case study from Nepal 

Foyer 4: Palliative Care in primary health care - lessons from Argentina  

Foyer 5: Challenges and Lessons learned in Global Research Professional Services 

Foyer 4: Student showcase on global innovations 

Location: Robing Room, McEwan Hall 

Please let us know in the Eventbrite registration form if you would like lunch. 

Location: Main Auditorium, McEwan Hall

Ministry of Health, Gambia, and the MRC Gambia – the impact of insecticide treated bed nets on malaria control. 

Final Plenary

Perspectives from Gambia on health innovation 

Designing with compassion for compassionate outcomes for a healthy people, healthy animals and a planet - how investing in health improves economic, social and geopolitical outcomes for the most underserved.