Women and Gender in Global Health

Women's health has evolved from a matter of equity to a critical scientific focus to advance global health. How can we address gaps and integrate gender considerations into policy, technology, and public health initiatives?

We invite you to join experts from academia, public administration, international organisations, and the private sector as we share insights and brainstorm on innovative solutions to improve the health and well-being of women around the globe. Topics will include:

Innovations in Access to Maternal Health
Cancer Prevention and Care in Women
Breaking the Cycle: Health Systems and Gender-Based Violence
Gender, One Health and Planetary Health
Biologic and Immunologic Gender Differences
Menstrual Health Equity

Information

When and where

Date	Wednesday, 20 November 2024
Time	09:15 - 17:15 CEST
Venue	Swiss TPH Kreuzstrasse 2 4123 Allschwil Switzerland

08:45

Registration Opens (9:10 streaming room opens)

Moderator: Sonja Merten, Swiss TPH

09:15		Welcome and Setting the Stage, Nicole Probst-Hensch, Department Head, Epidemiology and Public Health, and Sonja Merten, Unit Head, Society, Gender and Health, Swiss TPH
09:30		Women in Global Health: Priorities and Setting the Stage, Pernille Fenger, Director, United Nations Population Fund, Switzerland
10:00		Quick Coffee / Room Change (15 minutes)

P1-A: Seminar Room 1 / 10:15-11:15 / Moderator: Leah Bohle, Swiss TPH

Innovative Digital Solutions for Maternal and Child Health: Examples from Tanzania and Zanzibar, Riccardo Lampariello and Hannah McCarrick Mikidadi, D-tree
Digital Solutions for Antenatal and Postnatal Care in Chad, Özge Tüncalp, WHO
Digital Solutions for Access to Medical Abortion in Kenya and Rwanda, Natacha Mugeni, YLabs
Health Vouchers to Reduce Maternal and Infant Mortality in Cameroon, (tbc)

P1-B: Seminar Room 4 / 10:15-11:15 / Chair: Julia Bohlius, Moderator Masa Davidovic, Swiss TPH

Cancer in Women Living with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa: a Care Cascade Approach, Tafadzwa Dhokotera, Swiss TPH
Preventing Cancer in Women: Experience from the NORA Projects, Mazvita Muchengeti, National Cancer Registry, South Africa
Preventing Lung Cancer in Women: Smoking Cessation, Julian Jakob, University of Bern, Switzerland
Primary Prevention of Cancer in Women, Michele Matta, International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization, Switzerland
Policy and Implementation Research: Colorectal Cancer Screening in Switzerland, Bianca Albers, University of Zurich, Switzerland

P1-C: Seminar Room 5 / 10:15-11:15 / Moderators: Carmen Sant-Fruchtman and Rebeca Revenga Becedas, Swiss TPH

Breaking the Cycle: Health Systems and Gender-Based Violence

We will examine the health system’s dual role in responding and being shaped by GBV, including its impact on health workers, while critically reflecting on how health systems reinforce social and gender norms that perpetuate violence. A key focus will be the intersection of multiple systems of oppression and their influence on the lived realities of wom*n. This thought-provoking session will challenge assumptions and foster a constructive dialogue on pathways to creating a more equitable and responsive health system.

Roundtable Panellists

Manjola Veizi, Roma Women Rights Center, Albania
Jessica Ramirez, International Committee of the Red Cross
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P2-A / Seminar Room 1 /11:30-12:30 / Moderator: Andrea Kaiser-Grolimund, Swiss TPH

A Feminist Lens on One Health, Brigitte Bagnol, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Sex/Gender Analysis and One Health Approach at the Human-Animal-Ecosystem Interface, Claudia Cataldo, Italian National Institute of Health; Center for Gender Specific Medicine
Gender and Cultural Aspects in Addressing Infectious Diseases from a One Health Perspective, Salome Bukachi, University of Nairobi, Kenya and Durham University, UK
Caring for Health in More-Than-Human Worlds: A Feminist Anthropology Perspective, Nolwenn Bühler, Unisanté, University of Lausanne

P2-B / Seminar Room 4 / 11:30-12:30 / Moderator: Jordyn Wallenborn, Swiss TPH

Human Milk as a Biologic System, Jordyn Wallenborn, Swiss TPH
Sex/Gender Disparity in Response to Viral Infections and Vaccines, Anna Ruggieri, Italian National Institute of Health; Center for Gender Specific Medicine
Anemia and Vaccine Responsiveness in Infants and Children in Sub-Saharan Africa, Claudia Daubenberger, Swiss TPH

P2-C / 11:30-12:30 / Seminar Room 5 / Moderator: Janet Michel, Swiss TPH

Menstrual Health and Menopause - How the Two Converge, Metascha Stierli, Private Practice, Bern, Choolwe Jacobs, University of Zambia
Menstrual Health Activism in South Africa, Lucy Khofi, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Improving Menstrual and Vaginal Health for All, Monica Roxana Ticlla Ccenhua, Swiss TPH

Moderator: Sonja Merten and Janet Michel, Swiss TPH

14:00		Focus Corners: 10 break-out groups will brainstorm on innovative solutions for research, policy, and implementation, to improve the health and well-being of women worldwide.
14:45		Mentimeter: each Focus Corner group will take part in summarising their discussions
15:00		Coffee Break (30 minutes)

Moderator: Andrea Lucard, Medicines for Malaria Venture

15:30		Bringing It All Together: Panel Discussion and Q&A, Adriane Martin-Hilber, Jana Gerold, Helen Prytherch and Sonja Merten, Swiss TPH
16:30		Keynote, TBA, World Health Organization
17:00		Closing Words, Nicole Probst-Hensch, Department Head, Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss TPH
17:15		End of Event