12-th of May 2021.    

In 2019-2020, the Institute of Public Health (IPH) of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Jagiellonian University Medical College, together with five other European universities, participated in the “This Is Public Health – Europe” (TIPH Europe) campaign with the project titled „Public Health is the future!”. The TIPH Europe campaign was aimed at increasing the public health awareness. It was funded by the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH), based in Washington, DC, and organized in cooperation with ASPPH partner organization – the Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER).

Following the fruitful results of TIPH Europe, the new awareness raising campaign was proclaimed by the ASPPH, i.e. This Is Public Health – Global (TIPH Global). Building on the successful participation in TIPH Europe campaign, the IPH submitted the proposal for the project to be carried out under the TIPH Global campaign. The project proposal was prepared by Dr. Tomasz Bochenek and Dr. Ilona Nenko. The proposal was successful, and it was selected for the TIPH Global Grant Program together with 19 other projects from around the world. Thus, we are happy to announce the start of our TIPH Global project titled ” Public Health now – building on rich tradition and successes let’s respond to the challenges of the future!”. The main project objectives are to promote social awareness about public health and present career opportunities for public health graduates.

We enter TIPH Global campaign together with a diverse group of partnering organizations, all of which share a unique interest in public health

 These include (from the East to the West):

• National University Ostroh Academy in Ostroh, Ukraine
• Lesya Ukrainka Volyn University in Luck, Ukraine
• National Institute of Public Health – National Institute of Hygiene in Warsaw, Poland
• Adam Mickiewicz High School no XLII in Krakow, Poland
• Zofia Chrzanowska High School no XLIII in Krakow, Poland
• Institute of Public Health of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
• Department of Public Health and Social Medicine, Medical University in Gdansk, Poland
• EHESP – School of Public Health in Rennes, France
• EASP – Andalusian School of Public Health in Granada, Spain

The TIPH Global provides the opportunity for the 20 TIPH Global Grant Program Awardees from around the world to exchange their experiences and work together to meet the aim of the campaign (PDF). More than ever before, our cooperation will be facilitated by means of remote communication, which is intensely developed and verified during the COVID-19 pandemic. The TIPH Global campaign involves also students who form a group of TIPH Global Ambassadors. The global network of public health students gives hope for the fullest possible inclusion of academic youth in raising awareness about public health issues, careers, and education.

The 20 TIPH Global Grant Program Awardees are the members of one of the 6 regional associations gathering academic centers in the field of public health. Their names together with their projects are listed hereby by their regional association affiliation:

In Latin America region – Alianza Latinoamericana de Salud Global (ALASAG):

• School of Public Health, University of Chile – “Effective handwashing and its determinants: advocacy for a neglected essential strategy, even in XXI century!”

In Asia-Pacific region – Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health (APACPH):

• College of Public Health, Taipei Medical University – “Beyond Public Health – An On-going Journey of TMU”
• College of Public Health, University of the Philippines Manila (UP CPH) – “Infodemic management solutions to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and promote vaccination”
• Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya – “Frontliners against cervical cancer – promoting self-care interventions for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) among frontliners”
• The Airlangga Centre for Health Policy Research Group, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia – “Science communication campaign for immunizing the public against the misinformation of the COVID-19 vaccination”
• West China School of Public Health, Sichuan University – “Raising middle and high school students’ awareness towards public health-related issues under the context of COVID-19.”

In African region – Association of Schools of Public Health in Africa (ASPHA):

• Department of Public Health, School of Public and Allied Health, Babcock University – “Training of Master of Ceremonies (MCs) to Raise Awareness about Public Health Issues, Education and Career Opportunities in Nigeria”
• Division of Health Systems and Public Health, Department of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University – “Futureproofing Public Health – This is Public Health”
• Tropical Institute of Community Health and Development – “Digital Reach to Adolescents & Young Adults for SRH (DIRAYA-SRH) in Western Kenya”
• University of Namibia, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Public Health – “Intervening in the scourge of teenage pregnancies in Namibia through a dynamic and innovative educational intervention”

In Euro-Asian region – Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER):

• Institute of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jagiellonian University Medical College – “Public Health now – building on rich tradition and successes let’s respond to the challenges of the future!”
• Instituto de Sáude Pública da Universidade do Porto – “ALERGIA@PT”
• Lithuanian University of Health Sciences – “Public Health in Daily Life: Creating the Future Health Here and Now”
• NOVA National School of Public Health – “The Gate – Public Health Knowledge Centre”
• The Institute of Public Health and Professional Health of Karaganda Medical University – “Capacity building in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector in schools among the students of 11-18 years old for an effective response to the COVID-19 pandemic”

In area of activities of the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH):

• American University of Beirut, Faculty of Health Sciences – “This is the Art of Public Heath”
• National Taiwan University College of Public Health – “<Public Health Specialist> promotional campaign in Taiwan”
• University of California, Irvine, Department of Population Health and Disease Prevention – “Antibiotics Stewardship is Public Health”

In South East Asia region – South East Asia Public Health Education Institutions Network (SEAPHEIN):

• Department of Community and Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Jaffna Sri Lanka – “Developing a dynamic public health network- Future of Public Health”
• KIIT School of Public Health – “Enhancing awareness and knowledge on Prevention of Antibiotic resistance among the personnel manning the Retail pharmacy stores in the city of Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India: THIS IS PUBLIC HEALTH”

This year, the TIPH Global campaign intertwines with the XXX-th anniversary of establishing IPH, and thus also the Jubilee of the Academic Public Health in Poland (see also: https://izp.wnz.cm.uj.edu.pl/en/aktualnosci/xxx-years-of-the-academic-public-health-in-poland-the-jubilee-of-the-school-institute-of-public-health-fhs-ju-mc-in-krakow/). We believe this provides us with a unique opportunity to increase the visibility of public health in line with the title of our project ” Public Health now – building on rich tradition and successes let’s respond to the challenges of the future!”.

Information on our activities and events organized as part of the TIPH Global campaign will be available on websites and social media of IPH and partnering institutions.

We encourage everyone to join the campaign and promote public health and career opportunities in this field!

Contact:

Marzena Tambor (project leader, IPH), email: marzena.tambor @uj.edu.pl

Monika Tiahnybok (TIPH Global Ambassador, IPH), email: monika.tiahnybok@student.uj.edu.pl

More information on TIPG Global can be found at:

https://www.aspph.org/connect/global-network/

https://thisispublichealth.org/partners/#tiph-global

Notice prepared by: Tomasz Bochenek, Marzena Tambor