ASPHER-WHO Core Curriculum Programme

Highlights from the ASPHER CCP were presented at the 2023 ASPHER Deans' and Directors' Retreat at University College

The CCP Team had the pleasure of also hosting the 2023 Deans' and Directors' Retreat at our base at University College Dublin,

School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science..

CCP Lead Prof. Mary Codd, Hosting the 2023 ASPHER DDR at UCD, Dublin, Ireland

Photo: ASPHER

Results Presented for specific areas which included:

• Climate and Planetary Health
• One Health (incorporating Veterinary Epi)
• Emergency Preparedness / Disaster Management
• Diversity, Intersectionality, Vulnerable Groups
• Social and economic determinants of health, using PH Nutrition as an example
• Political determinants of health / Equity in (all aspects of) Health-opport/access/etc
• The digital transformation of society and impact on health (the good and the bad)
• Communication; Advocacy; Infodemiology
• Evolution of PH Law / Where is PH Ethics in our curricula?

Specifically looking at agreed Themes, and topics contained within regarding applicability for inclusion for the Core Curriculum.

Photos: ASPHER.Org (Twitter/X)

We were also honoured to have in attendance and as keynote speaker Dr. Mike J. Ryan WHO Executive Director, Health Emergencies Programme. All in attendance were instilled with inspiration and Dr. Ryan noted the importance and need for a unified core curriculum for the new normal we now find ourselves in regarding the public health landscapes of scarcity, emergency, war and pandemics.

We also were very lucky to have in attendance key Irish public health physicians who have directed Ireland’s public health response and contact tracing services against Covid-19. Dr. Tony Holohan (Former Chief Medical Officer of Ireland) and Dr. Augustine Pereira (National Clinical Lead, Contact Management Programme, Health Service Executive, Ireland).

Dr. Mike Ryan with members of the UCD Contact Tracing Centre in attendance at the ASPHER DDR