Theme: Regional and International Cooperation to Advance Public Health Diplomacy.
During the inaugural Public Health Diplomacy Summit, a nine-point action plan and a working definition was collaboratively created for health care diplomacy: “A multidisciplinary field that enables its practitioners to effectively communicate, facilitate, negotiate, and build consensus using systems thinking, evidence-based, community-informed approaches, based on equity-focused and human-centered values to improve health and well-being for all.”
The 3-day inaugural summit was organized at the University of Memphis School of Public Health, bringing together 29 participants from 15 countries — including representatives from the WHO, the World Federation of United Nations Associations, and seven regional public health associations — to identify strategies and competencies essential for advancing public health diplomacy.
Learn more about the Public Health Diplomacy Lab.