The 2nd biennial Uganda National Conference on Health, Human Rights and Development (UCHD 2025) will build on the momentum and successes of the UCHD 2023 conference, which emphasized health as a human right and a cornerstone for realizing Sustainable Development Goals. The 2023 conference, through its outcome document, the Kampala Declaration on Health, Human Rights, and Development recognized the right to health as fundamental to achieving Uganda’s Vision 2040.
Jobs and Announcements
2nd biennial Uganda National Conference on Health, Human Rights and Development (UCHD 2025)
3-5 September, 2025, Kampala, Uganda
Hospitals Under Fire: Lawfare and the attack on care
Geneva Graduate Institute, Queen Mary University: Online Tuesday, September 23, 2025 12:30-14:00 CET
Despite the protections of international humanitarian law, the systematic targeting of healthcare facilities in modern warfare remains a tragic and increasingly recurring reality. From Gaza to Syria, Ukraine to Sudan and Myanmar, the destruction of healthcare facilities raises urgent questions about the limits of the law, the elasticity of the Geneva Conventions, and the moral failure of the international community to enforce basic protections. Legal frameworks provide for the safeguarding of healthcare facilities during conflict, yet wide gaps exist in the way such laws can be interpreted, allowing belligerents to justify, obscure, or deny such attacks. Bringing together researchers, humanitarian professionals, and global health experts, this event will interrogate the normative failures and political complicities that allow such attacks to proliferate. Registration opens August 25, 2025 at www.ghplatform.org.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow: Global Postdoc In Implementation Science And Primary Care
Closing Date: open until filled
The University of Botswana is offering a 1-2 year postdoctoral fellowship in the upcoming academic year. The Postdoctoral Research Fellow will be joining ongoing and planned studies using implementation research to improve primary care in Botswana, focusing on non-communicable diseases, aging, and other relevant health challenges. The Postdoctoral Research Fellow should bring strong qualitative analytical skills (and ability to work with a team of biostatisticians and other experts in behavioural science, clinical medicine and primary care) with experience in health-related research and ideally implementation and primary care research. Other preferred skills include knowledge of health systems strengthening and research, mixed methods, and experience in the field of primary care and chronic diseases research. The Fellow will include working in a strong and supportive multidisciplinary, multi-country team, in person and support from virtual mentoring by research leaders. This is a one-year full-time research post-doctoral fellowship opportunity at University of Botswana. There is a potential for a second year, contingent upon performance and funding. Applications are now being accepted and will be reviewed until the position is filled.
10th East African Health and Scientific Conference (EAHSC)
24th - 26th April 2025, Juba South Sudan
The East African Health and Scientific Conference (EAHSC) is an EAC biennial event convened in East Africa by the EAHRC in collaboration with a host EAC Partner State. Hosting of the event is rotational to each of the Partner States and coordinated through the ministries responsible for EAC affairs, ministries responsible for health and others and it is done in close collaboration with regional and international health-related NGO's, civil society, individuals and stakeholders. The EAHSC contributes towards strengthening regional cooperation in health.
Africa Healthtech Summit
African Union, 13-15 October, 2025
The Africa HealthTech Summit brings together Ministers of Health and ICT, National Public Health Institutes, Regulators, leading Tech Innovators, Healthcare Professionals, Development Partners, Investors and Academia, to explore how emerging technologies can be harnessed to build resilience and improve health systems and individual wellbeing across African communities. The Summit focuses on critical questions such as realizing the potential of technology innovations to tackle Africa’s most pressing health challenges. Further information will be available closer to the date
Call for abstracts: South African Health Review 2025
Deadline 31 March 2025
The South African Health Review (SAHR) invites submissions for its 2025 edition 'Learning health systems: bridging knowledge and practice'. This edition seeks to explore successful health systems reform experiences within the country and draw from good practices and exemplary implementation across the provinces. The 2025 edition aims to identify practical ways to enhance specific aspects of the health system in the short term, while aligning with the broader reforms needed to achieve universal health coverage. The South African Health Review is a peer-reviewed publication accredited with the Department of Higher Education and Training, and published by Health Systems Trust. The aims of the SAHR are to advance the sharing of the knowledge, feature critical commentary on policy implementation, and offer empirical studies for improving South Africa's health system.
Tribute to Professor Charles Ngwenya
EQUINET Steering committee
EQUINET extends our collective condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Charles Ngwena, a tireless and persistent defender of human rights, particularly from an Afrocentric perspective of law. Professor Ngwena, a native of Zimbabwe but a global scholar, did ground-breaking work in the application of Socio-economic rights in a African context, and particularly focused on disability rights and sexual and reproductive health rights, helping EQUINET develop its early thinking about the relationship between Health Equity and Human Rights. He died in South Africa on 1st Feb and will be sorely missed by our community.
European University Institute call for applicants for Policy Leaders Fellowship
Call closes 24 January 2025
The Policy Leader Fellowship (PLF) at the EUI's Florence School of Transnational Governance (Florence STG), part of the European University Institute (EUI), is a residential programme designed for professionals who aspire to make a meaningful impact in the world of policymaking. With participants hailing from diverse backgrounds such as politics, civil service, media, and non-governmental organisations, the fellowship offers a unique platform for collaboration, innovation, and lasting change.The fellows spend five to ten months at the school’s headquarters in Florence, Italy developing policy recommendations and practical solutions for the most pressing cross-border policy issues. The fellowships are fully-funded for the duration of the stay.
Call for Fellows: Afya Na Haki & Litigating Reproductive Justice
Deadline for Applications: 6 September 2024
This call is for vibrant individuals from Anglophone and Francophone Africa to join the next fellowship cohort under the Litigating Reproductive Justice in Africa (LIRA) Programme. The Programme aims to foster an environment where Africa embraces Reproductive Justice through progressive, evidence-based, and collaborative litigation for access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR). The programme particularly targets building the capacities of African individuals through our renowned fellowship programme. This round of call for fellows will commence in October 2024 and it is a full-time in-person engagement for a period of 6-12 months at Ahaki. The fellowship is designed to support Ahaki’s programmes and provide opportunities for career development in research, litigation and capacity enhancement in reproductive justice. Ahaki encourages researchers, scholars, litigants, activists, and practitioners from across Africa to apply for the fellowship programme.
Call for papers - Mental health of adolescents
BMC Public Health. Closing date: 7 March 2025
BMC Public Health is calling for submissions to a Collection on mental health of adolescents. Adolescence is a critical developmental stage marked by significant physical and emotional changes, with mental health being heavily influenced by societal pressures, academic demands, and technology. Rising rates of anxiety, depression, and other mental health disorders among adolescents pose a global concern, affecting both immediate quality of life and long-term well-being. Addressing these issues is essential for fostering healthy development and preventing future psychosocial challenges. This collection seeks submissions that explore factors influencing adolescent mental health, such as trends in mental health disorders, risk and protective factors, the impact of digital platforms, school environments, family relationships, barriers to accessing mental health services, and effective intervention strategies.