Press releases from Uppsala Health Summit

Environmental pollutants are responsible for at least 9 million deaths worldwide each year and contribute to significant chronic health issues in humans and animals while also causing serious environmental disruptions. The Uppsala Health Summit brings together international experts from various sectors to discuss solutions that can prevent future emissions and expedite efforts at the global and national policy levels.

Thanks to advances in treatment options, the chances of surviving cancer are better than ever before. However, cancer incidence is increasing and new forms of therapy are expensive. As a result, resource management and priority setting face major challenges. How can we ensure equitable access to diagnosis and treatment? This topic is the focus of Uppsala Health Summit 2018, “Care for Cancer”.

Warding off the threats of future epidemics will be difficult without better cooperation and contingency plans that allow us to act before a crisis hits. This is one of the messages in a new report summarising the discussions of the Uppsala Health Summit on the theme of Tackling Infectious Disease Threats: Prevent, Detect and Respond with a One Health Approach, which took place in October last year.

Warding off the threats of future epidemics will be difficult without better cooperation and contingency plans that allow us to act before a crisis hits. This is one of the messages in a new report summarising the discussions of the Uppsala Health Summit on the theme of Tackling Infectious Disease Threats: Prevent, Detect and Respond with a One Health Approach, which took place in October last year.

Infectious diseases are among the biggest threats to health in the world. Recurrent alarms about the risk of disease spread, epidemics and pandemics make the subject highly topical and evoke anxiety in many of us. In a report published today, Uppsala Health Summit lays the basis for discussion at the summit on 10–11 October on how to manage the threats.

Uppsala Health Summit has decided to offer four travel grants for journalists who would not otherwise be able to attend the summit on 9–11 October 2017 at Uppsala Castle, Sweden. The theme of this year’s summit is Tackling Infectious Disease Threats: Prevent, detect, respond with a One Health approach.

Despite remarkable gains in health over the last century, infectious diseases remain a major threat. Alarming reports on outbreaks of Zika, Ebola or avian flu serve as reminders of the gravity of the situation. At the high-level meeting Uppsala Health Summit, international experts will gather from different sectors to discuss how to reduce the threats.

Konferensrapport Uppsala Health Summit: Barnfetma bekämpas bäst med åtgärder i närmiljön

Rikta åtgärder mot den fetmaframkallande miljön runt barnen och inte direkt mot de enskilda barnen och deras familjer. Det är den viktigaste slutsatsen i slutrapporten från toppmötet Uppsala Health Summit, som publiceras idag.

In just a few decades, the number of overweight and obese adults and children in the world has reached alarming levels, not least in low-income countries. This year, Uppsala Health Summit is taking place in conjunction with World Obesity Day: 11-12 October 2016. International experts on child obesity will gather; to discuss countermeasures with industry, policy makers and society.

During next week’s Uppsala Health Summit on antibiotic resistance, Dr. Manica Balasegaram from the international Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) will give a public lecture addressing this topic on June 1. Journalists also have the opportunity to attend the conference plenary sessions on June 2-3.

For the upcoming Uppsala Health Summit on antibiotic resistance, 2–3 June, a report has now been published focusing on some of the most pressing issues and challenges. The aim of the meeting is to move the discussion forward, from the ‘what’ to the ‘who’ and ‘how’.

Inför toppmötet Uppsala Health Summit om antibiotikaresistens, som äger rum 2–3 juni, har nu en rapport tagits fram som sätter fokus på några av de mest brännande utmaningarna. Målet är man under mötet ska lyckas förflytta diskussionen från ”vad” till ”hur” och ”vem”.

Med avstamp i WHO:s globala handlingsplan mot antibiotikaresistens, som beslutas i maj, tas nästa viktiga steg för att realisera planen vid toppmötet Uppsala Health Summit 2–3 juni. Programmet är klart och bland deltagarna finns representanter från flera inflytelserika internationella aktörer.

Shortly after the World Health Organization (WHO) global action plan on antibiotic resistance has been adopted in May 2015, researchers, politicians and representatives from public health organizations and the pharmaceutical industry will gather in Uppsala, Sweden, to discuss the most urgent next steps.

The theme for the next Uppsala Health Summit, to be held in Uppsala on 2–3 June 2015, is antibiotic resistance — one of the biggest global health challenges of our day. The basis of this Summit will be the WHO draft Global Action Plan against antimicrobial (including antibiotic) resistance. This plan, currently being discussed at a high-level meeting in Stockholm, is set to be launched at the World Health Assembly in May.

If we embrace lifestyle changes and new technology, we improve our prospects of staying healthy in old age, getting good care and reducing our dependence on others. This is the message of a new report summarising the conclusions from the Uppsala Health Summit in June.

Om vi ändrar vår livsstil och anammar nya teknologier finns åtskilliga möjligheter att åldras med hälsa, få en god omvårdnad och minska vårt beroende av andra. Detta visar en ny rapport som sammanfattar slutsatserna från toppmötet Uppsala Health Summit i juni.