Opening Ceremony

Speakers:

• Dr. Mohamed Janabi, Director of the World Health Organization African Region
• Dr. Jean Kaseya - Director General of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC)
• Ms. Mireille Wenger - Western Cape Provincial Minister of Health and Wellness, South Africa
• Dr. Nicholas Crisp - Acting Director-General, National Department of Health, South Africa

Inequity and Health

Speakers:

• Prof. Wanga Zembe. Health Systems Research Unit, South African Medical and School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape
• Dr. Rômulo Paes De Sousa. Brazilian Association of Collective Health - ABRASCO.
• Prof. Ivy Lynn Bourgeault. Professor, School of Sociological and Anthropological Studies, University of Ottawa, Canada

Economics of Democracy and Public Health

Speakers:

• Ms. Asma Khan. Founder and Owner of Darjeeling Express
• Dr. Mohamed Janabi, Director of the World Health Organization African Region
• Prof Sônia Fleury. Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)

From curriculum to capability: developing Entrustable Professional Activities for Public Health training programmes across health systems

Speakers: H. Somaroo, H. Mahomed, F. Ogunlayi

From evidence to action: knowledge brokering for equitable, inclusive, and sustainable health systems

Speakers: N. Ndlovu, A. Padarath, N. Sigwebela

Communication for health equity: reaching underserved populations in Brazil with effective strategies

Speakers: J. Cavalcante, G. Arruda, B. Baron, E. Netto, M. Silva, A. Aguillar, M. Machado

Digital health in BRICS: towards an equity-oriented technological development model

Chair: Luis Eugenio de Souza, Past President, World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA)

Speakers:

• Dr. Ana Estela Haddad, Ministry of Health, Brazil
• Dr. Minghui Ren, Chinese Preventive Medicine Association
• Dr. Sanghamitra Gosh, President, Indian Public Health Association
• Dr. Kaushik Mitra, Indian Public Health Association
• Dr. Lwando Maki, President, Public Health Association of South Africa (PHASA)
• Dr. Rômulo Paes-Sousa, President, Abrasco
• Mr. Bin Li, President, Chinese Preventive Medicine Association (CPMA)

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Aligning Public Health Frameworks with Health Technology Assessment to Strengthen Progress Toward Universal Health Coverage

Speakers: M. Lomazzi, S. Mandic-Rajcevic, C. De Waure

Strengthening One Health Governance for Pandemic Preparedness in a Changing Climate

Speakers: X. Zhou, H. Yi, M. Wakimoto, I. Bennis, R. Frutos, R. Dasgupta, R. Bedi, B. Li, F. Yang

Preventing Obesity Through a Life-Course Approach: From Women's and Children's Health to Chronic Disease Management

Speakers: W. Zhao, R. Bedi, G. Li, A. Liu, X. Gao, T. Yang, J. Xu, Y. Zhao

HPV Vaccination Strategies and Implementation Progress

Speakers: B. Li, R. Bedi, H. Somaroo, L. Maki, L. Bamford, Y. Li, H. Yi, C. Bing, H. Wang, Z. Yin, F. Wang, X. Liu

There Is No Health Without Oral Health: Advancing Integration into NCD and UHC Frameworks

Speakers: R. Bedi, A. Abiola, P. Prajjwal, S. Groisman

Strengthening Vaccine Confidence: A Global Public Health Imperative

Chair: Prof. Michael Moore, Chair, WFPHA International Immunization Policy Taskforce

Speakers:

• Prof. Raman Bedi, WFPHA President
• H.M. Dominique Kondji Kondji, Founder, Cameroon Public Health Association; President, Traditional Leadership Council (Littoral Region), Cameroon
• Dr. Diane Thomson, Director, Thistle Public Affairs, Scotland
• Prof. Katie Atwell, University of Western Australia (UWA)
• Prof. Heidi Larson (video), Founder/Director of The Vaccine Confidence Project, a WHO Centre of Excellence

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We don't need saviors, we are our own saviors, black doulas and black birth work in the US

Speakers: M. Evans, S. Knox, B. Needham

Strengthening Capacity for Immunization Advocacy in an Era of Geopolitical Complexity

Speakers: M. Lomazzi, M. Asnake, A. Odone, M. Moore

Building Cross-Sectoral Digital Advocacy Partnership for Integrated Oral Health- Non-Communicable Disease Management

Speakers: V. Chandrasorupan, G. Ahn, A. Adeniyi, P. Pyakurel, S. Lal-Kumar, H. Lee, J. Twa-Twa, C. Gorlick, L. Allemandi

Mitigating technology risks for health workers

Speakers: A. LeFevre, A. Panieri, I. Kileo, L. Kimaro, K. Mocumi, O. Ummer, K. Scott, D. Mohan

Structural syndemics: from diagnosis to action on inequality, climate, and health sovereignty in Africa

Speakers: M. Modiseyane, J. Shirinde, S. Nzenze, B. Nemukula

World Café: "Bridging the Divide: Strengthening collaboration between the community and law enforcement for safer and healthier communities"

Speakers: J. Erasmus, N. Harker, S. Howell, L. Khofi, G. Rengaswamy

Suicide, oppression, and cultural responsivity: pathways for understanding and mitigating suicide risk among people of African descent

Speakers: L. Adams, A. Scheunemann, N. Nthole, M. Ramakau, A. DeVinney, K. Sun, L. Sneed

Measures to amplify the implementation of health impact assessment in East and Southern Africa.

Speakers: R. Loewenson, M. Modisenyane, N. Mlangeni

National Public Health Bulletins: Case studies in governance, production, and dissemination

Speakers: K. Koporc, S. Mogotsi

Storytelling for systems change: decolonizing public health through Planetary Health and wellbeing economies

Speakers: J. Kronstadt, T. Chittenden, E. Rawson-Te Patu

What it really takes to scale accountability: practical tools and lessons from eight countries

Speakers: M. MUKOMBA, K. Mallory

A Public Health Approach to Climate Change

Speakers: N. Lalloo, L. Reynolds, M. Phomane, S. Mahomedy, J. Irlam, M. Chersich

Public Health Association advocacy for Women, Children, and Youth

Speakers: F. Robards, A. Steel, D. Jackson, Z. Lassi, O. Omowumi, F. Morebise, K. Ouaijan, A. Berionni

Where does public health go after the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change summit in Belem, Brazil (CoP30)? Opportunities arising from the International Court of Justice advisory opinion and a UN General Assembly Special Session on climate change

Speakers: D. Patterson, F. Tahzib, H. Marcus, B. Mfutso

Public Health Association advocacy for youth mental health

Speakers: F. Robards, O. Omowumi, M. Caminiti, J. Lindert, J. Campion, A. Berionni, F. Castellana, S. Abdulla, L. Robertson, B. Borisch

Masterclass in strategic litigation for climate action and energy equity: the power of public health professionals, legal experts and communities working together to address climate change and energy poverty as determinants of health

Speakers: D. Patterson, F. Tahzib, B. Mfutso, M. Hesselman, M. van Cauwenberghe

Strengthening governance for universal health coverage in South Africa

Speakers: M. Boachie, R. Ngepah, S. Fonn, S. Goldstein

Methods for scrutinising coloniality in commercial determinants of health research

Speakers: M. Brear, M. Ng'oda, N. Maani, K. Qureshi, A. Singh

Mental health as a shared responsibility: working across sectors to finance and improve mental health service integration

Speakers: K. Rees, E. Zibengwa, C. Tait, K. Magongoa, G. Cholimbira, I. Steenkamp

How to Practice the Call to Action on Life-Course Vaccination: The role of young health professionals

Speakers: A. Chung, P. Estrella-Porter, B. Abdelmoula, S. Joshi, S. Nzama

Getting a GRIP on the WHO Road map for public health workforce development : the work of the WFPHA_GNAPH implementation group

Speakers: J. Middleton, P. Robinson, T. TBC, N. Squires, K. Czabanowska, L. Magana, A. Mosam, S. Smalley, M. Kaseje, W. Tong

For Youth, By Youth: Engaging young voices in public health

Speakers: A. Chung, C. Dziva, W. Jallow, L. Kweyama, E. Lebani, C. Morroni, B. Phinius, T. Setshwaelo, M. Tembo, N. Zotti

Growing the voice for academic public health: the work of the Global Network for Academic Public Health

Speakers: J. Middleton, M. Codd, L. Magana, W. Tong

Who Pays for Health? Filling the Primary Health Care Gap Through Health Taxes.

Speakers: H. Mahlangu, C. Coleman, A. Mosam

One-Health Approach Snakebite Mitigation

Speakers: J. Menon, S. PATI, A. HABIB, S. PADIDAR

Storytelling workshop for public health professionals and researchers

Speakers: R. Narrandes

Count What Matters: Embedding Surgical Indicators in National Indicator Datasets to Accelerate Universal Access to Safe Surgical Care

Speakers: I. Kleinhans, H. Kluyts

Actionable pathways to disability inclusive health: A participatory session on system reform

Speakers: F. Chabedi, M. Maesela, M. Nthutang, A. Jenkins, T. Mutsikira

Gogos as agents of change: exploring the role of grandmothers as catalysts for social change and inclusive public health programming

Speakers: J. Simmonds, H. Gxotiwe

Healthy Longevity: Global Public Health's Next Frontier

Speakers: L. Magaña, R. Surenthirakumaran, E. Nezami

The Sustainability of Stewardship: Decarbonizing Health Systems through Primary Care-Led Management Models

Speakers: M. Abdalla, F. Castellana

Implementing a learning health system to strengthen data-driven decision-making and quality improvement in primary healthcare

Speakers: A. Collyer, J. Werner, D. Hacking

Collaborative conversations for impact: How can public health stakeholders support CHW occupational mental health and well-being initiatives across diverse contexts

Speakers: R. Coley, B. Nfurayase, A. George, H. Tabana

Building AI Readiness and Digital Competency Among Frontline Health Workers: Frameworks, Measurement, and Priority Skills

Speakers: S. Kumar, N. Khonglah, A. LeFevre, D. Mohan, O. Ummer, M. Date

Health Systems 

Chairs: S. Taylor; C. Himabala

1. Integrating Primary Care into Cancer Aftercare for Older Patients: A hybrid evaluation of A Pragmatic Non-Randomized Controlled Trial  —  R. Li 
2. Rapid Responsive Evidence Synthesis for Decision-making for Lenacapavir: Evidence-to-decision (E2D) Collaboration  —  S. Ebrahim 
3. Addressing Health Systems Quality Gaps: Empowering Health Service Managers Through a Formal Academic Program  —  J. Nyasulu 
4. Barriers, Enablers, and Cost Implications of Scaling the AURUM Management Development Programme (MDP): District Manager Reflections from the Western Cape  —  C. Mongwenyana-Makhutle 
5. Reducing community health worker stigma toward depression and substance use to improve human immunodeficiency virus and tuberculosis care engagement in South Africa: Results from a randomized, stepped-wedge hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial  —  N. Triplett 
6. Public health system strengthening : The transition of adolescents with severe bilateral cerebral palsy from paediatric to adult care in the Western Cape, South Africa  —  S. Moodley 

Health Determinants & Equity 

Chairs: I. Etuk; D. Wijewickrama

1. Targeting sex disparities in physical inactivity: where and when action is most needed  —  G. Mielke 
2. Do individual or area-level measurements of social determinants of health perform better at predicting chronic pain?  —  M. Abdullateef 
3. Environmental Racism, Food Insecurity, and Dietary Practices among Quilombola Mothers in Coastal Brazil  —  P. de Morais Sato 
4. Factors Associated with Timely TB Clinic Attendance Among Household Contacts in Eastern Cape, South Africa  —  D. Olivier 
5. Monitoring Sustainable Health Development at the Municipal Level in Brazil: Evidence from the MSDHI  —  M. Mrejen 

Maternal, Adolescent & Child Health 

Chairs: I. Ayouni; S. Ndungu

1. Understanding knowledge of, access to, and willingness to use and continue using PrEP among pregnant and breastfeeding women in South Africa  —  K. Jonas 
2. Doubts Persist Among Adolescents Regarding Sexual and Reproductive Health Beyond the Biomedical Dimension  —  V. Cunha 
3. Geographic disparities and municipal deprivation drive staggering inequalities and high levels of adolescent fertility in Brazil: a nationwide analysis of 8 million births across five thousand municipalities  —  A. Barros 
4. Risk and Readiness: Drivers of HIV PrEP interest among young women in high-burden rural South Africa  —  S. Dubazana 
5. Dance2Kinnect: A Culturally Grounded, Community-Led Approach to Child Safety, Equity, and Wellbeing  —  B. Barnier 

Digital Health & AI 

Chairs: A. Hartwig; I. Etuk

1. Situational analysis and development of SMARThealth Climate Indonesia: a digital primary healthcare intervention with an integrated early warning system for non-communicable disease management  —  A. Maharani 
2. A Systems-Based Foundation for Equitable AI in Hyperlocal Climate-Health Adaptation  —  P. Morita 
3. Video observed treatment for tuberculosis in people‑centred primary care: a narrative review of effectiveness, acceptability and mitigation of TB‑related catastrophic costs  —  C. Menezes 
4. Contributions of Design Thinking to the Structuring of Conversational Modeling for a Digital Educational Health Technology on Sexual and Reproductive Health for Adolescents  —  D. Jucá 
5. Exploring enablers and barriers to implementing virtual reality-based alcohol and other drug prevention among adolescents: a cross-national Delphi study in Germany and Australia  —  R. Hrynyschyn 

Climate Change & One Health 

Chairs: P. Orris; C. de Jager

1. Heatwave-related mortality among older Australians: A Two-Stage Small-Area Time Series Analysis  —  S. Günsche 
2. Assessment of the carbon footprint of meat and fish procurement in israeli hospital settings: time trends, expenditures and alternative scenarios  —  I. Ayvaz 
3. Effects of climate change on health system, policy response, and factors hindering policy formulation in Malawi: A qualitative study.  —  C. Chimatiro 
4. Assessing the Effectiveness of Home Smoking Bans in Reducing Indoor Thirdhand Smoke and Children’s Exposure Risk  —  Y. Wang 
5. Mercury as a Global Pollutant and its Lasting Effects on A Community, 35 Years Later  —  S. Hariparsad 

Mental Health 

Chairs: S. Mhlanga; O. Silaule

1. Health and wellbeing of staff working at higher education institutions globally: Evidence from 16 countries  —  M. Rahman 
2. Mental Health and Precarity in Everyday Life: Lived Experiences of Internal Migrants in Urban India  —  A. Joshi 
3. Student health, institutional conditions and academic success among higher-education students in Germany: an analysis of StudiBiFra data  —  C. Stock 
4. Development of the competency framework for public mental health in the Philippines: Results from a stakeholder consensus  —  C. Antonio 
5. Psychological distress and mental health support among people living with diabetes: A South Africa study  —  S. Mostert 

Non-Communicable Diseases 

Chairs: D. Sekgala; P. Piotie

1. Investigation of hypertension self-efficacy, medication adherence, and related factors among hypertensive patients aged 40–65 in a district  —  B. Uğuz 
2. Health Effects on Artisanal and Small Scale Mining Activities in Ghana: Evidence synthesis using a systematic review approach  —  J. Amoah 
3. Wearable-derived physical activity and sleep: Long-term reproducibility and implications for estimating disease risk  —  C. Zisou 
4. Socioeconomic inequalities in the use of recent dental services among dentate older adults in Brazil  —  F. Bof de Andrade 
5. Hidden Burden of Opportunistic Infections among Hospitalised Adults with HIV: Post-mortem Evidence of Diagnostic Gaps in South Africa  —  S. Johnstone 
6. Older persons grant payment sites as an innovative strategy for managing hypertension in older populations  —  J. Simmonds 

Education & Training 

Chairs: S. Chigogora; E. Roberts

1. Recognising the Gaps: Reflections on the Absence of Cultural Humility and Ubuntu in Healthcare Spaces  —  U. Hlatshwayo 
2. Resources to Facilitate Capacity Building for Pathogen Surveillance  —  K. Garson 
3. A qualitative study exploring nutrition knowledge, self-efficacy, and practices of Life Orientation educators in Limpopo Province, South Africa  —  T. Maja 
4. ASPHER Core Curriculum Programme, Supporting Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals  —  F. Conyard 

Communicable Diseases 

Chairs: A. Quissico; M. Mnangagwa

1. Impact of Risk Adjustment for Drug-Resistant Types on Tuberculosis Patients’ Outcomes under China’s Innovative Diagnosis-Intervention Packet Payment Methods  —  Y. Xiong 
2. From Approval to Access: Helping Communities Rise Through Long-Acting HIV Prevention Advocacy  —  L. Mathibe 
3. Impact of Payment Standard Differentials on Healthcare Equity Under Payment Method Reform: A Continuous Triple-Difference Study on Tuberculosis in China  —  T. Xue 
4. Barriers and Strategies for Antiretroviral Therapy Appointment Adherence in Rural South Africa: A Narrative Review with a Focus on the Vhembe District  —  S. Tshivhase 
5. Cultural factors influencing tuberculosis prevention and treatment in Sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review  —  S. Phindile 

Health Promotion 

Chairs: C. von Wagner; H. Agha

1. Exploring participants insights on the adoption of plant-based diets: South African context  —  V. Nedzingahe 
2. From Evidence to Policy: Rapid Evidence Syntheses as a Governance Instrument for Evidence-Informed National Clinical Guidelines in the Management of Sexually Transmitted Infections  —  C. Siqueira 
3. Artificial Intelligence for Patient Safety: Strengthening Clinical Pharmacy Practice in Primary Health Care within Brazil’s Unified Health System  —  D. Faccio 
4. Impact of educational intervention on hygiene-knowledge and practices of sanitation workers globally: A systematic review  —  A. Ntunja 
5. Integrated response to the dengue epidemic in the Southwest Region of Bahia (2023–2024): public health experience report  —  M. Ivone 

Translating Population Medicine Levels of Prevention to the Patient Care Continuum and Clinician Bedside: A Roadmap for Preventive and Promotive Population Health Practice

Speakers: T. Maimela

Workers' Compensation Systems Globally: the interface between Public Health and Corporate Responsibility for Socially just and equitable systems

Speakers: R. Naidoo, H. Kromhout, D. Heederik, S. Hariparsad, L. Dzingwa

Heat and homelessness: a practical toolkit to partner, implement and evaluate heat relief interventions for people experiencing homelessness

Speakers: T. English, A. Vasquez-Hernandez, M. Larkin, J. Swain, G. Miller, N. Fogarty, P. Rosenthal, C. Cosgrove, G. Siyuan, D. Austin, A. Moses, L. Wood

Challenging the bystander effect: Towards a socially-just global health academic culture

Speakers: O. Bouaddi, F. Seedat, Y. Boukari, A. Deivanayagam

Decolonizing Evidence: Whose Knowledge Counts in Global Public Health?

Speakers: P. Johnson

Effectiveness of Community-Based Nutrition Programs in Reducing Stunting Among Under-Five Children in Rwanda

Speakers: I. Clement, B. Jean, K. James, U. Pacifique

Smart hospital's role on the future of sustainable and resilient healthcare systems

Speakers: D. Beltrammi, A. Chioro

From Wearables to EMRs: Who Holds the Keys to Your Health Data?

Speakers: M. Varnfield, K. Butten, L. Maass, P. Lunde

Redesigning digital health literacy: The need for task-based assessments for accurate estimates

Speakers: L. Maaß, C. Barbati, H. Hülsmann, M. Badino, Ş. Peker, S. Muellmann, F. Holl

Playing public health: An interactive demonstration of a game-based assessment for health systems and public health learning at a higher education institution

Speakers: R. English, C. Adams, T. Monoau, I. Parker, S. Moodley, I. Botha, D. Rudolph, G. Maryke, M. Van Zyl

Challenge-based learning for interprofessional health science education for non-communicable disease care - the CAPSTONE experience

Speakers: J. van de Kamp, R. Shah-Rolfs, A. Singh, J. Sey-Sawo, F. Azongo, K. Klipstein-Grobusch

Disrupting structural inequity in community-engaged research

Speakers: J. Githaiga, L. Knight, L. Court, T. Tolla

Minorities, Diversity & Inclusion 

Chairs: S. Kaphle; R. Useh

1. Chemsex and human immunodeficiency virus prevention among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men worldwide: a systematic review and meta-analysis  —  M. Gil 
2. Rationale and design of a multi-component intervention study to address implicit racial bias amongst healthcare professionals  —  D. Lafaut 
3. The impact of Islamophobia on migrants’ health and wellbeing outcomes: a systematic literature review  —  Y. Boukari 
4. Health diplomacy and media: Toward an integrative approach for minorities' health  —  C. Angeli 
5. Lessons from implementing a hybrid online/in-person social and emotional wellbeing program for young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander males in the Northern Territory, Australia  —  J. Smith 

Ageing & Adult Health 

Chairs: M. Brown; P. Puri

1. A Systematic Review of Water Intake Assessment Across Populations and the Development of a Population-Specific Prediction Model for Japanese Adults  —  J. Ikeguchi 
2. Social determinants of functioning and well-being in older adults: a multidimensional approach  —  C. Chamouton 
3. Socioeconomic determinants of functional dependence in later life: Evidence from a concentration index decomposition  —  I. Timarci 
4. Self-reported complaints and therapeutic follow-up in voice and orofacial motricity among adult and older users in Brazilian primary health care  —  C. Chamouton 
5. Comparative analysis of methods for identifying multimorbidity patterns in an ageing rural African population: Insights from HAALSI  —  C. Chironda 

Surveillance & Monitoring 

Chairs: S. Dlamini; O. Adebayo

1. Sanitary control strategies to mitigate health risks in blood, tissue and cell establishments in the brazilian legal amazon in preparation for the thirtieth united nations climate change conference (2025)  —  S.O. de Castro Alves 
2. Making Hypoxemia Visible: Co-Creating Routine Oxygen Data Systems through Participatory Evidence Generation in Nigeria  —  K. Nwanosike 
3. Food Security Monitoring across Primary Health Care Units (UBS) of Brazil  —  D. Bergaria 
4. Evolution of sanitary control and risk assessment in blood establishments in manaus, the largest city in the pan-american amazon (2023–2025)  —  S.O. de Castro Chaves 
5. Beyond the Numbers: Registry-Based Mortality Outcomes and Structural Challenges in Transgender Health Surveillance  —  K. Clark 

Public Health Governance 

Chairs: A. Olowu; S. Links

1. Geographical and Political Barriers to Healthcare Access in the Cancer Care Pathway for Rural Women in the Interior of Brazil  —  F. Mascarenhas 
2. Designing and evaluating the implementation of a monitoring and evaluation system to improve cost efficiency in the surgical department of a central hospital in Gauteng, South Africa  —  D. Gumede 
3. Does “local health” make “healthy locals”? Lessons from developing municipal health strategies in Portugal  —  O. Santos 
4. Causal Mediation Analysis of Maternal Smoking During Pregnancy and Adult Offspring’s Wages: The Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort Study  —  M. Kivela 
5. Regional advocacy networks and the advancement of infant and young child nutrition policy in Africa  —  M. Wamahiu 

Decolonisation 

Chairs: D. Van-Veen; L. Jacobs

1. Indigenous Knowledges in Higher Education: constraints to inclusion  —  P. Henderson 
2. From Colonial Violence to Contemporary Hunger: An Analysis of the Emergence of Anti-Hunger Policies in Brazil  —  T. Silva 
3. Strengthening capacity for integration of gender transformative approaches in SRHR research and intervention in Africa: lessons from a multi-country collaborative initiative  —  W. Amde 
4. Ancestral African-rooted Solidarity Kitchens: religious and dietary practices in the decolonization of public health  —  R. Failla 
5. Bridging the Equity Divide: Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in Trauma Care for Aboriginal People  —  G. Sallows 

Integrative & Traditional Health 

Chairs: C. Ras; C. Okosun

1. Insurgent knowledges: traditional medicines, epistemic justice and emancipation in women’s health  —  F. Rodrigues 
2. Integrative Ayurvedic Approaches to Lifestyle and Preventive Care: Traditional Medicine as a Pathway to Global Health Equity  —  A. Kizhakkeveettil 
3. Women’s Cultural Interpretations and Health-Seeking Pathways for Symptoms Suggestive of Female Genital Schistosomiasis in Rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa  —  S. Shongwe 
4. A Critical Exploration OF Cultural Competence FROM Asylum Seekers AND Refugees’ Perspectives  —  S. Dzapasi 
5. Assessing equity in integrative and traditional health approaches: an international scoping review  —  E. Sommers 

Indigenous Health 

Chairs: S. Taylor; C. Okosun

1. Walking in Two Worlds: Decolonising Practices in Clinical Spaces on Tarntanyungga, Kaurna Yarta. Our starting approach for truth telling, change and action.  —  K. Owen 
2. Caregivers’ Experiences AND Support Needs IN Caring FOR Their Children WITH Neurodevelopmental Disorders - a Qualitative Exploration FROM Bonny Island, Nigeria.  —  M. Perry 
3. Yarning with Aboriginal people on Ngarrindjeri Ruwe: A qualitative study exploring Community priorities for a co-designed type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome initiative in South Australia  —  S. Omodei-James 
4. Uncovering Hidden Burden - Developing a Patient Reported Measure to Address Out-of-Pocket Healthcare Expenditure for Aboriginal Families  —  C. Ryder 

Public Health Advocacy 

Chairs: R. Chen; M. Edmunds

1. Beyond Policy Adoption: Civil Society Capacity Strengthening for Equitable and Sustainable Tobacco Control in Africa.  —  H. Ochefu 
2. Governing Global Health in Europe: A Comparative Policy Analysis of the European Union Global Health Strategy and Five National Global Health Strategies (France, Germany, Spain, Sweden, and the Netherlands)  —  M. Graham 
3. Facilitators and barriers of community health workers screening for early childhood malnutrition in a socially disadvantaged community  —  R. Beukes 
4. Integrating Palliative Care into Public Health Systems in East Africa: A Comparative Case Study of Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda  —  E. Luta 
5. A formative intervention to strengthen health rights literacy, social participation, and local advocacy on chagas disease in Brazil and Paraguay  —  V. Carranza 

Public Health Leadership 

Chairs: T. Kinoti; C. Okosun

1. Strengthening South Africa’s frontline capacity for sustainable and resilient health systems: evidence from a pilot climate and health short course  —  S. Mianda 
2. Aligning Primary Care Workforce Competencies to Implement Care Pathways for Type 2 Diabetes: Evidence from Integrated Medical Groups  —  D. Ghirardini 
3. The ambiguity of multiple job holding regulation in South Africa: Stakeholder perspectives on the implementation of the Remunerative Work Outside the Public Service Policy  —  B. Matiwane 
4. Identifying the Barriers to Rehabilitation Following Traumatic Injury in Low and Lower-Middle Income Countries: A Narrative Review  —  A. Smith 
5. Ten Proposals to Enhance Health Equity in Cameroon  —  D. Kondji Kondji 

Vaccine Preventable Diseases 

Chairs: E. Asempah; P. Moedi

1. Exploring the Barriers to HPV Vaccination Among Males in Italy: A Qualitative Study  —  C. Fortunato 
2. Social determinants of vaccine hesitancy among the Lebanese parents: A Cross-sectional Study  —  M. Cherfane 
3. Building HPV vaccine acceptance: Insights from a global Cochrane qualitative evidence synthesis  —  S. Cooper 
4. Scoping review of interventions supporting COVID-19 vaccination among immigrants and refugees in Poland  —  M. Duplaga 
5. Clinical efficacy, immunogenicity and safety of Malaria vaccines in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis  —  K. Bashlakova 

Antimicrobial Resistance 

Chairs: S. Mbugua; M. Onoja-Alexander

1. The overlooked reservoirs: ESBL-E and CPE in wastewater and stool samples from people with intellectual disabilities in the Netherlands  —  S. Hidad-Nuh 
2. Healthcare-Associated Infections as a patient safety challenge: Findings from a surgical hospital in Tunisia  —  Z. Mallek 
3. Impact of a diagnostic tool package and clinical algorithm on antibiotic use in acute fever case management in rural Mozambique  —  C. Cerini 
4. Integrating Social Protection into Antimicrobial Resistance Response: A Critical Review and Framework Development  —  J. Michielsen 
5. Strengthening the capacity of primary health care workers to drive optimal antibiotic use in the community  —  S. Mkumbuzi 

Pandemic Preparedness 

Chairs: K. Handoko; N. Ngobese

1. Advancing equity in pandemic preparedness and response: modelling social vulnerability and inequality  —  M. Naidoo 
2. Contextualizing the Indirect Consequences of COVID-19 on Families and Youth Experiencing Structural Marginalization for Future Pandemic Preparedness: A POPCORN Qualitative Study  —  L. Best 
3. Investing in Continental Pharmacovigilance to Strengthen Pandemic Preparedness in Africa  —  D. McCarthy 
4. Strengthening Scientific Advice for Pandemic Decision-Making: Insights from Interdisciplinary Tabletop Simulation Exercises  —  A. Schreijer 
5. Preparing for Global Threats: A Global Risk Assessment for Public Health in the Netherlands  —  H. Hilderink 

An Interactive Workshop on Strengthening Health-Sector System Leadership to Prevent Violence Against Women and Girls

Speakers: J. Peden, M. Hyde

From Participation to Power: Why community participation is essential for Equitable, Resilient Public Health Systems

Speakers: L. London, H. Haricharan, L. Ryan, N. Ruya, A. Nzenze, N. Mdayi, T. Sam

RIVCHPP Achievements and Best Practices: Expanding Health Insurance Coverage in Rivers State, Nigeria

Speakers: V. Agala, I. ISRAEL, A. Imalo, E. Clement

Systems for Health: Exploring Diverse Pathways to Strengthening the Building Blocks

Speakers: K. Mallory, O. Sheikh, T. Msiska, M. Mukomba

If we really want Pandemic Preparedness, we must ensure equity and justice - how Ethics Committees and researchers in Africa can promote population benefits from health research

Speakers: L. London, M. Richter, J. Adekeye, C. Baguma, M. Kaseje, M. Mulumba, A. Muula, S. Nchangwi, L. Paremoer, G. Tangwa, A. Ajuwon

Challenging the Social License of the Fossil Fuel Industry: A Strategy for Public Health and Systemic Change

Speakers: S. Narayan, R. Loewenson

Public Health Emergencies 

Chairs: H. Agha; S. Mboweni

1. Regulation of Access to Health Services in São Paulo and Portugal during the COVID-19 Pandemia: A Comparative Study  —  M. Louvison 
2. Exploring Early Childhood Development (ECD) and Nutrition Initiatives in Collective Shelters for Displaced Children in Lebanon: Insights and Global Implications  —  K. Ouaijan 
3. A self-assessed tool for risk perception and response capacity of Young Health Professionals to Global Health Emergencies: a pilot validation study from the BePHEP Project  —  N. Zotti 
4. Social participation and community-led responses to public health emergencies in Brazil, 2015–2025  —  R. Oliveira 
5. We Adjust and Continue”: Frontline Resilience in Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Service Delivery under Extreme Weather Events in Southern Ghana  —  P. Asamoah 

Public Health Communication 

Chairs: J. Amoah; B. Sibiya

1. Health Communication as a Pathway to Equity: Challenges and Opportunities in Brazil’s Unified Health System Planning  —  M. Paim 
2. Decoding HIV pre‑exposure prophylaxis through youth experiences of misinformation, stigma and communication  —  C. Nyezi 
3. Community communication workshops as a method for knowledge dialogue on chagas disease with indigenous populations  —  J. Abi-Saab 
4. Examining intimate partner femicide narratives on X: A social listening study in South Africa  —  N. Mbanjwa 

Public Health Ethics 

Chairs: N. Ngobese; S. Links

1. Strategies and limitations to climate-health litigation in the Global South: A thematic analysis  —  R. Elsayed 
2. Ethical dilemmas and moral distress among critical care nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic in the central hospitals of a South African province  —  B. Sibiya 
3. The use of the trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights flexibilities to overcome the challenges of the mRNA technology transfer hub in South Africa.  —  C. Naidoo 
4. The Waiting Time for Healthcare: Factors Associated with the Duration of Healthcare-Related Legal Proceedings in a Brazilian State  —  R. Sousa 
5. Maria da Penha's trajectory and the consolidation of public policies to combat violence against women in Brazil  —  A. Rodrigues Ferreira Júnior 

Research & Methods 

Chairs: J. Pienaar; I. Ayouni

1. Health literacy, functioning, and tinnitus perception: an analysis in Brazilian primary health care  —  C. Chamouton 
2. Water Safety Implementation Project: A Delphi study to develop an Implementation Framework for drowning prevention.  —  M. Della Bona 
3. Future Finland – the Birth of a New Nationwide Birth Cohort  —  E. Kajantie 
4. Development and validation of the personal recovery scale (ReConnect) for mental health in Ethiopia  —  W. Fekadu 
5. “Building the plane while flying it”: Co-designing gender integration in an established sexual and reproductive health program in South Africa  —  U. Walmisley 

Social Security & Protection 

Chairs: R. de Oliveira; W. Slemming

1. Streets of risk: Analyzing mobility and safety challenges for persons experiencing homelessness in Delhi, India  —  P. Singh 
2. Territorial Management in the Context of Multiple Crises: Barriers and Potentials Based on a Comparative Analysis of Brazilian Universal Social Protection Systems  —  L. Musumeci 
3. Evidence-Based Intervention Guidelines for the Prevention of Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Among Workers in South African Coal Mines  —  K. Naicker 
4. How much do socioeconomic inequalities explain gender- and ethnicity-based gaps in health coverage? A decomposition analysis of Chinese migrant workers, 2009–2018  —  K. Marcus 
5. Veterinary action in a public health emergency: the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul experience in sheltering dogs and cats during the Porto Alegre/Brazil floods at Centro Vida  —  I.B. Gomes 

Hygiene & Sanitation 

Chair: E. Ubomba-Jaswa

1. Effectiveness of the Kutuba campaign in promoting sustainable hygiene practices in healthcare facilities in Monze District, Zambia, 2023–2024  —  C. Himabala 
2. Costs and health impacts of inadequate water sanitation and hygiene in Zambian primary healthcare facilities 2022  —  C. Himabala 
3. Togo, Ghana, Morocco and Fiji have all Eliminated Trachoma – Can Australia be next?  —  M. Stoneham 
4. Assessing the Impact of Teacher-Led School-based Hygiene Intervention on Children's Handwashing Practices for Childhood Disease Prevention in Nigeria: A Cluster Randomized Control Trial  —  C. Akinde 
5. Bridging Hygiene Gaps: The Contribution of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Facilities to Maternal Hygiene Practices During Complementary Feeding in Ethiopia  —  N. Soboksa 

Health Systems 

Chairs: I. Kleinhans; S. Mahanjana

1. Effective coverage of the integrated management of acute malnutrition (IMAM) program in six districts of Ethiopia  —  A. Farah 
2. Towards equity in healthcare workforce distribution: regional progress and remaining gaps in türkiye, 2007–2023  —  B. Aylı 
3. Pay for performance for health professionals in sub-Saharan Africa: A systemic review of qualitative research  —  M. Silikpoh 
4. Transfusion practices and clinical surveillance in resource-limited settings: Insights from health facilities in Sud-Kivu and Maniema, Democratic Republic of Congo  —  L. Mulakwa 
5. Applying the Health Systems Integration Maturity Framework to assess the level of health services integration in Uganda  —  M. Bamulangeyo 

Health Determinants & Equity 

Chairs: A. Maharani; A. Singh

1. Factors associated with tuberculosis outcomes: an overview of systematic reviews  —  D. Gomes 
2. The Impact of Primary Health Care on Child Mortality Amid the Humanitarian Crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Integrated Retrospective and Forecasting Analysis from 2007 to 2040  —  G. Barreix 
3. Experiences and Challenges of Clean Intermittent Catheterization among Children with Spina Bifida and Their Caregivers in Uganda  —  R. Namaganda 
4. Territorial Inequalities in Multiple Sclerosis Treatment Coverage Within the Brazilian Universal Health System  —  G. Mosegui 
5. Determinants of zero-dose prevalence in Southern Madagascar: Evidence from community-level data  —  G. Demare 

Maternal, Adolescent & Child Health 

Chairs: R. Baloch; J. Ncayiyana

1. Maternal health journeys in Vanuatu: A cross-sectional study of antenatal care, supplement use, and birth outcomes reported by Ni-Vanuatu women  —  E. Kitchener 
2. Centering Black women’s experiences during the menopause transition: Preliminary findings from a national study  —  C. Jones 
3. Trends, causes, and risk factor-attributable under-five mortality in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023  —  B. Kefale 
4. Prevalence, Trends, and Associated Factors of Underweight Among Taiwanese Adolescents  —  Y. Chuang 
5. Heat exposure, heat-related symptoms, and healthcare–seeking behaviour among pregnant women in Johannesburg: preliminary findings from the Bio-HEAT study  —  I. Solarin 

Digital Health & AI 

Chairs: M. Fornazin; D. Beltrammi

1. Preparing the Future Public Health Workforce: A Delphi Study on the Integration of Digital Public Health and Artificial Intelligence in Public Health Education  —  L. Maaß 
2. Between platforms and practices: a critical analysis of digital health from the perspective of education and communication in the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS)  —  M. Paim 
3. Specialized care in primary health care via telemedicine in Northeastern Brazil  —  C. Vinadé 
4. Awareness and Use of Mobile Health Applications Among Middle-Aged Adults in Madhya Pradesh, India  —  K. Jadhav 
5. Being online: from youth visual narratives to public health action — exploring digital determinants of health through creative engagement  —  M. Kuhrn 

Climate Change & One Health 

Chairs: T. English; J. Amoah

1. Operationalising Resilience: Bridging the Gap Between Climate Early Warnings and Health System Readiness in South Africa  —  O. Mahomed 
2. Exploring Climate-sensitive Patterns of Vector-Borne Diseases in South Africa using Big Data analytics  —  L. Monaiwa 
3. Household hygiene practices and perceived responsibility for vector control shape frequent rat and mosquito sightings in resource-constrained urban settings  —  X. Arcanjo 
4. Drinking water quality in the United Arab Emirates: a systematic review  —  B. Ádám 
5. First-Trimester Heat Exposure and Maternal One Health: Climate Change Risks at the Environment–Human Interface  —  C. Dumbura 

Mental Health 

Chairs: N. Triplett; I. Ayvaz

1. “Coping is Not Enough”: Rethinking Nurse Wellbeing Interventions During Health Emergencies  —  N. Khamisa 
2. Service user involvement in a peer support implementation project: the community advisory board strategy  —  A. Figueiredo 
3. Building Evidence-Based Youth Mental Health Support in South Africa: Early Findings from EASE-SA, #FTM and Chommie  —  K. Sorsdahl 
4. Exploring integrated community-based collaborative care in South Africa: A qualitative study on health care providers’ experiences  —  S. Abdulla 
5. Practising digital storytelling in climate–mental health research: Lessons from a multi-site transdisciplinary study in Africa  —  G. Black 
6. “… I tried to commit suicide…”: Understanding the intersections between mental health, HIV and teenage pregnancy  —  H. Tabana 

Non-Communicable Diseases 

Chairs: J. Amoah; P. Puri

1. Systematic Review of Weight Management Interventions for Adults with Intellectual Disability: Effectiveness and Key Characteristics.  —  S. Lilly 
2. Disability-related disparities in diagnosis and survival of cancer of the digestive system: a population-based study in Northern Italy  —  F. Pennisi 
3. Improving Cancer Symptom Communication in Primary Care: Acceptability of a Symptom Report Form for Patients with Anxiety and/or Depression  —  F. Pennisi 
4. Implementation of cardiovascular risk prediction scores in sub-saharan Africa: a scoping review  —  M. Gouws 
5. Depression, anxiety and poor psychosocial well-being are associate with tobacco smoking in South Africa  —  N. Peer 

Education & Training 

Chairs: N. Ngobese; H. van der Westhuizen

1. Career choice satisfaction and career change intentions of South African health professionals: a cross-sectional survey  —  M. Makwarela 
2. Building Transdisciplinary Capacity for Non-Communicable Disease Control in sub-Saharan Africa and Beyond: Lessons from the CAPSTONE Community of Practice  —  A. Singh 
3. Reframing Communication Partner Training in Healthcare: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis to foreground culture, power and linguistic diversity  —  J. Nash 
4. Building Digital Safety and Preventing Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence Through School-Based Education in India  —  S. Varma 
5. Global school models advancing innovation, equity and sustainability in oral health  —  A. Adeniyi 
6. From assessment to action: Mentoring Primary Health Care teams for quality improvement in Brazil  —  M. Machado 

Communicable Diseases 

Chairs: F. Morebise; V. Ramokolo

1. Seasonal labour, systemic injustice: health inequities in the pacific australia labour mobility scheme  —  G. Vaughan 
2. Exploring Factors Driving Vertical HIV Transmission: A Case-Based Intervention in Cape Town, South Africa  —  N. Jacob 
3. Optimizing Case Finding through Multiple HIV Self-Test Distribution Channels: Reporting and Linkage Outcomes from the Promoting Access to HIV Self-Testing (PATHS II) Project in Three Nigeria states  —  A. Adole 
4. On-Demand and On-Site: Assessing the acceptability of Event-Driven PrEP among cisgender men attending mobile clinics in Cape Town, South Africa  —  M. Mnangagwa 
5. Determining the prevalence, predictors and patterns of transfusion transmissible infections among blood donors in Lesotho – a retrospective cross-sectional study between 2013 – 2023  —  M. Pooe 

Health Promotion 

Chair: S. Dzapasi

1. Improving access to sexual and reproductive health services for boys and young men: a systematic review  —  M. Baroudi 
2. Addressing barriers to sexually transmitted infection information and care for adolescent girls and young women in South Africa: A health promotion approach within universal health systems  —  B. Paka-Huysamer 
3. From Policy to Practice: Implementing Nutritional Interventions to Improve Adherence to School Meals in Northeastern Brazil  —  I. Bezerra 
4. Assessing the inclusion of people with disabilities in the health system in Ethiopia.  —  D. Atnafu 
5. Primary Health Care in remote rural municipalities: context, organization, and access to integral care in the Brazilian National Health System  —  M. Fausto 

Minorities, Diversity & Inclusion 

Chair: S. Matina

1. The quality of primary care received by foreign migrants in South Africa. A standardised patient audit  —  D. Blaauw 
2. Islamophobia and discrimination: Experience of Muslim healthcare professionals in Australia  —  M. Rahman 
3. Trends of health outcomes and housing among migrants in Australia: Insights from the Building a New Life in Australia Longitudinal Study (2013-2023)  —  H. Eshetu 
4. Trends in housing insecurity and its determinants among humanitarian migrants from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in Australia, using the longitudinal Building a New Life in Australia data.  —  H. Eshetu 
5. Insecure Work, Insecure Housing: Gendered Violence and Mental Distress among Migrant Women in Urban Slums in India  —  Sivakami M. 

Ageing & Adult Health 

Chairs: A. Singh; S. Matina

1. A quantitative examination of how adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions experience chronic healthcare  —  O. Mzimkulu 
2. Positive childhood experiences and subjective cognitive decline among middle-aged and older adults: assessment of moderation by gender and race/ethnicity  —  M. Brown 
3. Afterhood and Wellbeing Among Older Gay Men: A Mixed-Methods Study  —  J. Ramirez-Valles 
4. Healthy Brain Tracker: An interactive data dashboard to monitor Hawaiʻi’s progress towards supporting individuals with cognitive decline, their caregivers, and reducing dementia risk factors  —  J. Chosy 
5. Scaling Differentiated Service Delivery for an Aging Population: Insights from the Central Chronic Medicines Dispensing and Distribution Programme in South Africa  —  N. Ramdas 

Surveillance & Monitoring 

Chairs: S. Ravn; B. Fanampe

1. Associations between high burden health conditions and trends in mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic – insights from integrated routine health information in the Western Cape, South Africa.  —  A. von Delft 
2. Are Generic Quality-of-Life Measures Fit for Purpose in Sleep Health? Implications for Public Health Surveillance and Equitable Resource Allocation  —  B. Kaambwa 
3. Development and validation of a scorecard to monitor implementation of the World Health Assembly resolution on acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in Africa  —  H. Moloi 
4. Advancing institutionalisation of evidence-informed decision-making in South Africa to support equitable and sustainable health systems: the Evidence to Decision (E2D) collaboration  —  S. Durao 
5. Burden and Determinants of Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Use in a Large Tertiary-Care Hospital in Milan: A Repeated Point Prevalence Survey Study (2022–2025)  —  T. Camuffo 

Public Health Governance 

Chairs: K. Ramphoma; R. Elsayed

1. Costs and health-related quality of life among patients with multimorbidity in Malawi and Tanzania .  —  N. Yongolo 
2. Civil Society in Global Health Governance: Analytical Insights from the Fiocruz Global Health Observatory  —  R. Oliveira 
3. Assessing the case for applying personal responsibility for COVID-19 vaccination in a South African insured population  —  G. Solanki 
4. Drug-Assisted Treatment as Choice Architecture: A Behavioral Economics Perspective on Addiction Policy  —  D. Zullino 

Decolonisation 

Chairs: H. Mahomed; D. Santos

1. Diverse approaches and shared benefits: A scoping review of co‑designed chronic disease interventions with Indigenous People  —  S. Omodei-James 
2. Living with with lymphatic filariasis in our community: insights from community mapping in Ghana  —  K. Kenyon 
3. The Niue community’s COVID-19 experiences: Development and application of the Matalili-Aga Gahua (Matalili Wellbeing Framework) to inform health initiatives  —  K. Lau 
4. Decolonizing Global Health Education: Historical Lessons from Immunization and Vaccine Equity  —  K. Dhansay 
5. Community-Led Monitoring (CLM): A Participatory Model for Environmental Justice in Post-Industrial Bahia  —  Y. Santos 

Integrative & Traditional Health 

Chairs: D. Mpanza; F. Morebise

1. Phefumula GOGO: breathwork as a complementary practice to promote emotional wellbeing, mental health and psychosocial support for grandmothers and grandchildren  —  J. Simmonds 
2. Transdiagnostic Psychological Effects of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide– and Psilocybin-Assisted Psychotherapy in Patients With and Without Substance Use Disorders  —  L. Penzenstadler 
3. A qualitative exploration of public healthcare providers’ preparedness for complementary and alternative medicine integration  —  C. Hall 
4. Keeping God's Covenant:Kuuchika:Indeginising procreation for enhanced conception, lineage and population continuity among the Shona people in Zimbabwe  —  J. Laisani 
5. Buen vivir in Brazilian public health: implementation of a project that contributes to health promotion in primary care  —  F. Fernandes Bersot Magalhães 

Public Health Leadership 

Chairs: P. Piotie; E. van Niekek

1. Learning without borders: Postgraduate education as a public-health intervention for equity  —  I. Kruger 
2. Student-Led Public Health Exchanges Internships: Ensuring Quality and Capacity  —  D. Nicoletti 
3. The drivers and strategies for workforce upskilling in dietetics and nutrition sciences: a scoping review  —  R. Beukes 
4. Strengthening public health leadership for malaria elimination: Lessons from a regional leadership and management capacity-building programme in Southern Africa  —  T. Kruger 

Health Systems 

Chairs: S. Mhlanga; A. Kisakye

1. Mapping the strategies to address the gender gap in youth clinic utilization in Sweden; explorative survey and follow up interviews.  —  M. Tetui 
2. Evaluating the economic and operational impact of a leadership development programme for primary health care managers in South Africa: A cost and outcome analysis of the MDP  —  D. Hongoro 
3. Recife Monitora: A Brazilian model for institutionalized Primary Health Care Quality Assessment  —  M. Machado 
4. Moving towards more equitable resource allocation for the district health system: A Case study of a novel resource allocation model in the Western Cape, South Africa  —  P. Chiwire 
5. How Structured Mentorship and Capacity Building Transformed Work planning and Budget Absorption in Uganda's Subnational Health Facilities  —  E. Twinomujuni 

Health Determinants & Equity 

Chairs: G. Tadele; G. Chelberg

1. Rethinking scale in community health: lessons from New Zealand on local agency and the prevention system  —  A. Matheson 
2. Household Socioeconomic Inequities as Determinants of Subclinical Rheumatic Heart Disease in a Rural District of Mozambique  —  Y. Sabino 
3. Price, Volume, and Market Power: Alcohol and Ultra-Processed Beverage Markets as Commercial Determinants of Non-Communicable Diseases in South Africa  —  L. Maciko 
4. Transforming health equity through nurse led inreach and outreach for people experiencing homelessness  —  S. Martin 
5. Perceptions and experiences of early childhood development practitioners regarding menu implementation in early childhood development centers  —  G. Mokubela 

Maternal, Adolescent & Child Health 

Chairs: J. Ncayiyana; K. Motiang

1. An observation of Environmental Health compliance at early childhood development centres in a local municipality, South Africa  —  M. Mokoatle 
2. A study of inappropriate promotion of commercially available complementary foods for infants and young children aged 6–36 months in the Russian Federation  —  A. Antsiferova 
3. Investing in an HIV-Free Generation: A Cost Analysis to Strengthen Equity and Sustainability of PMTCT Services in Zimbabwe  —  J. Nyamasve 
4. Creating a combination HIV and pregnancy prevention cascade to measure condom and contraception use among adolescent girls and young women in South African schools  —  K. Bergh 
5. Spatial distribution and determinants of uptake of intermittent preventative treatment for malaria during pregnancy in the democratic republic of congo between 2017 and 2018  —  E. Tshimanga 

Digital Health & AI 

Chair: S. Mkumbuzi

1. Integrating prescription digital therapeutics into public health systems: implications for equity and access  —  J. Rocha-Gomes 
2. Between promise and practice: mapping the implementation of digital health technologies in five sentinel district hospitals in South Africa  —  J. Vanhamel 
3. Utilisation of digital health technologies among frontline health professionals in five sentinel district hospitals in South Africa  —  J. Vanhamel 
4. Nurse-Led Teleconsultations in Primary Health Care in Brazil, 2020–2025  —  P. Alves 
5. Readiness and Impact of Digital Public Financial Management Systems at Uganda's Health Frontlines  —  A. Naluwugge 

Climate Change & One Health 

Chairs: D. Salunga; S. Mackinnon

1. Impact of the 2024 rainfall-related disasters in southern Brazil on primary health care visits for sexual violence among children and adolescents  —  R. Wilson 
2. Exploring predictors of short and long-term pesticide exposure using urinary pesticide biomarker data from children in South Africa  —  R. Molomo 
3. Quantifying misclassification in maternal heat exposure: Implications for heat-health alert thresholds for pregnant women  —  R. Forget 
4. One Health Assessment of Biosecurity Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices for Zoonotic Disease Prevention among Small-Scale Farmers in the North-West Province of South Africa  —  E. Tshipamba Mpinda 
5. Investigation of suspected Bovine Brucellosis cases in a Cattle Herd in Sheepmoore, Msukaligwa Sub-District, Mpumalanga Province 2025  —  C. Mafhungo 

Mental Health 

Chairs: I. Etuk; B. Sibiya

1. Strengthening Equitable Mental Health Care in Rural South Africa: Leveraging Health and Community Resources to Support Informal Caregivers  —  O. Silaule 
2. Support under strain: Alcohol use and social support in intimate partner violence among adolescent girls and young women  —  V. Oyekunle 
3. The impact of social media exposure to anti-Asian hate crimes on Asians’ mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States  —  C. Park 
4. “They stigmatize themselves so much that they believe that HIV infection is some kind of dirt:” A qualitative exploration of HIV stigma and intervention needs in Kyiv, Ukraine  —  K. Hook 
5. Healthcare professionals management of compassion fatigue whilst caring for patients with COVID-19 in Mthatha and Durban, South Africa  —  T. Langa 
6. The prevalence and associated risk factors of compassion fatigue among healthcare professionals who cared for patients with COVID-19 in selected healthcare facilities in Durban and Mthatha, South Africa  —  S. Mthembu 

Non-Communicable Diseases 

Chairs: H. Agha; F. Morebise

1. Prevalence and associated factors of normal-weight central obesity among community-dwelling persons 45 years and older in Indonesia in 2023  —  S. Pengpid 
2. Evaluating a Mobile Health–Supported Regular Physical Measurement Program for Weight Change in Urban Zambia: A Quasi-Experimental Study  —  Y. Tateyama 
3. Enhancing Implementation and Impact of Universal School Meals: Initial Acceptability, Feasibility, and Sustainability of Equity-Focused Implementation Strategies  —  G. McLoughlin 
4. Navigating cervical cancer treatment in South Africa’s public health system: Women’s experiences at a tertiary hospital  —  D. Okova 
5. Improving stroke awareness among rural older adults through community health messengers: a community-based outreach program  —  M. Moon Jiyoung 

Education & Training 

Chairs: N. Nurelhuda; K. Ramphoma

1. Strengthening Cancer Civil Society Leadership through Education: Evidence from a Quasi-Experimental Study in Chile  —  B. Cabieses 
2. Stakeholder and Community engagement for non-communicable disease training in West Africa  —  B. Nartey 
3. Public Health Nursing Job Task Analysis: Defining Competencies for a Skilled Workforce  —  A. Foster 
4. Revising Public Health Competencies in the United States Through an Iterative Practice-Informed Process  —  K. Rasar 
5. Equitable capacity building from postgraduate diploma to PhD: strengthening the public mental health training pipeline  —  S. Allie 

Communicable Diseases 

Chairs: J. Pienaar; B. Fanampe

1. Evaluating performance of the Bioline™ HCV point-of-care test in Ghana  —  K. Maluleke 
2. Two shocks to the system: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on HIV testing and prevention services in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa  —  R. Desai 
3. The hidden epidemic: HIV Prevalence in Peri-Mining Communities  —  L. Mathibe 
4. Q fever outbreak in a slaughterhouse in Brazil: retrospective assessment of long-term complications ten years later  —  D. França 
5. Inappropriate antibiotic use is a social practice, not just a knowledge gap: Uncovering the 'township effect' and systemic drivers of antibiotic use in South Africa  —  N. Ramdas 

Health Promotion 

Chairs: L. Jacobs; F. Hayford

1. Strategies to enhance the approach to prostate cancer screening of South African black men in the Free State: a Delphi study  —  M. Benedict 
2. Tobacco smoking habits, attitudes and associated factors among women in the United Arab Emirates  —  B. Saddik 
3. Forest therapy and its measurable effects on psycho-emotional state and mood regulation  —  M. Kashutina 
4. Actions for the control of chronic noncommunicable diseases in primary health care in Brazil: development of an evaluation model.  —  R. M. da Silva 
5. Codesigning a culturally responsive trauma informed health promotion framework: improving healthcare equity, inclusion and access for Indigenous peoples.  —  A. Jones 

Health Systems 

Chairs: A. Rugakingira; I. Kowalska-Bobko

1. Mother’s Touch, Baby’s Lifeline: Improving Neonatal Outcomes through Kangaroo Mother Care Down-Referral and Integrated Health Services in Gauteng, South Africa  —  L. Naushin 
2. Integrating Genomic Diagnostics for Children with Developmental Disorders in South Africa: Insights from the DDD Africa Study  —  N. Carstens 
3. Overcoming stumbling blocks: harnessing partnerships to improve mental health outcomes in rural south Africa  —  E. Zibengwa 
4. Health-Sector Readiness to Prevent and Respond to Violence Against Women and Girls in the WHO European Region: Integrating Prevalence Estimates and Policy Analysis  —  J. Peden 
5. Opportunities and barriers for delivering PrEP services beyond public healthcare facilities to young men in rural South Africa: A cross-sectional qualitative study  —  C.T. Chironda 

Health Determinants & Equity 

Chairs: A. Pascoe; G. Tadele

1. Equity in the territorial allocation of health projects in Brazil  —  S. Borges 
2. Associations of smoking initiation age and current smoking status with multiple health risk factors among adult smokers in Taiwan  —  P. Huang 
3. Sexual Risk Behaviors among Adolescents and Young Adults in the Context of Food Insecurity: A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Analysis  —  O. Ujah 
4. ‘Perspectives of parents and professionals on the oral health of children in a disadvantaged neighbourhood in The Hague, The Netherlands’  —  A. Grasveld 
5. Food Environment Inequities in Urban Low-Income Communities: A Novel Assessment of Small Discount Stores  —  H. Dastgerdizad 

Maternal, Adolescent & Child Health 

Chairs: S. Kaphle; F. Morebise

1. Was COVID-19 the main challenge to maternal and newborn care? Preliminary findings from the Improving MAternal Newborn Care study on 30 Quality Measures across 10 countries  —  M. Carlino 
2. ‘The way we love ourselves in our marriage’: A qualitative study of shifting gender dynamics among partners of peer mentors in the context of an intervention to improve contraceptive agency through peer mentorship in rural Uganda  —  B. Phillips 
3. Prevention of unsafe abortion in Brazil  —  V. Meloni 
4. Global Youth Health Policy  —  F. Robards, R. Gilmore 
5. Growth Outcomes Among HIV-Exposed Infants in Africa: Emerging Vulnerabilities and Evidence Synthesis  —  P. Modjadji 

Station 1

Political Determinants, Advocacy & Health Systems 

Chair: S. Abdulla

1. Power Asymmetries in Global Governance and Health Inequalities: A Human Rights–based Analysis  —  E. Maia 
2. The African Bioinformatics Institute: Strengthening Health Data Governance Through African-Led Data Collaborations  —  V. Ras 
3. From Territory to Decision-Making: Popular Participation as a Pathway to Health Care, Equity, and Social Justice  —  T. Santos 
4. Equity and Ethics in Health Policy Development  —  L. Johnston 
5. Health Capability Deprivations Associated with Usaid’s Closure in an Urban Swati Community- a Participatory Ethnography  —  P. Shabangu 
6. Perceptions and Challenges Within the Clinical Trials Ecosystem in South Africa  —  N. Ngobese 
7. ‘powerful, Greedy Old Men Are Bad for Your Health’: Towards a Public Health Teaching Curriculum for ‘geopolitical Health’  —  J. Middleton 
8. Engaging the Police and Public Health Sectors to Collaborate for the Public Good.  —  J. Middleton 
9. Conceptualizing Justice Upstream: Insights from Decision Makers in Health Research Funding  —  R. Azanwi 
10. Healthcare system resilience during the covid-19 pandemic in lithuania: insights from outpatient healthcare  —  A. Galkontas 
11. Challenges and successes in the implementation of the 90-90-90 HIV strategy in the city of Johannesburg, South Africa: a qualitative study  —  N. Mhlongo 
12. Phonetic-linguistic models for the construction of singular therapeutic projects for cochlear implant users: singular profiles for rehabilitation with accessibility and inclusive technologies.  —  M. Alves 

Station 2

Health Promotion 

1. Drivers of Inequality in Physical Activity Participation: The Role of Automatic and Conscious Self-Regulation Processes, Physical Environment, Across Populations with Lower and Higher Socioeconomic Status  —  D. Wietrzykowska 
2. Impact of Different Recovery Strategies on Perceived Fatigue and Recovery Experience  —  I. Vaher 
3. Behavioral and Lifestyle Determinants of Poor Glycemic Control Among Adults with Type 2 Diabetes in Lesotho: Implications for Public Health in Low-Resource Settings  —  S. Nomatshila 
4. Dietary Diversity Among Under-Fives in Southwest Nigeria: A Cross-Sectional Study  —  N. Adefala 
5. Impact of an Educational Intervention on Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Community Members on Schistosomiasis in Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa  —  P. Campbell 
6. Diagnosis of the Public Helthcare Network for Leprosy Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study  —  T. Laet 
7. Occupational Health and Wellness Training for Healthcare Workers  —  E. Zilli 
8. Taxation of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages: Perspectives of Adults and Nursing Practitioners in Makhanda, Eastern Cape, South Africa  —  N. Koen 
9. Community ART for Violence Prevention in Africa: A Review of the Literature  —  A. Collyer 
10. Financial Accessibility to Quality Hospital Care: Experience with the Implementation of a Subsidised Flat-Rate Payment System at Isangi General Referral Hospital, Tshopo Province, Democratic Republic of Congo  —  A. Zongo 
11. Association Between Selected Nurse Outcomes and the Quality of Care in Intensive Care Units in Namibia: A Cross-Sectional Study  —  S. Hamukwaya 
12. Contribution of Human Resource Management Interventions to Health Care Worker Performance in Buyende District, Uganda  —  V. Usigbe 
13. Evaluation of the Effect of the National Oral Health Policy on the Provision of Dental Prostheses in Primary Care in the State of Bahia, Brazil  —  P. Paranhos 
14. We can't talk about it: Youth voices on SRH in Nepal  —  S. Kaphle 

Station 3

Health Determinants, SDGs & Mental Health 

1. Empowering African Youth: A Community-Led, Culturally Responsive Early Intervention Program in South Australia  —  L. Otieno 
2. Accessibility and Universal Design in the World Health Organization Healthy Cities Initiative: A Qualitative Analysis of Strategies, Language, and Urban Planning Frameworks  —  S. Bahen 
3. Childhood Socioeconomic Circumstances and Adult Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis  —  P. Broadbent 
4. A Community-Based Model of Post-Discharge Care for Firearm Injury Survivors: Findings from the Culture of Care Collaborative  —  V. McCarthy 
5. Human Development, Inequality, and Burden of Socially Determined Diseases in Brazil, 2014–2023  —  A. Arcêncio 
6. Bridging the Surgical Divide: A Comparative Analysis of Rural Surgery Initiatives and System Integration in the Philippines  —  A. Viray 
7. Transgender and Gender Nonconformingpeople’s Vulnerability to Food Insecurity:systematic Review and Meta-Synthesis  —  M. Ribeiro 
8. Digital Art as a Tool for Mental Well-being: Findings from the ArtEater Pilot in Eldorado Park, South Africa  —  K. Roman, B. Tuna 
9. Psychosocial interventions to improve resilience and reduce stigmatizing attitudes among healthcare workers in mozambique  —  C. Audet 
10. Building a state-level psychosocial care system for public schools in Brazil  —  S. Maximiano de Azevedo 
11. Comprehensive Healthcare in Cases of Work-Related Suicide: Investigation and Postvention.  —  C. Garbin 
12. Food as a political frontier of health: contradictions between human rights, global food systems and sustainability  —  R. Caliari 

Station 1

Health Systems 

Chair: Y. Bandezi

1. Health Workforce Mobility in Decentralised Systems: A Comparative Examination of Experiences in Kenya and Other Selected Countries  —  R. Kithinji 
2. Effective Strategies to Reduce Waiting Times on Specialized Care  —  E. Mineiro 
3. Strengthening the National Integration Agenda in Uganda: Evidence from 67 Baseline and 143 Follow-up Facilities  —  E. Twinomujuni 
4. Situational Diagnosis of Continuing Education Needs in an Inland Brazilian Municipality  —  C. A. da Silva 
5. Child Development Surveillance and Child Booklet: Barriers and Potential from the Perspective of Primary Health Care Professionals and Managers  —  F. Mello 
6. Implementing Training Strategies for Primary Health Care Teams to Improve Child Development Surveillance: A Pilot Study  —  A. Teixeira 
7. Enhancing Implementation Success in Healthcare Organizations: 10 Strategies for Comprehensive Planning  —  C. Boersema 
8. Challenges to Patient Safety Incident Reporting and Learning in South African Public Hospitals – Transitioning from Blame Culture to Just Culture!  —  N. Musundire 
9. How Can the Health System Respond to Aftercare Needs? An Integrated Model of Aftercare for People with Substance Use Disorder in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa  —  D. Mpanza 
10. Making Trade-Offs Visible: Economic Evidence to Support Resilient and Equitable Public Health Financing Decisions  —  S. Gobin 
11. Transfusion Risk in Sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges in Dr Congo  —  M. Mulakwa 
12. Interventions to Improve Nurse Outcomes in Healthcare Facilities in Eswatini: An Appreciative Inquiry  —  S. Dlamini 
13. Climate Change, Emergency System Strain, and Code Black Events: A Data-Driven Evaluation of Contributing Factors and Predictive Insights  —  P. Morita 
14. Investing in Pharmacovigilance as Health Systems: From an Innovative Pilot to African Continental Architecture  —  D. McCarthy 

Station 2

Maternal & Adolescent & Child Health 

1. A New Generic Health-Related Quality of Life Measure for Very Young Children: Preliminary Evidence from the Euroqol Toddler and Infant Populations (Eq-Tips-5l)  —  J. Verstraete 
2. Changes in Adolescent Fertility Rates Across Brazilian Macroregions Between 2000 and 2022  —  C. Costa 
3. Sex, Race/skin Color, and Violent Discipline: An Intersectional Public Health Perspective from Brazil  —  M. Reis 
4. Circulating Maternal Micrornas, Preterm Birth and HIV in South African Women  —  Y. Abrahams 
5. Dietary Diversity and Food Handling Practices of Food Handlers at Registered Ecd Centres in Johannesburg  —  Y. Smit 
6. An Eye for Food Insecurity and Unequal Access to Public Policies and Services: A Data Analysis from a Cross-Sectional Brazilian Study  —  C. Guedes 
7. Did Respectful Maternity Care Improve After the End of the COVID-19 Pandemic? Preliminary Results from the Improving Maternal Newborn Care Study over 5 Years in 21 Countries  —  M. Carlino 
8. Reproductive Coercion and Abuse Leading to Birth in Women from Afghan/iranian Backgrounds Living in Australia  —  E. Ghaemi 
9. Why Adolescents Seek Emergency Care: A Descriptive Study from a National District Hospital in South Africa  —  A. Olowu 
10. Breastfeeding Prevalences and Indicators from the Swiss Infant Feeding Study 2024  —  J. Dratva 

Station 3

Pandemic Preparedness & Emergencies 

Chair: M. Onoja-Alexander

1. Public Trust Vaccine Uptake and the Infodemic Among Minority Communities in Israel  —  I. Badarna 
2. The Self-Perceived Psychological, Social, Academic and Personal Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Chiropractic Students in South Africa  —  D. Strydom 
3. Panex-Youth: Examining the Experiences of Children and Youth in the Brazilian Favelas of Paraisópolis and Heliópolis to Inform Post-COVID Recovery Policies and Strategies for Facing Future Polycrises  —  L. Musumeci 
4. Seroprevalence of Sars-Cov-2 Antibodies, COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake and Hesitancy Amongst Students at a Tertiary Institution, Gauteng Province  —  N. Shabangu 
5. Two Years on: Progress and Emerging Challenges of the Japan Institute for Health Security (Jihs)  —  K. Wada 
6. Understanding the Timing of Human Mobility Decisions in Response to Epidemics  —  R. Omori 
7. Easing Competition Regulations as a Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in South Africa - Mobilising a Collective Health Service Response  —  L. Nkonki 
8. We Led Through the Storm: A Comparative Analysis of Leadership Styles and Strategies During the COVID-19 Pandemic in South Africa and Sierra Leone  —  J. Zembe 
9. Strengthening Global Pandemic Preparedness: Insights from WHO and the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body  —  U. Shaibu 
10. Impact of Pepfar Funding Freezes on HIV Treatment Access and Projected Outcomes, January–june 2025  —  M. Zuniga 

Station 1

Governance & Politics 

Chair: N. Zotti

1. Institutionalizing Performance Management at the County Level for Primary Healthcare (PHC) Strengthening.  —  S. Ndungu 
2. From Cost-Effectiveness to Legitimacy: A Systematic Review of Governance in Essential Medicines and Diagnostics Priority Setting in Sub-Saharan Africa  —  D. Leong 
3. Diagnostic and Therapeutic Pathway of Breast Cancer  —  E. Zilli 
4. Economic Evaluation of Physician Assistants in Primary, Urgent, and Emergency Care: A Rapid Review  —  C. Abitbol 
5. Economic Evaluation of Malaria Postdischarge Chemoprevention with Azithromycin and Dihydroartemisinin Piperaquine in Malawi Kenya and Uganda  —  G. Mzumara 
6. Trends in Tuberculosis Incidence and Treatment Outcomes Among Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the State of São Paulo.  —  N. Zini 
7. A Qualitative Exploration of Evidence Use in Disability-Inclusive Policy and Programme Decision-Making by South African and Kenyan Government Stakeholders  —  R. Useh 
8. Evaluating the Costs of an Integrated PREP and SRH Model Delivered in South African Community Pharmacies and Online: Evidence from an Implementation Study Project  —  R. Motaung 
9. Mobilisers or Decision-Makers? The Policy Landscape of Community Participation in Urban Health Governance in India  —  J. Jagajeevan 
10. The Environmental Double Standard of Highly Hazardous Pesticides – How Agricultural Policy Failed to Prevent Lethal Terbufos Poisoning of Children in South Africa  —  L. London 
11. PBRI–Singburi Academy for Excellence in Primary Care: Integrating Academic Co-Creation and System Strengthening through a Provincial Living Laboratory in Thailand  —  P. Thepaksorn 

Station 2

Climate, One Health, Emergencies & Preparedness 

Chair: J. Kumawat

1. Mental Health Training for Primary Health Care Professionals After Floods in Southern Brazil: Preliminary Report  —  D. Levandowski 
2. Disaster‑proof Emergency Reporting with Dhis2 and Robust Radio Communications  —  S. Mandić-Rajčević 
3. A Qualitative Evaluation of the Impact of the 2023 Earthquake on Earthquake Survivors in Hatay Province, Türkiye: A Phenomenological Approach  —  İ. Ayvaz 
4. Successful Public Policies in Reducing Lethal Violence: An Experience Report  —  A. Carvalho 
5. Violent Conflict, Insecurity and Access to Healthcare: Insights from the Sahel Region  —  M. Mitchell 
6. Skin in the Crossfire: Dermatological Consequences of the War in Ukraine a Narrative Review  —  M. Kolodziejczyk 
7. Assessment of air pollutants concentrations at preschools in informal settlement, Gauteng, South Africa  —  M. Bhuda 
8. Comparison of fine particulate matter (pm2.5) concentrations measured using low-cost sensors and gravimetric sampling in Mabopane, South Africa  —  M. Bhuda 
9. Data-driven understanding of air pollution in Pretoria  —  M. Mokganya 
10. Investigation of a foodborne disease outbreak linked to a restaurant, city of Cape Town metropolitan, Western Cape, South Africa, february 2024  —  J. Bezuidenhoudt 
11. The Impact of Armed Conflict on Sudan’s Health System: A Scoping Review of Facility Disruptions, Disease Surveillance, and Epidemic Risks  —  A. E. Y. Fadl Elmoula 

Station 3

Mental Health 

Chair: L. Nyanhongo

1. Predictors of Physical and Mental Health of Adults in Lower Income Communities in Gauteng and the Western Cape of South Africa  —  M. Theron 
2. Prevalence and Sociodemographic Factors Associated with the School Bullying Victimization in Elementary Students from Socially Vulnerable Areas in a Brazilian Capital  —  A. Streb 
3. Factors Contributing to Retraumatization of Survivors of Sexual Violence During Obstetric and Gynecologic Examinations: A Systematic Review  —  A. Singh 
4. Simplicity and Equity in Depression Risk Prediction Among Brazilian Adults: A Temporal Machine Learning Study  —  B. Pereira 
5. Adolescent Socioeconomic Status and Adult Depressive Symptoms  —  M. Jørgensen 
6. Psychosocial Risks and Mental Health Care: The Role of the Psychologist in Internal Accident Prevention Weeks  —  C. SILVA 
7. A Protocol for Exploring Health Promoter-Led Mental Wellness Initiatives for Early Prevention, Screening, and Quality of Life in Cervical Cancer Patients of Rural Eastern Cape, South Africa: A Mixed-Method Study  —  K. Sigovana 
8. Experiences of Loss and Grief, and a Changed Everyday Life: Qualitative Study of Informal Caregivers of People with Traumatic Disabilities  —  L. Ravn 
9. Digital and social media interventions for depression and suicidal behaviour among adolescents and young adults in low and middle-income countries (LMICS): a scoping review  —  M. Matsoai 
10. Masidlalegogo: designing inclusive neighbourhoods & exploring public spaces through intergenerational play  —  H. Gxotiwe 
11. Student and school correlates of anxiety and depression symptoms in public education: evidence from large-scale administrative data in Brazil  —  D. Morais 

Station 1

Maternal & Adolescent & Child Health 

Chair: T. Barbosa

1. Exploring Key Drivers of Progressive Abortion Law and Policy Reform in Six Countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America​  —  S. Storey 
2. The Social Production of Early Weaning: Family Farming, Gender, and Care Inequalities in a "Pomerano" Community in Brazil  —  L. Lutzke 
3. Implementation Research: Perspectives of the Cuida Chagas Protocol in Strengthening Primary Health Care for Chagas Disease.  —  D. Vermeij 
4. Rigid Masculine Norms and Adolescent Help-Seeking: Findings from a National School-Based Program in Australia  —  G. Moriarty 
5. Applying Implementation Science to Assess Readiness for Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition: A Qualitative Baseline Study from Meghalaya, India  —  S. Kumar 
6. "Through Our Eyes": Learner Perspectives from the Western Cape Planet Youth Survey on Wellbeing, Substance Use, and Safety  —  M. Motloung 
7. Chagas Disease Among Women of Reproductive Age: Implications for Maternal and Child Health Policies  —  A. Menezes 
8. Gogocare: Co-Creating Positive Maternal and Child Health Outcomes with Third-Generation Caregivers  —  H. Gxotiwe 
9. Empowering Community Healthcare Workers (Chews) Through Continuous Professional Development and Reflective Practice: Lessons from a Blended Pilot Project in North-East Nigeria  —  F. Maimusa 
10. Exploring Pathways for Maternal and Child Health Institutions to Participate in Adolescent Reproductive Health Education: Shanghai Practice  —  X. Yang 
11. Parental Household Income and Adolescents’ Health-Related Quality of Life  —  A. Yañez 
12. Utilisation of the Child Support Grant Among Recipents of Children Aged 0 - 5 Years in Two Low Socio-Economic Communities in the Cape Metropole  —  D. Daniels 

Station 2

Climate & One Health 

Chair: A. Luszczynska

1. Ambient Pm₂.₅ Air Pollution in Botswana: Composition, Source Apportionment, and Implications for Air Pollution Policy  —  T. Tumoyagae 
2. Hot Nights, Sleepy Days: An Investigation into Ambient Temperature and Daytime Sleepiness - a Cross-Sectional Study in Adults in Johannesburg, South Africa (2017-2018)  —  S. Jack 
3. Climate Change and Public Health Planning: The Participatory Development of the State of Bahia’s Sectoral Health Plan for Mitigation and Adaptation, Brazil  —  Y. Rodrigues 
4. Forced Animal Displacements: Indian Cattle Camps as a Response to Extreme Weather Conditions  —  P. Ceschi 
5. The Health System Strategies and Responses to the Effects of Climate Change in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Scoping Review  —  S. Chimatiro 
6. DXA-Measured Body Composition Modifies Temperature–blood Pressure Associations by Sex in Johannesburg, South Africa  —  B. Devantier-Du 
7. Flood and Wellbeing – What Is the Evidence?  —  A. Abrams 
8. “the Heat Really Troubles Us”: Community Perspectives on a Cool Roof Intervention, Umlazi, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa 2025  —  S. Naidoo 
9. Genotoxicity of Cyphenothrin Pesticide and the Impact of Encapsulation  —  B. Ádám 
10. Algae as a source of protein and oil for human nutrition, food security and health in africa: a systematic review  —  F. Hayford 
11. Transition to sustainable diets in european food systems: stakeholders’ perspective on determinants of alternative protein intake  —  H. Zaleskiewicz 
12. Effect of climate change on the health and nutritional status of children and their families in africa  —  D. Mulondo 
13. Public health surveillance of animal bite exposures and rabies post-exposure prophylaxis: a ten-year experience from Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia  —  J. Savicevic 
14. Unsupervised machine learning to investigate joint effects of SO2, NO2, O3, PM2.5 and PM10 on respiratory and cardiovascular hospital admissions in the Vaal Triangle Airshed Priority Area, South Africa  —  N. Mwase 
15. The Landscape of Climate Change and Comprehensive Protection for Workers in Brazil  —  C. Garbin 

Station 3

Non-Communicable Diseases & Health Determinants 

Chair: J. Amoah

1. Ultra-Processed Foods and Risk of Hypertension: Mediation Analyses by Critical Nutrients in Nutrinet-Brasil  —  F. Silva 
2. Which Is More Effective at Improving Uptake of Bowel Cancer Screening: Text Message Reminders or Patient Navigation? Results from a Three-Arm Rct  —  C. von Wagner 
3. Low-Level Laser Therapy for Oral Health Diseases and Conditions: A Technical-Scientific Opinion  —  I. Bonfadini 
4. Association Between Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias and Religious Practice Among Brazilian Adults and Older Adults: Evidence from the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (Elsi-Brazil)  —  E. Silveira 
5. The Prevalence of Periodontitis in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review  —  A. Jeftha 
6. Diabetic Emergencies and Precipitating Factors Among Diabetic Patients at Atbara Teaching Hospital  —  A. Taifour 
7. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Cancer Occurrence and Outcomes in Rural United States  —  A. Njoku 
8. A Quasi-Experimental Study to Assess the Effectiveness of “child to Parent” Health Education Strategy for Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Among Rural Population of South India  —  P. Bobhate 
9. Persistence of limitations in activities of daily living after covid-19: the role of social determinants and clinical conditions in the brazilian population  —  L. Teixeira 
10. Association between socioeconomic conditions and environmental tobacco smoke exposure with eczema symptoms among teenagers attending school in soshanguve, Gauteng province, South Africa.  —  J. Shirinde 
11. Tuberculosis in children and adolescents in bahia: analysis of case trends in the health macroregions of the state of bahia (Brazil) between 2010 and 2024  —  E. de Andrade Nhamuave 
12. Persistent social inequalities in tuberculosis incidence in Brazil: a municipal-level ecological study  —  R. Massa 
13. Developing community pharmacy services to facilitate early diagnosis of cancer  —  C. von Wagner 

Station 1

Mental Health 

1. Well-Being, Aspiration, and Precarity Among Young Internal Migrants in Urban India: Insights from Participatory Action Research  —  A. Joshi 
2. Health Promotion in School – What Does It Mean, and How Can the Effect of Health Promoting Efforts Be Evaluated?  —  O. Horverak 
3. Social Workers' Mental Health in Times of Disaster: Lessons from the Covid19 Pandemic  —  Z. Soji 
4. Dermatologic Toxicities and Quality of Life Among Cancer Patients in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Lebanon: A Cross-Sectional Study  —  M. Cherfane 
5. Occupational Therapy and Public Mental Health in Nigeria: A Systematic Review of Community Based Interventions  —  A. Etuk 
6. Adults with Substance Use Disorders: The Long-Term Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences in a Socioeconomically Disadvantaged South African Community  —  K. Kumar 
7. The Autism Industry: Medicalization, Stigma, and the Search for Emancipatory Practices in Brazil's Unified Health System  —  F. Santos 
8. Weaving and Co-Producing a Peer Support Implementation with Stakeholders: Participatory Workshops Guided by the Theory of Change  —  B. Brandão 
9. Barriers and Facilitators in the Collection and Use of Student Mental Health Survey Data at Universities – Perspectives from Involved University Professionals and Students  —  J. Lehnchen 
10. Stakeholder Perspectives on Collaboration in Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation in the Philippines  —  A. Antonio 
11. Mindfulness in Caps as a Strategy for Psychosocial Care: An Experience Report  —  C. Silva 
12. Racial discrimination among university students and its implications for mental health  —  I. Osawa Vasconcelos Maristela 

Station 2

Health Determinants & SDGs 

Chair: N. Ramabu

1. Socioeconomic Status Profiles Using Household Indicators in Eastern Cape: A Latent Class Analysis  —  P. Kosana 
2. Intersectional Dialogues on Race, Environment, and Religiosity to Promote Public Health Policies for the Black Population  —  D. Amorim 
3. “don’t Eat My Food”: Experiences of Trans Women and Travestis Regarding Food (In)security  —  M. Ribeiro 
4. Sustainability Pathways in Solidarity Kitchens: Challenges and Perspectives from a Public Health–oriented Experience  —  N. Dantas 
5. Association of Age Group, Religion, and Educational Level with Mental Health Among Brazilians in Post–covid-19 Conditions  —  E. Teixeira 
6. Population Health and the Burden of Neuropsychological Disorder Profile in 5 Southern African Development Community Countries from 2001 – 2021  —  F. Thistlewhite 
7. Implications of Usaid Funding Withdrawal on the Progress of the Sdg’s Among Women and Girls in Eswatini  —  P. Shabangu 
8. Health and the Many Borders: How Populations in Brazilian Rural Territories Travel to Access Health Services?  —  P. Almeida 
9. Financial Chains and Caregiver Strain:the True Cost of Haemodialysis in Rural India  —  S. Mohammed 
10. Social inequalities in the use of health care services: evidences from a population-based health survey in a city in southeastern Brazil  —  E. Santos 
11. Access to and use of public and private health services: evidence from a population-based survey in urban Brazil  —  N. Rodrigues 
12. Language access as a public health intervention: ethical and equity implications from public-sector maternal care  —  S. Lukubeni 
13. Social prescribing - bridge between evidence-based medicine and everyday life in diabetic foot prevention  —  K. Dostalova 
14. Reasons for using electronic cigarettes: a systematic review of qualitative studies  —  B. Rey 

Station 3

Vaccine-Preventable Diseases & AMR 

Chair: M. Mbonani

1. Overcoming Recruitment Challenges Among Adolescent Participants Aged 12–17 in Urban Liberia: Lessons from the Prevail Lassa Fever Phase 2a Study  —  B. Brown 
2. Occupationally Acquired Mumps Infection with Complications of Severe Bilateral Hearing Loss in a Healthcare Worker: Resurgence of a Vaccine-Preventable Disease  —  I. Ntatamala 
3. Antibiotic Consumption in Hospital Healthcare Sector in Kazakhstan  —  Y. Semenova 
4. The Double Edged Sword - a Study on Self Medication with Antibiotics for Upper Respiratory Tract Infections Among Allied Health Sciences Students  —  V. Priya 
5. Evaluating Infection Prevention and Control Competency Among Healthcare Workers in Kenya  —  A. Nyanjui 
6. Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Among Gay, Bisexual and Other Men WHO Have Sex with Men Living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Engaged in Chemsex: Implications for Prevention and Rational Antibiotic Use  —  J. Gil 
7. Kenyan Undergraduate Medical Curriculum Review: Integrating Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) And Digital Health/ Information and Communications Technology (ICT)  —  H. Hamza 
8. Storytelling as a health communication approach to address contextual vaccination challenges: A scoping review  —  M. B. Penka 
9. Bridging the Policy-to-Practice Gap in One Health Approaches to Antimicrobial Resistance: A Thematic Evidence Synthesis (2020–2025)  —  D. Razdan 

Station 1

Education & Leadership 

Chair: S. Chigogora

1. Interprofessional Relations and the Humanization of Neonatal Care: A Narrative Review  —  F. Santos 
2. Ubuntu Informed Student Perspectives on Community, Solidarity, and Learning: Outcomes from a Multidisciplinary Workshop at the University of Nairobi  —  S. Chigogora 
3. Barriers and Facilitators of Continuous Professional Development for Non – Communicable Disease Managers in a Public Health Setting in Gauteng, South Africa  —  B. Ikalafeng 
4. Psychosocial Intervention as a Device for the Education and Training of Health Workers  —  B. Martins 
5. Adoption and Utilization Patterns of Artificial Intelligence Tools Among Public Health Students in South Africa  —  K. Naicker 
6. The Impact of Continuing Education on Strengthening Environmental Health Surveillance in the State of Bahia, Brazil  —  E. Araujo 
7. Understanding Implementation Fidelity Compliance to the Key Components of High-Quality Human Immunodeficiency Virus Counselling in Public Sector in Selected Clinics in North-West Province  —  R. Nkambule 
8. From Sexual Repression to Digital Radicalization: Red Pill Masculinities as a Psychosocial Risk Factor for Adolescent Mental Health  —  G. Brito Martins 
9. The Power of Descriptive Social Norms at Lunch Time: When Behaviour Becomes Contagious  —  E. Mansutti 
10. How to grow diverse public health workforce: lessons from School of Public Health, Yorkshire and the Humber, England  —  V. Joseph 

Station 2

Health Systems 

Chair: M. Raphadu

1. Systematizing Information Use to Promote Worker Rights: A Cross-Sectional Mixed Method Study to Address Determinants of Health of Health Workers in South Africa  —  M. Zungu 
2. Strengthening the Research Study Approval Process in Khayelitsha Eastern Sub-Structure (Kess), Western Cape, South Africa  —  R. Manesen 
3. When Healers Hurt: Uncovering the Failures of a South African Health Professions Regulatory Body to Respond to Sexual Misconduct Allegations - Advocacy by a Volunteer-Led Working Group  —  K. Govender 
4. Co-Producing Territorial Health Planning Through Rapid Participatory Appraisal: An Experience in a Southern Brazilian Capital  —  C. A. da Silva 
5. Silent Struggles: Early Detection of Multidomain Communication Risks in Resource-Constrained Early Childhood Development  —  Z. Peter 
6. How Non-Clinical Managers Utilise Clinical Governance to Improve Hospital Performance: A Qualitative Study of Four South African Hospitals  —  K. Maake 
7. Identifying Obstacles to the Effective Implementation of Data Analytics in Population Health Management: A Narrative Review for Low- and Middle-Income Countries  —  K. Haridass 
8. Breaking Barriers to Testing: HIV Self-Testing as a Structural Intervention to Reduce Stigma and Enhance Male Engagement in Three Nigerian States  —  R. Adole 
9. Strengthening Health Systems Capacity in Africa for Pandemic Equity and Responsiveness (Sharper): Why Ethics, Human Rights, and Population Benefits Matter.  —  L. London 
10. The Praboromarajchanok Institute (PBRI) Model for Non-Communicable Diseases in Sustainable Primary Care in Rural Thailand: Evidence from Four Regions of Thailand  —  P. Poltana 

Station 3

Social Protection & Surveillance 

Chair: S. Links

1. Production Process and Health of Metalworkers in the Campinas Region, São Paulo, Brazil  —  D. Eberhardt 
2. Disability and Mortality Resulting from Occupational Accidents Analysis of Reported Cases Between 2014 and 2024  —  L. Costa 
3. Bridging the Gap: Social and Policy Barriers to Post-Hospital Care for People with Disability in Brazil  —  R. Venâncio 
4. Temporal Trends of Occupational Accidents Involving Exposure to Biological Material in Brazil, 2014–2024  —  L. Justo 
5. Non-Clinically Relevant Alterations in Serum Protein Electrophoresis: The Preventive and Occupational Medicine Perspective  —  N. Cogo 
6. Exposure to Blood-Borne Pathogens and Factors Associated with Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Management Among Healthcare Workers at the Lekma Hospital  —  F. Ojo-Benys 
7. Occupational Lead Exposure Among Lead Handlers at a Copper Mining Company, Zambia.  —  K. Hayumbu 
8. Assessing Healthcare Professionals' Perspectives: A Knowledge and Perceptions Survey on South Africa's National Health Insurance  —  S. Mahanjana 
9. New Approaches to Respiratory Disease Surveillance in Bulgaria  —  Z. Getsova 

Station 1

Mental Health 

Chair: C. Okosun

1. Depression and anxiety among adults in abu dhabi: a population-based study  —  I. Elbarazi 
2. Intimate partner violence and symptoms of anxiety and depression among women in three african countries: a population-based analysis  —  E. Yisma 
3. Lifestyle and behavioural intervention therapy for enhanced hippocampal neuroplasticity  —  E. Samodien 
4. Understanding perceived stress and its social determinants among mothers of young children in tunisia: the role of social support  —  I. Ayouni 
5. Understanding social and psychological drivers of coping in pregnancy in tunisia: the role of self‑efficacy and social factors  —  I. Ayouni 
6. Pandemic-related increases in self-poisoning among young girls cut across socioeconomic groups: a sex-stratified interrupted time series analysis of a national adolescent cohort in sweden  —  K. Battista 
7. Is mental health care service utilization and treatment prospectively associated with favourable mental health outcomes in youth from the general population?  —  K. Beesdo-Baum 
8. Understanding the experiences of neurodivergent children being raised by their grandmothers to enhance pathways to equitable care and inclusive support systems  —  J. Simmonds 

Station 1

Climate & One Health 

Chair: A. Luszczynska

1. Characterisation of fine inhalable particles (pm2.5) and related health threats in low-income households of the Western Cape, South Africa  —  S. Fietz 
2. Carbon captured? a preliminary review of fossil fuel industry influence and greenwashing on south african campuses.  —  D. Le Page 
3. The intersection of fossil fuel emissions and public health: the anatomy of a polycrisis  —  D. Le Page 
4. Active commuting and its contributions to the sustainable development goals  —  F. Rabacow 
5. One health approaches for green economy and climate-resilient development in ecologically fragile contexts: evidence from the sundarbans  —  A. Sarkar 
6. Climate change and extreme heat in early childhood development centres: preschool teachers’ awareness and health perceptions in an urban informal settlement  —  J. Shirinde 
7. Heat stress in early childhood development centres in an urban informal settlement in tshwane, South Africa: emerging risks in a warming climate  —  J. Shirinde 
8. Assessing health-related climate resilience using an urbanization index in fast-track cities  —  J. Zuniga 
9. Spatial assessment of early childhood development centers’ proximity to coal-related air pollution in mpumalanga province, South Africa  —  Y. Mkunyana 
10. Physiological and perceptual responses to a co-designed mobile cooling hub exposure in people experiencing or at risk of homelessness during extreme heat: a pilot study  —  S. Guo 
11. Assessing the prevalence of schistosoma mansoni infections among school-going children aged 5-14 years old in nelson mandela bay: a comprehensive diagnostic approach.  —  M. Vere