The conference invites participation from members of the academia to submit unpublished theoretical, empirical and scientific papers focusing on the following sub topics.
PLANETARY HEALTH & CLIMATE RESILIENCE
- Heatwaves, wildfires, smoke and health: forecasting, early warning, and urban design.
- Climate-sensitive infectious diseases (dengue, malaria, West Nile) expanding into new geographies.
- Food systems, ultra-processed foods, and climate-smart nutrition policies.
- Water security, droughts/floods, WASH innovations, and cholera resurgence.
MENTAL HEALTH & PSYCHOSOCIAL WELL-BEING
- Adolescent mental health, digital harms, and school-based interventions.
- Crisis contexts: conflict, displacement, and trauma-informed care.
- Task-sharing models and community-embedded mental health services.
- Measurement, outcomes, and financing for scalable mental health care.
POST-PANDEMIC SYSTEMS, PREPAREDNESS & “PATHOGEN X”
- IHR revisions & the Pandemic Accord: what changes for countries?
- Genomic/wastewater/air monitoring networks: from pilots to routine surveillance.
- Supply chains, regional manufacturing, and tech-transfer hubs (mRNA, biologics).
- Risk communication, infodemics, and trust-building in emergencies.
SEXUAL, REPRODUCTIVE, MATERNAL, NEWBORN, CHILD & ADOLESCENT HEALTH
- Maternal mortality reversals: respectful care, midwifery, and quality improvement.
- Contraceptive choice, self-care, and rights-based SRH in restrictive settings.
- HPV elimination pathways; integrating SRH with HIV and NCD services.
- Tackling period poverty and school retention for girls.
DIGITAL HEALTH, AI & DATA GOVERNANCE
- Generative AI in clinical and public health decision support: validation, safety, bias.
- Remote monitoring, wearables, and continuous “learning health” systems.
- Interoperability, health data sharing, privacy, and cybersecurity for hospitals.
- Regulatory science for digital therapeutics and AI medical devices.
EQUITY, INCLUSION & SOCIAL DETERMINANTS
- Decolonizing global health: governance, authorship, and funding reforms.
- Indigenous health sovereignty and community-led research.
- Disability-inclusive health systems and SRH for women with disabilities.
- Migration, refugees, and portable health entitlements.
VACCINES, IMMUNIZATION & PREVENTABLE DISEASES
- Malaria vaccine rollout lessons (RTS,S / R21), integration with vector control.
- TB vaccines and next-gen platforms: trial design and access planning.
- Restoring routine immunization & reaching zero-dose children.
- Vaccine equity, demand creation, and countering misinformation.
URBAN HEALTH, AIR QUALITY & SAFE MOBILITY
- 15-minute cities, active transport, and injury prevention.
- Household and ambient air pollution: policy levers and low-cost monitoring.
- Road traffic deaths: vision-zero strategies for LMIC megacities.
- Housing, heat, and mental health in dense urban environments.
NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES (NCDS) & HEALTHY LONGEVITY
- GLP-1s and the future of obesity/diabetes care: equity, access, and system impact.
- Cardiometabolic prevention at scale: food policy, fiscal tools, and built environment.
- Cancer screening innovations (AI-assisted imaging, liquid biopsy) for LMICs.
- Healthy aging, multimorbidity, and social care integration.
IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE, FINANCING & POLICY
- Results-based financing and pooled procurement for primary care.
- Payment innovation for prevention (capitation, shared savings, sin taxes).
- From pilots to scale: adaptive trials, realist evaluation, and policy labs.
- Public–private partnerships that actually deliver value and equity.
INNOVATIONS IN SURVEILLANCE, LABS & DIAGNOSTICS
- Point-of-care molecular tests and mini-labs for remote settings.
- Syndromic surveillance integrating clinical, environmental, and social media signals.
- Quality systems, EQA, and workforce development for national lab networks.
- Open science, FAIR data, and responsible AI model sharing.