The 18th APRU Global Health Conference 2025 will explore innovative, interdisciplinary, and equitable approaches to addressing global health challenges. The conference will be structured into three key tracks, each focusing on critical areas shaping the future of global health.
Planetary Health Equity Track
This track highlights the intersection of environmental, social, and political determinants of health, emphasising the urgent need for equity-driven solutions in planetary health.
Climate Change and Planetary Health: Examining the health impacts of climate change, including extreme weather events, vector-borne diseases, air pollution, and mitigation strategies to enhance health resilience.
Migration and Health: Addressing the health needs of displaced populations, access to healthcare for migrants and refugees, and policy responses to migration-induced health inequities.
Indigenous Health: Exploring the unique health challenges of Indigenous communities, culturally sensitive healthcare models, and Indigenous-led approaches to health and well-being.
Humanitarian Emergencies and Health: Investigating health system responses in conflict zones, natural disasters, and humanitarian crises, as well as ethical and logistical considerations in emergency health interventions.
Global Health Systems Track
This track focuses on the structures and innovations needed to strengthen health systems and ensure equitable access to care globally.
Bioethics: Discussing ethical considerations in global health research, resource allocation, medical decision-making, and public health interventions.
Health Systems and Universal Health Coverage (UHC): Evaluating strategies for achieving UHC, strengthening primary healthcare, and addressing barriers to equitable health services.
Global Health Education and Technology: Analysing the role of digital health technologies, online learning, and capacity-building initiatives in global health education.
Global Health Workforce: Exploring workforce shortages, capacity-building, and policies to ensure sustainable healthcare workforce development.
Artificial Intelligence and Healthcare: Investigating AI applications in diagnostics, personalised medicine, health system management, and the ethical challenges of AI-driven healthcare solutions.
Global Burden of Disease Track
This track focuses on major contributors to global morbidity and mortality, emphasising innovative strategies for prevention, treatment, and policy interventions.
Global Health Nutrition: Investigating malnutrition, food security, and sustainable nutrition policies to address both undernutrition and obesity in a rapidly changing world.
Mental Health: Addressing global mental health challenges, disparities in access to care, and integrated mental health interventions across diverse populations.
Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs): Tackling the growing burden of NCDs such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and cancers, with a focus on prevention, management, and policy innovations.
Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR): Examining the drivers of AMR, strategies for surveillance, stewardship, and policy frameworks to combat antibiotic resistance.
Communicable Diseases: Assessing preparedness and response strategies for emerging and reemerging infectious diseases, including pandemic prevention, vaccine development and distribution, One Health approaches to zoonotic diseases, and global surveillance networks.