Nordic Public Health Conference
From the left: Olivia Wigzell, Director General of the Public Health Agency of Sweden, Mika Salminen, Director General of the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Øyvind Giæver, Director of department at the Norwegian Directorate of Health, Maria Heimisdottir, Director of Health at The Directorate of Health, Iceland, Jonas Egebart, Director General of the Danish Health Authority and the conference moderator of NPHC2025 Kattis Ahlström.
Statement
The Nordic Public Health Conference has provided a platform for sharing knowledge and connecting our countries since 1987. At the 2014 conference in Trondheim, a declaration was put forth under the headline “Equity in health is a political choice”. The declaration’s main points are still highly relevant – to address fundamental causes of health and wellbeing, commit to the implementation of new ideas, value evidence and knowledge, and support sustainable community development.
In recent years, we have faced many challenges such as climate change, technological leaps, an unprecedented global epidemic, political upheavals and war in Europe. All this has a profound impact on health and well-being.
It is therefore essential that we, in public health, stand united and together build on our strengths and enhance our knowledge. We need to promot health and well-being and address the wider determinants of health and health equity. We have to safeguard and further strengthen structures that have taken decades to build, such as our welfare systems and our commitment to human rights. The work towards equity in health needs to continue in a systematic and determined way.
To this effect, we encourage all stakeholders to join us in promoting, ensuring and enhancing public health by
- making evidence-based decisions
- working towards a more equitable public health by promoting, protecting and improving health
- collaborating in complex issues, such as climate change, epidemics, disinformation and unrest.
- developing effective prevention, welfare systems and universal health coverage
- promoting health in all sectors, ensuring community engagement and participation.
NPHC 2025 CONFERENCE HOST
CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT
Meetx is the conference bureau handling the conference secretariat for NPHC 2025.
E-mail: nphc2025@meetx.se
