The School Council of the National School of Public Health of Nova University of Lisbon, under the terms and for the purposes of the School Statutes, approved in the Annex to the Order No. 769/2021, of January 18th, in conjunction with the Electoral Regulations for Director of the National School of Public Health, approved by… Continue reading Applications for the position of Dean of the NOVA National School of Public Health
The WHO Collaborating Center for Education, Research and Evaluation of Safety and Quality in Healthcare, represented by Professor Paulo Sousa, will be present at the International Forum Policy Makers Forum: Patient Safety Implementation. This event is promoted by the World Health Organization and it will be held on a virtual format on February 23 and… Continue reading Policy Makers Forum: Patient Safety Implementation
The International Society of Exposure Science organizes, between the 22nd and 29th of September 2022, its annual meeting on the theme “From Exposure to Human Health: New Developments and Challenges in a Changing Environment“. Professor Susana Viegas, professor and researcher at ENSP-NOVA, is chair of the meeting. The event will promote information sharing and facilitate… Continue reading International Society of Exposure Science Annual Meeting
The NOVA National School of Public Health is the first Portuguese institution to receive institutional accreditation from the Agency for Public Health Education Accreditation (APHEA). The accreditation is valid until 2027. The process, which began in October 2020, included a self-assessment of the institution and a visit to the School, by international experts appointed by… Continue reading NOVA NSPH receives unique international accreditation in Portugal
NOVA University Lisbon will implement, in all its Organic Units, a Gender Equality Plan for the period 2021-2025, reaffirming its alignment with the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals. The Plan consists of 10 measures which aim to achieve a set of 44 objectives that are distributed over five dimensions, in particular: work-life balance and organisational culture,… Continue reading NOVA Implements Gender Equality Plan
The 1st Meeting of the Minds on Quality of Care, organized by the Athens Quality of Care Office, Division Country Health Policies and Systems, WHO Regional Office for Europe took place in December 2nd and 3rd . In this meeting Portugal was represented by Prof Paulo Sousa and Prof Adalberto Fernandes from the National School of Public Health, NOVA… Continue reading The 1st Meeting of the Minds on Quality of Care – December 2nd and 3rd
An international research alliance, led by Ghent University, announces the five-year Horizon 2020 CHILI project on ‘A community-based HPV screening implementation in low-income countries’ to develop a cervical cancer screening strategy in compliance with the most recent WHO guidelines and tailored to the context and needs of four low – and middle – income countries:… Continue reading International research alliance aims to translate new cervical cancer screening strategy to low-income settings
The Global Network for Academic Public Health, which brings together associations representing schools and public health programs around the world, namely ASPHER – Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region, to which ENSP- NOVA is a member, recently released a statement on the role of schools and academic public health programs in… Continue reading GNAPH Declaration: Essential Skills of Health Professionals and Decision-makers for Better Public Health
On 16 September, 2021, NOVA University Lisbon joined EUTOPIA European University in a ceremony in Brussels. EUTOPIA European University is a connected and inclusive community of universities that share common values and agendas. Through collaborative research, challenge-based learning foregrounding pedagogical excellence, greater student and teacher mobility, and shared innovation, EUTOPIA seeks to address local and global challenges, ultimately contributing to creating… Continue reading NOVA officially joins EUTOPIA European University
The Association of Schools of Public Health in European Region Task Force for evidence on COVID-19, which NOVA NSPH integrates, has just published an article on the current status of the pandemic in Europe, emphasizing that we are currently at a “crossroads”. The article “COVID-19 is at a Crossroads in Europe in Summer 2021: Risks… Continue reading ASPHER´s Task Force for COVID-19 publishes article led by NOVA NSPH researcher
