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Ankur Nair
Apr 22, 20243 min read
Embracing Transformative Experiences: Reflections from LonWHO '24
As a young public health professional, my journey has been defined by a strong commitment to bring tangible change in the lives of...
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Chido Musoni
May 21, 20223 min read
Reflecting on my first experience as a chair at LonWHO 2022
I cannot believe that it has been over one month since LonWHO 2022. For the conference, I participated as a member of the organising...
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Sammie Mak
Apr 29, 20223 min read
Reflecting on a Future Learn course – “Global Blindness: Planning and Managing Eye Care Services"
Over hundreds of millions of people around the world are suffering needlessly from visual impairment, and the majority of them live in...
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Isaac Bencomo
Apr 20, 20223 min read
Reflecting on LonWHO 2022 - "Pandemics: Preparedness, Response and Recovery"
Time flies, and it indeed does. Often the realities that we swore would stay with us forever seem so far away. We recently marked the...
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Riani Kenyon
Apr 11, 20223 min read
Veganism - A whirlwind of Orthorexia, food deserts and Greggs sausage rolls?
In the past five years, veganism has grown tremendously, evident in ‘vegan foods near me’ Google searches increasing by 5,000% and vegan...
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tiffanylilyloera
Aug 31, 20211 min read
Week 9: Speaker Session 5 – Anti-Microbial Resistance (AMR)
This week’s session discussed the topic of ‘Anti-Microbial Resistance (AMR)’ with invited keynote speaker Dr. Catrin Moore. Dr Moore is...
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tiffanylilyloera
Aug 23, 20211 min read
Week 8: Speaker Session 4 – Global Surgery
This week’s session discussed the topic of ‘Global Surgery: Breaking Barriers’ with invited keynote speaker Dr. Kee B. Park, MD, MPH. Dr...
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tiffanylilyloera
Aug 6, 20211 min read
Week 6: Speaker Session 3 – Conflict and Health: Citizens without a state
This week's speaker session focused on the health needs of displaced populations, specifically in relation to the thousands of Rohingya...
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tiffanylilyloera
Aug 5, 20212 min read
Week 5: Training Session 3 - Unmoderated Caucus
This past week, the UK Model WHO held its third training session. Academy participants were split into two hour long sessions, a Chair...
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tiffanylilyloera
Jul 25, 20211 min read
Week 4: Speaker Session 2: Women’s Health
Academy participants were presented on the topic of ‘Women’s Health’ this week. The session explored the social and health inequities...
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tiffanylilyloera
Jul 20, 20212 min read
Week 3: Training session 2: Position Papers and Moderated caucus
The Academy’s third session saw the two tracks split into delegates and chairs. Those on the delegate track were briefed on how to write...
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tiffanylilyloera
Jul 3, 20211 min read
Week 2: Speaker Session 1: Pre-Diabetes in Children
On July 7th, 2021, we welcomed the Academy Programme’s very first guest speaker for our session on Pre-diabetes in Children, Dr. Paulina...
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tiffanylilyloera
Jul 3, 20211 min read
Week 1: Academy Training Session 1: July 1st, 2021
Thursday saw the inaugural session of UK Model WHO’s Academy Programme. The first cohort welcomed a total of 54 participants across both...
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