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The healthy state? How geopolitics undermines the protection and improvement of health of the people we serveAs Britons go to the polls this week, there is a common, underlying force which is subverting all our efforts to create a better global, national and local society. That force is preventing progress on...
Author: John Middleton
Evidence for the UN Special Rapporteurs session on the Criminalisation of homelessness and povertyASPHER Past President, Professor John Middleton recently presented evidence to the meeting of the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Mr Rajagopal, and the UN Special Rapporteur on...
Author: John Middleton
Dark forces are acting on Climate Change Policies in Europe, and the WorldIntroduction
The world is burning and drowning. In this year of record temperatures of the air, the atmosphere and the sea, we are witnessing extreme climatic events from Acapulco to Libya, from northern...
Author: John Middleton
Progress on the WHO Public Health and Emergency Roadmap - Check out the Pandemic Fund!One of ASPHER’s most important areas of work is as a partner in the steering group of the WHO Public Health and Emergency Roadmap. This is a major body of work to increase national workforce capacity...
Author: John Middleton
Some highlights of the ASPHER year 2022There are two kinds of public health - the health of the public, and the public health profession, service and system. The health of the public is everybody’s business - it requires multi- disciplinary...
Author: John Middleton
Swords to ploughshares: the need to convert to a healthier, greener economyYevgeny Vuchetich ‘Let us beat swords into ploughshares ‘
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The image of the beating of swords to ploughshares outside the UN in New York...
Author: John Middleton
Happy 200th Birthday, Louis Pasteur
Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world.
- Louis Pasteur
This month marks the 200th Anniversary of the birth...
Author: John Middleton
Reflections from Geneva: Steering group meeting for the Road map at WHO HeadquartersI was fortunate to take part in the Steering group meeting for the Road map, on October 17th-19th 2022, in World Health Organisation (WHO) Headquarters, Geneva. ASPHER has been working with the Global...
Author: John Middleton
President's summer message July 2022Europe’s hottest news
This is a time of year when people generally are looking forward to a break, a period of reflection and relaxation. It is the summer, hot, long days give us a chance to be...
Author: John Middleton
President's summer message July 2022: COVID-19 carrying on unchallengedWe are again seeing the take-off of new subvariants of the Omicron family, B.A.4 and 5 and B.A.2.75. Waves of B.A.5 may have reached their peak in Portugal, Malta, UK and South Africa. B.A.5...
Author: John Middleton
President's summer message July 2022: Brexit is bad for your health June 23rd marked the six years anniversary of the United Kingdom vote to leave the European Union. In June 2016, the UK Faculty of Public Health was one of the few members of the Academy of the Medical...
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President's message for July 2022 - Groundhog Day: Climate emergency is with us againEurope's hottest week
Climate emergency has arrived in Europe, with this week seeing record breaking temperatures. An extensive twitter thread by Politico EU environment correspondent, Karl Mathiesen...
Author: John Middleton
President's message for June 2022 - and a summary of the year's ASPHER highlights
This year’s ASPHER General Assembly takes place on Tuesday June 7th. We mark another year which has seen major challenges to the health of the public and planet and for the public health system....
This year’s ASPHER General Assembly takes place on Tuesday June 7th. We mark another year which has seen major challenges to the health of the public and planet and for the public health system....
Author: John Middleton
President's Spring 2022 message - part 1: War in EuropeSince ASPHER’s last newsletter, there has been a seismic shift in the health, economic and social condition of the people of Europe. Russia ceased its posturing and war games and invaded Ukraine...
Author: John Middleton
President's Spring 2022 message - Part 2: The pandemic is not over!The focus of European governments, and their citizens, has understandably shifted to Russia’s unprovoked, unjustifiable, and catastrophic war on Ukraine. But ignoring the SARs-COV-2 virus doesn’t...
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President's Spring 2022 message - Part 3Since ASPHER’s last newsletter, there has been a seismic shift in the health, economic and social condition of the people of Europe. Russia ceased its posturing and war games and invaded Ukraine...
Author: John Middleton
February 2022 President's Message: Better to jaw, jaw...??As Churchill said, ‘it is better to jaw, jaw, than to war, war’. Never has that been more starkly obvious than in the Europe of early 2022. If you step out of the recently reopened ASPHER office...
Author: John Middleton
December 2021 President's MessageSeason's greetings from the President
May we all, according to our beliefs, enjoy, celebrate, reflect, share and give in our December festivals (some just passed).
Wishing you all a very Happy Christmas,...
Author: John Middleton
President's Message December 2021 Part 3: From our English correspondent
For the second year running, Christmas is saved!
The United Kingdom Prime Minister has again saved Christmas. Last year Alpha (formerly ‘Kent’ variant of concern) appeared. Boris...
The United Kingdom Prime Minister has again saved Christmas. Last year Alpha (formerly ‘Kent’ variant of concern) appeared. Boris...
Author: John Middleton
President's Message: Shames of our time: Climate breakdown A COP26 special message from ASPHER President
COP-out 26? Anger, disappointment, betrayal. This month we have seen the COP26 in Glasgow agree to add only a bit more fuel to the fires consuming our...
Author: John Middleton
Vaccination Works - but in COVID-19, It Can't Work AloneThis autumn, I have been greatly exercised by vaccination. I was delighted to be able to present my thoughts to forums in France, Spain, in Israel (twice) and in the UK. For a meeting of the Grand Colloque...
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ASPHER President's Message - June 2021Greetings to all our ASPHER members, colleagues and partners, as we go into the summer months for Europeans, full of the promise of ‘freedom’ and the end of the pandemic… It comes only...
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ASPHER President's Message - A Bridge for PeaceThis month, I am not reviewing the state of the pandemic across Europe. You can find great summaries every week of the current state in your country and sub-region on the ASPHER COVID-19...
Author: John Middleton
A shot in the arm? Or shot in the foot? Where is Europe going in its pandemic response?A shot in the arm? Or shot in the foot?
Where is Europe going in its pandemic response?
We should begin by celebrating the extraordinary impact and power of vaccination. It is one of the iconic...
Author: John Middleton
ASPHER President's Message - March 2021
‘More to life than COVID!’
ASPHER has been active this year implementing our 2025 strategy, reviewing our governance arrangements and building our partnerships. Our 2025 Strategy seeks to...
Author: John Middleton
ASPHER President's Message - February 2021Greetings to all our members in 2021. The first month of 2021 has been disastrous for the health of Europeans and for health globally. I wrote before Christmas warning we would pay for Christmas COVID...
Author: John Middleton
Planning for an Outbreak of HealthChristmas COVID Fun
The British government has finally taken the message about the unfairness and inequalities in health arising from the COVID-19 pandemic and tried to equalise it around the country....
Author: John Middleton
ASPHER President's Holiday Message: A Happy Festive Season to You AllA HAPPY FESTIVE SEASON TO YOU ALL
May we all, according to our beliefs, enjoy, celebrate, reflect,
share and give in our December festivals (some just passed).
Wishing you all...
May we all, according to our beliefs, enjoy, celebrate, reflect,
share and give in our December festivals (some just passed).
Wishing you all...
Author: John Middleton
November President's Message Part 2: From the ASPHER COVID-19 Task Force: Three Faces of COVID
Figure: Venetian Three Faces Theatre Mask
On the pandemic front, ASPHER’s task force continues to be active, coordinating and facilitating thinking, and supporting our members in their efforts,...
Author: John Middleton
November President's Message Parts 3 & 4: UKFPH Emergency Brexit Webinar & USA: At an Inflection Point
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ASPHER September 2020 Newsletter: Message from the PresidentI hope you have all been able to get some rest and respite over the summer. For many of us, the summer has been one of continuing duties – working on our schools’ plans for reopening or virtual...
Author: John Middleton
ASPHER August 2020 Newsletter: Message from the PresidentMany of us are trying to take some summertime out for rest and recovery from the pandemic. But the SARS-CoV-2 virus isn’t. It may be biding its time, ready to take us on again in the autumn. In the...
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The English PandemicFrom our UK correspondent: A personal blog from John Middleton, President of ASPHER
It is very tempting to talk about the war with COVID-19. Right now, the United Kingdom finds itself in a period...
Author: John Middleton
The danse-macabre moves offline, out of sight, out of mindEvery Sunday or Monday, until now, a danse-macabre had played out from the press gathering at Number 10 Downing Street. In the Medieval allegory, skeletons joyfully skipped and jigged, leading us damned...
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ASPHER June 2020 Newsletter: Message from the PresidentThe world is in peril. Pandemics of COVID-19, racism and political incompetence threaten us all. A perfect storm of pandemic disease, crop failure, economic austerity and civil unrest confronts many of...
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ASPHER statement on the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak emergencyAuthors: John Middleton, Jose M. Martin-Moreno, Henrique Barros, Laurent Chambaud & Carlo Signorelli
For the full list of signatories see https://www.aspher.org/aspher-covid19-statement-signatories.html.
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For the full list of signatories see https://www.aspher.org/aspher-covid19-statement-signatories.html.
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ASPHER Winter 2020 Message from the President
ASPHER President John Middleton's Message to ASPHER Members from the Winter 2020 Newsletter.
Author: John Middleton
Post-election UK: A set back and a challenge for the global public health community
Post-election United Kingdom: A set back and a challenge for the global public health community
Author: John Middleton
The von der Leyen Commission: ASPHER welcomes Mariya Gabriel as Commissioner-designate for Innovation and Youth
ASPHER would like to congratulate Mariya Gabriel of Bulgaria, who was selected for Commissioner for Innovation and Youth by European Commission President-elect Ursula von der Leyen.
Author: John Middleton
The von der Leyen Commission: Mission Letter to Commissioner-designate for Health, Stella Kyriakides
On Tuesday, 10 September 2019, European Commission President-elect Ursula von der Leyen presented her selected team to lead her programme ‘for a Union that strives for more’ and released her Mission Letter to Commissioner-designate for Health, Stella Kyriakides of Cyprus. Dr. Kyriakides is a medical psychologist with many years of experience in the field of social affairs, health and cancer prevention.
Author: John Middleton
The new European Commission President?s Programme: An opportunity to improve the public?s health
Commentary from John Middleton, President of ASPHER
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John Middleton's Presidential Statement as part of the Opening Ceremony, Erice, Sicily, May 26th 2019
John Middleton Presidential Statement as part of the Opening Ceremony, Erice, Sicily, May 26th 2019
There is no civilisation without public health.
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