ICUH 2024: A Healthier Horizon: Activating Urban Health Strategies for a Climate: Full Schedule

Welcome to ICUH 2024!

19:00 GMT+01

Welcome Reception

Monday November 18, 2024 19:00 - 21:00 GMT+01

Join us as we officially launch the 20th annual International Conference on Urban Health with a special reception in the heart of Marrakesh. This year’s conference opens with a focus on one of the most urgent global challenges: addressing urban health in the face of climate change. The evening will feature remarks from key government partners, including the Mayor of Marrakesh, Fatima-Zahra El Mansouri, representing our host city, alongside representatives from the Moroccan Ministry of Health and Social Protection and the Ministry of Environment.

We will also hear from our academic co-hosts, the Mohammed VI School of Public Health, and our featured research partners, ISGlobal. The event includes video messages from the heads of the World Health Organization (WHO) and UN-Habitat, as well as remarks from their high-level representatives. Our local NGO partners, including the High Atlas Foundation and Youth for Climate Morocco, alongside regional partners Break the Cycle Africa, UCLG Africa, and the Centre for African Public Spaces, will underscore the critical importance of developing resilient, equitable urban health solutions in the face of accelerating climate impacts.

This reception offers an unparalleled opportunity to engage with influential leaders and key partners shaping the future of urban health and climate action across Africa and around the world.

Join us for drinks, canapes, and traditional Moroccan entertainment in a beautiful space in the heart of the Medina. As dinnertime is typically quite late in Marrakesh, we offer this reception as a precursor to dinner, for which we encourage you to go out and explore the rich and flavorful offerings of the old city.

Speakers

Fatima-Zahra El Mansouri

Mayor and Minister, Marrakesh and National Planning, Urban Planning, Housing and Urban Policy

Fatima-Zahra El Mansouri was re-elected mayor of Marrakesh in October 2021. She became the first female Mayor of the city when she previously held the post from 2009 to 2015. Since October 2021, she is also Minister of National Territory Planning, Land planning, Housing and City Policy... Read More →

Safwane Mouwafaq

Université Mohammed VI des Sciences de la Santé

Rachid Wahabi

Chief, Environmental Health Division, Health and Health Protection Ministry of the Kingdom of Morocco.

Rachid Wahabi is a member of the WHO international network of “experts in the evaluation of chemical origin health risks”, and the “RegNet” international network that groups drinking water managers from different countries. He coordinates various technical areas relevant to... Read More →

Yossef Ben-Meir, PhD

President, High Atlas Foundation

Yossef has been dedicated to the field of international development since joining the Peace Corps in Morocco (1993-1995). Dr. Ben-Meir is currently a visiting professor at the University of Virginia and was a faculty member at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Al Akhawayn... Read More →

Nagwa Lachine

UN-Habitat ROAS, Cairo, Egypt

Anacláudia Rossbach

Executive Director, United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)

Ms. Rossbach is currently serving as Director for Latin America and the Caribbean at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy in Boston, United States. She is an economist with more than 20 years of experience working on issues of housing, including informal settlements, land, and urban... Read More →

Nathalie Roebbel

Unit Head, Urban Health, World Health Organization

Dr. Nathalie Röbbel is the Lead for WHO’s work on Urban Health at the WHO, in the Department on Social Determinants of Health. Prior to this she was leading WHOs work on air pollution and housing in the Department for Environment, Climate Change and Health. One of her main areas... Read More →

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD

Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO)

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was elected WHO Director-General for a five-year term by WHO Member States at the Seventieth World Health Assembly in May 2017. In doing so, he was the first WHO Director-General elected from among multiple candidates by the World Health Assembly, and was... Read More →

Carolyn Daher, MPH

Coordinator Urban Planning and Health, Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain

Carolyn Daher is a specialist in public health, with university studies in this area (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health) and Psychosocial Intervention (Barcelona University). She is currently the Coordinator of the Urban Planning, Environment and Health Initiative at... Read More →

Tolullah Oni, MPH, PhD

Clinical Professor of Global Public Health and Sustainable Development & Founder & CEO, University of Cambridge & UrbanBetter

Tolu(llah) Oni is Clinical Professor of Global Public Health and Sustainable Development at theUniversity Cambridge and Founder & CEO of UrbanBetter. She is an Extraordinary Professor inArchitecture at University of Pretoria and Honorary Professor in Public Health, University of CapeTown.A... Read More →

Jeffrey L. Sturchio, PhD

Chairman, International Society for Urban Health

Jeffrey L. Sturchio is Chairman of the International Society for Urban Health anc Chairman of Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, TB, and Malaria. He is also past Chairman and CEO at Rabin Martin, a global health strategy consulting firm, and former President and CEO of the... Read More →

Monday November 18, 2024 19:00 - 21:00 GMT+01
Restaurant Ksar El Hamra 28, Sabt Ben Daoud. Riad Zitoun El Kedim, Marrakech 40000, Morocco

Reception, Social Event

19:00 GMT+01

Speakers and Sponsors Reception *By Invitation Only

Tuesday November 19, 2024 19:00 - 21:00 GMT+01

Amal Targa Center

Join us for an exclusive evening to honor the invaluable contributions of our speakers and sponsors to ICUH 2024. Hosted at the Amal Targa Training Center, this event will feature a beautifully prepared meal by Amal, a local nonprofit dedicated to empowering women through culinary arts. Immerse yourself in Morocco's rich culinary traditions while connecting with fellow contributors in a stunning Moroccan setting. This invitation-only reception is our way of expressing gratitude for your support in making ICUH 2024 a success.

Speakers

Nora Fitzgerald Belahcen

Founding President, Amal

Jo Jewell

Head of Obesity Health Equity, Novo Nordisk

Jo Jewell is Head of Obesity Health Equity and Director of the Cities Changing Diabetes programme. Jo’s experience includes time at UNICEF where he was recruited to develop the first organisational strategy to address unhealthy diets and prevent childhood overweight and obesity... Read More →

Karabi Acharya, ScD

Senior Director, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Karabi Acharya is a leading global public health practitioner with a strong interest in the health impacts of social isolation and loneliness. She’s spent over 25 years weaving together her expertise in anthropology, public health, adult learning and systems thinking to improve... Read More →

Tuesday November 19, 2024 19:00 - 21:00 GMT+01
Amal Targa Center Lot Harouchi, Quartier Sofia, Targa, Marrakech, Morocco

Reception, Social Event