HG practitioner participates in global congress

HG practitioner Felicity Jaffrey, who lives and works in Egypt [above, right], received the extraordinary honour of being invited to speak at Egypt’s hugely prestigious Global Congress on Population, Health and Human Development (PHDC24) in Cairo in October. The PHDC provides “a global platform for stakeholders to discuss new dynamics for population, health and human development hot topics, challenges [and] opportunities, and propose action plans and road maps”.

The congress, which is held under the auspices of the President of Egypt, H.E. Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, was hosted by its Ministry of Health and Population and the Fahim Foundation, a highly regarded mental health organisation founded by a former Minister of Health, with the aim of improving understanding of and access to mental health care for the general population. Congress partners include United Nations Egypt, WHO, Unicef, Unesco, the World Food Programme and more.

“It was a little daunting at first but, as I thought about it, knowing that the HG approach has so much to offer the world, I felt excited at the opportunity to spread the word about HG…”

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