Luke Jerram
International artist, UK
ADVANCING URBAN HEALTH THROUGH KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE FROM THE GLOBAL SOUTH
This conference is a joint collaboration between BRAC James P. Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University, the International Society of Urban Health (ISUH), Accountability and Responsiveness in Informal Settlements for Equity (ARISE consortium) and PHASE Nepal. The hybrid conference is designed with a primary focus on spotlighting urban health and equity in the Global South. The conference is designed with a primary focus on spotlighting urban health and equity in the Global South.
The purpose of this conference is to create a collaborative platform for discussing evidence, challenges, innovations, and priorities related to urban health and equity in the Global South. It aims to facilitate critical lesson learning and dialogue across different contexts and issues. By exploring implementation practices, solutions as well as methodologies, the focus is on experiences of communities, localised knowledge, and dynamic leadership of key stakeholders to inform effective policies, programmes, and community-centric designs for urban health and equity for sustainability.
It is both critical and urgent to amplify voices and perspectives from the Global South to share current and emerging issues in urban health and equity across low- and middle-income countries. Knowledge flows in multiple directions, underscoring the importance of sharing evidence from the Global South to ensure the consideration of effective, equitable, and context-specific policies in global health and development initiatives.
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Objectives of the Conference
Amplify voices and perspectives from the Global South addressing current and emerging urban health equity issues across low- and middle-income countries.
Promote the sharing of evidence from the Global South, enhancing the development of localised effective, equitable, and context-specific policies and practice in global health and development initiatives.
Highlight innovative and contextually relevant methodological approaches, such as intersectionality, grounded empirical research, and social science methods, in data collection, analysis, and implementation research for action. This aims to advance more representative knowledge production from the Global South.
Examine key and emerging issues such as Climate Change, Gender and Anti-Microbial Resistance (AMR), Health Insurance, and diverse health needs of vulnerable populations.
Expanding beyond the biomedical (disease centric) model of health, to integrate social, economic, political, and cultural dimensions of health equity and well-being.
Showcase powerful narratives presenting lived experiences and innovative solutions emerging from communities to foster a deeper understanding of urban health and equity issues.
Special exhibition
This exhibition brings together a diverse collection of artistic and documentary works that capture the daily realities and lived experiences of marginalised urban communities. Featuring photo displays from five different countries, videos, commissioned art installations, and letters from marginalised informal settlement residents, this exhibition offers a multifaceted view of life on the urban margins.
Featuring
Luke Jerram's multidisciplinary arts practice involves the creation of sculptures, installations and live artworks. Living in the UK, but working internationally, Jerram creates art projects which excite and inspire people around the world. In 2023 alone, he had over 115 exhibitions in 27 different countries, visited by more than 3 million people.
More about his work: https://www.lukejerram.com/
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August 2024
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Vivanta Kathmandu
Jhamsikhel Road 03, Lalitpur, Kathmandu, Nepal
Google Map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/QyDPkSQaUPW4Wqgc9Special Acknowledgement
We are deeply grateful to the amazing people, organisations and projects that have supported us in making “EquiCity 2024” a reality.
We are indebted to our regional partner at PHASE Nepal - particularly Dr Rudra Neupane, Dr Jiban Karki, and Bikash Koirala, for joining us as a co-organiser of the conference.
We would like to extend our gratitude to Dr Sushil Chandra Baral, Managing Director, HERD International, Nepal, for supporting us.
We acknowledge our gratitude to Luke Jerram artist, UK, for co-sponsoring community engagement activities with ARISE, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM), UK, in an urban informal settlement in Kallyanpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
We thank ARISE, LSTM, UK, for funding travel for the UK team and making it possible for Luke Jerram to participate at this conference. Special thanks to Kate Hawkins, Director, Pamoja Communications, for communications support; and a huge thanks to our colleagues from BRAC IT and Communications for assisting us in planning and organising the conference.
The ARISE consortium partnership also appreciates the support provided by Professor Zahidul Quayyum, Co-Director, Centre of Excellence for Urban Equity and Health, BRAC JPGSPH, BRAC University, and Professor Professor Malay Kanti Mridha, Deputy Dean and Director, Centre of Excellence for Non-Communicable Diseases and Nutrition (CNCDN), BRAC JPGSPH, BRAC University.