Rethinking Global Health: One Health, Mobility and Future Challenges
Jornadas GHTM 2026 brings together researchers, health professionals, students, and institutional partners for a day of reflection, dialogue, and collaboration around the evolving landscape of global health.
This year’s edition focuses on rethinking global health through the lens of the One Health approach, while addressing emerging challenges linked to mobility, travel, and interconnected societies.
Through keynote contributions, expert roundtables, and research presentations, the event fosters critical discussion on the future of global health, bridging disciplines and perspectives to better understand and respond to complex health threats.
More than a scientific meeting, Jornadas GHTM 2026 aims to strengthen dialogue across sectors and contribute to shaping innovative, integrated approaches to global health research and practice.
📅 Date: 14th May 2026
📍 Location: Aula Magna (IHMT-NOVA) | ZOOM
🔗 Registration: HERE
📄 Language: Portuguese & English (identified in the name of the session)
Agenda
🗓️ 14th May 2026
09:00 – 09:30 | Check-in & Welcome Breakfast
09:30 – 09:45 | Boas-vindas com Filomeno Fortes, Diretor do IHMT-NOVA & Coordenador do GHTM
09:45 – 10:00 | Oficial Opening with Miguel Viveiros, GHTM Scientific Coordinator
10:00 – 11:00 | Keynote Talk with Paulo Ferrinho: Uma Só Saúde e Saúde Global: Reflexões para Repensar o GHTM
11:00 – 12:30 | Mesa Redonda: Saúde Global – Que futuro? – Moderada por Miguel Viveiros
- Paulo Ferrinho GHTM | IHMT-NOVA
- António Rendas Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
- Pedro Póvoa NOVA Medical School
- Magda Robalo IGHD | GHTM Scientific Advisory Board
- Miguel Castro Neto NOVA IMS
- Sónia Dias ENSP NOVA
- Joaquim Saweka Universidade Agostinho Neto
- Filomeno Fortes GHTM | IHMT-NOVA
12:30 – 13:00 | Debate com o público
13:00 – 14:30 | Networking Lunch
14:30 – 15:00 | Sabrina L Li (King’s College London) | Spatial and social determinants of the 1857 yellow fever epidemic in Lisbon
15:00 – 15:30 | Inácio Mandomando (CISM | GHTM) | Bridging Surveillance and Experimental Models: Using CHAMPS Project Data and Galleria mellonella to Characterize Virulence of bacterial pathogens isolated from Mozambican Children
15:30 – 16:00 | Elsa Duarte (UÉvora) | What exactly is the One Health approach? A veterinarian’s point of view
16:00 – 16:30 | Coffee Break
16:30 – 18:00 | Mesa Redonda: Saúde e Mobilidade: Novas Valências para Desafios em Viagens – Moderada by Sofia Rodrigues
- Kamal Mansinho GHTM | IHMT-NOVA
- Teresa Baptista CHLO – Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental – Hospital Egas Moniz
- João Borges da Costa IHMT-NOVA
- Liliana Rodrigues GHTM | IHMT-NOVA
- Filomena Pereira GHTM | IHMT-NOVA
Registration
Participation is free, but registration is required.
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Contacts
For more information, please contact us at ghtm-info@ihmt.unl.pt.
