Portugal
Coimbra Hospital and University Centre and the University of Coimbra formed a consortium – Coimbra Health. It is an active Member of M8 Alliance with special focus on Portuguese speaking countries around the world, and hosts WGH Portugal.
Portugal Chapter
is working to:
- Raise visibility of Portuguese women working in global health, based in Portugal or otherwise
- Empower thematic workgroups that allow an organic workflow and competency based growth – sexual and reproductive health and rights; education and capacity building; health systems strengthening and health policy
- Expand the Chapter´s network and reinforce the Chapter’s cohesion, internal organisation and social media
- Promote the Lusophone Initiative to expand women leadership, particularly aimed at the community of Portuguese-speaking African countries: Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Angola, Cape Verde and São Tomé and Principe, thus promoting contributions from the global south
- Prepare a strategic plan/action in line with national and European priorities and fundraising/funding applications.
Empowering women in global health through leadership, capacity building, and collaboration across Portugal and internationally.
In 2018 founding members Diana Vilela Breda and Marta Passadouro organised a Young Physicians Leadership Program (by the Interacademy Partnership) providing a specific leadership development program to young leaders from Portuguese speaking countries. This event underlined the importance of investing in emerging women health leaders as a way to promote gender equity in health. This led to the founding of the Portuguese Chapter of WGH, which is now in its infancy.
Other intiatives:
- Women and Girl’s Health Forum, July 2019 – A plenary session and parallel workshops discussing Global Heath problems with special focus on vulnerable women and girls such as: Mother and child health, Empowerment of women, Sexual and reproductive health, Sustainable Innovation in Health, Development of SDGs and Women leadership.
- M8 Summer School for Global Health Session: “Women Leadership in Health”, September 2019
- Breakfast session hosted by the Embassy of Portugal in Berlin, WGH and WHS “ Women in Global Health: Efforts to develop human capital and equal opportunity in global health”, October 2019.
- Meet and Greet Women in Global Health – Participation of Diana Breda and Marta Passadouro in this session organized during the WHS in October 2019, in Berlin.
- Lunchtime roundtable session with video contribution by UN Institute of Global Health. Audience: 35 chosen key persons on health related areas. December 2019
- Participation with WGH in a contest organized by OMS – Nurses and Midwives, sending a video with a testimony by Diana Breda and several photos and videos of CHUC Maternities’ nurses. January 2020.
Co- founders:
- Marta Passadouro
- Diana Breda
Advisors:
- Maria João Quadrado
- Mónica Ferro
Other team members:
- Claudia Cavadas
- Teresa Bombas
- Magda Robalo
- Eva das Dores Pascoal
