Eye on Global Health

🌎Global Health Oppurtunity🌍

The University of Copenhagen will host the SDG Innovation Challenge 2026 at UCPH Lighthouse: a five-day interdisciplinary innovation programme where students collaborate in teams to develop solutions to real-world sustainability challenges connected to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
 
This year’s challenge focuses on Kibera (Kenya), Africa’s largest informal settlement, in collaboration with the Danish-Kenyan NGO 100% for the Children. Participants will work on a practice-oriented case within health and sustainability, identified by 100% for the Children and their local Kenyan partners.

📆When: 20–24 August 2026
👤Who: Open to bachelor’s, master’s, and PhD students from all disciplines, universities, and countries
📍Where: UCPH Lighthouse
💰Cost: free of charge

Two teams will also have the opportunity to pitch their solutions at the European Regional Final of the Sustainability Olympiad, with the possibility of advancing to the global final in Geneva.

We are starting a new series here at EOGH called the Global Health Spotlight! 🌟 Every month we will be celebrating an individual who has been making outstanding contributions to the field of Global Health.

Join us this month in shouting out Deniz Urgan, whose inspiring advocacy and leadership has put him on the Berlingske Talent 100 list. 👏🎉 We can’t wait to see what he does next!

If you know someone who deserves a shoutout, let us know!

🌟MARK YOUR CALENDERS🌟

BeLuna and Real Relief are partnering to host an event for International Menstrual Hygiene and Management Day!

📆 May 28th
⏰ 5PM - 7PM
📍 Øster Farimagsgade 5, 1357 København, Denmark CSS 1.1.18

It’s a public event with two panel discussions focused on how menstrual health goes beyond just fertility and bleeding. Come by and enjoy stimulating discussion and free drinks and snacks! 🤩

Looking forward to seeing you there! Follow the link to register and get the calendar invite: https://luma.com/dawt5hh3

🌟EVENT THIS WEEK🌟

Come find the EOGH booth at this Friday (May 8th) at Universitetsparken on Nørre Campus!

We will be hosting a quiz game with prizes you won’t want to miss and sneak peaks of what’s to come this year for EOGH.

We are looking forward to seeing all of you there and enjoying the music, food, games and fun!! 🥳

Let us know in the comments what you’re most excited about for this years KU festival ⬇️⬇️

✨ Meet the new Eye on Global Health team! ✨

We’re excited to introduce the students who will be carrying EOGH forward this year — continuing to build a space for critical conversations, writing, and community around global health, decolonization, equity, and justice.

As a student-led initiative affiliated with the School of Global Health, EOGH has always aimed to take conversations beyond the classroom and amplify diverse voices engaging with the complex intersections of health, power, and liberation.

This year, we look forward to creating new events, sharing fresh perspectives, and growing our community with all of you. Swipe to meet the team! ❤️

Tell us in the comments what global health topics you want us to explore this year ⬇️

🎬 We invite you to our film screening: Indigenize the Plate.

Join us for an evening discussing Indigenous food traditions and resilience through the film Indigenize the Plate.

After the screening, stay for short talks on Danish colonialism and its lasting effects on food sovereignty (or the lack thereof) in colonized regions.

This event is a collaboration with North Atlantic Solidarity Network: https://www.instagram.com/northatlanticsolidarity/

You can watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHKYSl6gY5I

📍 Folkets Hus - Stengade 50, 1.
📅 24-Sept-2025

Join us for a panel discussion on Global Health Workforce: Ethics & Equity in Recruitment!
📅 Wednesday, 30 April 2025
🕒 15:15–16:45
📍 CSS 35.01.06

🎤 Meet the Speakers:
• Christina Egelund – Minister of Higher Education and Science of Denmark
• Mike Rowson – Faculty Tutor and Vice-Dean Education, Faculty of Population Health Sciences, University College London
• Ezio Di Nucci – Professor of Bioethics and Director of the Centre for Medical Science and Technology Studies, University of Copenhagen
• Mette Ide Davidsen – Director of Global Health Programmes, Novo Nordisk Foundation
• Nanna Maaløe – MD, PhD, Senior Registrar and Assistant Professor in OBGYN/SRHR, University of Copenhagen, Co-Founder of the PartoMa Project
• Karsten Vrangbæk – Director of Research at the Danish Institute of Governmental Research, Professor at the University of Copenhagen

Don’t miss this opportunity to explore ethics, equity, and the future of the health workforce! 🚀

📰 NEW ARTICLE: “Why Indigenous Midwives Matter in Today’s Global Health Landscape: A Snapshot of Their Story”

Themes: Maternal Health, Midwifery, Global Health

This article, by a global health researcher explores the resilience and significance of Indigenous midwives in improving maternal and newborn health.

It highlights the importance of supporting Indigenous midwifery through better recognition, resources, and autonomy, especially in the face of global health challenges like climate change.

We invite you to read this thought-provoking article to learn more about the ongoing fight for justice and healing through Indigenous midwifery.

Read more here: https://eyeonglobalhealth.com/2025/04/22/why-indigenous-midwives-matter-in-todays-global-health-landscape-a-snapshot-of-their-story/

📣GOOD NEWS! 📣
We’re kicking off another round of our reading course! 📕🫣

AND WE ONLY HAVE 6 SPOTS LEFT!

This 4-week reading course hosted by Decolonizing Global Health, exploring the movement of decolonisation through themes of white saviourism, critical allyship, elite capture and more...

This course will be mostly discussion-based, with a special focus on decolonizing the field of global Health.

Please note this reading course is in person, this means we expect you to attend all four session in person.

Starting Monday May 5th, 17:00-18:30

Location: 2.1.50
CSS Øster Farimagsgade 5
1353 Copenhagen K

Sign up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeJRmrstxN7rnnRNbYLxwprA9qGrQjXjtWwhQlLMedOxkDp2Q/viewform?usp=sharing

🔊 Speakers announced 🔊

For our event, “Powering the Future, Exploiting the Present”, we have to honour to invite three wonderful experts.

Curious to know who will speak on this crucial topic? Keep swiping 🔛

Haven’t signed up yet???
Find the link in our bio 🔺🔺🔺