space & global health network

Uniting for effective collaboration among diverse space & global health stakeholders

ABOUT US

The Space and Global Health (SGH) Network is an open and flexible network of governmental institutions, international organizations, non-governmental entities, individuals and other relevant stakeholders.

The SGH Network was established in 2022 as an outcome of the work of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) STSC Working Group on Space and Global Health, which also resulted in the recommendations on space and global health, contained in the United Nations’ General Assembly in its resolution A/RES/77/120 adopted on December 12, 2022.

The various activities of the SGH Network are promoted and consolidated through the Space and Global Health Platform, a dedicated, cooperative, globally accessible, multifaceted platform for information and community management, aiming at promoting effective collaboration on space and global health issues among Member States, United Nations entities, other international organizations and relevant actors.

SGH PLATFORM

Currently, the key activities of the SGH Platform include:

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A knowledge representation and navigation system based on rich metadata and a graph database aimed at storing and querying multiple data structures related to the multifaceted domain of space and global health. This activity is led by the Geneva Digital Health Hub at the University of Geneva under a funding by the government of Switzerland. This tool, known as the Implementome is available as a web portal and as an app on both Android and iOS mobile operating systems.

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A recommender system which leverages the Implementome knowledge base and aims at facilitating the identification of relevant stakeholders within the space and global health community. This activity is led by the Geneva Digital Health Hub at the University of Geneva under a funding by the government of Switzerland.

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A wiki aimed at collaborative editing and management of information related to space and global health. This wiki, based on the Wikiversity environment, is maintained by Prof. Dr. Engelbert Niehaus from the RPTU – University of Kaiserslautern-Landau, Germany.

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A collaboration with the Geneva Health Forum, a biannual event gathering 1’500+ participants from 80+ countries in Geneva and online, to help find solutions to global health challenges. The aim of this collaboration is to increase the visibility of space technologies within the global health community and strengthen cooperation.

Upcoming events and activities

A side event should be organized in the margin of the World Health Assembly which will be held in Geneva from May 21st to May 30th, 2023, in collaboration with the World Health Organization and with the Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator (GESDA).

A side event should be organized in the margin of the COPUOS meeting which will be held in Vienna from May 31st to June 9th, 2023.

SGN Network members are encouraged to participate to events such as the Space and G20 event, as well as other regional and national events.

SGH Network members are encouraged to advertise the activities of the Network to the various associations they are part of, and the possibility of joining the Network by signing the “Statement of intent”.

SGH Network members are encouraged to prepare didactic material targeted to schoolchildren.

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Recent events and activities

International Conference on Space and Global Health

November 23, 2023

The International Conference on Space and Global Health was co-organised by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, the World Health Organization and the United Nations Conference on Trade...

SGH network meetings

March 13, 2023

Two meetings of the SGH Network were held in the margin of the STSC session on February 8th and February 10th, 2023, both online and in the VIC, with the...

SGH network and platform

March 13, 2023

The SGH Network and Platform was presented at the UN-Space session of the United Nations/Austria World Space Forum 2022 “Sustainability in Space for sustainability on Earth” on December 14, 2022....

SGH network at the Geneva Health Forum

March 13, 2023

During the Geneva Health Forum, held in Geneva and online from May 3-5, 2022, the SGH Network organized two events. A round table on advancing global health with space technologies...

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Joining the Space and Global Health Network

The SGH Network is an open and flexible network of governmental institutions, international organizations, non-governmental entities, individuals and other relevant stakeholders.

Membership to the SGH Network is formalized through the signature of a “Statement of Intent”. The signed document should be sent by email to the SGH Network Coordinator.

Each key activity of the SGH Network is implemented by a dedicated operational team. Each team delegates one of its members to the so-called “SGH Network Steering Committee”, which ensures communication and coherence between the various activities of the network. The Steering Committee is chaired by the Coordinator of the SGH Network.