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27- 29 October 2025 

Monday 

Fondations of Global Health Diplomacy 

Tuesday 

Multilateral health diplomacy: Navigating geopolitical tensions  

Wednesday 

Global Health Diplomacy in Action: Case Studies 

8:30-9:00

Breakfast and coffee

9:00-10:30

Introduction to Global Health Diplomacy (GHD)

Haik NIKOGOSIAN 

Health Security in Practice:  Diplomacy, Epidemics and the Politics of Preparedness

Gilles POUMEROL

GHD  in Humanitarian Action

Karl  BLANCHET

10:30-11:00

Coffee break

11:00-12:30

Venues, Actors and Instruments of Global Health Diplomacy  

Haik NIKOGOSIAN 

National Interests and Vaccine Diplomacy

Pierre NAMAHORO

The Global Poliomyelitis Eradication Initiative: The Role of Diplomacy in Reaching “The Last 1%”  

Michel ZAFFRAN

12:30-13:30

Lunch 

13:30-15:00

GHD Begins at Home: Civil Society Organisations, Global Health Governance and Public Diplomacy

Wahid MAJROOH

The Way Forward in Global Health Diplomacy and International Humanitarian Law: Lessons from Gaza and Ukraine

Christos CHRISTOU

Multilateral Negotiation and Health Diplomacy: The Case of the Pandemic Accord

Tovar DA SILVA NUNES

15:00-15:30

Coffee break

15:30-17:00

Introduction to week assignment for a week project and students group formation

Wahid MAJROOH 

GHD in the era of Geopolitical Shifts

Speaking Health in a Political Language: Lessons from Multilateral Negotiations

Kathleen LAWAND  /Panel discussion

Debrief of the week.
Answer questions

Wahid MAJROOH and Michel ZAFFRAN