A new generation of professionals ready to face public health emergencies
Spain, Oviedo, September 4, 2026
The 2026 edition of ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ – ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐บ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ’๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฃ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ has officially opened at the University of Oviedo. This international programme is dedicated to preparing professionals to work in some of the most complex areas of global public health.CEMEC had the pleasure of contributing to the opening ceremony with the lecture ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ: ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐ง๐ต๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐, ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐, ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐, which explored the profound transformation of contemporary disaster medicine scenarios.
The session also featured @Fernando Simón Soria, Director of the Coordination Centre for Health Alerts and Emergencies at the Spanish Ministry of Health, who delivered the lecture ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ง๐ต๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฃ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐.
Together, the two lectures offered complementary epidemiological and operational perspectives, highlighting both the complexity of today’s emergencies and the capabilities required to address them: analysis, preparedness, coordination and effective operational response.
Conflicts, climate change, health systems under increasing pressure and unconventional threats no longer belong to a hypothetical future. They are already shaping today’s operational environment, often intersecting in ways that demand new approaches and multidisciplinary expertise.
EMPHID is jointly delivered by University of Oviedo, Karolinska Institutet and University of Nicosia and is co-funded by the European Union. The new edition was officially opened by Vice-Rector Susana Luque and is coordinated by Rafa Castro and Ana Fernández Somoano.
Our sincere thanks to Rafa Castro, University of Oviedo and the entire Master’s team for their warm welcome, professionalism and vision, as well as for the care with which this important programme has been developed and continues to grow.
EMPHID is a concrete example of how international academic cooperation can transform knowledge, research and operational experience into real-world capabilities for addressing the most urgent challenges in global health.
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