Program Details:
Health and Risk Communication in Pandemics and Beyond: Strategies for a System Thinking, Community-Centered, and Equity-Driven Approach
Where: The American University of Rome, Rome, Italy
When: July 6–17, 2026
Additional information/Registration: https://aur.edu/sbcc
Registration deadline: May 7, 2026. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Register early to secure your spot!
Scholarships deadline: A few partial scholarships are available with an application deadline of March 7, 2026
Overview
The American University of Rome (AUR) invites applications for its 10-day Global Health Communication Institute, which is entering its third consecutive year. This immersive international program brings together professionals and practitioners from around the world to engage with cutting-edge health and risk communication in a post-pandemic world.
Curriculum
- Systems thinking and community-centered approaches
- Social and behavioral change (SBC) and communication (SBCC)
- Health equity and human rights
- Participatory and multisectoral strategies for health and risk communication
- Timely topics including storytelling, building trust in health and science information, engaging with local communities, collaborative partnerships, arts-based communication, value- and identity-based communication, and addressing misinformation/disinformation.
The Institute features guest lectures and site visits with renowned organizations like UNICEF-Rome, Doctors Without Borders Italy, WHO Regional Office for Europe, National Institute for Health, Migration and Poverty (NIHMP)/WHO Collaborating Center on Health and Migration Evidence and Capacity Building, Physician Club Association/Culture is Health Program (Rome), and more
Who should attend?
This program is ideal for early- to mid-career professionals and graduate-level professionals in public health, communication, healthcare, global health, international development, human rights, medicine, and community development, among other fields.
Key dates
- Scholarship application deadline: March 7, 2026
- Registration deadline: May 7, 2026
- Program dates: July 6–17, 2026
Learn more and apply: https://aur.edu/sbcc
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Join us for a Global Health Institute on “Health and Risk Communication in Pandemics and Beyond: Strategies for a Systems Thinking, Community-Centered, and Equity-Driven Approach”
Where: The American University of Rome, Rome, Italy
When: July 6–17, 2026
Partial Scholarship Applications Now Open.
Learn more and apply: https://aur.edu/sbcc
Our curriculum covers
- Systems thinking and community-centered approaches
- Social and behavioral change (SBC) and communication (SBCC)
- Health equity and human rights
- Participatory and multisectoral strategies for health and risk communication
- Timely topics including storytelling, building trust in health and science information, engaging with local communities, collaborative partnerships, arts-based communication, value- and identity-based communication, and addressing misinformation/disinformation.
The Institute features guest lectures and site visits with leading international and national organizations, making it ideal for professionals in public health, communication, healthcare, global health, international development, human rights, medicine, and community development, among other fields.
Registration deadline is May 7, 2026. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Register early to secure your spot!
Scholarship Alert: Partial scholarships are available! Apply by March 7, 2026, to be considered.
