Global health is facing more than a funding crisis. As alliances are strained and international cooperation is tested, the very idea of solidarity is under scrutiny. Under the theme “Rebuilding Global Health on Solidarity Principles,” this Open Forum will introduce the Global Health Solidarity Project’s emerging solidarity principles and explore how they can be applied across policy, funding, partnerships, and practice.
GH-Solidarity Webinar: 11th March 2026
What Difference Does Solidarity Make?
Drawing on 75 in-depth interviews with civil society leaders, research institute actors, and global health influencers across multiple regions, this webinar will present key findings on how solidarities are understood and enacted in global health practice.
This invite-only workshop will take place from 16–19 February 2026 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
It aims to critically examine and advance the understanding and practice of solidarity in global health. It will bring together scholars and experts from across multiple continents to collaboratively develop actionable tools and metrics for assessing solidarity in global health research, strengthening cross-regional collaboration, and promoting accountability within the global health community.
This year, the Global Health Solidarity Project has been shaped by searching conversations about what solidarity means in contexts of crisis, conflict, and care. One of our team members, also doctoral candidate at Western University (Canada), Francisco Mendina, is extending this work.
This session is an interactive dialogue centring refugee health, lived experience, and practice. It will examine how solidarity is enacted (and sometimes misused), where “unsolidarity” appears in real systems, and how we can turn values into workable mechanisms that improve care and protection.
CALL FOR PAPERS – NOW OPEN!
The Call for Papers for the upcoming issue of Public Humanities, under the theme “Global Health Solidarity”, is currently open.
This issue explores how solidarity is understood, practiced, and mobilised in global health across disciplines, geographies, and communities.
If your work engages with questions of equity, justice, and collective responsibility in global health, we welcome your contribution.
Join us for the 4th edition of the Global Health Solidarity Bi-Monthly Webinar, a vibrant and dynamic conversation co-organised with the University of Costa Rica and CLACSO (Latin American Council of Social Sciences).
Event Title: Solidarity of the Shaken: From Despair to Collective Action - GH-Solidarity Open Forum
Date: Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Time: 13:00 GMT
Watch the full video of the Global Health Solidarity Open Forum here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkhQBeuQ-iM
Join us for the next bi-monthly webinar, scheduled for June 10, 2025, at 13:30 GMT.
The webinar will explore how solidarity has taken shape during key global and continental health crises, from resisting AIDS denialism in early 2000s South Africa, to challenging vaccine apartheid during the COVID-19 pandemic, and confronting the impact of recent US funding cuts to African health programmes.
We’ll also hear reflections on sex worker allyship, rights, and the ongoing push for law reform in South Africa.