Prof Lionel Green-Thomson - Ubuntu 2024 Conference

Prof Lionel Green-Thomson is the dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Cape Town in South Africa.  He is also a member of the board of directors at the Network Towards Unit for Health.  We will be talking about the upcoming Ubuntu 2024 conference.  This conference is jointly organized by 5 Universities in South Africa, Rural WONCA and the Network Towards Unity For Health. The theme of the conference is People, Place and Policy for Community Wellness. Ubuntu 2024 will be held in Cape Town, South Africa from the 10th to 13th of September 2024. Episodes summary: 01.15  Prof. Green-Thomson tells us about his professional background 04.45  What is the Network Towards Unity for Health? 08.05  How is the University of Cape Town involved in rural health training? 13.30  What is the story behind Ubuntu 2024? 19.15  What is planned for Ubuntu 2024 and how will people, place and community for wellness be explored? 23.35  Who is Ubuntu 2024 for, who should attend? 28.10  What social events are planned for Ubuntu 2024? 32.15  What does Prof Green-Thomson hope for as an outcome of Ubuntu 2024?   Key messages: The Network Towards Unity for Health - a network of networks.  It provides education, building social accountability measurement tools, and provides a social accountability fellowship.  It has vibrant student involvement and engagement.  A person is a person through other people - Ubuntu. Communities have said that future clinicians need to learn about Ubuntu -"if this is not taught how will they love and respect us?" Increasingly recognising that the stories of indigenous people have not been told. Social and health policies for public good - can we put the ideas of health into every policy that governments and institutions create. The ongoing challenge is educating the health workforce. We get caught up in the quality but do not always wrestle with the relevance as much as we should.  Addressing power dynamics within the workforce.  Addressing social and environmental sustainability will be an important theme.  Ubuntu 2024 would like to see a strong community voice at the event, people from community organizations, indigenous communities, policy makers and people living and working in different regions of the world.    Ubuntu 2024: https://ubuntu2024.com/ The Network Towards Unity for Health: https://thenetworktufh.org/ Rural Wonca: https://www.globalfamilydoctor.com/groups/WorkingParties/RuralPractice.aspx  Rural Seeds: https://www.ruralseeds.net/ Student Network Organization: https://snotufh.org/   Thank you for listening to the Rural Road to Health!