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A child’s right to play: Why it’s everyone’s business

Parents, educators, and governments have a shared responsibility to protect a child’s right to play. From our earliest years, we’re…

Celebrating 25 years of Agita Mundo

This year marks the 25th anniversary of Agita Mundo – a community-wide campaign for promoting physical activity. ‘Agita’ is a…
Embedding physical activity into the curriculum of trainee healthcare professionals

National action in the UK to raise the visibility and quality of physical activity teaching for healthcare professionals The World…
Time, Training, Trust – making movement prescription an easier choice

Why aren’t more doctors prescribing physical activity? The World Health Organization ranks physical inactivity as the 4th leading risk factor…
Researchers work with City Hall to develop local solutions to promote sport and recreation for all

University faculty proposes local community sports facilities to combat physical inactivity in Arad, Romania Aurel Vlaicu University through the Physical…
Every Step Counts: celebrating 20 years of success for 10,000 Steps Australia

Over 550,000 members and 285 billion steps later: Understanding the long-term implementation achievements of a community-wide eHealth intervention program. Like…
“We don’t have to do things the same way”

Tackling physical inactivity through sport; an evaluation of the Move It AUS program The SPort & Recreation INTervention & Epidemiology…
Collaborative working to increase walking in local parks

Academics work with local stakeholders to enhance a community asset in a deprived area of a UK town Delapré Park…
ISPAH Congress 2022 Website Launch

Following the success of the 8th ISPAH Congress hosted virtually from Vancouver, Canada, we are pleased to announce the launch…
2021 ISPAH and WHO Webinar series: Webinar 5 – Active Ageing – Every Move Counts!

We are delighted to organise the fifth webinar in the ISPAH and WHO 2021 series on “WHO Guidelines on physical…
ISPAH Virtual AGM – Oct 13

In line with the virtual ISPAH Congress experience taking place next week (12-14th Oct), ISPAH’s Annual General Meeting will also…
ISPAH ECN Regional Representative: Expression of Interest

ISPAH’s Early Career Network (ECN) is looking for volunteers to fill positions as Regional Representatives. The duties of the Regional…
ISPAH supports #ActOnNCDs week

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the number one cause of death and disability in the world and are increasing in both low- and high-income countries. NCDs including type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular…