20.08.2021 – The Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine of the University of Bern (ISPM) celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. To mark the anniversary, the Swiss Public Health Conference 2021 will be held in Bern on August 25 and 26, 2021. The focus of the international conference is COVID-19 and the management of pandemics in public health. Presenters will include Christian Althaus, Thomas Abel, and Nicola Low of ISPM, as well as Maria Neira, WHO, and Alfredo Morabia, Columbia University (USA).