Saturdays11AM
Weekly Health Hour sessions focused on improving your health literacy
Black healthcare professionals share their expertise each week, with a dedicated Q&A where your questions are answered live. Health Hour is dedicated to Caribbean and African communities and everyone who cares about them.
- Always free
- Join from your phone
- Ask questions live
What is Health Hour?
How it works
Three simple steps to join Health Hour
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Register once
Complete the short form with your details. You only need to do this once.
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Get your joining link
We'll send your Zoom details so you're ready for Saturday's live session.
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Join live. Ask questions.
Hear directly from health professionals and put your questions to them in the live chat.
Register once. Discover a new health conversation every Saturday.
Or watch live on YouTube, LinkedIn or Facebook. No sign-up needed.
Why Health Hour
Health Hour, previously known as CATHIP, is a weekly health programme from the Caribbean & African Health Network (CAHN). It gives Caribbean and African communities health information that fits our lives and cultures. Every week, Black health professionals share practical advice to help you stay well, speak up for yourself and get the care you need. Health Hour has run since 2020, live 50 Saturdays a year at 11AM on Zoom, YouTube, LinkedIn and Facebook.
- 110
- people joined live on average each week in 2025
- 154
- healthcare professionals in our volunteer database
- 76
- healthcare professionals delivered sessions in 2025
- 9.7K
- views on our most rewatched session
Expert talks
Health conditions and wellbeing, explained by health professionals.
Your questions answered
Put your questions straight to health professionals, live.
Lived experience
Real stories from people who have been there.
Made for us
Health information tailored to Black communities.
Watch any time
Every episode is free to watch back on YouTube.
Free since 2020
No cost, no catch. Just an hour that could change how you look after yourself and your family.
Real questions, real answers
Ask the things you might not ask at the GP. Our experts answer live.
CAHN's health streams
Health Hour is delivered by the Caribbean & African Health Network. CAHN's research identified six health areas where Caribbean and African communities face the biggest gaps: mental and emotional health, cancer, cardiovascular health, respiratory conditions, blood, blood borne and immunological conditions, and reproductive and sexual health. Most Health Hour sessions sit within one of these streams, and we cover wider topics too.
There's something for everyone, whether you're a:
- Community member
- Healthcare professional
- Student
- Someone supporting Black people in care settings
A thank you to the health professionals who joined us in the first half of 2026.
Be on the show
Doctors can join us as guest speakers, and any healthcare professional can host. Give one hour online and help families understand their health and ask the questions that matter. We'll brief you before you go live.
- Guest speaker
- Doctors lead a session on a topic they know well
- Host
- Any healthcare professional can guide the conversation and audience questions
- Where
- Online, from wherever you are
- When
- Saturdays, 11AM to 12PM