The Hospital Partnerships Alliance (HPA) invites early-career health professionals to join a virtual session introducing its global platform for collaboration, knowledge exchange, and capacity building. The session will provide an opportunity to learn about HPA membership benefits, explore initiatives such as the Global Innovation Challenge, and connect with peers across countries and health disciplines to foster impactful partnerships. 

🎤 Featured Speaker: Dr. med. Nellie Valerie Tayo Bell, Consultant Paediatrician, Vice Chair of HPA, and President of the Paediatric Association of Sierra Leone. 

📅 Date: Wednesday, 4 November 2026 

🕑 Time: 2:00–3:30 PM CET (Berlin) 

💻 Language: English 

The session is open to early-career professionals across the health sector, including clinical and allied health professions, public health, research, policy, administration, and the private sector. No prior hospital partnership experience or HPA membership is required. 

The Fondation Mérieux is hosting the 7th Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Course: A One Health Challenge from November 9–13, 2026 at the Les Pensières Center for Global Health 🇫🇷.

This intensive residential training, organized in collaboration with Université Paris Cité, tackles the growing global threat of antimicrobial resistance 🦠—a major challenge to modern medicine. Guided by the World Health Organization’s Global Action Plan, the course focuses on translating strategy into real-world action through a One Health approach 🌍.

Over five days, participants will explore key themes including awareness, surveillance, multi-sector interventions, responsible antimicrobial use, and the economic and social dimensions of AMR. The program is designed primarily for professionals from low- and middle-income countries, aiming to strengthen decision-making, foster collaboration, and build sustainable global networks 🤝.

📅 Registration deadline: May 18, 2026
💡 Limited fellowships are available to support eligible participants.

On 9 November 2026, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin will host a dialogue event exploring how diversity-oriented and patient-centred healthcare can be sustainably embedded in healthcare structures and everyday clinical practice. The event will bring together perspectives from healthcare, research, counselling, patients, and communities to discuss practical approaches to making healthcare more inclusive, equitable, and responsive to diverse needs. 🌍🤝

The programme will feature a presentation by Hürrem Tezcan-Güntekin from Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences on racism in healthcare and recommendations for action in inpatient healthcare settings. Further contributions will be delivered by Desislava Dimitrova, Bahar Naghavi, Simone Prengel, and Isabell Knispel from Charité’s EMPDIV Steering Committee. The event will conclude with an informal networking reception, offering participants an opportunity to exchange ideas and build connections. 💬✨

📅 Date: 9 November 2026
🕠 Time: 5:30–8:30 p.m.
📍 Location: Hörsaalruine, Charité Campus Mitte, Virchowweg 16, 10117 Berlin, Germany
👥 Audience: Healthcare professionals, researchers, counsellors, patients, and community representatives