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Welcome to the Hub Discussion Forum, our space for you to engage in dialogue on global health issues. Join this public group to participate in and initiate insightful discussions on latest trends, challenges and innovations in the landscape of global health. We kindly remind all members to adhere to the principles of our netiquette, ensuring that discussions remain respectful and constructive.

The Hub Community on Global Health & Migration serves as a catalyst for change, promoting research, evidence-based policy design, and advocacy for the health and well-being of refugees and migrants. The ongoing humanitarian crises caused by various conflicts worldwide underscore the need for a coordinated, streamlined approach to refugee and migrant health within and beyond Europe.

Community Managers:

• Dr Sonu M. M. Bhaskar - NSW Brain Clot Bank, Department of Neurology, Liverpool Hospital and South Western Sydney Local Health District (Australia)
• Dr Henna Riemenschneider MPH, MA – Department of General Practice, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, Technical University Dresden (Germany)
• Dr Zahra Karimian, PharmD MPH – Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Heidelberg University Hospital (Germany)

Working language: English

Community Paper: Some people need to leave or flee their home.

No Health Without Mental Health. - The Hub Community on Global Mental Health focuses on strengthening the equality and complementarity of biomedical and psychosocial concepts in care, prevention, research, teaching, resource allocation and policy.

Community Manager:

• Prof. Dr Michael Wirsching - Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Centre for Medicine and Society
• Dr Jinan Abi Jumaa - Charité University Hospital Berlin
• Dr Solveig Kemna - Charité Berlin
• Dr. Franziska Laporte Uribe - Deutsche Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen e. V
  (Lead for Subgroup on Mental Health & Climate Change)

Working language: German

Community Paper: Policy Brief: Covid-19 und mentale Gesundheit (only available in German)

The Hub Community on Global Digital Health focuses on the implementation of information and communication technology (ICT) in global health - from the much-based healthcare ICT, eHealth and wearable devices up to sophisticated medical sensors.

Community Manager:

• Karl-Josef Bohrer - Siemens Healthineers GmbH
• Tarik Bolat - Novo Nordisk
• Dr Tessa Lennemann - GIZ 
• Caroline Baltzer - Charité CFM

Working language: English