Hub Management Team

The third event in the five-part discussion series “Wissenschaft im Zweifel” will take place on 12 March 2026 from 5:00–6:30 pm in a hybrid format.

Renowned psychologist Gerd Gigerenzer, former Director of the Harding Center for Risk Literacy and Director at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, will join journalist Melinda Crane (Deutsche Welle TV) for a conversation on:

“The Illusion of Certainty – When Intransparent Science Communication Leads to Doubt.”

Against the backdrop of current developments, the question of how science is communicated — and how transparency shapes public trust — is becoming increasingly relevant. Following a short keynote, the two distinguished experts will explore the topic in a moderated discussion with audience participation.

📍 Location (on-site):
Hörsaalruine Medizinhistorisches Museum der Charité, 10117 Berlin

💻 Online participation: via Microsoft Teams
Meeting ID: 365 117 043 270 53
Passcode: 7Ur2dr9A

Registration is not mandatory, but prior sign-up via the registration form is appreciated for planning purposes.

Join the conversation and engage in a timely discussion on trust, transparency, and the communication of science.

📢 Civil Society Townhall on the Pandemic Fund

Civil society representatives are invited to join the upcoming Civil Society Townhall on 12 March 2026 (12:00–13:30 UK/GMT). The interactive session will focus on preparations for upcoming Pandemic Fund Board discussions, including the growing role of Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) within the Fund’s portfolio of implementing entities.

Participants will also discuss the methodology used to identify high-risk and high-need countries where disease outbreaks could potentially escalate into pandemics. This methodology will help inform planning for the next call for proposals.

The meeting will include an interactive exchange with representatives of MDBs and will be conducted in English with French interpretation. 🌍💬

Participation is open only to representatives of civil society and community organizations. Please note that this Townhall will not address CSO funding applications to the Pandemic Fund.

🗓 Date: Thursday, 12 March 2026
⏰ Time: 12:00–13:30 (UK/GMT)
📝 Registration: Participants must register in advance to receive the Zoom joining details: https://worldbankgroup.zoom.us/meeting/register/7sDWDxPST_qg0LWAmjgDnw

On 12 March (10:00–13:30) in Berlin, the German Health Alliance (GHA) will host a dialogue on strengthening women’s health. 🩺🌍

The event will bring together stakeholders from policy, academia, and the private sector to explore opportunities for collaboration and define concrete next steps for joint action. A special highlight will be the contribution of the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO). Professor Dr. Frank Louwen, FIGO President (2025–2027), will share insights into FIGO’s global programs and outline how partnerships, innovative projects, and research initiatives can actively advance women’s health worldwide.

The program will also feature the presentation of the “Berlin Roadmap Women’s Health”, a joint initiative by Charité, UNFPA, and GHA. The roadmap sets out strategic goals and recommendations to foster stronger cross-sector collaboration.

An interactive session will invite participants to exchange perspectives, identify cooperation opportunities, and shape tangible next steps for impact.

Register here: Dialog über Perspektiven zur Stärkung der Frauengesundheit | 12 März | Berlin – GHA – German Health Alliance

The project “Ageing Well – Healthy Ageing in the City” explored over three years how older adults can live healthy and independent lives in urban environments. The study focused on the experiences, perspectives, and challenges faced by city-dwelling seniors.

In this free online event, the project team will present key findings and discuss implications for health promotion, urban planning, and everyday practice. The event is open to everyone interested in healthy ageing, including citizens and professionals from health, social work, and city planning.

📅 Date: 11.03.2026
⏰ Time: 14:00–16:30 CET
📍 Location: Online (access details provided after registration)

In honor of International Women’s Day, Women in Global Health invites participants to a webinar exploring gender equity and women’s leadership in global health. The discussion will highlight strategies to close leadership gaps, improve accountability, and strengthen equitable health systems.

📅 Date: 09.03.2026
⏰ Time: 8:00–9:30 EST / 13:00–14:30 UTC
📍 Location: Online via Zoom
🔗 Register here: Zoom Registration

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  Dr. Magda Robalo, Interim Executive Director, Women in Global Health

  
  


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  Dr. Anju Malhotra, Johns Hopkins University

  
  


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  Ms. Precious Matsoso, Former Director-General, South Africa Health

  
  


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  Mr. Cody Ragonese, Equimundo

  
  

Moderated by Sara Jerving, Senior Reporter at Devex

Bridging the Health Divide: Political Courage to Invest
📅 6–7 March 2026 | 📍 Manila Marriott Hotel, Philippines

On 6 and 7 March 2026, UNITE – Parliamentarians Network for Global Health will convene its flagship UNITE Global Summit at the Manila Marriott Hotel.

Bringing together parliamentarians, policymakers and global health leaders, the summit will serve as a high-level platform to address today’s most urgent health challenges and shape political priorities for the years ahead 🌍.

Under the theme “Bridging the Health Divide: Political Courage to Invest,” participants will confront widening inequalities in health equity and access. Against a backdrop of intersecting global crises and strained health systems, the summit highlights political leadership and sustainable public financing as critical investments in resilient and inclusive healthcare systems 💡🏥.

📢 Save the Date | 2nd PHC Congress
🗓 4–6 March 2026

🌍 Redesigning Primary Health Care: Building Resilience Amidst Global Uncertainty

The 2nd PHC Congress will convene global and regional stakeholders to explore how Primary Health Care can be reimagined to meet today’s escalating challenges—including pandemics, climate change, economic shocks, conflict, and widening health inequities. As Africa stands at a critical crossroads, the congress will focus on transforming PHC to be more resilient, inclusive, digitally enabled, future-focused, and deeply rooted in communities, as a cornerstone for achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) 🤝🏥.

On 3 March 2026 (15:00 CET), this IAS–IAVI Timely Topic Webinar will bring together global stakeholders to discuss the future of HIV vaccine research in a shifting funding landscape.

Despite significant progress in HIV prevention and treatment, persistent inequities, emerging drug resistance, and recent global funding cuts continue to threaten advances — underscoring the urgent need for an effective HIV vaccine.

The session will explore how innovative multi-stakeholder partnerships — spanning governments, funders, African research institutions, and communities — can sustain and strengthen HIV vaccine R&D. Speakers will highlight successful partnership models, key funding and governance lessons, and strategies to advance African-led leadership and long-term investment in the next generation of HIV vaccines.

Participants will also learn how collaborative approaches can transform current challenges into opportunities for resilient, equitable research systems. 🤝

On Tuesday, 3 March 2026 (9:30–11:30 am) in Berlin, the Global Perspectives Circle will convene a timely breakfast dialogue titled “Breaking Point or Turning Point: What Role Can Europe Play in Africa's Reproductive Health Future?”

Following the abrupt closure of USAID programs and tightening European development budgets, last year marked a significant shift in global reproductive health funding. Yet leaders interviewed in the series “Reproductive Health at a Turning Point” highlighted that this disruption may also be catalyzing long-overdue change — accelerating African-led approaches grounded in sustainable financing, regional manufacturing, and smarter cross-sector partnerships.

Moderated by senior global health leader Katri Bertram, the discussion will feature voices including Dr. Victoria Gamba (Independent Consultant, Obstetrician Gynecologist and Implementation Scientist) and Rosebell Kagumire (Editor of AfricanFeminism.com & Co-Founder of AfIP Collective). Together, participants from politics, civil society, and the private sector will explore key questions:

• Where should Germany and the EU co-invest strategically?
• Can private sector models deliver at scale?
• How can regional manufacturing strengthen supply chain resilience?

Held just ahead of International Women’s Day, this dialogue will present key findings from the interview series and connect African, German, and European stakeholders to identify concrete collaboration opportunities that advance sustainable, African-led solutions. 🤝✨

To attend, please contact Sabrina Rupprecht at s.rupprecht@globalperspectives.org.

Event Series on Proposal Writing for Horizon Europe (Cluster Health & Cancer Mission)
📅 2–6 March 2026 | 🕐 13:00–14:30 CET | 💻 Online

From 2 to 6 March 2026, the Nationale Kontaktstelle Gesundheit will host a five-part online event series on proposal preparation for the Health Cluster and the Cancer Mission under Horizon Europe.

Across five consecutive days, participants will receive detailed guidance on key components of Horizon Europe proposals for Research and Innovation Actions (RIAs). Each 90-minute session includes approximately 45 minutes of in-depth input on the official proposal template, practical tips for drafting competitive applications, and an opportunity for live Q&A 💡

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  2 March: Part A and Ethics

  
  


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  3 March: Excellence

  
  


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  6 March: Clinical Trials

  
  

The series is primarily aimed at researchers and stakeholders preparing applications for the 2026 calls within the Health Cluster or the Cancer Mission 🎯.

Participation is free of charge; however, prior registration is required and is now open.

🌍 Advancing Care for Neglected Tropical Diseases

📅 26 February 2026 | 📍 Campus Virchow Klinikum, Berlin

On 26 February 2026, colleagues from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) will come together for an afternoon dedicated to advancing care for patients affected by neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).

Under the theme “From Discovery to Delivery”, this scientific exchange will connect clinicians, researchers, and global health professionals to explore how collaboration between academia and product development partnerships can translate research into real-world impact.

The program features expert insights on DNDi’s achievements in research and development, updates on sleeping sickness elimination, long-term care for chronic Chagas disease, and recent progress in tungiasis control. 🎓🧪

The event is open to clinicians, researchers, students, and all professionals interested in global health, tropical medicine, and infectious diseases. It will conclude with an informal networking session to foster interdisciplinary exchange and future collaboration. 🤝

Registration is open until 24 February 2026.

Designing the Human? AI Between Progress and Responsibility

On 25 February (10:00–16:00), the 11th Transfer Conference “eHealth & Society” will explore a provocative question: What happens when the human being becomes a design object?

Under the title “Designobjekt Mensch”, the conference examines how artificial intelligence, medical innovation, and digital technologies are reshaping concepts of health, identity, and self-determination. From AI-assisted diagnostics and robotic surgery to social media filters, virtual avatars, longevity trends, and personalized medicine, the boundaries between enhancement, optimization, and societal pressure are increasingly blurred. 🌐✨

Bringing together experts from medicine, computer science, public health, ethics, sociology, psychology, and social work, the event will critically discuss both the opportunities and ethical dilemmas of digital transformation in healthcare. The concept of the “Augmented Doctor” will be explored alongside pressing questions: Who designs whom? Does AI empower human agency — or redefine norms and expectations?

With new institutional partners and high-level public patronage, this year’s conference promises an interdisciplinary and forward-looking dialogue on how technological innovation can be aligned with social responsibility. ⚖️🏥

Register until 20 February 2026

Location: Munich and online 

🌍 WASH NTDs away! | 19 February | 10:30–11:45 CET

How can water, sanitation and hygiene accelerate the prevention and elimination of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs)?

Join this technical exchange hosted by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH Sector Programmes One Health and InnoBlue, featuring project insights from Uganda and Myanmar. We are proud that our Global Health Hub Germany Snakebite Envenoming Community will contribute to this exchange.
The event aims to share practical insights and raise awareness of the importance of the NTD–WASH nexus for prevention and elimination.

💧 NTDs affect around 20% of the world’s population. Strengthening WASH systems is essential to preventing 18 of the 21 NTDs and advancing health equity.

👉 Join the webinar here: https://lnkd.in/dinDwKXf

Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/39681312009670?p=xapReNlzv0PtzljLHi

Meeting ID: 396 813 120 096 70

Passcode: ae24Xn6r

Dear Global Health Hub Member,  

we are pleased to invite you to the virtual Global Health Hub Germany Matchmaking Event from 10 February to 12 February 2026 — our new online gathering for all Hub members to connect, collaborate, and build impactful partnerships across the network. 

Building on the successful post-conference Matchmaking Event after the Global Health Talk in June 2025, we are excited to establish the online Matchmaking as an annual event, offering you the opportunity to connect and network with fellow members of the Global Health Hub community. 

On the official matchmaking platform, you can network and exchange knowledge across sectors: meet managers and members from different communities of practice, steering committee representatives and connect directly other experts. Register now to schedule one-on-one conversations to explore new collaborations and exchange expertise. 

This year, the event will also feature expert keynotes, and our hub communities will present their work and projects to invite for active participation. 

Expert Keynote:  

• GAVI - Markus Beck  

• WHO – Dr. Julia Fitzner   

• Bündnis90/die Grünen - Dr. Kirsten Kappert-Gonther 

Communities presenting their work:

• Climate Change and Health Community 

• Global Mental Health Community 

• Global Urban Health Community  

Registration & timeline 

Registration is now open to all members of the Global Health Hub Germany via the Event Platform.  

Register now and save the dates in your calendar. 

Please note: The matchmaking function (searching and confirming meetings) will be activated on 02 February 2026. Before sending meeting requests, please make sure your profile is fully completed. Please save the attached timeslots in your calendar. 

Virtual matchmaking sessions (CET) 

• 10 February 2026 | 13:00–15:00 (4 slots of 25 minutes) 

• 11 February 2026 | 10:00–12:00 (4 slots of 25 minutes) 
                                | 13:00–15:00 (4 slots of 25 minutes) 

• 12 February 2026 | 10:00–12:00 (4 slots of 25 minutes) 

We look forward to welcoming you on the platform and to shaping the future of global health — together. 

Please find attached a PDF Guideline that will help you navigate through the registration and matchmaking platform. 

If you have any questions please feel free to contact  

Valerie Siedler 
Global Health Hub Germany 
valerie.siedler@globalhealthhub.de 

📅 6 February 2026, on the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), Women in Global Health is convening a global webinar to advance the conversation on what it will truly take to end FGM—through sustained commitment, investment, and women’s leadership. 

 🌍 Under the theme “Towards 2030: No End to FGM Without Sustained Commitment and Investment,” the webinar The Power to Lead: Women Advancing the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation will spotlight the leadership of women and girls, particularly those at risk of or affected by FGM. The discussion will explore the role of health systems and providers, as well as the vital contributions of women’s rights and feminist movements in driving gender-transformative change. 

 💬 The event will also reflect on how to sustain progress amid growing backlash, fragility, and humanitarian challenges. 

 🕒 Time: 12:00–13:30 UTC 
📍 Location: Virtual (Zoom) 

👉 Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_OSQkcZ0GRAWDz70qzG4HSg 

🌍📚 GLOHRA Academy Series – Primary Health Care in Global Perspective

On 3 February 2026 (4:00–5:00 PM), the GLOHRA Academy Series, organised in cooperation with Amref Health Africa (Germany), welcomes Prof. Dr. Walter Bruchhausen (University of Bonn) as guest speaker.

In his talk, “The long history of Primary Health Care between North and South, East and West,” Prof. Bruchhausen will explore how ideas of primary health care have emerged, travelled, and been reinterpreted across regions and political systems over time. Drawing on perspectives from global health history, ethics, and medical anthropology, the session highlights the value of interdisciplinary and international approaches to global health research.

The event features a 30-minute presentation followed by a 30-minute interactive Q&A, encouraging open academic exchange and discussion 💬✨.
As part of the GLOHRA Academy Series, held every first Tuesday of the month, the session focuses not only on research findings but also on research processes, methods, and lessons learned.

📍 Online via Zoom
🗓 03 February 2026 | 4:00–5:00 PM
📝 Registration: https://uni-bonn.zoom-x.de/meeting/register/41dg2aKRSTqIb_hRBFVk8g

Dear Hub Members,

Join us on  for a critical discussion on global health strategies centered around migrants and refugees. The last annual community theme of Global Health in Conflict Settings (2024/2025) was hosted by the Global Health and Migration Hub Community of Practice. Along this community annual theme, a Policy Brief, titled 'Strengthening Global Health in Conflict Settings: Strategic Insights for Germany and the European Union' and a table top simulation exercise were developed and we would like to present them during this event. 

Agenda:
15:00-15:05 Welcome
15:05-15:15 Keynote by Dr Saverio Bellizzi, WHO
15:15-16:00 GHHG Simulation Exercise 'Critical Choices - Global Health in Crisis'
16:00-16:30 Open Discussion (Q&A)

We are delighted to welcome Dr Saverio Bellizzi as our keynote speaker.
Dr Saverio Bellizzi is an Italian physician, public health expert, and researcher specialising in global health, humanitarian emergencies, and migration health. He has worked with several international organisations, including MSF and ICRC, and currently with the World Health Organization (WHO), in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. His professional focus includes maternal and child health, infectious disease control, and health systems strengthening in crisis and post-crisis settings. Dr Bellizzi has also contributed to numerous peer reviewed publications on public health and epidemiology and continues to support global initiatives aimed at improving health outcomes among vulnerable populations, particularily refugees and migrants. 

Please note:
Register for this event via the link below. The first hour of this webinar will be recorded until the end of the GHHG SimEx. If you do not wish to appear in the recording, you can turn off your camera.

We look forward to your valuable contributions to this important discussion.

For further details, please contact:

Katrin Würfel and Linda Blessin or the Hub Management Team at info@globalhealthhub.de

Lecture: Digital Health – Innovative Research Projects (IT Acceptance in Health Care) | University of Bonn | 22 January 2026

💻 Event overview:
As part of the Winter Semester 2025/26 lecture series “Digital Health: Innovative Research Projects”, this session focuses on the acceptance of information technology in health care. Digital health applications—from prescription apps to digital monitoring—are already part of everyday practice, but their success depends on whether patients and health professionals actually use them.

🎯 Topic & content:
The lecture explores the key factors influencing the adoption and acceptance of digital health technologies, drawing on current research findings and practical examples. It highlights both the opportunities and challenges of digital transformation in the health sector and discusses what is needed to promote real-world uptake.

👩‍🏫 Speakers:

• Rainer Beckers, M.A., ZTG Center for Telematics and Telemedicine GmbH
• Prof. Dr. Julia Krönung, Professor of Business Administration (Socio-Technical Information Systems), FernUniversität in Hagen

🕒 Date & time: 22 January 2026, 18:00
📍 Location: Campus Bonn, Gotenstraße 161, 53175 Bonn
💻 Format: On-site and online via Zoom
🎟️ Participation: Free of charge, registration required (for on-site or online attendance)

🔎 A valuable session for anyone interested in digital health, health IT adoption and user-centred innovation in health care.

Charité Forum on Methods in Health Services Research: Generative AI in Qualitative Research 🤖📊💬

To strengthen methodological expertise and scientific exchange, the Charité Platform for Health Services Research hosts the Charité Forum on Methods in Health Services Research. The next virtual session will take place on 22 January 2026, from 4:00–5:30 PM (CET) and will focus on “Generative AI in Qualitative Health Services Research – Methodological Foundations and Practical Applications.”

The session will feature a methodological introduction and applied research examples by Prof. Dr. Uwe Krähnke (MSB Medical School Berlin) and Dr. Thorsten Dresing & Thorsten Pehl (audiotranskription, dr. dresing & pehl GmbH). Designed as an interactive event, the forum will combine expert input with real-world examples, followed by open discussion and informal exchange in plenary and/or small groups.

🗓️ Registration is required by 19 January 2026 to receive access details.