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This group is for all Hub members which belong to the stakeholder group Youth.

Steering Committee representatives:

• Lena Eilers - Globalisation and Health Initiative der Bundesvertretung der Medizinstudierenden in Deutschland ​

  Malte Radde - Universities Allied for Essential Medicines Europe e.V.​

This group is for all Hub members which belong to the stakeholder group Private Sector.

Steering Committee representatives:

• Rajani Sabanantham - German Health Alliance ​
• Alois Dörlemann - Health Focus GmbH

The Hub Community on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) focuses on antibiotic resistance as a “silent pandemic” responsible for claiming millions of deaths every year. The Hub Community offers a platform for exchanging ideas and discussing proposed solutions for policy makers.

Community Managers:

• Ali Yildiz - Abbott Rapid Diagnostics Germany GmbH
• Dr Aurélia Souares - Heidelberg Institute of Global Health

Working language: English

The unfolding humanitarian crisis caused by the Russian attack on Ukraine has brought forth the plight of refugee and migrant health and the need for a streamlined approach within and beyond Europe. The purpose of the Hub Community on Global Health & Migration is to act as a catalyst for chance, research, evidence-based policy design and advocacy for refugees and migrants.

Community Managers: 

• Dr Sonu M. M. Bhaskar - Global Health Neurology Lab, NSW Brain Clot Bank, Department of Neurology, and Liverpool Hospital, Sydney (Australia) and Department of Neurology, Division of Cerebrovascular Medicine and Neurology, National Cerebral & Cardiovascular Centre, Osaka (Japan)
• Dr Henna Riemenschneider - Technical University Dresden, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden (Germany)

Working language: English

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

The interprofessional Hub Community on Global Child Health is committed to improving the quality of preventive and curative pediatric care in countries with limited resources.

Community Managers:

• Patricia Kramarz - Save the Children
• Michael Galatsch - Zurich University of Applied Sciences
• Marie Charlotte Pohl - The G4 Alliance, University Maastricht

Working language: English

The Hub Community on Global Women’s Health is dedicated to promoting and sharing knowledge and experiences on the topic of improving the health outcomes of women around the world.

Community Managers:

• Marrium Habib  - Center for Global Health,Technical University of Munich
• N.N.

Working language: English

The Hub Community on Climate Change and Health studies the relationship between climate change and health. It is based on the premise that Germany must live up to its international responsibility and immediately bring about emission savings and promote adaptation measures worldwide.

Community Managers:

• Dr Klaus Geiselhart - University of Erlangen-Nuernberg
• Donald Sandmann - Healthy Planet - Healthy People
• Jennyfer Wolf - World Health Organization

Working language: English

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

Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of the death worldwide. Nonetheless, the prevention and control of NCDs receives too little attention. The Hub Community on NCD, founded in partnership with the Centre for Global Health – Technical University Munich, aims to stipulate change in this area.

Community Managers: Gabriela Pen Nasser and Ali Yildiz

Working language: English

The Hub Community on Global Urban Health focuses on the complex interplay of urban living conditions with their diverse risk factors. The Hub Community takes an interdisciplinary approach and encourages cross-sectoral activities.

Community Managers:

• Dr Timo Falkenberg - University of Bonn, GeoHealth Centre
• Dr Dennis Schmiege - University of Essen

Working language: German

Community Managers:

• Dr Emil Iftekhar - Robert-Koch-Institut / WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence 
• Janika Schmitt - Institute for Progress 

Working language: English, German