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🌟 Help us spread the word and nominate a Youth on the Move for the UNICEF UNV Programme! 🌟

You can find the links to the webinar in the attached file.

Do you know a passionate and talented young displaced person or migrant facing barriers in accessing traditional internships and learning-to-earning opportunities?

Join us for one of our information sessions to learn more how you can nominate a youth on the move under the new UNICEF UNV Youth on the Move Programme, an initiative designed to empower displaced and migrant youth by providing them with valuable opportunities to build their skills and knowledge.

In the info sessions, you will learn about the vision of the programme, its eligibility criteria, the application and nomination process.

Eligibility criteria for the programme

• Young people aged 20-32
• Refugees, asylum seekers, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), and migrants (Please note the eligible categories may vary from country to country depending on government regulations and legal frameworks with regard to work permissions for different groups of displaced persons and migrants)
• Individuals who face barriers in accessing learning-to-earning pathways due to their migration and displacement experience (e.g. lack of education certification, financial, legal barriers, discrimination, or other barriers) and are able to explain this in their application
• Female candidates and candidates with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply

The Programme intends to create opportunities for young people on the move facing learning barriers and challenges to earn their living, therefore, we are not looking for candidates with a university degree or currently enrolled in university.

🌟 Become a Youth on the Move UNV with UNICEF! 🌟

Are you a passionate and talented young person facing barriers in accessing traditional professional and learning-to-earning opportunities?

Join us for one of our information sessions to learn more about the vacancies under the new UNICEF UNV Youth on the Move Programme, an initiative designed to empower displaced and migrant youth by providing them with valuable opportunities to build their skills and knowledge.

In the info sessions, you will learn about the vision of the programme, its eligibility criteria, and the application process. We will also share some tips and guidance about what to pay attention to in your application and motivation statement.

Eligibility criteria for the programme

• Young people aged 20-32
• Refugees, asylum seekers, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), and migrants (Please note the eligible categories may vary from country to country depending on government regulations and legal frameworks with regard to work permissions for different groups of displaced persons and migrants)
• Individuals who face barriers in accessing learning-to-earning pathways due to their migration and displacement experience (e.g. lack of education certification, financial, legal barriers, discrimination, or other barriers) and are able to explain this in their application
• Female candidates and candidates with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply

The Programme intends to create opportunities for young people on the move facing learning barriers and challenges to earn their living, therefore, we are not looking for candidates with a university degree or currently enrolled in university.

Dear Hub members, 

On Monday, 23 September, the Subcommittee for Global Health (Unterausschuss für Globale Gesundheit) of the German Parliament (Bundestag) will hold its 26th session.

Global Health Hub Germany Managing Director Corinna Heineke will share the results of a survey among non-state actors on the occasion of the mid-term review of the German Federal Government's Global Health Strategy.

The meeting is open to the public and can be followed virtually here: www.bundestag.de (in German only)

Dear Hub members, 

On Monday, 23 September, the Subcommittee for Global Health (Unterausschuss für Globale Gesundheit) of the German Parliament (Bundestag) will hold its 26th session.

Global Health Hub Germany Managing Director Corinna Heineke will share the results of a survey among non-state actors on the occasion of the mid-term review of the German Federal Government's Global Health Strategy.

The meeting is open to the public and can be followed virtually here: www.bundestag.de (in German only)

Dear Hub Members, We are delighted to invite you to this year’s Global Health Talk on 5 – 6 December 2024 at the Conference Center Mauerstraße 27 in Berlin. Our annual flagship event will bring together leading global health experts from different stakeholder groups and high-level representatives from the German Federal Government, including Federal Minister of Health Prof. Dr. Karl Lauterbach. The event is a great opportunity for interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral exchange and to engage in lively discussions around Global Health.  This year's Global Health Talk will be an in-person event only. Check out the programme, register for the event & join us in Berlin: https://live.invitario.com/en/global-health-talk-2024/registration-/      We look forward to your participation and valuable conversations that will shape the future of Global Health.        Sincerely,      The Management Team of the Global Health Hub Germany 

Dear Global Health & Migration Community Members (Global Health Hub Germany),

Please join our Community Meeting on December 18 at 15:00 Berlin over BigBlueButton:

https://webinare.e-collaboration.eu/b/rooms/quy-4tp-alp-s0p/join

PW: nw6jwp

Agenda / December 18, 2024

• will be updated

Best regards,

Sonu & Henna

for the Global Health and Migration Community, GHHG

Dear Hub Community,

We are pleased to announce the upcoming community event organized by the Global Health Hub Germany’s Global Women’s Health subgroup on feminist policy.

In recent years, feminist approaches to policymaking have received increased attention. In Germany, the government has introduced feminist guidelines for its foreign and development policy, and calls are made to apply a feminist lens to global health policy. For good reasons: research shows that women, gender minorities, and marginalized populations often face multiple barriers in receiving the health services they need, increasing their risk of facing infections and diseases or dying from preventable deaths, e.g., in pregnancy and childbirth. Feminist global health policy prioritizes equity, intersectionality, inclusivity, and the diverse health challenges faced by marginalized groups, particularly women, gender minorities and multiply oppressed individuals. In a world where health disparities persist, these approaches push for policies that address systemic inequities, working towards designing health programs that benefit everyone and leave no one behind.

The webinar will provide a 101 on feminist approaches to global health policy and explore examples for their implementation. Participants should attain a comprehensive understanding of the principles of feminist global health policy, their added value for German policymaking, as well as their challenges and pitfalls.

The audience will have the opportunity to listen to and discuss with our distinctive panelists:

• Dr. Lisa Hoffmann, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
• Elizabeth Kayanga, Integrated Disabled Women Activities, Uganda
• Department of Sex and Gender Sensitive Medicine, Bielefeld University (tbc)
• GENDRO (tbc)

Please register for the event following this link.

Once you are registered for the webinar, you will receive a confirmation. The webinar will take place in English.

Location: Online via WebEx Webinar (no physical meeting)

Speaker: Fabiana Lorencatto – Co-Director and Associate Professor for the Centre for Behaviour Change at University College London

Online participation is possible without registration.

The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany and the Stiftung Deutsches Meeresmuseum, Stralsund, Germany are delighted to host the 15th Scientific Conference of the European Wildlife Disease Association in Stralsund, Germany from 9–13 September 2024. 

The conference will be organised in hybrid format and will focus on the topic (online registration is still possible) 
One Health – Challenges and Opportunities for the Surveillance and Management of Wildlife. 

This high-level event will convene former Heads of State — including New Zealand’s The Right Honourable Helen Clark — and government, senior policymakers, and non-governmental leaders to address how we can build on the Summit of the Future (Sept. 22-23) calls-to-action — specifically an “Emergency Platform” — to ensure we are prepared to respond to complex global shocks.

The destruction of the Gaza Strip since October 7 has been unprecedented. According to a damage assessment report by the European Union, while homes are the majority of the infrastructure that has been destroyed, critical facilities including hospitals, health facilities, and basic services for sanitation, hygiene, education, energy and ICT are all catastrophically damaged.

There are currently no fully functioning hospitals in the Gaza Strip, and an estimated 700 healthcare and aid workers’ lives have been lost. Medical facilities are lacking personnel, beds, medicine, equipment and electricity.  The extent of damage to both medical facilities and water and sanitation infrastructure raises significant concerns regarding the potential spread of communicable diseases

To prevent further loss of life, there is an imminent need to rebuild basic services, including most importantly, the healthcare sector.  

Registration via: https://web.cvent.com/event/bf673d11-b119-4728-81a2-e3cae0f31a9a 

This event will bring together members of public health authorities, international organizations, health leaders, representatives from parliament, and civil society. Together, they will present current evidence, share best practices, and explore key policy measures to enhance the optimized use of antibiotics.

• What are the implications of the recent United Nations declaration on antimicrobial resistance for strategic approaches to combating AMR globally?
• How do accurate and timely diagnostics contribute to the effective management of AMR, and what are the main barriers to the widespread adoption of diagnostic tools?
• How are diagnostics currently integrated into National Action Plans on AMR?
• What specific roles can different stakeholders (government, private sector, NGOs) play in advancing the use of point-of-care diagnostics in AMR?

Feel free to contact me if you any questions.

Bests

Ali

Dear Hub Community, 

We are delighted to invite you to this year’s Global Health Talk, our annual flagship event, bringing together leading global health experts from different stakeholder groups and high-level representatives from the German government. The event is a great opportunity to network among our active Hub members and to gain insights into our diverse Hub Communities. 

All guests are warmly invited to the opening ceremony with Federal Minister of Health Prof. Karl Lauterbach, followed by a keynote on fragility and global health from Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Svenja Schulze (TBC). Following this, we will dive into discussions on the following key topics in global health: 

• Panel on Fragility & Global Health 
• Climate and Health Nexus: Analysis of COP 29
• European Cooperation in Global Health
• Non-Communicable Diseases: UN High-Level Meeting 2025
• International Processes in Global Health Policy

Please mark your calendars for the event & join us in Berlin on December 05 – 06
at the Conference Center, Mauerstraße 27, 10117 Berlin. 

Registration will open soon.

We look forward to your participation and the valuable conversations that will shape the future of global health. 

Sincerely,   
The Management Team of the Global Health Hub Germany  

Dear all, 

Our next community meeting will take place Friday, August 30^th at 11am-12.30pm BST (12:00-13:30 Uhr Berlin/Bonn). It is my pleasure to invite all of you warmly for this very special community event, where we will welcome colleagues from Imperial College London!

Jess Newberry Le Vay and her colleagues will share her insights on a fantastic global effort on Climate Change and Mental Health, the CONNECTING CLIMATE MINDS project: https://www.connectingclimateminds.org/

"Connecting Climate Minds is working to foster connections between people all over the world to come together to understand and respond to the deep interconnections between climate change and mental health"

We will start with insights from our own COMMUNITY PAPER which we created and published earlier this year, originating in a brief for the Federal Government: https://community.globalhealthhub.de/index.php/en/stream/item/2422

We invited Jess and her colleagues to our meeting to:

• identify overlapping interests and
• opportunities for future collaboration.

Please join us next week for this very special event! 

PW for the meeting room: wll8yr

The WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence and the Charité Center for Global Health cordially invite you to join us in person or online for the next session of our Speaker Series "Protecting the World: Moving Rapidly Together" on 22 August 2024, 6:00 to 8:00 pm (CET). 

Speaker Series N°8 – Harnessing Contextual Insights for Better Public Health Intelligence

• Time: 22 August, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm (CET)
  (Kindly note that on-site registration opens from 6:00 pm, and the event starts at 6:30 pm.)
  

• Location: WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence, Prinzessinnenstraße 17/18, 10969 Berlin & Digital via WHO YouTube Channel

Guest Speaker: Dr. Ahmed Abd El Wahed (view profile in Research Directory)
Topic: Global One Health: Time to think differently!
Registration: https://uni-ms.zoom-x.de/meeting/register/u5Itce6orT4sHdNH-vh9h8LZ4WWYTNVPDRxj

The Series directs special attention towards the added value of interdisciplinary and international cooperation in global health research. Every first Tuesday of the month, speakers share insights into their research projects while focusing on research processes, methods as well as lessons learned. Following the 30-minute speaker’s presentation, the Series encourages an academic exchange between the speaker and the audience in a 30-minute Q&A session.

In this edition of the GLOHRA Academy Series, Dr. Ahmed Abd El Wahed will introduce innovative approaches to think and tackle global One Health challenges. He is the lab head at the Institute of Animal Hygiene and Veterinary Public Health at Universität Leipzig and coordinator of an EDCTP-funded project to implement rapid diagnostics of emerging diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa. His extensive knowledge and experience in the field of infectious disease will inform his talk on Global One Health as an integrated approach to promoting human and animal health.