Hub Management Team

In this webinar we will introduce the concept of economic evaluation of health interventions and discuss its importance as a tool for policy making with Dr. Francisco Pozo-Martin as panellist. We will also illustrate how to implement an economic evaluation with an example set in the African context.

Francisco Pozo-Martin is a research scientist at the Evidence-based Public Health Unit (ZIG2) in RKI's Centre for International Health Protection. He is a health economist and quantitative health services/ systems researcher with more than 15 years of experience in Global Health research. Among other topics, he has worked on decision analysis models for cancer treatment, economic evaluation of cancer diagnostics and hypertension control interventions, and modelling human resources for maternal health. Recently he has been working on developing and synthesising evidence regarding the effectiveness of public health and social measures against COVID-19.

There will be time for questions after the presentation. Registration is not needed.

The webinar-series has been opened to the broader public health community. The main addressees are the participants of the 2.5-year online and offline training course on applied public health research methods, which aims to develop strategic skills and strengthen networking among researchers working on public health projects in GHPP partner countries.

Information on the CARe project can be found here:
https://www.rki.de/EN/Content/Institute/International/GHPP/projects/care.html

Target group: Researchers, Public Health workers, students with interest in Global Health

Over the past four years, the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted daily life, placed a heavy burden on healthcare systems worldwide and highlighted glaring inequalities in the management of global health crises. It has revealed significant gaps in disease surveillance and data sharing and highlighted the urgent need to strengthen global health research. The strategy of intensive containment of the COVID-19 pandemic has often been at the expense of tackling other infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and HIV, leading to fragmented and nationally focussed solutions. 

The need for a more equitable and coherent global health strategy, particularly with regard to preparing for and responding to future pandemics, is clear. The webinar "Initiating Change: A global health approach in the wake of pandemics" o will bring together experts from national and international health bodies, policymakers and the pharmaceutical industry to discuss the pressing issues of global health policy and pandemic prevention. In particular, the focus is on ensuring equitable access to medicines and vaccines, promoting global health research and improving surveillance and data exchange mechanisms. It is based on the conference report "Global Health Approach for Infectious Diseases - A Proposal for the Next Decade",  a joint publication of the national academies of Ethiopia (EAS), Germany (Leopoldina), Senegal (ANSTS) and South Africa (ASSAf), which emerged from the workshop "Infectious Diseaseas beyond COVID-19" on 23-24 May 2023 in Berlin (weblink).  

Programm: https://www.leopoldina.org/livp-global-health

Registrierung: https://leopoldina-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LKsd3QhJSuaQdfbkGW_SeA

We would like to share an upcoming hybrid conference on 'The Realisation of Human Rights in Societies Beyond Growth', hosted by the Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex.

This conference promises enlightening discussions on the intricate dynamics between economic growth, human rights, and post-growth strategies.

Featuring keynote speakers Kate Raworth, Jules Pretty, Olivier De Schutter, and Annalisa Savaresi, this event is an invaluable opportunity to delve into the crucial dialogue surrounding sustainable futures within planetary boundaries.

Interested in attending online? Find further information here. 

Die Research Platform Neurourbanism (RPN), gefördert von der Berlin University Alliance (BUA) im Rahmen der Exzellenzförderung des Bundes und der Länder, hat ihr Forschungsprojekt "Exploring and Designing Urban Density. Neurourbanism as a Novel Approach in Global Mental Health", gestartet.

Im Citizen-Science Teilprojekt “Deine Emotionale Stadt” wollen wir herausfinden, wie sich Berlin anfühlt.

Gemeinsam mit Bürger*innen und Besucher*innen Berlins wollen wir Emotionen sammeln und eine Stadtkarte Berlins entstehen lassen.

Hierfür haben wir eine App entwickelt, über die Bürger*innen und Besucher*innen Berlins eine Woche lang ihre emotionale Erfahrung im Berliner Alltag mit uns teilen können. Dazu werden dreimal täglich über unsere App "Urban Mind" einige Angaben zum momentanen emotionalen Befinden und zur aktuellen Umgebung gemacht.

Die Beantwortung der Fragen dauert nicht länger als zwei bis drei Minuten. Diese Angaben werden über ein GPS-Signal dem jeweiligen Standort zugeordnet.

So wollen wir besser verstehen, welche baulichen, gestalterischen oder sozialen Faktoren in der Stadt Einfluss auf unsere Psyche haben.

Gemeinsam wollen wir herausfinden, was Städte der Zukunft zu lebenswerten Orten macht und wertvolle Erkenntnisse für eine gesundheitsförderliche Stadtgestaltung sammeln.

Über diesen Link (https://linktr.ee/deineemotionalestadt) finden Sie alle wichtigen Informationen zu unserem Projekt „Deine Emotionale Stadt“.

• Unsere App ist inzwischen in Deutsch, Englisch, Arabisch, Türkisch und Russisch verfügbar.
• Seit Projektstart haben bereits rund 1500 Personen aktiv teilgenommen.
• Über 30 erfolgreiche Veranstaltungen, Vorträge, Workshops und wissenschaftliche Roundtables haben stattgefunden.