🌍📚 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

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.

🏥 Spreestadt Forum & Berlin Hospital Seminar – Winter Semester 2025/26

The Spreestadt Forum and Berlin Hospital Seminar is an interdisciplinary lecture series on healthcare in Europe, bringing together perspectives from health economics, medicine, and health policy. Scientifically led by Prof. Reinhard Busse, Prof. Thomas Kersting, and Prof. Thomas Henke (TU Berlin), the series takes place every semester and is open to students and professionals alike.

In the Winter Semester 2025/26, the program focuses on current reforms and challenges in the German and European healthcare systems. Topics include Level 1i clinics and regional health centers, integrated care for chronic diseases, cross-state hospital planning between Berlin and Brandenburg, implementation of hospital reform laws, the practical use of AI in healthcare, and the financial situation of statutory health and long-term care insurance.

📅 Next lecture:
January 19, 2026, at 6:15 pm (CET)
🎤 Michael Zaske (Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, Brandenburg) & Helge Franz (Berlin Senate Administration)
🧩 Topic: Cross-state hospital planning in light of service groups, minimum case numbers, and retention payments

The event is held in hybrid format, free of charge, and no registration is required. Participants are warmly invited to join the discussion—on site or online.

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.

🌍 Spreestadt Forum & Berlin Hospital Seminar on Health Care in Europe | TU Berlin | Winter Semester 2025/26

The Spreestadt Forum and Berlin Hospital Seminar is a free, interdisciplinary lecture series on health care in Europe, jointly organised by TU Berlin and academically led by Prof. Reinhard Busse, Prof. Thomas Kersting and Prof. Henrik Henke. Held every semester, the series brings together perspectives from health economics, medicine and health policy and is open to students and professionals alike.

📚 Winter Semester 2025/26 focus:
This semester’s programme addresses key current reforms and debates in the German and European health system, including:

• New care models such as “Level 1i” clinics and regional health centres
• The future potential of integrated care, especially for people with chronic diseases
• Cross-state hospital planning (Berlin–Brandenburg)
• Implementation of hospital reform legislation (KHVVG, KHAG) through models and simulations
• Practical applications of artificial intelligence in health care 🤖
• The financial challenges facing statutory health and long-term care insurance 💶

🗣️ Format & participation:

• Hybrid format (on-site in Berlin + online livestream)
• In-person attendees are welcome to enjoy snacks and drinks 🥨
• No registration required, participation is free of charge
• Open discussion and exchange are central to the series

📌 Next lecture:

• Date & time: Monday, 12 January 2026, 18:15
• Speaker: Prof. Dr. jur. Thomas Schlegel (Frankfurt)
• Topic: “The untapped potential of integrated care – how sectoral separation in the German Social Code (SGB V) hinders care for chronically ill patients”

🌍 Webinar: Institutionalizing Community Health Programs through Strategic Purchasing 🩺

On Thursday, 15 January 2026, global health leaders, policymakers and practitioners will come together for a 90-minute interactive webinar exploring how community health worker (CHW) programs can be sustainably integrated into national health systems through effective purchasing and financing mechanisms.

📌 Building on the Bangkok Call to Action, the session will examine how strategic purchasing can support the long-term institutionalization and performance of CHW programs—strengthening primary health care, building trust in fragile settings, and improving health outcomes.

🌍 Country experiences from Kenya and Burkina Faso will be highlighted, alongside a powerful first-hand perspective from a Community Health Worker champion from Kenya. The discussion will be complemented by a high-level panel and audience Q&A.

🗣️ Language: English, with simultaneous French interpretation
💬 Format: Interactive webinar with live Q&A
🕒 Time: 8:00 New York // 13:00 London / Ouagadougou // 14:00 Geneva // 16:00 Nairobi

👥 Speakers & contributors include: UNICEF, Financing Alliance for Health, Ministries of Health (Kenya & Burkina Faso), the Global Financing Facility, The Global Fund, and community health representatives.

✨ A must-attend session for anyone interested in community health, health financing, and primary health care systems strengthening

🦠 Update on “5 BY 25”: Progress, Challenges and Next Steps in Countering AMR

GARDP will host a live webinar reflecting on the “5 BY 25” initiative, launched in 2019 with the ambitious goal of developing five new antibiotic treatments between 2020 and 2025. The session will highlight key achievements, lessons learned, and remaining challenges, while outlining how GARDP is building on this progress to advance sustainable, public health–driven antibiotic R&D and access 🌍💊.

The webinar will feature insights from leading experts Anand Anandkumar (Bugworks), Manica Balasegaram (GARDP), Glenda Gray (SAMRC), and David Paterson (ADVANCE-ID), and will be moderated by Herman Goossens (University of Antwerp).

📅 15 January 2026 | 12:00–13:00 CET
💬 Live broadcast with interactive Q&A

🔬📈 Second Workshop on Causal Inference in Infectious Disease Epidemiology

The Infectious Disease Epidemiology Working Group and the Cross-Sectional Initiative on Causal Inference invite researchers to an in-person, two-day workshop from 22–23 January 2026 at the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM), Hamburg.

Building on the successful 2024 edition, this hands-on workshop will deepen participants’ skills in causal inference methods for observational health data. The programme will introduce the three g-methods — parametric g-formula, marginal structural models (MSMs) with IPTW, and structural nested models — with practical exercises and data analysis in R.

Participants will also collaborate on designing a target trial protocol for complex infectious disease research questions (e.g., HPV vaccination, HIV treatment), and can benefit from office hours to discuss their own study designs and analytical challenges.

👩‍🏫 Lecturers: Uwe Siebert & Lára Hallsson (UMIT TIROL, Austria)
💻 Prerequisites: Basic CI knowledge / participation in the first workshop recommended
🕙 Optional recap session on DAGs: 22.01.2026, 10:00–12:00
💰 Free of charge | Sponsored by DGEpi & gmds
📝 Registration deadline: 17 December 2025

A great opportunity to expand CI skills, connect with peers, and strengthen study design in infectious disease epidemiology! 🌍📊

🌎🔥🧠 Global Energy Parliament 2025 – Join the Conversation!

The Global Energy Parliament hosts its 15th annual session on December 13–14, 2025, bringing together a worldwide community to explore this year’s theme: “Inner Heat, Outer Heat: The Emotional Climate Shaping Our World.”

As emotional tensions rise across societies and environmental instability accelerates, this event will investigate the powerful connection between human well-being and planetary health:

✨ How do our emotions influence our environment?
✨ How does ecological stress affect our mental and social balance?
✨ What practical actions can help cool down both?

Over two interactive days, international experts, scientists, thought leaders, and Members of Parliament will share insights, policy proposals, and innovative ideas to restore harmony. Participants will have the chance to engage in discussions and contribute their own perspectives to shape meaningful solutions for a more balanced future.

🗓 Dates & Times (IST):
• December 13th — 3:00 pm to 7:30 pm
• December 14th — 2:00 pm to 6:30 pm

This online event is open to everyone — whether interested in peace, mental health, climate, well-being, or policy, every voice is welcome. 💬🌱

🌍 Tracking Universal Health Coverage: 2025 Global Monitoring Report

Online Launch Event — December 8th, 2025

The World Bank, the World Health Organization, UHC2030, and the Joint Learning Network cordially invite the global health community to the launch of the 2025 Global Monitoring Report on Universal Health Coverage (UHC). 📊✨

This session will present new global findings on access to quality health services and financial protection — tracking progress toward UHC and Sustainable Development Goal Target 3.8. The report uses the latest 2020–2022 data, supported by new projections through 2030.

🧭 The discussion will explore:

• Where the world stands today on UHC 📈
• Persistent gaps in service coverage and financial hardship 🕳️
• Needed policy shifts to accelerate progress toward health for all 🏥🤝

🕗 Time: 8:00–9:30am EST / 14:00–15:30 CET
🌐 Format: Virtual (Über die Zoom Workplace-App beitreten - Zoom)
🔊 Interpretation available in French, Spanish & Arabic

🎙️ Featured speakers include:
Experts from WHO, The World Bank, and partnering institutions — offering perspectives on analytics, financing, health systems performance, and evidence-based action.

🌆 Spreestadt Forum & Berlin Hospital Seminar — Winter Semester Kick-Off

On behalf of the scientific directors Prof. Busse and Prof. Kersting, the Spreestadt Forum and the Berlin Hospital Seminar are pleased to invite community members to their first lecture of the 2025/26 winter semester.

📣 Speakers:
Ingo Goldammer & Tobias Orthmann
(Managing Directors of the Regional Health Center Holzminden)

💡 Topic:
The Regional Health Center Holzminden as a blueprint for cross-sectoral health care (“Level 1i”) — exploring innovative models that bridge outpatient and inpatient services.

📅 Date & Time:
Monday, 08 December 2025
18:00 c. t. (18:15 start)

📍 Location:
Conference Rooms 1 & 2
National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians
Herbert-Lewin-Platz 2, 10623 Berlin

💻 Hybrid Format:
Participation is possible on-site or online.
The digital access link will be published on the evening of the event on the organizer’s website. Spreestadt-Forum und BKS - TU Berlin

🎟️ Free of charge & no registration required!

🧭 The full program overview is available online under Spreestadt Forum and Berlin Hospital Seminar.
For questions, please contact the team: mig@tu-berlin.de.

🌍 16 Days of Activism is underway, and this year the community is joining the UNiTE Campaign to highlight a rapidly growing concern: digital violence against women and girls.

For many women in global health, online spaces offer connection, visibility, and leadership—but they can also be sites of harassment, misinformation, and gender-based abuse. This webinar aims to change that. 💪✨

📢 Digital Safety for Women in Global Health
Date: Friday, December 5, 2025
Time: 2:00–3:30 PM UTC
Where: Zoom (registration required)

This session will bring together voices from across the global health field to explore how technology-facilitated gender-based violence impacts women, and to share practical, gender-transformative strategies for creating safer, more inclusive digital spaces. 🔐💬

All are invited to join this important conversation and support efforts to build a digital world where every woman can participate, lead, and speak freely—without fear.

🌍 Save the Date: World AIDS Day 2025 Event in Geneva 

UNAIDS, WHO and the Global Fund will host a special World AIDS Day event on Monday, 1 December 2025, from 15:30 to 17:00 CET in Geneva. The gathering will feature three interlinked panels exploring how recent funding disruptions threaten to reverse decades of progress in the AIDS response. At the same time, speakers will spotlight powerful stories of community resilience and call for renewed global solidarity. ✨

Participants can join in person at UNAIDS, Avenue Appia 20, Geneva, or online via the organizers’ social channels.

Live Stream via Youtube: Overcoming disruption, transforming the AIDS response - World AIDS Day 2025

UHC High-Level Forum 2025 | Tokyo (TBC) | 6 December 2025

Global health leaders will gather in Tokyo for the UHC High-Level Forum 2025, co-hosted by the Government of Japan, the World Health Organization (WHO), and the World Bank. The event aims to accelerate progress toward Universal Health Coverage (UHC)—ensuring that everyone, everywhere can access the health services they need without financial hardship. 🌍🏥

The Forum is part of Japan’s broader commitment to advancing UHC, including the launch of the new UHC Knowledge Hub, which supports capacity-building and policy action in low- and lower-middle-income countries.

Key objectives include:
• Reviewing global progress and identifying key challenges in achieving UHC
• Strengthening partnerships and alignment across governments, international organizations, civil society, and the private sector 🤝
• Sustaining political momentum toward global UHC by 2030

Date: 6 December 2025
Location: Tokyo, Japan (TBC) and Online via Youtube livestream
Co-hosts: Government of Japan, WHO, World Bank
Program highlights: High-level discussions, UHC Knowledge Hub launch ceremony, and a multi-stakeholder forum ⚙️

Expected participants include representatives from international organizations, public-private partnerships, ministries of health and finance, philanthropic actors, civil society, and the private sector.

A key milestone event for advancing global health equity. ✨

🌍 Webinar Series: Climate-Resilient & Sustainable Health Systems in Africa 🌱

Beginning October 2025, GCCHE and partners are launching a free monthly webinar series to explore how Africa’s health systems can adapt to climate change while reducing their environmental footprint.

Key highlights:

• 🗓️ Monthly webinars – first Wednesday each month (Oct 2025–Feb 2026)


• 🌐 English sessions with simultaneous French interpretation


• 💰 Participation is free


• 🤝 Hosted by GCCHE, CHEZ, ARAYAA, Build Health International & ACOPPHE

What to expect:

• Practical strategies to strengthen climate-resilient & sustainable health systems


• Real-world success stories from across Africa


• Opportunities to connect with experts and peers


• Guidance on integrating mitigation & adaptation into healthcare operations


• Insights on reducing environmental footprint while improving care quality

Who is it for?

Health system planners, administrators, clinicians, emergency & continuity officials, sustainability officers, policymakers, and anyone interested in climate-resilient healthcare in Africa.

💡 Designed to empower action, collaboration, and impactful change across scal

Digital Health Lecture Series – Winter Term 2025/26 💡🩺💻

As part of the interdisciplinary lecture series “Digital Health: Innovative Research Projects,” experts from academia, healthcare, and industry explore how digital transformation can improve healthcare delivery in Germany. Across three sessions, they present cutting-edge research, discuss challenges, and engage with the public on emerging solutions in digital health.

Featured Session: Eye-Tracking for Communication in Intensive Care 👁️💬

Date: 11 December 2025, 18:00
Location: FernUniversität in Hagen, Campus Hagen (and online via Zoom)

This session features Dr. Christopher Ull (BG Universitätsklinikum Bergmannsheil Bochum) and Dr. Christina Ingwald (FernUniversität in Hagen), who provide insights into their interdisciplinary project on eye-tracking technology for patients with limited or no speech ability—such as intubated ICU patients.

The lecture addresses:

• How eye-tracking can support communication of pain, needs, and autonomy
• Psychological and medical perspectives on technology-assisted communication
• Practical experiences from clinical settings
• Opportunities and barriers to integrating such tools into everyday care

Participants onsite can also enjoy a post-event networking session with snacks and drinks.

📍 Series Locations: Campus Berlin, Campus Hagen, Campus Bonn + Zoom
📅 Dates: 06.11.2025, 11.12.2025, 22.01.2026 – each at 18:00
💰 Free participation

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