Afrika-Verein invites to the 9th German-African Healthcare Forum "Building Healthcare Resilience in Africa: Trends and Partnerships", on 19th June 2024 at Hilton Hotel, Frankfurt am Main which is jointly organised by Afrika-Verein (German-African Business Association) and GHA - German Health Alliance.

Sustainable healthcare for all is an essential prerequisite for a sustainable global future. Nevertheless, many African countries still face the challenge of providing adequate responses to their medical needs. Building quality healthcare systems requires proactive action by policymakers and economic stakeholders. African countries need global commitment and mutual support through strong partnerships and robust health emergency response mechanisms to move towards a more resilient and secure healthcare system. The capacity of the health workforce, good policies and governance, infrastructure and cost-effective financing instruments become key elements in building a resilient healthcare systems in Africa.

Key topics:

• Global Partnership (Do we need healthcare partnerships?)
• Healthcare infrastructure
• Skills development & workforce in medical sector
• E-Health (AI; E-Mobility)
• Pharma (Drugs, Biotechnology, & Generic drugs, local vaccine production)
• Strengthening Local Value chains
• Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs)
• Women’s Health
• Financing Healthcare projects (regulatory framework & implementation)

Target Group:
German, African and European decision makers in business and politics, equipment manufacturers, project developpers, utilities, financiers & investors, development cooperation, think tanks etc.

Language: Conference languages are English and French. Translation will be provided in the main conference room.

Register here!

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

The Global Health Summer programme is a one-week course in which students and young professionals from diverse disciplines and regions of the world come together to learn, discuss, and connect at the intersections of health, peace, and socio-ecological transformation. It is accompanied by a one-day public conference, organized to a great extent by summer school alumni.

This year’s Global Health Summer School will focus on trauma, empowerment, and the right to health in the context of forced displacement and flight. Throughout the program, an intersectional and emancipatory perspective is encouraged. Insights into global health architecture and its interplay with migration politics will be gained. Academic debates on trauma, resilience, and healing, considering the role of culture, society, and politics, will be discussed. Questions will be raised on how human rights-based and decolonial approaches to trauma and psychosocial work change the way violence and health are perceived. To achieve this, lived experiences of migrant people and refugees will be juxtaposed with critiques of border regimes and asylum systems of the Global North. 

The course fees are as follows:

Students: 250 Euro (incl. 100 Euros for meals)
Professionals (with regular income): 450 Euros (incl. 100 Euros for meals)
IPPNW members: 190 Euro (incl. 100 Euros for meals)

Please hand in your application through the application form until May 29th 2024.

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. 

Liebe Mitglieder der Akteursgruppe Jugend,

Hello everyone!

hereby I would like to invite all young global health enthusiasts to the online youth consultations ahead of the 77th World Health Assembly! The youth consultations aim to promote exchange between young people on global health topics and to get an overview of priorities and opinions. You will receive the access link to the meeting after registering via this form.

This May (13th-17th) the Heidelberg Institute of Global Health will be hosting a one-week in-person course entitled, "Applying the Rights Based Approach in Achieving Health Related SDGs". In this course we will be covering the theories and frameworks of Human Rights and the Sustainable Development Goals. We will also delve into access to health and medicines for vulnerable populations (living in remote areas, people with disabilities, people with mental illness, people in detention centers) and investigate the WHO pandemic treaty.

The course is coordinated by myself (Maureen McGowan) and my colleague Dr. Astrid Berner-Rodoreda and will include wonderful lecturers from various institutions (i.e., University of Toronto, Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences).

If this course is of interest to you, please feel welcome to visit our website or contact the email below! We hope to see you there!

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.

Dear Community,

We would like to draw your attention to the "Maternal Mental Health in Africa - Conversations" symposium on 19 June 2024. The free, hybrid event is organized by the Nuffield Department of Women's and Reproductive Health and the Africa Oxford Initiative at the University of Oxford, UK, in collaboration with the Perinatal Mental Health Project at the University of Cape Town.

Registration is open on Eventbrite.

The symposium promises rich discussions, collaboration opportunities, and the chance to shape the future of maternal mental health in Africa. We are particularly interested in hearing from speakers with real-world experience and expertise in the field from the African continent. The format will be conversational, with an emphasis on engaging discussions and debate.

We would like to invite you to submit an abstract for presentations at the symposium. The themes are:

1. Moving from Trial to Scale
2. Working with Social Determinants
3. Sustaining Capacity beyond Research

Submissions are welcome from researchers, advocates, practitioners, and individuals working in the NGO sector, with a focus on experiences and work conducted in Africa or with relevance to the African context.

The deadline for abstract submissions is 15 April 2024.

We very much look forward to your contributions to this important conversation on maternal mental health in Africa.