Dear Hub members, 

We are pleased to launch a new format within our monthly GMHC members' meetings: the Brown Bag Lectures. Each session will begin with a short, focused presentation by a distinguished expert, followed by our regular community meeting. 

📅 Brown Bag Lecture Kick-Off 

Date: Wednesday, May 21, 2025 
Time: 12:00 PM (noon CEST) 
Location: online [Link] 

🗣️ Lecture Topic 

Psychosocial Care in Gaza – Now and in the Future 

We are honored to welcome Mahmoud Hemmo as our first speaker. 
Mahmoud is a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst at the University Hospital Zurich. He works in collaboration with WHO, UNICEF, and various NGOs in crisis and conflict regions. His work focuses on Problem Management Plus (PM+), an evidence-based psychosocial intervention with significant relevance for post-war Gaza and other humanitarian settings. 

🧭 Agenda 

12:00 – 01:00 PM 
▶ Brown Bag Lecture by Mahmoud Hemmo 

01:00 – 1:30 PM 
▶ GMHC Monthly Community Meeting 
Focus: Preparing GMHC’s contribution to the Global Health Talk 2025 in Berlin 

We hope many of you will join us for this important session and the launch of our new format. 

Warm regards, 
Franziska, Jinan & Michael 
GMHC Community Management 

Invitation of the Global Mental Health COmmunity to join their first Brown Bag Lecture featuring Dr. med. Arndt Dohmen, who will be discussing "Medical care deficiencies at the EU's borders: the example of Kos.".

Please join using this Zoom Link:

https://arden-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/99490361938?pwd=UxicaQ1m2XoUbDtX3JhObx6qvZ239E.1

Wednesday, 22 January 2025 | Start: 03:00 PM | End: 04:30 PM  

Location: Online

We are pleased to invite you to the kick-off webinar for the Global Health Hub Germany’s 2025 annual theme: "Global Health in Conflict Settings."

This webinar will serve as the starting point for consolidating a dedicated working group on this pressing topic. Building on the poster session at the Global Health Talk 2024, we aim to bring together experts and practitioners to form an interdisciplinary working group.

The session will provide the opportunity to discuss key ideas, share insights, and define the next steps for collaborative activities within the working group.

We look forward to your participation in this foundational meeting and to your contributions to advancing the dialogue on global health in conflict settings.

Please registere here for the Webinar: Registration | Kick-Off Webinar of the Global Health Hub Germany's Annual Theme "Global Health in Conflict Settings"

For further questions, please contact the Hub Management Team at info@globalhealthhub.de

Join us on  for a critical discussion on global health strategies centered around migrants and refugees. This webinar will explore the findings from our recent Policy Brief, titled "Prioritising Migrants and Refugees in the Global Health Discourse." The brief, developed by the Global Health Hub Germany’s Community of Practice on Global Health and Migration, emphasizes the urgent need to address the unique health challenges faced by these vulnerable populations.

The session will cover key topics including:

• Limited access to healthcare for migrants and refugees
• Increased vulnerability to infectious diseases
• The impact of climate change on migration patterns

We will discuss strategic recommendations from the Policy Brief, such as raising awareness of the social determinants of migrants' health, integrating their needs into the One Health approach, and fostering cross-sectoral collaboration to drive change.

These insights are pivotal for shaping inclusive, effective global health policies. We highly encourage your participation to help promote equitable healthcare for all.

Please save the date and confirm your availability. We look forward to your valuable contributions to this important discussion.

Register here: Registration | Webinar: Advancing Global Health – Prioritising Migrants and Refugees in Policy and Practice

For further details, please contact:

Sonu Bhaskar and Henna Riemenschneider or the Hub Management Team at info@globalhealthhub.de

---REMINDER---

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

Please join our regular community meeting on March 19 at 15:00 (Berlin time) via BigBlueButton:

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

PW: nw6jwp

Agenda

• • Welcoming new members
  • Presentation “The Role of Health Literacy in Shaping Preventive Health Behaviors Among Migrant Youth in Germany” – Gunda Waldmann
  • Update Global Health in Conflict Settings -project

Best regards,

Sonu & Henna

for the Global Health and Migration Community, GHHG

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

Please join our regular community meeting on February 19 at 15:00 (Berlin time) via BigBlueButton:

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

PW: nw6jwp

Agenda

• will be updated

Best regards,

Sonu & Henna

for the Global Health and Migration Community, GHHG

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

Please join our first regular community meeting of 2025 on January 15 at 15:00 (Berlin time) via BigBlueButton:

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

PW: nw6jwp

Agenda

• will be updated

Best regards,

Sonu & Henna

for the Global Health and Migration Community, GHHG

Dear Global Health & Migration Community Members,

Everyone who is interested in taking an active role in planning our next webinar focused on discussing the findings of our recent Policy Brief, "Prioritising Migrants and Refugees in the Global Health Discourse"

on January 16, please join our Webinar Task Force meeting on November 27 at 15:00 Berlin over BigBlueButton:

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

PW: nw6jwp

Best regards,

Sonu & Henna

for the Global Health and Migration Community, GHHG

DIE GVG LÄDT EIN: AKTUELLE STUNDE (Ausschuss EUROPA)

Herausforderungen und Maßnahmen im Kampf gegen antimikrobielle Resistenzen (AMR)

Digitale Aktuelle Stunde mit Dr. Georg Kippels, MdB (CDU)                                                                                                                

Dienstag, 11. November 2024, 14:00 Uhr – 15:00 Uhr (digital)

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,
liebe Mitglieder des Ausschusses Gesundheit und Pflege,

antimikrobielle Resistenzen (AMR) stellen unsere Gesundheitssysteme und die öffentliche Gesundheit vor große Herausforderungen. Eine vor wenigen Wochen veröffentlichte Studie der University of Washington geht von weltweit mehr als 39 Millionen Menschen aus, die an Infektionen mit resistenten Keimen sterben könnten. Bei fast weiteren 170 Millionen Todesfällen könnten solche Erreger zumindest eine Rolle spielen.

Dieser großen Gefahren ist man sich international und national zunehmend bewusst und die WHO hat bereits 2019 AMR zu einer der zehn größten globalen Bedrohungen für die öffentliche Gesundheit erklärt. Verschiedene Maßnahmen und die Zusammenarbeit relevanter Organisationen sollen die Gesundheitssysteme deshalb im Kampf gegen Antibiotikaresistenzen stärken. Zuletzt wurde 2023 auf Ebene der EU der AMR-Aktionsplan von 2017 in unterschiedlichen Dimensionen ergänzt und erweitert.   

Im Juni 2024 wurde in Deutschland auf nationaler Ebene ein hochkarätiger Parlamentskreis gegründet. Dort engagieren sich Abgeordnete zusammen mit Expert:innen gegen antimikrobielle Resistenzen und für die Entwicklung neuer Antibiotika. Wir freuen uns sehr, dass wir den Vorsitzenden und Sprecher des Parlamentskreises, Dr. Georg Kippels, MdB als Experten für einen Austausch im Rahmen unseres Formats AKTUELLE STUNDE gewinnen konnten.

Dieses Format bietet unseren Mitgliedern die Möglichkeit, sich über aktuelle Themen und Herausforderungen auszutauschen und Informationen aus erster Hand zu erhalten. Wir wollen mit Herrn Dr. Kippels insbesondere über neue Entwicklungen, die Verzahnung der internationalen und nationalen Strategien sowie geplante Maßnahmen sprechen.

Im Namen der Ausschussvorsitzenden Ilka Wölfle und Rudolf Henke sind Sie herzlich eingeladen, mitzudiskutieren, Fragen zu stellen und eigene Perspektiven einzubringen.

Datum & Uhrzeit: 

Montag, 11. November 2024, 14:00 Uhr – 15:00 Uhr

Ort:

Digitale Veranstaltung via Zoom

Zugangsdaten

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88465598363?pwd=beQGIbuSrAectDHG3SEcVXajWbQ0mR.1

Room AFRICA

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.

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

‏ — with Aurélia Souares and Corinna Heineke

++ Wegen der wenigen Anmeldungen, findet der Austausch leider nicht statt ++

Liebe Mitglieder der Akteursgruppe Jugend,

aktuell laufen die Wahlen zum neuen Lenkungskreis des Global Health Hubs Germany für die Jahre 2024-2026.

Bis zum 16. Juni 2024 könnt ihr noch eure Stimmen für die beiden neuen Vertreter:innen unserer Akteursgruppe Jugend im Lenkungskreis abgeben.

Damit ihr die Kandidat:innen vorab besser kennen lernen und euch einen guten persönlichen Eindruck verschaffen könnt, möchten wir gerne einen Austausch mit der gesamten Akteursgruppe anbieten. Die Kandidat:innen werden sich euch bei dieser Gelegeneit noch einmal kurz vorstellen und wir werden genug Raum für Fragen und gegenseitigen Austausch einplanen.

Wir freuen uns sehr über eure Teilnahme! 

Organisatorischer Hinweis: Bitte sagt hier in der Veranstaltung kurz zu oder ab, damit wir einschätzen können, wie viele Leute am Austausch teilnehmen werden. Wir planen das ganze ab 10 Teilnehmer:innen stattfinden zu lassen.

Beste Grüße
Paul & Sophie