The World Federation of Paediatric Intensive and Critical Care Society is introducing its Awareness Week, a global initiative where colleagues caring for critically ill children share their experiences and innovations in a modest and collaborative spirit. This event highlights the impact of climate change, epidemics, and socio-economic challenges on child health and clinical care. Through a series of podcasts and webinars, clinical teams and health workers from various regions will discuss their working environments and problem-solving strategies while outlining their expectations from global partnerships. For example, teams from Sub-Saharan Africa will explore how Madagascar’s increasing tropical storms disrupt healthcare infrastructure, agriculture, and even alter the epidemiology of infectious diseases such as malaria and dengue, further exacerbating food insecurity and malnutrition risks. In eastern DRC’s South Kivu, health workers will focus on the compounded challenges posed by a fragile health system, MPOX epidemics, conflict, and the needs of displaced populations. Moreover, all teams will describe how climate change adaptation measures—such as energy-efficient facility designs and renewable energy use (e.g., solar energy) to ensure decentralized oxygen provision, power essential biomedical equipment, and maintain cold chains for vaccinations—can reduce carbon emissions and improve access to essential services for vulnerable populations. Colleagues will further outline how minimal standards for essential paediatric and neonatal emergency and critical care—across different levels of referral pathways—can be defined via WHO recommendations and the contributions of international professional societies, emphasizing that access to these vital services is a key element of universal health care coverage, as outlined in the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

The GHA – German Health Alliance, the SPECTARIS industry association, and the Federal Foreign Office, together with the associations Pharma Deutschland, vfa, and ZVEI, as well as Germany Trade & Invest (GTAI), invite you to the

Foreign Trade Day for the Health Industry 2025: Fit for the Global Market – Trends, Geopolitics, and Diversification

April 8, 2025, Federal Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt), Berlin

Registration & Further Information

The Foreign Trade Day is aimed at managing directors and technical managers from the fields of international business development, export, and sourcing. Participation is free of charge for all manufacturing companies in the target sectors (medical technology, pharmaceuticals, and laboratory technology), all members of the participating associations, and public representatives. A participation fee of EUR 249.00 (plus VAT) will be charged for other guests. All details about the program, travel, and other partners can be found in the attached flyer.

Registration is possible until April 1, 2025, at the latest. 

For further information, please contact the GHA-German Health Alliance.