The New Public Health Doctoral Programme invites prospective PhD candidates to an online information session. The session will provide an introduction to the programme and information on applying for a full-time doctoral scholarship from the Hans Böckler Foundation. 📚

The programme’s four thematic clusters will also be introduced, followed by an opportunity for participants to ask questions about the application process, supervision, and the doctoral programme. 💬

💻 Format: Online via Microsoft Teams
📅 Date: 7 October 2026, 17:00–18:30
⏰ Application deadline for the scholarship: 2 November 2026

Register here: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/360415183606164?p=WAmB6ajSFkc5WGisuA

The New Public Health Doctoral Programme invites prospective PhD candidates to an online information session. The session will provide an introduction to the programme and information on applying for a full-time doctoral scholarship from the Hans Böckler Foundation. 📚

The programme’s four thematic clusters will also be introduced, followed by an opportunity for participants to ask questions about the application process, supervision, and the doctoral programme. 💬

💻 Format: Online via Microsoft Teams
📅 Date: 7 October 2026, 17:00–18:30
⏰ Application deadline for the scholarship: 2 November 2026

Register here: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/360415183606164?p=WAmB6ajSFkc5WGisuA

The event brings together experts from healthcare practice, research, policy, public health, health insurance and other fields to discuss the future of primary care in Germany. 🌍

The programme will explore international experiences, especially from Austria, interprofessional teamwork, lessons from the NAVIGATION model projects in Berlin and Hamburg, and the structural and political conditions needed to establish Primary Care Centres as part of regular healthcare provision.

💬 Through expert talks, panels and discussions, the conference offers a space for interdisciplinary exchange and for exploring how primary care can become more integrated, accessible and community-oriented.

📅 8 October 2026 | 10:00–16:30
📍 Charité Campus Mitte, Berlin
💶 Participation fee: €35
👥 Places are limited to 200 participants.

This event will be held in German.

Registration is available online via the event website here: https://aufbruch-primaerversorgung.de/#anmeldung

🏥 Charité meets BeNeLux will take place on 8–9 October 2026 in Berlin, bringing together leading experts from Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg for the 17th Symposium on Emergency Medicine and Acute Cardiology.

The event explores the evolving role of emergency medicine, with a focus on digital innovation, AI in acute care, geriatric emergency medicine, psychosocial emergencies, acute cardiology and new approaches to patient care. 

Alongside expert presentations and practical education, the programme offers valuable opportunities for international exchange, networking and collaboration across European emergency medicine. 🌍🤝

Register here: https://charite-meets.de/

The 9th German–East European Health Forum will bring together senior decision-makers, healthcare experts, and business leaders from Germany and across Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe, the Baltics, the South Caucasus, and Central Asia. As an official side event of the World Health Summit, the forum will explore resilient healthcare systems, regulatory harmonization, digital health innovation, and joint strategies for preventing neurodegenerative diseases. 🤝💡

Hosted at KPMG in Berlin, the event offers a valuable platform for networking, knowledge exchange, and fostering international partnerships in the health sector. The conference will be held in English, and participation is free of charge.

Register here: https://gha.health/veranstaltung/9th-german-eastern-european-health-forum/

The Virchow Foundation will host the fifth anniversary of the Virchow Prize Lecture and Ceremony on 10 October 2026 at Berlin’s historic Rotes Rathaus (Berlin City Hall). The event will celebrate outstanding achievements advancing the goal of “health for all”, particularly in connection with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. 

The ceremony will bring together members of the global health community for an afternoon of reflection, recognition, and exchange, followed by a reception. 🤝

📅 10 October 2026 | 16:00–18:00
📍 Great Ceremonial Hall, Rotes Rathaus, Berlin

🎬 When it’s time to deliver, can health systems too?

Dear All, on the occasion of the World Health Summit 2026, we are pleased to invite you to a special side event in Berlin, bringing together film, evidence and dialogue to explore women’s health, safe and dignified birth, WASH, Universal Health Coverage and resilient health systems. 🌍💧

The event will consist of two parts: 

Part 1 | 11:00–12:15 – Panel & Political Dialogue 

A high-level discussion bringing together perspectives from midwifery, politics, global health and practice. Together, we will explore what health systems need to provide safe, dignified and quality care – and how maternal health, WASH, Universal Health Coverage and resilient health systems can be better connected. 

Evidence from WaterAid’s recent Born Without Water study will bring particular attention to a fundamental but too often overlooked part of quality healthcare: safe water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in healthcare facilities. 

Part 2 | 12:20–14:00 – Film Screening of WISE WOMEN 

For those who would like to stay, we will screen Nicole Scherg’s documentary WISE WOMEN, which follows five midwives working in Ethiopia, Morocco, Nepal, Austria and Brazil. Director Nicole Scherg will join us in person. 

You are very welcome to join us for the panel discussion only – participation in the film screening is optional. The event will be held in English. Coffee and networking from 10:30. 

📅 11 October 2026 | 11:00–14:00
📍 delphi LUX Cinema, Berlin
☕ Doors open at 10:30 for coffee and networking

Link to register below

On 12 October 2026, experts from academia, civil society, politics, and global health practice will meet in Berlin to discuss the growing role of private actors and private financing in global health. The event will explore how these developments are shaping health priorities and governance, and what is needed for a more democratic, accountable, and equitable global health system. 🩺🤝

📍 Berlin | 12 October 2026 | 13:00–15:00
📌 Hotel Pestana, Stülerstraße 6
🗣️ The event will be held in English.

The discussion is organized by the German Platform Global Health, Global Policy Forum Europe, medico international, Brot für die Welt, and the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung – New York Office. 

Register here: https://www.medico.de/en/public-interest-or-private-power

Have you ever travelled through time? 
If not, you can come and join us in Berlin for our simulation exercise “Critical Choices Beyond the Pathogen”, jointly developed by the Global Health Hub Germany and the World Health Organization (WHO).

Why join?
Take this opportunity to travel through time to infectious disease outbreaks of the past and take crucial decisions, making or breaking social cohesion, public trust and mental wellbeing. Learn why MHPSS in pandemics has and always will be a crucial part of handling disease outbreaks! 

Date: 12 October 2026 
Time: 01:00 PM to 03:00 PM
Location: Pullman Berlin Schweizerhof 
(Budapester Str. 25, 10787 Berlin, right across from WHS location, no WHS ticket needed)

Discuss with our experts: 
Prof. Dr Klaus Lieb (Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research), Dr Marcelo Pelajo Machado (Fiocruz) & Asha Mutesi Rajab (Youth Community Health Worker) in a panel discussion reflecting the lessons learned and the importance of social dimensions in pandemic preparedness.

Register here: https://live.invitario.com/en/critical-choices-beyond-the-pathogen-the-social-dimension-of-pandemics

On 13 October 2026, the Medical School Brandenburg (MHB) will host a public panel discussion exploring how health equity is shaped by structural inequality, healthcare systems, migration, and global health policies.

The discussion will bring together international and regional perspectives from medicine, medical anthropology, global health, and community health, connecting experiences of healthcare in Brandenburg with broader questions of equity, solidarity, and responsibility. 🩺🌎

The event takes place from 5:00–7:00 pm at the MHB Campus in Brandenburg an der Havel and is also available online. Admission is free, and participants are invited to stay for an informal get-together with refreshments afterwards. 🤝

Register here: https://www.mhb-fontane.de/de/veranstaltungsdetails?id=1019&utm_source=chatgpt.com 

On October 14, 2026, the University of Heidelberg will host a free, in-person conference exploring one of today's most pressing societal challenges: the mental health of young people. 🌱

Bringing together researchers, educators, students, policymakers, and practitioners, the event examines both the personal and societal conditions that support healthy development and resilience. Marking the conclusion of the REBOUND 2.0project, the conference combines the latest research with practical perspectives on prevention, education, and mental well-being in schools, universities, and communities.

💬 Join the conversation on how we can create the conditions for young people not just to cope—but to thrive.

Speaker
Stéphanie van de Werve
Co-founder, Thémis

Stéphanie van de Werve co-founded Thémis with Fatoumata Ly, out of the strong belief that women’s health was missing an infrastructure. Before that, she spent 15 years developing programmes in foundations and think tanks (Institut Montaigne, Tony Blair Institute, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace). Her work has focused on turning research and policy into strategies that get results. 

Founded in 2025, Thémis is a pan-European influence platform to integrate women’s health into every public and economic decision. Its mission is to make women’s health a core metric of public policy and economic development by 2035. Thémis works across five areas: citizen participation, measurement through the Women’s Health Index, research, policy translation, and culture change.

The input will be followed by a Q&A, so we hope to see many of you there

We warmly invite you to our upcoming webinar "Food Systems under Pressure" on October 27, 15:00-16:15 CET as part of our new webinar series "Connecting Climate Change and Health".

Climate change is undermining food systems worldwide: droughts, floods and heat reduce harvests, disrupt supply chains and drive up food prices. The health consequences are severe, ranging from acute malnutrition in drought-affected regions such as the Horn of Africa to an increased risk of food-borne diseases and a growing burden of diet-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The webinar will therefore explore how we can build food systems that are resilient and sustainable in order to protect nutrition and health.

Agenda

• 15:00–15:10 Welcome and introduction to the webinar series
• 15:10–15:20 Input 1 - Climate Change & Food Security: Risks and Solution Pathways
• 15:20–15:30 Input 2 - Healthy, Climate-Resilient Diets: Benefits, Challenges and Potentials
• 15:30–15:40 Input 3 - Extreme Weather Events and Malnutrition: Heath Impacts on the Ground
• 15:40–16:10 Moderated Q&A
• 16:10–16:15 Summary and Closing

Speakers

• Dr. Christine Chemnitz, Director, Agora Agrar
• Dr. Marco Springmann, Senior Researcher in Environment and Health, Environmental Change Institute (ECI), University of Oxford and Professorial Research Fellow, Institute for Global Health, University College London
• Alina Seebacher, Advocacy Officer Climate, Food Security & Health, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Germany

Register here:

https://live.invitario.com/en/deutsche-globale-gesundheitspolitik-webinar-series-connecting-climate-change-and-health-food-systems-under-pressure/registration

Please note:
The webinar will be recorded. If you do not wish to appear in the recording, you are welcome to keep your camera turned off.

We look forward to your participation and to an engaging discussion.

The GLOHRA Scientific Workshop will bring together researchers and health professionals to examine the often-overlooked perspectives and experiences of Eastern Europe in global health debates. The workshop will explore the sociopolitical factors behind the European East–West health divide, including migration, resource inequalities, healthcare disparities, and the region’s connections with societies in the Global South. 🤝

The two-day event will also discuss approaches to epistemic justice and addressing persistent health inequities, while strengthening interdisciplinary and transregional networks working on health in Eastern Europe. 🌱📚

📅 29–30 October 2026
📍 Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, CCO – Auditorium
💻 Hybrid format
🎟️ Free participation | Registration deadline: 9 October 2026

The workshop is particularly relevant for early-career and senior researchers, as well as health professionals working on European and global health inequalities.

Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScKnuHjTqWS_f4THNa9Vc8Fo2wNqRQjkuYYKSTq_Eyv3C4_cQ/viewform?pli=1

The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) offers the English-language course “Infectious Disease Epidemiology”, providing participants with a theoretical and practical introduction to the aims and responsibilities of infectious disease epidemiology and its links to laboratory and clinical practice. 🔬

Through lectures and interactive exercises, participants will explore key topics including pathogen transmission dynamics, disease surveillance, prevention and control strategies, epidemiological research, study design, and statistical analysis. The course uses a range of infectious diseases—including sexually transmitted, vaccine-preventable, hospital-acquired, respiratory, and gastrointestinal infections—as practical examples.

🎓 The course is open free of charge to undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as guests. Participants who attend regularly will receive a certificate of attendance.

Register here: https://rki.webex.com/webappng/sites/rki/webinar/webinarSeries/register/a422356ec11843d488049348ce78e320