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.

Location: Online via WebEx Webinar (no physical meeting)

Speaker: Fabiana Lorencatto – Co-Director and Associate Professor for the Centre for Behaviour Change at University College London

Online participation is possible without registration.

The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany and the Stiftung Deutsches Meeresmuseum, Stralsund, Germany are delighted to host the 15th Scientific Conference of the European Wildlife Disease Association in Stralsund, Germany from 9–13 September 2024. 

The conference will be organised in hybrid format and will focus on the topic (online registration is still possible) 
One Health – Challenges and Opportunities for the Surveillance and Management of Wildlife. 

This high-level event will convene former Heads of State — including New Zealand’s The Right Honourable Helen Clark — and government, senior policymakers, and non-governmental leaders to address how we can build on the Summit of the Future (Sept. 22-23) calls-to-action — specifically an “Emergency Platform” — to ensure we are prepared to respond to complex global shocks.

The destruction of the Gaza Strip since October 7 has been unprecedented. According to a damage assessment report by the European Union, while homes are the majority of the infrastructure that has been destroyed, critical facilities including hospitals, health facilities, and basic services for sanitation, hygiene, education, energy and ICT are all catastrophically damaged.

There are currently no fully functioning hospitals in the Gaza Strip, and an estimated 700 healthcare and aid workers’ lives have been lost. Medical facilities are lacking personnel, beds, medicine, equipment and electricity.  The extent of damage to both medical facilities and water and sanitation infrastructure raises significant concerns regarding the potential spread of communicable diseases

To prevent further loss of life, there is an imminent need to rebuild basic services, including most importantly, the healthcare sector.  

Registration via: https://web.cvent.com/event/bf673d11-b119-4728-81a2-e3cae0f31a9a 

This event will bring together members of public health authorities, international organizations, health leaders, representatives from parliament, and civil society. Together, they will present current evidence, share best practices, and explore key policy measures to enhance the optimized use of antibiotics.

• What are the implications of the recent United Nations declaration on antimicrobial resistance for strategic approaches to combating AMR globally?
• How do accurate and timely diagnostics contribute to the effective management of AMR, and what are the main barriers to the widespread adoption of diagnostic tools?
• How are diagnostics currently integrated into National Action Plans on AMR?
• What specific roles can different stakeholders (government, private sector, NGOs) play in advancing the use of point-of-care diagnostics in AMR?

Feel free to contact me if you any questions.

Bests

Ali

Dear Hub Community, 

We are delighted to invite you to this year’s Global Health Talk, our annual flagship event, bringing together leading global health experts from different stakeholder groups and high-level representatives from the German government. The event is a great opportunity to network among our active Hub members and to gain insights into our diverse Hub Communities. 

All guests are warmly invited to the opening ceremony with Federal Minister of Health Prof. Karl Lauterbach, followed by a keynote on fragility and global health from Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Svenja Schulze (TBC). Following this, we will dive into discussions on the following key topics in global health: 

• Panel on Fragility & Global Health 
• Climate and Health Nexus: Analysis of COP 29
• European Cooperation in Global Health
• Non-Communicable Diseases: UN High-Level Meeting 2025
• International Processes in Global Health Policy

Please mark your calendars for the event & join us in Berlin on December 05 – 06
at the Conference Center, Mauerstraße 27, 10117 Berlin. 

Registration will open soon.

We look forward to your participation and the valuable conversations that will shape the future of global health. 

Sincerely,   
The Management Team of the Global Health Hub Germany  

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

The WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence and the Charité Center for Global Health cordially invite you to join us in person or online for the next session of our Speaker Series "Protecting the World: Moving Rapidly Together" on 22 August 2024, 6:00 to 8:00 pm (CET). 

Speaker Series N°8 – Harnessing Contextual Insights for Better Public Health Intelligence

• Time: 22 August, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm (CET)
  (Kindly note that on-site registration opens from 6:00 pm, and the event starts at 6:30 pm.)
  

• Location: WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence, Prinzessinnenstraße 17/18, 10969 Berlin & Digital via WHO YouTube Channel

Guest Speaker: Dr. Ahmed Abd El Wahed (view profile in Research Directory)
Topic: Global One Health: Time to think differently!
Registration: https://uni-ms.zoom-x.de/meeting/register/u5Itce6orT4sHdNH-vh9h8LZ4WWYTNVPDRxj

The Series directs special attention towards the added value of interdisciplinary and international cooperation in global health research. Every first Tuesday of the month, speakers share insights into their research projects while focusing on research processes, methods as well as lessons learned. Following the 30-minute speaker’s presentation, the Series encourages an academic exchange between the speaker and the audience in a 30-minute Q&A session.

In this edition of the GLOHRA Academy Series, Dr. Ahmed Abd El Wahed will introduce innovative approaches to think and tackle global One Health challenges. He is the lab head at the Institute of Animal Hygiene and Veterinary Public Health at Universität Leipzig and coordinator of an EDCTP-funded project to implement rapid diagnostics of emerging diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa. His extensive knowledge and experience in the field of infectious disease will inform his talk on Global One Health as an integrated approach to promoting human and animal health.

Location: Robert Koch Institute, Nordufer 20, 13353 Berlin, lecture hall, and online via WebEx Webinar (hybrid)

Speaker: Dr Chinwe Ochu, Dr Obinna J. Eze, Michael Okali, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention
Join this hybrid ZIG-Talk and discuss with Dr Chinwe Ochu, Dr Obinna J. Eze, Michael Okali !

Online participation is possible without registration. If you need a confirmation of participation, please contact ZIG-Talks@rki.de beforehand.

Attend the Conference on Tropical Medicine and Global Health, at Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf. Hosted by the German Society for Tropical Medicine, Travel Medicine, and Global Health. This event includes plenary sessions, workshops and symposia. 

Here is a list of topics:

Harmonisation and synergies in Tropical and Travel I Medicine I Global Health I Transcultural medicine I Innovative approaches I Oncology and palliative care I Dermatology I Gynecology I Pediatrics I Surgery I Emerging Infectious Diseases I New vaccines I Climate change and environment I Parasitology I NTD I Malaria I Sepsis I Zoonoses I HIV and TB I High Consequence Infectious Diseases I Clinical quiz I Training and career opportunities I Update Tropical and Travel Medicine

For participation, please register here:
https://fd2.formdesk.com/pcma/CTM-2024

Don't miss the opportunity to connect with global health experts! 

• Symposium submission deadline: 19 January 2024 


• Abstract submission deadline: 23 February 2024 


• Early bird deadline and author registration deadline: 15 May 2024 


• Registration deadline: 9 August 2024

Join for this month’s session of the TUM Global Health Talk speaker series on July 23rd, 2024, featuring our distinguished guest speaker Dr. John Amuasi presenting his work on “Research in Ghana: Introducing the Kumasi Center for Collaborative Research”.

For online participation, please register here:
https://lnkd.in/eC_HW-mi

Don't miss the opportunity to discuss and explore this topic with Dr. John Amuasi, who leads impactful research on neglected tropical diseases and antimicrobial resistance in Ghana.

AHTS 2024 is the pinnacle of healthcare innovation within MWC Africa uniting the power of digital transformation with the potential of cutting-edge healthcare solutions. Join us to explore how “Innovating for Community Health, Resilience and Wellbeing: Unlocking the Power of AI and Emerging Technologies” revolutionizes healthcare delivery across Africa. Engage with industry leaders, visionaries, and policymakers to forge transformative partnerships and drive meaningful change.

CEPI, Brazil’s Ministry of Health and Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz) will co-host a unique global gathering of pandemic preparedness and response experts to advance the global pandemic preparedness agenda.

The Global Pandemic Preparedness Summit 2024, taking place on 29/30 July in Rio de Janeiro, will convene R&D experts, government officials, civil society representatives, and leaders from global health and industry organizations from around the world.

Building on the learnings from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Summit will focus on three central themes of the global pandemic preparedness agenda that, if designed and aligned in a complementary manner, could transform the world’s ability to respond quickly and equitably to the next Disease X:

• Enabling equitable access to vaccines, medicines and other health technologies through strengthening local and regional production capacity.
• Delivering the 100 Days Mission for vaccines, diagnostics and therapeutics.
• Enhancing global disease surveillance.

Partners at FIND, the International Pandemic Preparedness Secretariat, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Unitaid, and the WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence are contributing to the design of the Summit programme. The Summit will be livestreamed, and the proceedings, outcomes and recommendations will be published and delivered to global decision-makers to support international pandemic preparedness efforts.

‏ — with Aurélia Souares and Corinna Heineke

The German-East European & Central Asian Health Forum, organised by the German Eastern Business Association and the German Health Alliance as an Official Side Event of the World Health Summit, provides a framework for exchange and networking with decision-makers from Germany and the partner countries, company representatives, experts and researchers.

The seventh edition of the Forum will be dedicated to the topic “Advancing Healthcare Together: Investments and Partnerships”.

In recent years, the healthcare systems in East Europe and Central Asia have witnessed significant developments and transformations. Governments in the region have been actively focusing on improving healthcare infrastructure, increasing access to quality medical services, and implementing health policy reforms. Efforts have been made to enhance healthcare financing mechanisms and promote public-private partnerships to address the diverse healthcare needs of their populations. Additionally, advancements in medical technology and digital health solutions have played a pivotal role in improving healthcare delivery and patient outcomes.

Despite witnessing advancements in recent years, the healthcare systems in East Europe and Central Asia continue to face ongoing challenges. These include disparities in the distribution of healthcare resources, shortages in the healthcare workforce, and the rising prevalence of non-communicable diseases. These issues remain areas of concern that require attention and collaborative efforts to address effectively.

As the region continues to evolve, stakeholders remain committed to fostering innovation, cooperation, and cross-border collaborations to ensure sustainable and equitable healthcare development in East Europe and Central Asia.

We would like to offer you an exchange with high-ranking decision-makers from our partner countries as well as representatives of leading companies and experts from the health sector.

The Forum takes place as an on-site conference in Berlin. The working language is English.

Participation is free of charge.

AGENDA

Venue: KMPG, Heidestraße 58 · 10557 Berlin

Auf der dritten „digital health & care“ wollen wir uns gemeinsam mit Bürger*innen und pflegenden Angehörigen, mit Vertreter*innen von Pflegeeinrichtungen bzw. -diensten und ihren Beschäftigten, mit Akteur*innen der Pflegeausbildung und der angewandten Pflegewissenschaft sowie mit Start-ups und Unternehmen aus dem Bereich „Digital Healthcare“ aktiv darüber austauschen, welche neue Möglichkeiten die Digitalisierung für die Pflege bietet.

Dafür haben wir in Co-Creation mit Start-ups, dem LMU-Klinikum, der „Wir! Stiftung pflegender Angehöriger“ und weiteren Expert*innen aus dem Bereich Gesundheit und Pflege ein gemeinsames interaktives Programm für unsere dritte Konferenz entwickelt.

Im Fokus stehen diesmal digitale Lern- und Arbeitshilfen zur Unterstützung von Pflegenden. Verschiedene Facetten und Levels der Pflegeanforderungen sollen differenziert beleuchtet werden – von der theoretischen Wissensvermittlung bis zum praxisnahen Anleitungsleitfäden, vom beruflichen Ausbildungsbereich der Pflege bis zur akademischen Pflegewissenschaft, von niederschwelligen Beratungs-, Anlern-, und Umschulungsangeboten bis hin zu spezialisierten Austauschmöglichkeiten für Fachdiskurse. Dabei wird auch die Frage berührt, wie Potenziale der Digitalisierung gehoben werden können, um die Attraktivität der Pflegeberufe zu steigern.

Einen weiteren Schwerpunkt bildet die Frage, wie digitale Lösungen dazu beitragen können, den Bereich der professionellen Pflege stärker mit der häuslichen Pflege durch pflegende An- und Zugehörige zu verknüpfen. Denn angesichts des Anteils der häuslichen Pflege von ca. zwei Dritteln an der Gesamtversorgung darf der Unterstützungsbedarf der pflegenden An- und Zugehörigen nicht vergessen werden. Beide Seiten können wechselseitig voneinander lernen und digitale Technik kann diesen Austausch in vielfältiger Weise erleichtern und begleiten – beispielsweise durch digitale Kommunikationskanäle und Koordinationstools für Assistenz- und Fachpersonal, im Rahmen von Übersetzungs- und Erklärhilfen von Fachliteratur oder in Form von digital bzw. VR/AR-vermittelter Live-Unterstützung für die häusliche Pflege.

Die gesamte Veranstaltung wird von Gebärdendolmetscher*innen (DSG) begleitet.