Virchow-ESMT Lecture “Health and Sustainability for Thriving Futures” 

October 11, 2024, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., followed by a lunch reception
ESMT Berlin, Schlossplatz 1, 10178 Berlin and via livestream

This event will take place on campus and online. To attend the event in person, please register here. To attend the event online, please click here. 

ESMT Berlin and the Virchow Foundation are delighted to host the distinguished Virchow Lectures in honour of Lucy Gilson and Johan Rockström, the Virchow Prize 2024 Laureates. They will explore the critical and timely topic of holistic and systems-based approaches to safeguarding “Health for All” and the interconnectedness of health with the different levels of health systems, the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the planetary boundaries of environmental sustainability, highlighting the importance of integrated strategies to address complex global challenges towards our common goal of attaining SDG3 “Good Health and Well-being.”

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

Public live viewing followed by a discussion.

Monday, 7 October 2024 | 11.00 am - 1.00 pm
Auditorium in the "Charité Crossover - CCO"
Charité Campus Mitte | Virchowweg 6 | 10117 Berlin

The Stockholm Nobel Committee will announce this year's Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine on 7 October 2024.
Colleagues from medical/biological institutions, journalists and students can experience this exciting moment at the Nobel Live Viewing.

Organised by the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, the Virchow Foundation, the Charité Foundation and the Berlin Medical Society, this special ritual will once again be used this year to discuss current issues over coffee and biscuits.

Immediately following the Nobel Committee's press conference in Stockholm at 11.30 a.m., which will be broadcast via livestream, experts from Berlin will comment on the research of the new prizewinners, place the award-winning work in the respective research contexts and work in the respective research contexts and will be available to answer questions.

Regarding your participation in the event, we kindly ask for your feedback by Friday, 4 October 2024 at the latest.
Until this date, it is also possible to submit "bets" on this year's award winner(s) in writing by e-mail to
annette.welling@virchow.foundation. A valuable prize awaits the winner!

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

Speaker: Dr Musa Sadock, Department of History, University of Dar es Salaam

Registration of public attendees for on-site participation or requests for confirmation of participation by 1 Octobre 2024 at please contact ZIG-Talks@rki.de.

See here for more information: RKI - Homepage

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.

🌟 Help us spread the word and nominate a Youth on the Move for the UNICEF UNV Programme! 🌟

You can find the links to the webinar in the attached file.

Do you know a passionate and talented young displaced person or migrant facing barriers in accessing traditional internships and learning-to-earning opportunities?

Join us for one of our information sessions to learn more how you can nominate a youth on the move under the new UNICEF UNV Youth on the Move Programme, an initiative designed to empower displaced and migrant youth by providing them with valuable opportunities to build their skills and knowledge.

In the info sessions, you will learn about the vision of the programme, its eligibility criteria, the application and nomination process.

Eligibility criteria for the programme

• Young people aged 20-32
• Refugees, asylum seekers, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), and migrants (Please note the eligible categories may vary from country to country depending on government regulations and legal frameworks with regard to work permissions for different groups of displaced persons and migrants)
• Individuals who face barriers in accessing learning-to-earning pathways due to their migration and displacement experience (e.g. lack of education certification, financial, legal barriers, discrimination, or other barriers) and are able to explain this in their application
• Female candidates and candidates with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply

The Programme intends to create opportunities for young people on the move facing learning barriers and challenges to earn their living, therefore, we are not looking for candidates with a university degree or currently enrolled in university.

🌟 Become a Youth on the Move UNV with UNICEF! 🌟

Are you a passionate and talented young person facing barriers in accessing traditional professional and learning-to-earning opportunities?

Join us for one of our information sessions to learn more about the vacancies under the new UNICEF UNV Youth on the Move Programme, an initiative designed to empower displaced and migrant youth by providing them with valuable opportunities to build their skills and knowledge.

In the info sessions, you will learn about the vision of the programme, its eligibility criteria, and the application process. We will also share some tips and guidance about what to pay attention to in your application and motivation statement.

Eligibility criteria for the programme

• Young people aged 20-32
• Refugees, asylum seekers, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), and migrants (Please note the eligible categories may vary from country to country depending on government regulations and legal frameworks with regard to work permissions for different groups of displaced persons and migrants)
• Individuals who face barriers in accessing learning-to-earning pathways due to their migration and displacement experience (e.g. lack of education certification, financial, legal barriers, discrimination, or other barriers) and are able to explain this in their application
• Female candidates and candidates with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply

The Programme intends to create opportunities for young people on the move facing learning barriers and challenges to earn their living, therefore, we are not looking for candidates with a university degree or currently enrolled in university.

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.

Dear Hub members, 

On Monday, 23 September, the Subcommittee for Global Health (Unterausschuss für Globale Gesundheit) of the German Parliament (Bundestag) will hold its 26th session.

Global Health Hub Germany Managing Director Corinna Heineke will share the results of a survey among non-state actors on the occasion of the mid-term review of the German Federal Government's Global Health Strategy.

The meeting is open to the public and can be followed virtually here: www.bundestag.de (in German only)

Dear Hub members, 

On Monday, 23 September, the Subcommittee for Global Health (Unterausschuss für Globale Gesundheit) of the German Parliament (Bundestag) will hold its 26th session.

Global Health Hub Germany Managing Director Corinna Heineke will share the results of a survey among non-state actors on the occasion of the mid-term review of the German Federal Government's Global Health Strategy.

The meeting is open to the public and can be followed virtually here: www.bundestag.de (in German only)

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.

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! 

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.  

‏ — with Aurélia Souares and Corinna Heineke

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. 

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.

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

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.

• 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