The event in Frankfurt was hosted by the EMT National Focal Point team of the RKI (unit ZIG 3) in collaboration with the WHO Regional Office for Europe. It was supported by the project “EMT Twinning, Training, Transfer of Knowledge”. Participants included 51 representatives…
From 7 to 11 July 2025, twenty-five researchers from Nigeria and Germany gathered for an interdisciplinary Manuscript Writing Workshop. The event was organised as part of the COPE project and took place at the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut on the island of Riems. The COPE project promotes community-driven solutions to Lassa fever within…
In southeastern Nigeria, the COPE project is placing communities at the center of One Health. Following the COPE Strategy, community members were trained to identify their own health challenges related to Lassa fever, set priorities, and design solutions which they then implemented with support from the project. To capture change…
Dr Geoffrey Banda is a lecturer in Global Food Security & Innovation and Co-Director of the Institute for Innovation Generation (Innogen Institute) at the University of Edinburgh. Dr Banda is an experienced researcher in innovation, finance, and governance. He is specialised in life sciences, the pharmaceutical sector in low- and…
To achieve global certification, an Emergency Medical Team (EMT) must follow a comprehensive classification process established by the World Health Organization (WHO). The procedure is meant to ensure quality care adherence. Prior to the final verification, WHO visits the team for pre-verification, where they inspect progress made in areas such…
The Emergency Medical Teams (EMT) training took place from 24 to 27 June and was implemented as part of the EMT Twinning partnership between Johanniter EMT and the Ministry of Health and Social Services of Namibia. It was hosted and coordinated at the…
Leila Ghalichi is a physician with a PhD in Epidemiology and a Senior Researcher at the University of Birmingham, UK. Her work focuses on global health initiatives to improve injury care in low- and middle-income countries. She previously served as Associate Professor and Research Deputy at the Psychosocial Health Research…
As part of the German-Namibian Twinning Project TwiNit 2.0, the Robert Koch Institute supports the Namibian Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) in the strategic development of the national crisis management structures. This also includes the creation of guideline documents. In line with international standards, the central coordination and…
Telemedicine as a reactive crisis intervention tool is an approach pursued by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) and Charité since the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the summer of 2022, telemedicine has also been used in Ukraine, as the healthcare system has been under immense strain due to the war. The FUTURE…