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…
Since September 2024, the CARe project has been funding four research projects to improve public health in Africa. Two of the projects already have made exciting progress. The project ‘Feasibility and effectiveness of a training intervention for informal caregivers of people living with dementia in rural Uganda (FETIC-DU)’ has tested…
The CARe (Capacity Building in Applied Public Health Research in GHPP partner countries) project will soon hold its last in-person workshop. The workshop is part of an on-the-job training programme in applied public health research, which has been running since October 2023. Twenty-seven public health specialists from the African…
This webinar with Prof Trotter provides a glimpse into the epidemiology of bacterial meningitis in sub-Saharan Africa and the ongoing efforts to defeat Meningitis by 2030. The talk will describe some of the successes of vaccination in reducing the burden of meningitis and future opportunities and challenges. Prof Caroline Trotter…
This webinar will focus on an overview of Field Epidemiology Training Programmes (FETP) in Africa and how they help support public health surveillance, field epidemiology, and response activity within ministries of health. Bonheur Dounebaine is a Medical Epidemiologist with nearly 15 years of experience in Africa and the United States,…
This webinar will focus on the progress made in eliminating Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) in Zimbabwe. It will highlight the integration of public health interventions with community engagement to achieve NTD elimination. Dr Pfavayi, who has done extensive work in the field of NTDs, particularly in pediatric schistosomiasis, will share…
Under heavy rains yet high spirits, an “EMT Readiness Training” was implemented as a joint Twinning activity between the EMT of Muhammadiyah Disaster Management Centre (MDMC) in Indonesia and the WHO classified German EMT International Search and Rescue (ISAR Germany). It was supported by the team of…
Within the GHPP-project SENSE (Strengthening National Immunisation Technical Advisory Groups and their evidence-based decision making in the WHO European Region and globally), the project team from the Immunisation Unit, STIKO (FG33) at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) welcomed international guests on 10 and 11 December 2024. The 11 delegates from…
The Global Evidence Summit hosted in Prague from 10 to 13 September 2024 aimed to provide a multi-disciplinary and cross-cultural platform to exchange delegates’ and speakers’ ideas. The work presented included how to produce best, summarise and disseminate evidence to inform policy and practice and use…