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…
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…