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…
The Participatory Approach to Learning in Systems (PALS) is an innovative approach that is applied in Nigerian healthcare settings to improve infection prevention and control (IPC) practices. It does so by mobilising, enabling and empowering healthcare workers at the facility level to become Change Agents. The approach recognises IPC improvement…
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 unit FG 33 welcomed a delegation of the Kyrgyz National Immunisation Technical Advisory Group (NITAG) at the Robert Koch Institute in Berlin from the 9 to 10…
The upcoming webinar with Dr Abdalla provides a glimpse into the field of anthropology and its subfield medical anthropology. It explores their role in providing an understanding of health and illness through a cultural and social lens. It will delve into qualitative methods, especially ethnography and interviews and how they…
On 27 September 2024, the Rwandan government announces an outbreak of Marburg fever – primarily affecting healthcare staff in clinics. The World Health Organization (WHO) responses quickly by supporting the government in managing the outbreak. An operation centre is set up as well as various ‘pillars’, in which,…
What are the options for a career path in Global Health likely to unfold? This question is addressed by the CARe project’s webinar with Prof Walter Bruchhausen. Professor…
Effective infectious disease prevention starts at the community level. The COPE project operates on the principle that communities themselves are best equipped to identify and address the own health-related concerns. From 19 to 23 August 2024, the project lead of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) and…