122nd Doctors Day in the City Münster

Germany

06.

Jun

For interested personsHospital Partnerships

German day for the visually impaired on Corona

June 6th is the annual German day for the visually impaired. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the focus this year is on the special challenges of visually impaired and blind people druing the Corona crisis. According to the WHO, 285 million people worldwide are visually impaired, 39 million of them are blind. In Germany there are more than a million people with a visual impairment. The German Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired initiated the Visually Impaired Day for the first time in 1998. The association published a list of ten tips on how to provide targeted support to people with a visual impairment during these times. Sighted people are invited to support people with a visual impairment in complying with the corona measures and, for example, to point out things that are relevant to everyday life: where is a disinfectant dispenser or where are floor markings to keep the distance in a queue. In addition to more communication, people with a visual impairment also want more serenity and understanding for their situation. Further information and support offers are available here.

The hospital partnerships funding program currently supports seven projects on the subject of eye health, such as the training for ophthamology between the departement of ophthalmology, University of Nairobi, Kenia and the hospital of the University in Munich, Germany or the retina project between the university hospital in Tübingen, Germany and the College of Medicine in Blantyre, Malawi.

Worldwide

07.

Apr

Hospital Partnerships

World Health Day

The annual World Health Day is celebrated again at the beginning of April. Introduced in 1948 by the World health Organization (WHO) to commemorate its founding, it has been used ever since to draw attention to a specific health issue. Last year the focus was on supporting nurses and midwives. Throughout the day and beyond various activities are intended to help attract worldwide attention and encourage people to deal more intensively with the topic in a national context. The theme for the year 2021 will be published on the 7th of April 2021.

virtual event

11.

Mar

Hospital Partnerships

Network meeting of women in Global Health

More than 70% of medical staff worldwide are women. Photo: Timusu/pixabay

The 4th network meeting of the Women in Global Health Germany announces its next date: On 11th of March 2021 all interested women can login and participate in the online event. More information and registration option are possible on the website of the Global Health Hub Germany.

Berlin

10.

Feb

For project participantsHospital Partnerships

International Network Meeting "Midwifery"

Internal format - by invitation only

The 2nd international network meeting of the Hospital Partners Initiative will take place in Berlin, Germany on the 10th and 11th of February 2020. It will focus on the theme "Strengthening Midwifery". It will be run as a workshop led by MNestor Moyo, a specialised trainer, during the two days. The overall objective is to encourage a peer exchange between hospital partners to identify synergies and strengthen knowledge sharing between hospital partnerships in order to improve their management, implementation, and health outcomes in the respective field. Moreover, the goal is to foster a discussion on how hospital partnerships can contribute to midwifery education as a key solution to the challenge of providing universal and quality maternal and newborn care to meet Sustainable Development Goal 3.1.

Berlin/Germany

17.

Oct

For interested personsHospital Partnerships

Humanitarian Congress Berlin

The Hospital Partnerships Initiative – Partners strengthen Health will be present at the Humanitarian Congress in Berlin on October 17th and 18th, 2019. About 850 international experts and those with an interest will meet at the Urania Berlin e.V. to discuss current issues within the field of humanitarian action. This year’s event will focus on the climate change and its impact. The congress participants have the opportunity to inform themselves and seek advice at the booth of the Hospital Partnerships Initiative. The Humanitarian Congress is an annual event organized by Médecins Sans Frontières, Médecins du Monde, German Red Cross and Berlin Chamber of Physicians.

Further information can be found on the official website of the Humanitarian Congress.

Halle Münsterland, City of Münster

28.

May

For interested personsHospital Partnerships

122nd Doctors Day in the City Münster

From 28th to 31st of May 2019, the Initiative Hospital Partnerships – Partners strengthen Health will be present at the 122nd German Doctors Day in the Halle Münsterland in the city of Münster. At the annual meeting of the German medical profession on current health and socio-political discourses, actors from the medical and health sector have the opportunity to inform themselves about funding opportunities and advice at the initiative's stand. Further information can be found here: website of the German Medical Association.

LMU, Munich

04.

Apr

For interested personsFor project participantsHospital Partnerships

Conference on Tropical Medicine & Global Health in Munich

This year the Initiative Hospital Partnerships – Partners strengthen Health is represented for the first time at the Conference on Tropical Medicine & Global Health. The conference will take place 4th until sixth of April 2019 at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich. The program starts at 11 o’clock. At the interdisciplinary conference, the challenges of global health will be discussed in an interdisciplinary manner. The event is also the annual conference of the German Society for Tropical Medicine and International Health (DTG) and the Austrian Society for Tropical Medicine, Parasitology and Migration Medicine (ÖGTPM). The Initiative Hospital Partnerships- Partners strengthen Health will be present among other health projects of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. Interested parties have the opportunity to inform themselves personally about funding opportunities and global health in the context of development cooperation. Further information: website of the German Society for Tropical Medicine.

International Congress Center, Munich

26.

Mar

For interested personsHospital Partnerships

136th congress of the German Society of Surgery

This year's slogan of the congress. Copyright: ©GIZ/DCK

The Initiative Hospital Partnerships – Partners strengthen Health presents its program at the congress of the German Society of Surgery. The congress will take place from 26 to 29 March 2019 at the International Congress Center in Munich. At the annual congress, surgical and interdisciplinary topics will be discussed. The initiative Hospital Partnerships – Partners strengthen Health reports from selected projects and is available for questions. How Hospital Partnerships can contribute to a sustainable strengthening of health care systems in developing countries will be examined, as well as funding and networking opportunities. Further information: website of the German Society of Surgery.

Messe Cologne

15.

Mar

For interested personsHospital Partnerships

Hospital Partnerships Initiative at Dental Show in Cologne

The upcoming annual Dental Show in Cologne is also the platform for a conference of various aid organizations. The german chamber of dentists "Bundeszahnärztekammer" coordinates there 3 workshops.

Together with the Hospital Partnerships Initiative, the conference plenum will organize a workshop for interested dentists. The aim of this workshop is to give an overview of the program, the funding options and the framework of international cooperation. Currently the Initiative accompanies six dental partnerships. The conference serves as an platform for knowldege transfer and exchange on updates within the scenery of aid cooperations and work.

Date and ttime: Friday, 15th of march 2019

11 am until 15:30 pm (with break))

Location: Congress-Centre East "Koelnmesse", „Kristallsaal“

Messeplatz 1

50679 Köln

For further Informationen you will find the programme online here.
The programme of the "Bundeszahnärztekammer" and its partners you will find here.

Malawi

27.

Nov

For project participantsHospital Partnerships

1st Regional Networking Meeting 'Hospital Partnerships – Partners Strengthen Health'

This two-day networking meeting in the capital Lilongwe aims to facilitate exchanges between hospital partnerships being implemented in Malawi, and to identify potential synergies through networking.

This two-day networking meeting between hospital partnerships in Malawi is scheduled to facilitate dialogue on hospital partnerships. Having representatives from the Ministry of Health take part should help strengthen national health systems.

The objective of the workshop is for the 40 participants – including partners, and representatives of government, GIZ and the ESTHER Alliance – to discuss how hospital partnerships can improve the quality of care in line with needs and make their results measurable. The agenda also includes two visits to partnership projects in Malawi.