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Meeting about universal health coverage in Bangkok, 2019

‘I’m paid to change things, not keep the status quo’

Date April 8, 2021
On the eve of his retirement, Paul Rückert looks back at an eventful career After 28 years leading German-supported health programmes across Asia, Paul Rückert…
WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (middle) with Jens Spahn (left), Federal Minister of Health, Germany and Olivier Veran (right), Minister for Solidarity and Health, France, during a meeting for ministers of health in June 2020

World Health Day: Germany’s commitment to a fairer, healthier world

Date April 6, 2021
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, how does German Development Cooperation support access to health worldwide?
Dr. Natalia Kanem (UNFPA) and Dr. Maria Flachsbarth (BMZ) launch the Strategic Dialogue

Germany and UNFPA agree to deepen their collaboration

Date March 30, 2021
In a ground-breaking first Strategic Dialogue, Germany and UNFPA agreed to intensify their cooperation on promoting sexual and reproductive health and rights and on enhancing…
Waling Municipal Recovery Center (c) GIZ Umong Shahi

Tackling healthcare waste on the top of the world

Date March 30, 2021
Not long ago in Nepal, like in many other lower-middle income countries, healthcare waste – from personal protective equipment, such as gloves and gowns, to used swabs and bandages, expired drugs, needles, laboratory reagents and chemicals –…
TB outreach workers in Lagos, Nigeria getting ready to collect sputum samples and raise TB awareness in their community.

World TB Day: Germany’s commitment to ending tuberculosis

Date March 23, 2021
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, how does German Development Cooperation contribute to halting the deadliest infectious disease?
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On Healthy DEvelopments development practitioners working in BMZ-funded projects share innovative approaches, tried and tested interventions, and insights generated in response to development challenges. 

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