World Health Day: Germany’s commitment to a fairer, healthier world
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, how does German Development Cooperation support access to health worldwide?
Germany and UNFPA agree to deepen their collaboration
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 analysis and planning on population dynamics around the world.
World TB Day: Germany’s commitment to ending tuberculosis
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, how does German Development Cooperation contribute to halting the deadliest infectious disease?
Adaptive Social Protection in the Sahel
A series of workshops to promote effective support for flexible social protection systems
World AIDS Day 2020
Germany’s contribution to ‘Global Solidarity, Shared Responsibility’
United for women’s health in the face of COVID-19
The 18th International Dialogue focused on sexual and reproductive health and rights in a pandemic
Securing maternal and child health in times of COVID-19
At a WHS side event, Germany confirms its support to the Global Financing Facility
COVID can only be beaten together, or not at all
WHS panel calls for more solidarity, intensified coordination and political leadership
A time to deliver: Towards One Health
At the World Health Summit 2020, BMZ firmly commits to a One Health approach
Governance meets demography in Dakar
A multi-country seminar explores how to integrate population dynamics in development planning
Enabling national audit institutions to audit GF grants
BACKUP Health and Aidspan pave the way for Supreme Audit Institutions to take over from private accounting firms
Transforming healthcare waste management in Nepal
High-level support for national workshop signals growing commitment to tackle environmental health risks
’We have saved the lives of so many newborn children’
In Tanzania’s Mtwara and Lindi regions, a longstanding cooperation has drawn to a close
A roundtable at the 8th African Population Conference
African experts discuss what it takes to realise the demographic dividend in their countries
Nairobi summit calls for rights and choices for all
25 years after the ICPD conference 9500 delegates commit to getting the unfinished business done
Making (and packing) the case for Nairobi
Experts call for stronger cooperation to ensure accessible sexual and reproductive health services for all
Building partnerships for women’s and girls’ health
A World Health Summit panel calls for joint action to eradicate cervical cancer
African ministers meet German innovators and investors
Afrika Verein and German Healthcare Alliance host a satellite event at World Health Summit 2019
Global Fund raises US$14.02 billion to end epidemics
The global community stepped up the fight and successfully replenished the Global Fund for 2020-2022.
Mission (almost) complete? Polio eradication and beyond
A panel discussion on Germany’s contribution to the global fight against polio
Assessing outbreak response capacities in the EAC region
Africa’s largest ever cross-border field simulation exercise tests the gaps in pandemic preparedness
Why Gender Matters for UHC
Flachsbarth calls for greater attention to girls’ and women’s needs on the road to Universal Health Coverage
Health insurance for 500 million Indians
Sharing experiences and lessons learned after one year of implementation
Tackling the wicked problems of global health
Can the Global Action Plan shift mindsets? Reporting from the World Health Summit 2019
Nepal’s pathway towards Universal Social Protection
A conference in Kathmandu calls for integration and harmonisation of social protection schemes
From Spanish flu to Ebola Virus Disease
Impressions from the first Global Health Security Conference
Diving Deeper: Selected sessions of “Digitalisation of health and social protection in Asia and Eastern Europe”
Upscaling digital solutions: the experiences of Estonia and India
Digitalisation and the Future of Health and Social Protection in Asia and Eastern Europe
Reporting from GIZ’s regional health and social protection conference in Kyrgyzstan
Resilient Societies: Ready for the Future!
Reporting from GIZ’s regional health and social protection conference in Malawi
MenstruAction: ‘Five Days’
A poem by Deepa Bohara, performed at the MenstruAction Summit in Kathmandu on 11th December 2018
MenstruAction: Five technical working groups
Five working groups discuss recommendations for a Plan of Action on menstrual health issues for 2019/20 to be presented to the Nepali Government.
MenstruAction: Summit panel discussion
A lively panel discussion was held at the MenstruAction Summit to discuss the progress made so far in Nepal on menstrual health management (MHM) and how to tackle remaining challenges.
MenstruAction: A Summit to ensure that every girl in Nepal can thrive during her period
A Summit on menstrual health management held on 11th December 2018 in Kathmandu, Nepal
WHS 2018: Are we ready for the next one?
A panel at the World Health Summit reflects on pandemic preparedness in the 21st Century
WHS 2018: How hospital partnerships can make a difference
Presenting the initiative ‘Hospital Partnerships – Partners Strengthen Health’ on the world stage
WHS 2018: Grand Challenges for the Global Action Plan for Health and Wellbeing
BMZ joins forces with BMG and BMBF to engage scientists in innovating for health
WHS 2018: The Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives and Well-Being for All
Putting health at the centre of the Sustainable Development Agenda
WHS 2018: Launching the Principles of Donor Alignment for Digital Health
Development partners commit to overcoming fragmentation and duplication
WHS 2018: Challenges and breakthroughs on the road to UHC
Public and private sector viewpoints from Thailand, Iran, Nigeria and Malawi and Germany
Reporting from the World Health Summit 2018
Keynotes, panels and debates related to German Development Cooperation in health
Tying the Digital Knots
A conference on digital technologies and the road to universal social protection
Development cooperation at a crossroads – Day 2: What can we do differently?
During the second day of the 2018 GIZ Symposium in Bad Neuenahr participants examined what needs to be done differently to make globalisation a positive force for development.
Development cooperation at a crossroads – Day 1: Are we in a golden age of opportunity?
The 2018 GIZ Symposium on Social and Economic Development kicked off on Tuesday with lively discussions about challenges and opportunities of the present global moment
Development cooperation at a crossroads
Revisiting globalisation at the 2018 GIZ Symposium on Social and Economic Development
15th International Dialogue in Berlin: Leaving no one behind
How can Sexual and Reproductive Health & Rights be ensured for hard-to-reach and vulnerable groups? Young people, people living with disabilities, and people living in fragile settings continue to be among the least able to realise their sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), and are vulnerable to discrimination, violence and illness. Safeguarding SRHR for …
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Summary of day 1: Lessons for East Africa from the Ebola outbreak
Welcoming delegates to Kenya
Lessons for the Future
What East African experts learned from fighting the Ebola epidemic in West Africa
Take part in our competition!
From November 25 to 27 2016, German-Kenyan Cooperation hosted a hackathon at *iHub Nairobi’s Innovation Hub. The theme of the hackathon was Digital Solutions for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention for Children and Adolescents in Kenya. 72 hours, 11 teams, 50 hackers, 10 mentors, 3 winners! The winning teams generated three innovative and local solutions …
International Dialogue: Accountability to advance SRHR commitments
How can the use of follow-up and review mechanisms help secure the implementation of SRHR-related SDGs?
What do the Sustainable Development Goals mean for our work?
Summary of GIZ’s 2-day retreat on Health, Social Protection and Inclusion in Bad Neuenahr
How can Guinea’s, Liberia’s and Sierra Leone’s health systems be improved?
Three national open space conferences explore ways forward after the Ebola crisis
13th International Dialogue on Population and Sustainable Development
Advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights in the new era of sustainable development
GIZ co-organizes second ICT for UHC conference in Manila
Measuring and Achieving Universal Health Coverage with Information and Communication Technology in Asia and the Pacific, 2-3 December 2014