Poor sanitation comes with a cost – it affects the affected individuals’ and populations’ health status and their productivity. Zambia, for example, loses 1.3 percent of GDP due to public health impacts of poor sanitation which results in child malnutrition, illness and premature death.
Until recently, the ambulance service in Osh struggled to provide timely, reliable emergency care. Long waits were routine, and residents lost faith in a crucial service. A new ambulance information system, developed with German support, is making the work of emergency teams more efficient.
Digitalisation of ambulance service streamlines emergency care in Kyrgyzstan Mehr lesen
What will it take to bridge the health gap for people with disabilities and provide access to assistive technology for all those who need it?
WHS 2023: Reimagining Universal Health Coverage to Leave No One Behind Mehr lesen
The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and Federal Ministry of Health (BMG) joined forces to host a high-level meeting on pandemics. Despite the challenges ahead, a sense of hope and determination prevailed that progress can be made.
In an increasingly complex and budget-strapped world, there is growing recognition that development cooperation can be more efficient and effective if development partners deliver their support in an aligned and harmonised fashion. The collaboration between GIZ and FCDO through BACKUP Health shows how this can be done.
The Africa Centers of Disease Control and Prevention want to involve young Africans in public health governance. How did this come about and how will it work?
Young Africans are stepping up in support of their continent’s New Public Health Order Mehr lesen
Across the African continent young volunteers have volunteered to accelerate the uptake of COVID-19 vaccinations. This Africa CDC initiative is a deliberate effort to ensure that Africa’s greatest asset – young people – are fully involved in, and own, their countries’ COVID-19 responses and recovery strategies.
Ukrainian health services have been under continuous attack for over a year. BACKUP Health is lending vital assistance to two Ukrainian organisations that deliver healthcare to frontline areas and provide shelter for the most vulnerable.
Maintaining essential healthcare services in a war-hit Ukraine Mehr lesen
Why Ecuador’s government and health workers are determined to make their health system more resilient – and how German technical cooperation supports this endeavour.
A new bio-security lab is boosting Ecuador’s pandemic preparedness Mehr lesen
How and why German development cooperation invests, technically and financially, in local manufacturing of medical and pharmaceutical products.
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