A new bio-security lab is boosting Ecuador’s pandemic preparedness
Why Ecuador’s government and health workers are determined to make their health system more resilient – and how German technical cooperation supports this endeavour.
One Health
Protecting mothers and newborns against the negative impacts of climate change
Climate change is increasingly recognised as serious threat to human health with pregnant women and newborns amongst those most at risk. This, and how to mitigate the effects, was the topic of a roundtable discussion at the World Health Summit in Berlin in October 2022.
A critical juncture for SORMAS: from national to regional outlook and beyond
SORMAS (Surveillance Outbreak Response Management & Analysis System) is increasingly recognised as a digital system that can provide policy-relevant data and management support across the One Health domains – not only at local and national level, but potentially at regional and global levels too.
Seven top experts reflect on health and climate change
A diverse group of researchers, activists, programme managers and practitioners from different sectors and parts of the world grappled with the question: ‘How can a holistic understanding of health guide a holistic response to the climate crisis?’
A new momentum for healthy, green schools in Lusaka
Since the start of the COVID pandemic, the Safe Back to School campaign has shown what’s possible when people come together around a shared aim. As COVID recedes, the campaign’s partners are seizing the momentum to broaden and deepen school health initiatives.
The Quadripartite Alliance launches its One Health Joint Plan of Action
How can countries plan, implement and monitor an integrated approach to maintaining and enhancing human and animal health and a healthy planet?
WHS 2022: How can we put One Health into action?
An expert panel considers progress and obstacles to implementing the One Health approach
Twelve African and German University Hospitals partner to tackle Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)
With the help of an innovative app, and through mutual learning, a hospital partnership network has improved how its members collect and use AMR data.
Why antimicrobial resistance (AMR) calls for a multisectoral One Health approach – NOW
An introduction to the global AMR challenge, what needs to be done to halt it and how Germany is contributing
One prescription at a time: Tackling antimicrobial resistance in Liberia
Antimicrobial resistance is now one of the biggest challenges to global public health. German development cooperation has been working to tackle the problem in Liberia – how can the lessons learned be carried forward?