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.
Quality management systems are the invisible backbone of high-performing laboratories and a prerequisite for international accreditation. In Cambodia, national mentors are supporting laboratory teams to implement such systems, with encouraging results.
Setting the foundations for quality diagnostics in Cambodian laboratories Mehr lesen
With support from Germany, virologists in Uzbekistan have designed their own reference panel for influenza. Not only will this help to strengthen surveillance for seasonal and pandemic influenza, but it will also ensure quality PCR diagnostics at regional laboratories across the country.
A major step forward for quality assurance in Uzbekistan’s laboratory system Mehr lesen
The video series “Together through the crisis” showcases examples of COVID-19 measures in the fields of health and social protection that were implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) programmes on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Together through the crisis Mehr lesen
The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare brutal inequities in access to medical breakthroughs between Global North and South. A high-level panel debates how this can be changed.
WHS 2023: How can access to health innovations be made more equitable? Mehr lesen
An expert panel discusses power and partnerships in global health.
WHS 2023: Is it time to re-think outbreak response teams? Mehr lesen
‘I can see the barriers breaking already’, said Prof. Thomas Mettenleiter, founding co-chair of the One Health High-level Expert Panel (OHHLEP), as he welcomed 120 invited scientists, decision-makers and implementers to “Breaking barriers: Advancing the One Health agenda with a focus on the environment” in Schloss Friedrichsfelde, situated in the large and green Tierpark Berlin.
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.
A high-level forum on pandemics – no time for neglect Mehr lesen
Is pandemic preparedness work paying off for East African countries? The successful containment of a recent Marburg outbreak in Tanzania suggests the answer is yes.
How pandemic preparedness let Tanzania successfully control a Marburg outbreak Mehr lesen
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
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