Pandemic Preparedness – Healthy DEvelopments

Stopping the Next Pandemic Before It Starts

Healthy DEvelopments — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 10:34:47 +0000

When a disease passes from an animal to a person in a remote village in West Africa, it may sound like a local issue. But in today’s connected world, it can quickly spread across countries and continents.

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SEEG and partners tackle the Mpox outbreak in East-DRC: Responding to a public health emergency in a conflict area

Healthy DEvelopments — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 11:28:28 +0000

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has spent over three decades in a balancing act between political powers, armed conflicts and subsequent humanitarian and health challenges. Unfortunately, the situation today is no different, with multiple conflicts threatening already vulnerable populations in the eastern regions, at the center of Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Immunising a nation: South Africa lays the groundwork for an adult vaccination programme

Healthy DEvelopments — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 13:10:58 +0000

As part of its new national immunisation strategy, South Africa is adopting a life-course vaccination approach. This shift will protect people of all ages from vaccine preventable diseases while also strengthening preparedness for future pandemics.

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Why Investing in Health Has Never Been More Important

Healthy DEvelopments — Wed, 07 May 2025 08:25:56 +0000

Key insights from the BMZ High-Level Dialogue “The Case for Investing in Health - NOW!” with Parliamentary State Secretary Niels Annen

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Global Health and bodily autonomy- a short film by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

Healthy DEvelopments — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 13:57:31 +0000

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.

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Setting the foundations for quality diagnostics in Cambodian laboratories

Healthy DEvelopments — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 11:49:49 +0000

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.

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A major step forward for quality assurance in Uzbekistan’s laboratory system

Healthy DEvelopments — Tue, 05 Mar 2024 10:16:02 +0000

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.

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Together through the crisis

Healthy DEvelopments — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 09:12:21 +0000

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.

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WHS 2023: How can access to health innovations be made more equitable?

Healthy DEvelopments — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 11:46:28 +0000

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.

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WHS 2023: Is it time to re-think outbreak response teams?

Healthy DEvelopments — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 11:59:29 +0000

An expert panel discusses power and partnerships in global health.

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