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This section provides information on the main topics of German Development Cooperation in health and social protection.
In line with the Sustainable Development Goals, German Development Cooperation supports partner countries on their way to universal health coverage and social protection. Across the wide range of specific topics and interventions, Germany’s support is guided by a human-rights based approach, aiming to ensure equal access to services and protection the most vulnerable groups, and by a holistic systems strengthening approach, looking at the way different actors and elements (such as staffing and financing) interact in determining the scope and quality of health services and social protection.
Key topics of German Development Cooperation in health and social protection
- Digital health & social protection
- Toolkit climate & health
- Social health protection
- Basic social protection
- Reproductive, maternal and child health and nutrition
- HIV and infectious diseases
- Epidemic preparedness
- Governance
- Health workforce
- Population dynamics
- Quality management
- Access to medicines
- Gender and human rights
- Health Systems Strengthening for UHC
- Inclusion of persons with disabilities
Overarching strategies
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German Development Policy in the Health Sector (Sector Strategy, BMZ, 2009) pdf 321 KB - Link opens in a new window
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Sector Strategy on Social Protection (BMZ, 2009) pdf 777 KB - Link opens in a new window
pdf | 777 KB | 30 P. | accessible - Shaping global health: Taking Joint Action - Embracing Responsibility (Federal Government, 2013)
Health and social protection on other German Development Cooperation websites
- BMZ: health
- BMZ: social protection
- GIZ: health - external link, new window
- GIZ: social protection - external link, new window
- KfW: health - external link, new window
- KfW: social protection - external link, new window
