Urban Health: New Policy Brief

The Hub Community on "Global Urban Health" releases a new policy brief highlighting the opportunities and challenges for human health in cities worldwide and formulates corresponding recommendations for action. 

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Who is the Global Health Hub Germany for?

For everyone active in global health seeking to have greater impact

  • To connect with members from eight different stakeholder groups
  • To work on current global health issues collaboratively & on an equal footing
  • To benefit from the Hub’s access to the political sphere and be heard

For policy makers who approach global health holistically

  • To gain easy access to expertise in global health
  • To benefit from the diversity of views among the Hub’s different stakeholder groups
  • To improve health worldwide together with relevant non-state actors

What our members are saying

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Topic: Members
I am using the Global Health Hub Germany to exchange with other stakeholder groups, to think outside the box, and to foster the discussion.

Pia Graß
Manager Public Affairs Medical Technology
ZVEI | Germany’s Electro and Digital Industry

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Topic: Members
Global Health requires a collective response, so it needs to be tackled interdisciplinary with all actors we have – from civil society to academics.

Prof. Hendrik Streeck
Director, Institute for Virology
University Clinic Bonn

What has the Hub already achieved?

Mental Health in the Pandemic

After two years, the pandemic’s global impact on mental health is becoming increasingly visible. The Global Health Hub Germany’s Hub Community “Global Mental Health” is working on this topic and calls for a biopsychosocial approach and targeted information campaigns.

Innovation and collaboration: The EWARS framework for infectious diseases

Detect new diseases quickly to prevent pandemics: This is the goal of Early Warning and Response Systems (EWARS). In this policy brief, the hub community working on this topic presents the EWARS models and the newly developed EWARSPLUS.

How did we support decision-makers in politics so far?

Topic: Politics
The Global Health Hub Germany brings together a broad set of expertise, which is easily called upon in a custom-fit manner.

Björn Kümmel
Deputy Head of the Global Health Policy Department
German Federal Ministry of Health

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