selfpaced, online. Each year, there are roughly 10 million new-born, child, adolescent, maternal, and stillborn deaths. Most of these deaths and linked disabilities can be prevented if evidence-based interventions are implemented. By signing up for this course, you’ll learn from the world’s leading experts with direct experience improving the health […]

1st to 3rd October 2018, Rome, Italy. International migration is a global phenomenon that is growing in scope, complexity and impact. Human migration is now at an all-time high, accounting for 245 million people and is shaping world events and fuelling political and public debates. People have been migrating since […]

16th to 20th October 2017, Antwerp, Belgium.   The main objective of the European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health (ECTMIH) 2017 is to provide a platform for state-of-the-art updates and recent breakthroughs in the field of tropical medicine and global health. Plenaries, scientific sessions and symposia will deal […]

27th to 28th October 2017, Munich, Germany. The International Network for Cooperation in Mental Health (i.nez), the Global Mental Health Group from the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and the Center for International Health CIHLMU, are organizing the 9th International Symposium on “Global Mental Health – […]

A global network for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and Social Health Protection (SHP). The P4H – Social Health Protection Network is a response to the global challenge that around 100 million people are pushed into poverty each year paying for health care out of pocket (OOP) at the time of […]

29th October 2016, Munich, Germany. The International Network for Cooperation in Mental Health (i.nez), the Global Mental Health GroupLMU from the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and the Center for International Health CIHLMU, are organizing the 8th International Symposium on “Global Mental Health – Mental Health in Developing Countries”. The symposium is open […]

7th to 9th October 2016, Herrenberg, Germany. Humanitarian aid workers that are sent on international disaster missions are often confronted with pregnant women and women giving birth. Important decisions regarding the well-being of mother and child have to be made without suitable instruments or any other support. For those aidworkers […]

by Laurin Ellis, Malcolm Ward, Elodie Besnier. Introduction Wales, part of the four nations of the United Kingdom, has its own government which has responsibility for a range of policy areas,  meaning it can act autonomously from the central government, although international development is not a devolved area. Welsh Government […]

14th to 16th September 2016, Barcelona, Spain. Children are one of the most vulnerable groups in society with regard to exposure to environmental stressors. There is still a lot to be done to protect children. We can learn from many professionals about the latest developments. The 8th International Network on […]

A centre for international public health based at the University of Leeds has been named as a World Health Organization (WHO) collaborating centre. The Nuffield Centre for International Health and Development, based in the School of Medicine, aims to help low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) achieve universal health coverage, by developing research […]