10th to 12th May 2014, Washington DC, USA   Universities 2.0: Advancing Global Health in the Post-MDG Era Welcome to the Consortium of Universities for Global Health’s (CUGH) 5th Global Health Conference, which will be held in Washington, DC, May 10-12, 2014 at the Washington Hilton hotel. This year’s theme is Universities […]

16th to 20th June 2014, Nairobi, Kenya Course announcement The World Health Organization is pleased to announce its first Advanced Course on Health Financing for Universal Coverage for low and middle income countries to be held from 16-20 June 2014 in Nairobi, Kenya. This week-long advanced training program is based on the Barcelona […]

27. bis 29. Juni 2014, Heidelberg, Deutschland Psychische Gesundheit und Krankheit in Afrika, Asien und Lateinamerika aus ethnologischer und kulturpsychiatrischer Sicht Mit “Global Mental Health” soll der begonnene Diskurs um das allgemeinere Postulat einer sogenannten “Global Health” zwischen realen Perspektiven und konkreter Utopie themenspezifisch fortgeführt werden. Einladung und Call for […]

free online course, sign up here.  organised by the University of California San Francisco This course covers the basics of normal nutrition for optimal health outcomes and evidence-based diets for a variety of diseases. Participants will learn the fundamentals of nutrition science and build upon these to explore emerging diet therapies, […]

        1st to 3rd July, London, United Kingdom BioMed Central, in association with its portfolio of health services research and policy journals, is pleased to announce the first international conference, Health Services Research: Evidence-based practice, that will take place 1-3 July 2014 at King’s College London, UK. As health services research […]

14. April bis 20. Juni , 2014, Brüssel, Belgien       Continuous Professional Development Course for Public Health and Health Care Professionals The sessions include topics such as: leadership theories, systems thinking, political leadership and collaborative leadership: building and leading interdisciplinary teams, leadership and communication, leading change, emotional intelligence and leadership in […]

22nd March 2014, London, United Kingdom This one-day workshop is an essential introduction for anyone interested in a career in the humanitarian sector. You will hear first hand experiences from relief workers, learn about the nature of humanitarian relief, and look at the skills you have to bring to the […]

10th to 12th April 2014, Granada, Spain   Migrant and Ethnic Minority Health and Healthcare in the context of the current systemic crisis in Europe. The economic crisis that affects Europe, particularly the southern countries, has brought, across the regions, important changes in social and health policy which are creating […]

EHFG 2013 Opening plenary By Paul Giepmans, Indre Laurinciukaite, Martina Naschberger and Elena Nicod Helmut Brand, President of the International Forum  Gastein, opened the Forum with a warm welcome to all  participants and introduced the main theme of the 16th edition of the European Health Forum Gastein, entitled  “Resilient and […]

        Seit der Generalversammlung der diesjährigen ÖGPH-Tagung im Juni 2013 bietet die Österreichische Gesellschaft für Public Health ein Mentoring-Programm für Early Career Public Health Researcher (JungwissenschafterInnen, die sich derzeit in Ausbildung befinden bzw. maximal seit einem Jahr ihre Ausbildung abgeschlossen haben und im Public Health Bereich tätig […]