Ministers and academics from France, Ethiopia, Pakistan, Italy, Hungary and UK will vie to succeed Margaret Chan as director general in July 2017. Six candidates from Africa, Asia and Europe – including one Briton – have been nominated for the position of director general of the World Health Organisation, at […]

CDC’s interactive, educational, and fun health trivia application, Health IQ, is now available in English and Spanish. As CDC’s first bi-lingual mobile application, now even more users can challenge their Health IQ and learn about health while having fun! Test your Health IQ Do you know the minimum SPF needed […]

20th March to 23rd June 2017, Swiss TPH, Basel/Switzerland. The course introduces the range of skills and knowledge needed to work as a public health professional/practitioner in resource poor settings, taking into consideration national, international and global policies and strategies. The course is accredited by the University of Basel as a Diploma […]

24th to 25th October 2016, Wageningen, The Netherlands. In the past ten years, Academic Collaborative Centres (ACC) have been established to bridge the gap between the fields of policy, practice and research. These ACCs are consortia of Public Health Services and Universities in the Netherlands. At present there are nine […]

Gesunde Ernährung. Inspirationen für die Praxis der Gesundheitsförderung. Internationale ReferentInnen regen neue Zugänge und Ansätze für die Arbeit in der Gesundheitsförderung an. Im Rahmen der Konferenz wird auch die feierliche Verleihung des Wiener Gesundheitspreises 2016 stattfinden. Es erwarten Sie interessante Einblicke in die Vielfalt der Gesundheitsförderungsprojekte in Wien, spannende Vorträge […]

Start: Oktober 2016, Wien, Österreich. Zahlreiche Studien belegen eindrucksvoll die signifikanten Zusammenhänge zwischen einzelnen Merkmalen der physischen, psychischen und sozialen Gesundheit und speziellen Lebensstilbedingungen. Die stetig steigenden Kosten im Gesundheits- und Krankheitssystem machen es notwendig, qualifizierte „Professionals für Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung“ auszubilden, welche adäquate Konzepte entwickeln, umsetzen und evaluieren können. […]

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 […]

Tuberculosis – A Global Threat Tuberculosis (TB) is a global disease, found in every country in the world. It is the leading infectious cause of death worldwide. The World Health Organization estimates that two billion people – one third of the world’s population – are infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb), […]

Ab Herbst 2016 startet die Public Health Ausbildung an der MedUni Graz mit einem neuen Format. Public Health ist die multidisziplinäre Wissenschaft und Praxis von der Gesundheit der Bevölkerung und der Optimierung des Gesundheitswesens. Der 2002 erstmals durchgeführte Universitätslehrgang Public Health an der Medizinischen Universität Graz bietet eine fundierte Ausbildung […]

14th to 16th June 2016, Porto, Portugal. Hosted by University of Porto, the 2016 EHMA Annual Conference „New Models of Care. Reinventing healthcare: why, what, how“ will be held at the exclusive home of Ordem dos Médicos in Porto, Portugal. About the event EHMA Annual Conference is an international knowledge […]