by Dounia Mettri. Why America? This is probably the easiest question for me to answer. Ever since I started medical school, I knew I wanted to go to America. I’ve always dreamed big and America is THE country if you have big dreams and goals. It’s the country where dreams […]

16th to 19th May 2020, Marseille, France. European Calcified Tissue Society (ECTS) serves as a forum for researchers and clinicians working in the musculoskeletal field to discover and discuss the latest advances and controversies in research and in the daily care of patients. ECTS 2020 will focus on the best […]

6th to 7th April 2020, Zagreb, Croatia. Better Future of Healthy Ageing (BFHA) 2020 will bring together researchers, health professionals, representatives of the European Commission and other research and professional bodies from Europe and beyond. It will address one of the most important challenges of the European society – ageing. […]

2nd to 5th April 2020, Vienna, Austria. The meeting will present all the latest breakthroughs in treatment, translational R&D, early diagnosis, drug development and clinical trials in Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and other related neurological disorders. A central theme will be to further advance innovative strategies in therapy and prevention, clinical trials […]

anytime, online course. The WHO Short Course Critical Care Training for Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) includes content on clinical management of patients with a severe acute respiratory infection.  This course is intended for clinicians who are working in intensive care units (ICUs) in low and middle-income countries and managing […]

22nd May 2020, Bern, Switzerland. Medicus Mundi Switzerland (MMS) in collaboration with the International Association for Maternal and Neonatal Health (IAMANEH) Switzerland organises a 1-day workshop on how to apply gender-transformative work in sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) projects and programs with a special focus on gender-based violence […]

WHO Europe, Helsinki, Copenhagen, 11th November 2019. Engaging with the arts can be beneficial for both mental and physical health. This is a key conclusion of a new report from the WHO Regional Office for Europe analysing the evidence from over 900 global publications – the most comprehensive review of […]

17. bis 18. April 2020, Goldegg, Österreich. Atemwegs- und Lungenerkrankungen im Kindes- und Jugendalter stellen die häufigste Ursache ambulanter pädiatrischer Konsultationen dar. Etwa ein Drittel aller Arztkontakte von Kindern steht im Zusammenhang mit Lungenproblemen. Nicht selten beeinflussen frühkindliche Faktoren nachhaltig die weitere Lungenentwicklung. Rauchen während der Schwangerschaft oder eine Passivrauchexposition […]

The European Health Forum Gastein (EHFG) is delighted to announce its 23rd EHFG conference, which will take place from 30 September to 2 October 2020 in Bad Hofgastein, Austria. Under the theme of ‘Dancing with elephants – New partnerships for health, democracy, business’, the EHFG will address the fact that determinants […]

19. März 2020, Wien, Österreich. Die noch junge Forschungsrichtung der Medical Humanities widmet sich den kulturellen Prägungen medizinischer Praxis. Eine interdisziplinäre Tagung an der ÖAW diskutiert die Herausforderungen für ein modernes Gesundheitssystem, das alle Menschen hierzulande – unabhängig vom kulturellen Background – mit der nötigen Sensibilität zu behandeln sucht. In […]