European Health Forum Gastein 2014 Conference Report Electing health – the Europe we want! We are pleased to share the finalised Conference Report from last year’s EHFG with you. For those who took part as well as those who missed it, the report captures what happened during three eventful days […]

Deadline: 24th April 2015 Meeting theme: Health in All Policies The Global Public Health Film Festival features public health films of all varieties (feature films, documentaries, narratives, public service announcements, educational videos, short clips, etc.) and related multimedia that demonstrate, educate, inspire, and encourage change for a healthier future. The […]

Der neue Blog “Medizinethnologie: Körper, Gesundheit und Heilung in einer globalisierten Welt” richtet sich an medizinethnologisch Interessierte aus der weiteren Öffentlichkeit (Medizin, Psychiatrie, Medien, Gesundheitsarbeit) sowie an Studierende und WissenschaftlerInnen aus dem akademischen Bereich. Moderiert wird er von der Arbeitsgruppe Medical Anthropology in der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Völkerkunde, die seit […]

Are you a medical professional who uses a foreign language at work? Have You Ever Been in This Situation? Not knowing how to comfort a patient in distress. Not remembering how to say or pronounce a word. Knowing the medical term, but not being able to explain it to a […]

7th April 2015, worldwide, by WHO Background Unsafe food is linked to the deaths of an estimated 2 million people annually – including many children. Food containing harmful bacteria, viruses, parasites or chemical substances is responsible for more than 200 diseases, ranging from diarrhoea to cancers. New threats to food […]

2nd edition, by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), January 2015 Immunisation is one of the most efficient ways to reduce child mortality. Yet, every year 1 out of every 5 children (under the age of 1 year) is not fully vaccinated, puttingthem at risk of dying of preventable diseases such as measles, […]

  28. und 29. Mai 2015, St. Pölten, Österreich Unstoppable Public Health – Denken über Grenzen hinweg 18. wissenschaftliche Tagung der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Public Health Call for Abstracts: Einreichung unter www.oeph.at von 1. Jänner 2015 bis 28. Februar 2015 Die Jahrestagung der ÖGPH hat sich als die österreichische Konferenz in Sachen Public […]

European Health Forum Gastein 2014, Bad Hofgastein, Austria The European Health Forum Gastein, held for the 17th time in Bad Hofgastein, Austria, brought together politicians, senior decision-makers, representatives of interest groups, and experts coming from government and administration, business and industry, civil society and science and academia to discuss public health […]

Dr. Martin Cichocki arbeitet als Senior Researcher am Ludwig Boltzmann Institut für Gesundheitsförderungsforschung. Er studierte Medizin an der Universität Graz und Public Health an der Universität Lund. 2015 möchte er seine medizinische Karriere in Wien fortsetzen. Wer weiß, was ihm dann noch einfällt… Dezember 2013 – da lud mich der […]

ProMED-mail – the Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases – is an Internet-based reporting system dedicated to rapid global dissemination of information on outbreaks of infectious diseases and acute exposures to toxins that affect human health, including those in animals and in plants grown for food or animal feed. Electronic communications […]