Global Health

The Global Health Division of the German Society for Public Health (DGPH) promotes and shapes the exchange between people and organizations in the field of global health from a public health perspective.

Activities of the department

  • Regular department meetings
  • Organization of specialist forums and workshops
  • Exchange within the department via an e-mail distribution list and Slack
  • Networking in the areas of public health, global health and international health
  • Statements on global health issues and activities
  • Participation in activities of the World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA) and the European Public Health Association (EUPHA)

Opportunities to get involved

We welcome people who would like to get involved in this specialist area or be informed about ongoing activities. Members of the DGPH can also become members of the Global Health Division if their work focuses on a different area. E-mail to contact us: global-health@dgph.info

Dokumentation

  • Workshop "Global Health meets ÖGD" at the Poverty & Health 2024 Congress (12.03.2024)
  • Workshop on “Paternalism and partnership in humanitarian aid and development cooperation” at the DGPH Annual Conference 2024 with contributions from Andreas Wulf (Medico International) and Anna Kuehne (Ärzte ohne Grenzen/Medecins Sans Frontiers)
  • Organisation of a Webinar with GLOHRA WFPHA for "Linking public and global health - Introduction to the work of the World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA) and the German Alliance for Global Health Research (GLOHRA)"(04/2023)
  • Workshop on climate and mental health at the DGPH Annual Conference (09./10.02.2023)
  • Contribution from the Global health department (DGPH Newsletter 01/23)
  • Participation in the European Public Health Conference in Berlin (11/2022)
  • Participation in the World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA) General Assembly (05/2022)
  • Webinar on the topic "Migrant health in medical studies as a contribution to the development of resilient health systems - experiences from Germany" (Dr. Henna Riemenschneider und Stephanie Taché, both Dresden University of Technology) as part of the European Public Health Week 2022
  • Congress on Poverty and Health 2022 „Planetary Health in all Policies” (22.03.22 online) and „Global Health in all policies - The WHO in Deutschland & Deutschland in the WHO” (24.03.22 online)
  • News, books and networks in the field of global health in Germany (DGPH Newsletter 11/21)
  • Participation in the World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA) General Assembly (10/2021)
  • Congress on Poverty and Health 2019 “Germany's commitment to global health - what can science contribute?” (Artikel)
  • The German government's new strategy on global health: Position paper of the scientific community (08/2018)

Spokespersons of the department

PD Dr. Anna Kuehne
Epidemiological Advisor
Médecins Sans Frontières/Aerzte ohne Grenzen e.V.
Schwedenstr. 9, 13359 Berlin
E-mail: global-health@dgph.info

Dr. rer. med. Beate Bokhof
Öffentlicher Gesundheitsdienst Stadt Hamm
Gesunde Städte-Netzwerk Deutschland
Heinrich-Reinköster-Straße 8, 59065 Hamm 
E-mail: global-health@dgph.info