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Global Health
Discover weekly content about how researchers and other players in Germany are contributing to improved health around the world with their international and interdisciplinary work.
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Global Health – research and innovation to tackle global challenges
They are simply part of human existence: illnesses and pandemics have accompanied humankind for thousands of years. They have changed societies time and time again. Each year, millions of people around the world suffer from diabetes, high blood pressure, mental health issues, cancer or infections caused by viruses like coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
Health is a human right
Globalisation, climate change and migration are three key factors that have a growing impact on global health. Without extensive global health protection there can be no positive social, political and economic development. Health therefore needs to be viewed from a global perspective, promoting and strengthening joint worldwide activities. Health is a central human right.
Germany is investing in global health research
The German government firmly believes that global challenges can only be resolved jointly and is committed to international and interdisciplinary collaboration in the area of global health. Research and innovation play an important role in this context. From 2016 to 2020, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research made nearly 510 million euros in funding available for research on global health research. The main research issues in Germany are the human-animal-environment interface, antimicrobial resistances, vaccine research, food security, and neglected and poverty-related tropical diseases.
In our Global Health spotlight, you will discover how researchers and other players in Germany are contributing to improved health around the world with their international and interdisciplinary work.
More targeted treatment of depression
Roberto Goya-Maldonado is working on identifying the various neural networks in the brain that can be disrupted when a person is suffering from depression.
Gender discrimination – an unidentified health risk
Scientists in Heidelberg and Berlin are working with African research institutions to reveal the correlation between gender discrimination and maternal mortality – and to actively help those women affected.
Interview with Dr. Thi Minh Tam Ta
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Improving medicine with artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence is becoming increasingly important in medicine. Read more about how algorithms might assist medical personnel here.
Digital Health: podcasts, clips, papers
Visit the online platform of InnoHealth USA's German R&D Tour to download the wide variety of materials available to you until December 11, 2021. Register for free here!
Interview with Dr Kuhn, senior vice president of BioNTech
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