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Exchange of German partners in the context of 'Emergency Medical Teams'
On 2 and 3 December 2024, the team of the German National Focal Point for Emergency Medical Teams (EMT NFP), based in the RKI unit ZIG 3, hosted the annual ‘EMT Stakeholder Meeting’ in Berlin. It brought together the German EMT organisations for exchanges with each other, their network partners and …
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Emergency Medical Teams project ends the year with an EMT Readiness Training in Indonesia
Between 23 and 25 November 2024, the Emergency Medical Teams (EMT) project EMT TTT, hosted at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), closed the year 2024 activities in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Under heavy rains yet high spirits, an “EMT Readiness Training” was implemented as a joint Twinning activity …
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Recognition of RKI’s contributions to Infection Prevention and Control in Nigeria
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) and the Robert Koch Institute have collaborated on global health security and infectious disease control for over a decade. Since 2019, they have partnered in the NiCaDe project. Colleagues from units 15, 37, and ZIG office work on …
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Strong ZIG representation at the WHO Emergency Medical Teams Global Meeting 2024
The Global Meeting of the World Health Organization's Emergency Medical Teams (EMT) Initiative in November 2024 took place with significant participation from the German EMT organisations and the RKI's Centre for International Health Protection (ZIG). Prof. Dr. Johanna Hanefeld, head of ZIG and …
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Publication of PALS Training Handbooks
The Participatory Approach to Learning in Systems (PALS) is an innovative approach that is applied in Nigerian healthcare settings to improve infection prevention and control (IPC) practices by mobilising, enabling and empowering healthcare workers at the facility level to become Change Agents. The …
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Building on local knowledge and community action within mid-term workshop of One Health project
The project operates on the principle that communities themselves are best equipped to identify and address their own health-related concerns. A mid-term workshop in Berlin provided a platform to assess the project’s progress and to plan next steps.
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Gateway for evacuations from Ukraine – a visit to the EU-MEDEVAC Hub in Poland
Since September 2022, the “MEDEVAC Hub Jasionka”, run by Polish relief organisation Polish Center for International Aid (PCPM), has been supporting medical evacuations from Ukraine. Located in Rzeszów, about 80 km from the Polish-Ukrainian border, the medical facility provides a stopover for the …
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RKI running second face-to-face workshop in applied public health research in Namibia
The CARe project (Capacity Building in Applied Public Health Research in GHPP partner countries) has continued its training program on applied public health research methods with a second face-to-face workshop seven months after the initial workshop in Namibia. The workshop took place from June 10 …
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ZIG again supports Joint German EMT Exercise
Joint training for joint deployments - under this theme, the second joint exercise of the German Emergency Medical Teams (EMT) took place in the Ahr Valley from 29 May to 2 June. The EMTs from Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund (ASB), CADUS e.V., humedica and Johanniter trained for humanitarian deployments, …
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GOARN Capacity Strengthening and Training Programme: ZIG hosting the first flagship course of GOARN Outbreak Response Leadership Capacity Strengthening
On 18 -22 September, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) hosted the first “GOARN Outbreak Response Leadership Training Programme” of the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) in Berlin, in collaboration with GOARN Secretariat and the Geneva Center for Security Policy (GCSP). A total of 24 …
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“Health Security Partnership in Africa” advocates for better surveillance
As part of a 14-month project, the RKI is participating in an initiative that advocates an integrated approach to the early detection of potential disease outbreaks in Africa. The Centre for International Health Protection supports Morocco, Namibia, South Africa and Tunisia in the areas of “Epidemic …
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International Advisory Board of ZIG discusses developments in global health
The Scientific Advisory Board of RKI’s Centre for International Health Protection met in Berlin in April 2024. The board is chaired by the Belgian microbiologist Peter Piot who is known as the co-discoverer of the Ebola virus, founding director of UNAIDS and Under-Secretary-General of the United …
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RKI and WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence review joint workplan
On 10 April 2024, the Robert Koch Institute hosted the second Steering Committee meeting of the ongoing partnership with the WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence in Berlin. The primary objective of this meeting was to review and discuss the progress across the four projects under the …
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WHO and RKI empower integrated genomic surveillance in Côte d’Ivoire
Funded by the WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence in Berlin, the project “Strengthen Integrated Genomic Surveillance through Greater Capacities in National Public Health Institutes” is set to improve public health decision-making on both national and international levels. In February …
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One health project carries out community entry in Nigeria
In early December 2023, the interdisciplinary consortium met in Nigeria for the implementation of the first project milestone: the entry into a local community. The community was introduced to the project through printed fliers accompanied by verbal explanations by team members at the …
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Anthropologists investigate social logics of infection itineraries in healthcare facilities
The anthropology team at RKI’s Centre for International Health Protection conducts research on infection prevention and control in several projects of the Global Health Protection Programme. A member of ZIG’s anthropology team spent three months in Guinea and Côte d'Ivoire for …
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Meeting in support of Ugandan roadmap towards a national Emergency Medical Team
From 28 to 30 November 2023, representatives of the German relief organisation Malteser International and the Ugandan Ministry of Health met for a workshop in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The aim of the meeting was to jointly create an activity plan in support of the development of a …
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Namibian delegation attends World Health Summit and meets with partners in Berlin
The Namibian Ministry of Health and Social Services and RKI have maintained a close and trusting cooperation since the successful start of the Namibia-RKI Twinning Project in 2020. A delegation from Namibia came to Berlin in order to establish contacts and networks, exchange experiences and learn …
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ZIG begins policy dialogue with the Madagascar Ministry of Health
In November 2023, a two-day workshop was organised in Antananarivo, Madagascar with the Minister of Health and other stakeholders to disseminate the results of the first year of the ABCM project and initiate a policy dialogue. Public health emergency management, surveillance capacities and …
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RKI and Nigerian counterpart present novel training approach for infection prevention and control
In December 2023, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention and the Robert Koch Institute hosted the inaugural conference of PALS in Nigeria’s capital Abuja. PALS stands for “Participatory Approach to Learning in Systems” which is a training and practice approach for sustainable …
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ZIG contributes to African Union’s public health conference in Zambia
At the third “International Conference on Public Health in Africa”, which took place in Zambia’s capital Lusaka from 27 to 30 November 2023, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) was represented at two side events organised by the Centre for International Health Protection (ZIG). The first side …
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Global experts discuss core emergency capabilities of National Public Health Agencies
On 9 November 2023, members of the International Association of National Public Health Institutes and the World Health Organization’s Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence convened at the RKI for an informal exchange. The group discussed core capabilities that National Public Health …
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For the first time in Germany: ZIG attends the meeting of the European Biosecurity Regulators Forum
The members of the European Biosecurity Regulators Forum held their annual exchange meeting in Germany for the first time. The Centre for International Health Protection of the Robert Koch Institute was among the group of German representatives in November 2023. Participants emphasised that the …
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Closer cooperation, improved preparation for deployments – a look back on the EMT National Stakeholder Meeting
On 7 and 8 November 2023, the team of the German National Focal Point for Emergency Medical Teams at RKI hosted the annual EMT National Stakeholder Meeting in Berlin. The focus was on current deployment scenarios such as possible emergency medical aid measures by German EMTs in the context of the …