17th to 20th November 2026, Rio de Jainero, Brazil. Respiratory diseases remain among the leading causes of illness and death worldwide, with tuberculosis, chronic lung diseases, lung cancer and the health effects of tobacco use continuing to pose major global health challenges. Addressing these complex issues requires international collaboration, scientific […]

January 2027, Kampala Uganda. Healthcare professionals interested in tropical medicine, infectious diseases, refugee health, and global health practice can gain invaluable field experience through the East African Clinical Tropical Medicine Course in Kampala, Uganda.  Offered by the University of Minnesota in collaboration with Makerere University, the Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI), […]

14th June 2026. Every year on 14 June, countries around the world celebrate World Blood Donor Day, a global initiative dedicated to thanking voluntary blood donors and raising awareness of the ongoing need for safe blood and blood products. A single donation can make the difference between life and death […]

19th to 25th April 2026. From 19 to 25 April 2026, the World Health Organization brings Europe together for a milestone event: European Immunization Week (EIW). Celebrating its 20th anniversary, this year’s campaign carries a powerful message “For every generation, vaccines work.” At a time when global health systems face […]

23rd to 26th March 2026, Northampton, UK. For medical students eager to expand their horizons beyond traditional hospital environments, the Humanitarian Medicine Course by World Extreme Medicine (WEM) offers an eye-opening introduction to the realities of global health and crisis medicine. Providing a bridge between the academic world and the […]

July 2025. Trachoma is not only the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness, it is also one of the most persistent public health challenges, affecting some of the poorest and most remote communities on the planet. Caused by infection with the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis, this disease silently robs vision over […]

1st December 2022, worldwide. What is World AIDS Day? World AIDS Day takes place on 1 December each year. It’s an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, to show support for people living with HIV, and to commemorate those who have died from an AIDS-related […]

Start: 7th March, 2022, Amsterdam, Netherlands & online The Netherlands Course on Global Health and Tropical Medicine or Netherlands Tropen Cursus (NTC) provides essential preparation for health professionals such as medical doctors, nurses, and midwives planning to work in low- and middle-income countries. Participants may be preparing to work in […]

1st December 2021, worldwide. What is World AIDS Day? World AIDS Day takes place on 1 December each year. It’s an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, to show support for people living with HIV, and to commemorate those who have died from an AIDS-related […]

Start: 4th September 2019, online course. The greatest constraint to improving global healthcare delivery? Not availability, but access. Full use of existing interventions would cut the 10 million annual child deaths that occur globally by more than 60%, as well as a high proportion of the half-million annual maternal deaths […]