22nd to 27th March 2020, Naivasha, Kenya. The course will focus on international law and standards applicable during armed conflict. It is designed to help the participants to find, understand and apply that framework to achieve their professional humanitarian objectives. The course will cover the: Origins, structure, principles and rules […]

1st to 5th March 2020, Copper, CO, USA. Ideally situated midway between Vail, Breckenridge, and Keystone, Copper Mountain is a family-friendly and more affordable option for a great week of skiing – along with the same outstanding and clinically focused faculty. This program will provide a comprehensive review of state-of-the-art […]

From 20th to 23rd November 2019, the European Health Forum Gastein (EHFG) took part in the 12th European Public Health (EPH) Conference in Marseille, France. With a workshop on “Young policy voices for our future – building intergenerational bridges”, held on 23rd November and co-organised with EUPHA’s Public Health Policy and […]

by Lilian van der Ven, MD, Amsterdam UMC. Current and future developments For a number of years, the number of residents in social medicine has been lagging behind, resulting in an imminent shortage of social medicine specialists. To counteract this, in 2016 the Ministry of Health proposed a new approach […]

6th to 8th February 2020, Vienna, Austria. This course aims to train health care professionals in current infection prevention and control (IPC) practices focusing particularly on technical hygiene issues, including the inanimate hospital environment and reprocessing of medical devices, to prevent and reduce hospital acquired infection (HAI). This technical workshop supplies the […]

7th to 9th March 2020, Athens, Greece. We are delighted to officially welcome you to Athens from 7th to 9th March 2020 for the annual congress of the Acute Cardiovascular Care Association (Acca) of the ESC. This congress brings together cardiologists, intensivists, anaesthetists, internists, cardiac surgeons, nurses, paramedics and other […]

6th to 7th March 2020, Newcastle, NSW, Australia. The Bone and Joint Infection Conference (BJI) is designed to bring together orthopaedic surgeons, infectious diseases physicians, clinical microbiologists and trainees in these fields to discuss the latest developments in the prevention, diagnosis and management of bone and joint infections. Similar meetings […]

18. bis 25. April 2020, Herbriggen im Wallis, Schweiz. Um als verantwortliche/-r Arzt oder Ärztin ein Trekking oder eine Expedition kompetent betreuen zu können, sind heute eine ganze Reihe von Qualifikationen notwendig. Neben profunden Kenntnissen in Allgemein-, Notfall- und Reisemedizin gilt dabei das Wissen um höhenbedingte Erkrankungen und deren Therapie als selbstverständlich. Aber was bringt der/die […]

At the premises of the European Health Forum Gastein (EHFG), held from 2-4 October in Bad Hofgastein, the Hackathon on vaccine hesitancy was conducted. Jointly organised with EIT Health, the second EHFG Hackathon call was open to experts from different sectors interested in developing innovative solutions for health-related problems. A […]

Start: anytime, online course. Seasonal influenza is an acute viral disease of the respiratory tract transmitted via aerosols or contaminated surfaces from infected people. This course provides a general introduction to the disease through a short video lecture and quizzes to test your knowledge. It targets personnel involved in seasonal […]