7th – 9th March 2016, Thessaloniki, Greece.   The aim of the course is to improve the participant’s knowledge of identification and management of arbovirus infections and outbreaks at local and European levels. The course is part of PREPARE, a project aimed at strengthening European preparedness for (re-)emerging infectious disease […]

22nd to 26th May 2016, Curitiba, Brazil. IUHPE Conferences are renowned events bringing together leading professionals in all corners of the world to take stock of the present state of knowledge and experiences, bring forward future challenges and shape the agenda to advance developments in health promotion. The IUHPE organizes triennial […]

19th to 21st April 2016, Geneva, Switzerland. The Geneva Health Forum (GHF), a biennial event launched in 2006 and held in spring, combines plenary and parallel sessions attended by hundreds of participants, with a large international exhibition area. Geneva University Hospitals (HUG) along with the Faculty of Medicine of the University […]

Communication tips by Nursing on the Move. Are you a professional or a pre-professional in the medical sector? Do you use a second or foreign language at work? Do you have a friend who speaks a foreign language at work or has a cultural background different from colleagues/customers? Asking the right […]

The EU supports the World Health Organisation as the leading authority on global health in the United Nations system. -The EU speaks with one voice in WHO’s governing bodies. The Commission and the Member States establish a single EU position for delivery at WHO. The Commission cooperates with WHO Secretariat […]

OCHA is the part of the United Nations Secretariat responsible for bringing together humanitarian actors to ensure a coherent response to emergencies. OCHA also ensures there is a framework within which each actor can contribute to the overall response effort. OCHA’s mission is to: – Mobilize and coordinate effective and principled […]

  Do you want to understand how infectious diseases such as Ebola can be controlled? Are you concerned about healthcare issues in Europe? Do you want to improve health worldwide? Then join us at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, the world-leading centre for research and postgraduate education […]

8th to 9th December 2015, Oxford, Great Britain. Immunology is a rapidly developing subject with wide-ranging implications for the pharmaceutical, healthcare and biotechnology industries. Common questions include, for example: How does the immune system defend the body against infection? What goes wrong when autoimmunity develops? How can undesirable responses be […]

Apply now for September 2016! The Leeds Institute of Health Sciences is part of the University of Leeds‘ School of Medicine. The Institute hosts the Nuffield Centre for International Health and Development which has been a major international resource for education, research and technical assistance in health and development for […]

KEY OUTCOMES OF THE EHFG 2015 – This is not a refugee crisis, this is a reception crisis. Human mobility is the new norm in our increasingly globalised world. – We need “more Europe” – deeper cooperation – to develop a comprehensive, sustainable and collective strategy to respond to the […]