9th to 11th March 2019, Bangkok, Thailand. We are proud to invite you to join us at the 12th Annual Poverty and Social Protection Conference (PSPC 2019), that will take place from March 9th to 11th 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand. The conference is organized by Tomorrow People Organization, an internationally recognized non-profit […]

Start: anytime, online. If you’ve ever skipped over the results section of a medical paper because terms like “confidence interval” or “p-value” go over your head, then you’re in the right place. You may be a clinical practitioner reading research articles to keep up-to-date with developments in your field or […]

8th to 12th July 2019, Lake District, England, UK. Expedition Skills is a unique camping based multi-disciplinary programme run over 5 days and delivered by Wilderness Medical Training (WMT) and Wild Human at a remote, lake-side camp (close to Windermere) in the Lake District, England. You’ll learn expedition-proven skills ranging […]

Die medizinische Versorgung von PatientInnen, die weder Deutsch noch Englisch sprechen, wird zu einer zunehmenden Herausforderung in der medizinischen Versorgung. Doctopia hat es sich zur Aufgabe gemacht diese Situation zu verbessern. Ein medizinischer Frage/Antwort-Datensatz mit mehr als 300 Begriffen und Fragen wurde von Doctopia in bisher zehn Sprachen übersetzt. Hieraus […]

Am 27. Januar 2019 findet der Welt-Lepra-Tag statt. Der Welt-Lepra-Tag ist ein Aktions- und Gedenktag, der 1954 eingeführt wurde auf Initiative durch Raoul Follereau in Erinnerung an den Todestag von Mahatma Gandhi. Er findet immer am letzten Sonntag im Januar statt. Lepra ist eine chronische Infektionskrankheit, die durch das Bakterium Mycobacterium […]

Start: 4th February 2019, online course. Anxiety is a common condition experienced by young people that can escalate to a point where it impacts on their general wellbeing and activities of daily living, brain development and performance at school or college. If untreated the risk of developing chronic and enduring […]

10th to 12th April 2019, Geneva, Switzerland. Within a short time frame, research on emerging viruses has changed from a small, rather exotic niche within the virology field to a topic of major public health interest, also raising tremendous attention in the community and in the public. In our 12th […]

3rd to 6th June 2019, Vancouver, Canada. The Women Deliver 2019 Conference will take place 3-6 June 2019 in Vancouver, Canada and will be the world’s largest conference on gender equality and the health, rights, and wellbeing of girls and women in the 21st century. It will serve as a […]

25th to 27th February 2019, Göttingen, Germany. During the 71st Annual Conference of the German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology recent progress in all aspects of microbiology and infectious diseases will be discussed. During plenary sessions renowned scientists from all over the world will present and discuss their most current […]

Written by Katie Gallagher, European Patients’ Forum (EPF). In contrast with the UN Sustainable Development Goal on Health, disparities in access to healthcare in Europe are increasing and while universal health coverage is a well-recognised goal for all healthcare systems in the EU, this basic right is not yet a […]