Vaccination services are essential to protect individuals, through their entire life, from disease and premature mortality. Vaccination services are facing increasing challenges, such as the increasing complexity of services deploying new or unused vaccines, the logistics of the cold chain to keep…

Ukraine adopted a National Strategy on Barrier-Free Society 2030 in 2021 defining rehabilitation as its cornerstone. Despite Russia’s full invasion in February 2022, the reform process has not wavered and rehabilitation is now a recognized, essential component of Universal Health Coverage and an…

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global health emergency. With 1.3 million annual deaths, TB kills more people than HIV/AIDS and malaria combined. Multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) is also a main cause of human death due to antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

Recently, the World Health Organization endorsed…

Traffic noise and air pollution, especially particulate matter (PM), are closely linked environmental risk factors that contribute significantly to the development of diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and atherosclerosis. In Europe, traffic noise is responsible for the loss of 1.6 million…

In 2018, the Gavi Vaccine Alliance (Gavi) Board approved the inclusion of Rabies vaccine for Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (Rabies PEP) into the portfolio of vaccines to be funded in the 2021-2025 strategic period (period extended since then). The 2018 Vaccine Investment Strategy (VIS) Rabies learning…

The overall goal of this project is to strengthen and modernise social protection systems globally by fostering digital transformation, enhancing interoperability, and establishing global standards. By leveraging collaboration between key actors—such as GIZ, the European Union, the World Bank, Inter…

Cambodia and Lao PDR have secured funding from the Global Development Fund (China) and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) to eliminate Schistosoma mekongi. Funding is through the World Health Organization (WHO), and Swiss TPH together with the National Institute of Parasitic…

This program aims to address the pervasive issue of violence against women and girls (VAWG) and gender-based violence (GBV) across the Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA) region. According to a recent WHO global review, 26 per cent of women in Eastern Europe and 23 per cent of women in Central…

Transformative adaptation is gaining recognition as the appropriate response to climate change as the current adaptive measures reach their limits. In addressing health risks associated with heat waves, air pollution, wildfire emission and pollen, the implementation of comprehensive transformative…

The German Ministry Federal Ministry for Economic Development and Cooperation is interested in investing through KfW in a future project which aims to strengthen pandemic prevention capacities in the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC), by reducing the negative impact of…