EGHRIN newsletter issue 1
New EGHRIN newsletter
EGHRIN is pleased to announced the launch of a regular newsletter, prepared in collaboration with SEC Newgate . Our bi-annual newsletter provides a summary of network activities, including key achievements by member institutions. The newsletter will be mailed to members and available for public download from EGHRIN's newly updated website.
Recent activity
EGHRIN organised its first online seminar on the topic of “Pandemic preparedness: A whole-of-society approach”. Led by Anne-Mieke Vandamme, (KU Leuven), with Ana Antic (University of Copenhagen) and Heidi Larson and Leesa Lin (The Vaccine Confidence Project) as speakers, Antoni Plàsencia (ISGlobal) facilitated the seminar, which covered multiple dimensions of pandemic preparedness. The seminar was attended by more than XXX delegates from an estimated YYY countries. More information and ISGlobal coverage of the Seminar can be found on the EGHRIN website.
Our first joint report with the League of European Research Universities (LERU), on “Healthy People, Healthy Societies: An Integrated Approach” was recently published on our website. This report follows last year’s successful Town Hall Meeting of the same name, which brought together XXX experts from YY institutions to workshop key challenges and set priorities for a coordinated institutional response from Europe.
What's coming up?
EGHRIN will be attending the upcoming European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health (ECTMIH) in Utrecht between November 20 and 23. The topic of this session will be the recently presented EU Global Health Strategy currently under negotiations by the Council representing EU national governments. The session is sponsored by AIGHD and ISGlobal.
Member's space
Here you will find information on a different EGHRIN member in every issue. The order will be alphabetical, starting by AIGHD:
Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development (AIGHD) - University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development (AIGHD) is an international research and education institute that works to develop sustainable solutions to major health problems. AIGHD was initiated as a partnership between the Amsterdam University Medical Centers (AUMC), the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU). AIGHD is a dynamic research and education institute that thrives on intense collaboration among experts from multiple disciplines including biomedicine, economics and social and behavioral sciences. With its interdisciplinary and translational approach, AIGHD addresses the most critical medical, social, economic and political challenges in global health and development that cut across national and political borders. As one of EGHRIN founders, AIGHD hosts EGHRIN Secretariat.
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