EGHRIN participates in first Eurasian Academic Alliance for Global Health meeting

Antoni Plasència, as chair of EGHRIN Executive Committee, participated in September 17-18 in the first meeting of the Eurasian Academic Alliance for Global Health. 

This Alliance was established in 2021 under the auspices of the - Building Academic Capacity in Global Health in the Eastern EuropeCentral Asia Region – a project funded by the European Commission’s Erasmus+ programme. The Alliance’s primary objective is to serve as a collaborative platform on global health education and research among academic institutions in countries across the Eurasia region. In the context of the Alliance Eurasia is defined as a group of countries located in the Baltic Sea, Eastern Mediterranean, Black Sea, Caspian Sea and the Central Asia regions.

Founding members of the Alliance are (in alphabetical order):

• Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (Kazakhstan)

• Astana Medical University (Kazakhstan)

• Batumi State University (Georgia)

• Bergen University (Norway)

• Heidelberg Institute of Global Health (Germany, EGHRIN Member)

• National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy” (Ukraine)

• Tbilisi Institute of Global Health (Georgia)

• Ternopil National Medical University (Ukraine)

• Tbilisi State University (Georgia)

• University of Georgia

• University of Tromso (Norway)

Dr. Plasència spoke in a panel discussion sharing EGHRIN experience as a regional platforms for global health collaboration.