German Society for Tropical Paediatrics & International Child Health (GTP) e.V.

16.000

Children die every day from diseases that are mostly curable. 1 million children die every year during birth.

42/ 1.000

Children in the world do not live to their 5th birthday due to infections and malnutrition.

80%

of child mortality are still carried by countries with limited ressources in Africa and South Asia.

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Projects

Hospital partnership GTP – Newborn unit at the Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH) in Dar Es Salaam

Within a hospital partnership in cooperation with the GIZ, financed through the EKFS and the BMZ, the GTP commits itself to improving neonatal care at the MNH in Tanzania.

!!! Applications open for lecturers

Klinikpartnerschaft GTP-Malawi

In einem Kooperationsprojekt mit der GIZ, finanziert durch die EKFS und das BMZ, engagiert sich die GTP, unterstützt durch ForInG in der fachärztlichen Ausbildung von Pädiatern in Malawi.

!!! Es werden aktuell Dozenten gesucht!

Friede-Springer endowed professorship for global child health

The first professorship for global health in Germany was filled with Prof Dr Ralf Weigel! After long lasting initiative of GTP, the University of Witten-Herdecke and the Friede-Springer foundation could be won as partners.