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.
40th GTP annual conference
27-29 May 2022
Basel, Switzerland
“Integrating General Paediatrics in health systems of resource limited settings; scope of the speciality and needs assessment on staffing and logistics“
Organizers: Dr. Charlotte Adamczick and Dr. Gudrun Jäger
Active for child health worldwide
As an international network of doctors, scientists and nurses we advocate prevention and treatment to improve health care of children and adolescents in countries with limited resources.
Register now for TropPaed2022!
22-27 May 2022
We are looking forward to welcoming you at Schloß Rauischholzhausen!
News
TropPaed 2022 – 12th Intensive Course on Tropical Paediatrics and Global Child Health
TropPaed 2022: Register now to attend the Intesive Course on Tropical Pediatrics and Global Child Health from 22-27 May 2022!
27.-29. August 2021 | ETAT+ Instructor Course | Hamburg
Our GTP working group ETAT+ successfully completed an Instructor Course in Hamburg. View their full report including pictures here.
EKFS-funded placemet of a paediatrician in Malawi
For the spontaneous! If you are a pediatrician in your 3rd/4th year of training in the Westfalen-Lippe area and would like to complete 6 months of your residency in Malawi, please apply here! Start: September 2021. Apply now!
Friede-Springer endowed professorship for Global Child Health
Have a look at new and current activities of Prof. Dr. Ralf Weigel and his team within the department of Germany's first professorship for Global Child Health!
Projects
Friede-Springer endowed professorship for Global Child Health
Have a look at new and current activities of Prof. Dr. Ralf Weigel and his team within the department of Germany's first professorship for Global Child Health!
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!
Paediatric specialty training in Tanzania
This project received the Else Kröner-Fresenius-Preis for medical development cooperation remunerated with 100,000 Euros in 2016.