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TropPaed 2025 - 15th Intensive Course on Tropical Paediatrics and Global Child Health
Date
5 - 9 May 2025
(Arrival: 4 May 2025)
Venue
Schloß Rauischholzhausen
Info
Max. participants: 50
Course language: English
Welcome
We’re delighted to invite you to the 15th TropPaed Intensive Course!
Once again, we aim to offer a diverse program featuring lectures, hands-on small group work, and clinically focused seminars. We also plan to set aside plenty of time for international exchange of ideas and experiences.
As we finalize our planning, you’ll find continuous updates on the schedule and speakers on this page.
Preliminary Program
Here you’ll find an overview of the planned course topics. On some days, international guests will share case studies. Evening program is also planned.
Please note: Some program items may still be adjusted in terms of timing or, in rare cases, content.
Arrival is already possible on 4th of May. On the day of arrival, there will be an optional group dinner starting between 7 – 8 p.m.
Meals included: Breakfast: 7:00–8:30 a.m; Lunch: approx. 12:45–2:15 p.m.; Dinner: approx. 6:45–8:00 p.m.; Two coffee breaks each day.
On some evenings, optional activities will be offered after dinner.
Thursday night, there will be a themed farewell party!
Departure is scheduled for Friday after lunch around 2 p.m.
Pandemic Notice: Any current guidelines will be communicated before the course begins.
Arrival already on Sunday (4th of May) is possible.
Check-in from 5 p.m., with dinner around 7-8 p.m.
Start: ca. 8:45 — Ende: ca. 21 Uhr
- Vorstellungsrunde
- Einführung in die globale Kindergesundheit
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- Farewell party
Start: ca. 8:45 — Ende: ca. 14 Uhr
- Weitere Programmpunkte: tba
- Feedback and farewell
Course Fee and Registration
The course fee is calculated to cover course expenses and to help co-fund scholarships for international participants. Due to increased accommodation and meal costs, we have had to adjust the fees this year accordingly. No profit is made.
The fee includes course participation, accommodation from May 4 to May 9, 2025, meals and coffee breaks from Sunday dinner through Friday lunch, and course materials. The fee does not cover alcoholic beverages, drinks outside provided meals and coffee breaks, or transportation costs.
Member GTP/ESPID
Early Bird until 31.01.25Regular fee non-member
Early Bird until 31.01.25Member GTP/ESPID
from 31.01.25Regular fee non-member
from 31.01.25Scholarships
Scholarships for colleagues from resource-limited countries will be available again in 2025! Applications can be submitted until September 15, 2024 (to: gtpscholarship(a)globalchildhealth.de). For this, we request the submission of a motivation letter including a CV and a letter of recommendation. Further details can be found under the section “Support for International Colleagues.“
Venue
We are pleased to be able to hold our course again in 2022 at Schloss Rauischholzhausen, the conference and training facility of the University of Giessen. This historic and beautiful venue is tailor-made for our course as it offers the possibility to accommodate all participants, organizers and lecturers in one place, good facilities and a very fair financial framework. The versatile room selection meets our demand of lectures combined with small group work. Catering includes three main meals and two coffee breaks per day. Vegan and vegetarian options are available at each meal. Hosting the course there for the first time in 2016 has proven to be a complete success.
Cancellation Policy
In the event of a cancellation, we will first offer your spot to those on the waiting list. Alternatively, you may arrange a replacement participantyourself. If the spot is successfully filled, we will refund your course fee minus a €50 processing fee. If the spot remains unfilled, the full course feewill be charged.
Sponsoring and support
We sincerely thank all the volunteer co-organizers of the course for their years of dedication as well as our financial supporters!
We assure you that our intensive course is designed to be product- and service-neutral, with all content independent of commercial interests. No services or products are promoted. Any potential conflicts of interest are disclosed in a personal declaration.
European Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases
Kindermissionswerk “Die Sternsinger”
Contacts
Questions and comments (no registration): troppaed@globalchildhealth.de
Bank details
Gesellschaft für Tropenpädiatrie und
Internationale Kindergesundheit (GTP) e. V.
Volksbank im Münsterland eG
IBAN: DE27 4036 1906 7327 1653 01
BIC: GENO DEM1 IBB
Subject: “TropPaed2025 fee, First and Last Name”
Paediatric ETAT+ Training
Paediatric ETAT+ Training
The course aims to improve global child health by training healthcare professionals and teaching strategies for the triage and treatment of sick children in resource-limited settings. It introduces a well-structured, high-quality approach to pediatric emergency care that can significantly reduce child mortality in hospitals.
ETAT+ builds on the core elements of the ETAT course, expanding further to cover additional aspects of pediatric care. This includes more in-depth training on managing pediatric conditions, as well as additional skills and knowledge essential for continuous care and stabilization.
Read MoreThe ETAT working group within GTP was founded by three graduates of the TropPaed intensive course. After experiencing the clinical importance of ETAT during various overseas missions, they trained as tutors and began leading courses abroad.
The first ETAT+ course was successfully conducted in September 2018 in Witten/Herdecke and received a positive response. Since then, the course has been offered regularly.
ETAT+ Instructor Course
The ETAT+ Instructor Course is designed to equip former ETAT+ participants with instructor potential with a deeper understanding of adult education and to enhance their skills in simulation-based teaching. The course is based on teaching methods from the European Resuscitation Council (ERC) and course content from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) in the UK. Preparation involves studying the “Pocket Guide to Teaching for Clinical Instructors” along with other course materials.
Read MoreThe course features practical, small-group exercises that allow participants to practice using equipment, deliver mini-lectures, conduct mini-simulations, run skill stations, and lead small groups, all while receiving personalized feedback. It also offers peer support and mentoring. A new addition is the “Marketplace,” where participants can revisit and refine previous exercises. The course concludes with a panel discussion on how to implement training effectively in resource-limited settings and diverse cultural contexts, aiming to improve the global delivery of ETAT+ and other simulation-based education.
Upcoming Courses
- Target Group: Healthcare professionals with work experience preparing for overseas missions in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This includes doctors, nurses, midwives, and paramedics. (No students, sorry!)
- Course Language: English
- Location: UKM Münster
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Course Fees:
Doctors: 380€ | All others: 190€ - Registration
- Target Group: Healthcare professionals with work experience preparing for overseas missions in LMICs. This includes doctors, nurses, midwives, and paramedics. (No students, sorry!)
- Course Language: English
- Location: Wilhelmstift Children’s Hospital, Hamburg
- Course Fees:
Doctors: 380€ | All others: 190€ - Registration
The ETAT working group also supports the organization of an ETAT course at the “German Institute for Medical Mission e.V.” (Difäm).
For information and registration, visit the Difäm website.
Course Content
Participants will receive preparation materials and are expected to review selected topics beforehand. The course emphasizes interactive training sessions and role-playing exercises, each introduced by a brief lecture.
Read More- Triage of sick children into three categories:
- Children with acute conditions (“emergency signs”)
- Children with urgent conditions (“priority signs”)
- Children with non-urgent symptoms
- Assessment and emergency treatment of airway and breathing issues
- Bag-mask ventilation techniques
- Evaluation of cardiac status and level of consciousness
- Effective management of shock, coma, and seizures in children
- Intraosseous access procedures
- Classification and treatment of severe dehydration in children with diarrheal disease
- Management of acute severe malnutrition
- Care for sick newborns and premature infants
- Classification and treatment of burns and accidental injuries in children
- Planning and implementation of the ETAT approach within one’s own work environment
The course integrates theory with practical skills to equip participants for real-world scenarios.
Cancellation Policy
- If we can fill your spot from the waiting list, you will receive a full refund of the course fee, minus a €50 processing fee.
- If we are unable to fill your spot—typically only an issue with very late cancellations—no refund will be issued.
- If the course is canceled by us, you will receive a 100% refund of the course fee.
Feedback from course participants
“I liked all of the practical sessions – all very useful.”
“Very practical and structured training.”
“I liked the trainer team: good mixture, lots of experience, passionate teaching.”
IPUN Ultrasound Courses
This page informs about the activities of the GTP in the field of paediatric ultrasound diagnostics. This page is under development and will receive more comprehensive information as it progresses. Please feel free to visit us regularly.
Registration for ultrasound courses:
The course list in the grey box provides information about places still available on the individual courses.
Registration is binding and must be made using the online form below. After receipt of your registration, you will first receive an automated confirmation of receipt with further important information and then a final confirmation of your place from the organisation team, along with a payment request.
GTP ultrasound courses – timeline
Since 2017, we have been offering ultrasound courses internationally. These courses provide you with the opportunity to explore typical findings alongside experienced course leaders in various regions and also allows you to discover parts of the respective country during your free time. The courses are mainly aimed at young residents who learn together with the residents of the specialist programme and young local specialists with little or no prior experience in sonography.
In 2021, the GTP received a 5-year funding from EKFS to professionalize and integrate course structures locally, as well as to establish the “EKFS GPT International Paediatric Ultrasound Network”.
Basic course
Sonography of the skull, thorax and abdomen for basic diagnosis of pathologies and performance of interventions such as pleural puncture.
Echocardiography
Cardiac sonography focusing on mastering key sectional views and recognizing common pathologies.
General course information
- Course language: English
- Participants: 15-20 local medical personal, some courses are open for non-local participants
- Course fees: Single 4-day-course 400 euros, single 5-day-course 500 euros, two combined courses 700-900 euros, combination of three courses 1000-1300 euros
- Not included in the course fee: travel expenses, accommodation, visas, travel insurance, vaccinations and malaria prophylaxis and other travel arrangements. We kindly ask you to organize these independently, but we are happy to provide recommendations and assistance.
- Cancellation policy: in case of cancellation 4-8 weeks before the start of the course, we retain 50% of the course fees; in case of cancellation 4 weeks or less before the start of the course, we retain 90% of the course fees. This is necessary to cover cancellation costs.
- General inquiries (not application): please email at ipun-info(a)globalchildhealth.de
Next courses
Placements for non-local participants: 1-2 available
Placements for non-local participants: 1-2 available
Placements for non-local participants: 1-2 available
Registration
We are very much looking forward to your participation! Please take a moment to read the cancellation policy and fill out the form below completely.
Your registration is binding and you will receive an automated confirmation of receipt.
A final confirmation with request for payment will be made by the organisation team after checking the local course capacities. Please do not book flights etc. until you have received final confirmation.
Cancellation policy:
If you cancel your participation, we will apply a 50% charge of the course fee for cancellations made between 4-8 weeks before the course, and a 90% charge for cancellations made 4 weeks or less before the course begins.
Registration form
43rd GTP Annual Conference 2025 - Giessen
Date
2 - 4 May 2025
Venue
Giessen, Germany
Organiser
Prof. Knipper & Team
Title: “Decolonizing Global Child Health”: Critical Reflections and Dialogue to Ensure the Right to Health for All Children Worldwide
Welcome adress
Dear fellow healthcare practitioners, dear students, dear interested guests,
we would like to invite you to the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Tropical Paediatrics and International Child Health (GTP) in May 2025. We welcome you to join us in the discussion around Decolonizing Global Health, especially emphasizing the right to health for all children worldwide.
The major objective of the conference is to facilitate critical reflection and constructive dialogue regarding the historically shaped power imbalances and structures in the field of global health research, teaching, and practice between high-income countries and low-income countries.
During the conference, we will listen to and discuss with international experts, researchers and practitioners to analyze the given structures and challenges of global child health and discuss new ways of achieving more equitable health care. Together, we would like to encourage the discourse and engage in the process of re-imagining global child health through interactive workshops, input presentations and panel discussions.
In addition to clinical topics, we will be addressing the following issues:
- Global Child Health Today: International perspectives and challenges for the health and well-being of children worldwide, including violence, conflict and war
- Addressing inequities through the lens of intersectionality: In-depth exploration of racism and other forms of discrimination affecting child health and well-being
- Decolonizing International Cooperation? A conversation on histories, experiences, powers, and perspective
The pre-conference workshops will be dedicated to topics such as:
- Clinical training, including the established ETAT+ system (Emergency Triage, Assessment, and Treatment), pediatric ultrasound, and interdisciplinary training for health professionals
- Health professionals and climate change: challenges and solutions
- Raising awareness for female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C)
- Media analysis of racist and colonial narratives and their influence on current discourses
The conference intends to be a place for exchange and reflection, a space for all of those who want to combine clinical input with critical examination of the inequities that persist in global child health to this day. Together, we will explore how international and cross-cultural cooperation for health equity can be achieved without perpetuating colonial structures, offering inspiration for sustainable change.
We look forward to welcoming you and having lively discussions.
Venue
Medizinisches Lehrzentrum Gießen (Klinikstraße 29, 35392 Gießen, Germany)
Preliminary Program
Last Update: December 2024
Conference Language: English/German
Nota bene: Photos and videos will be taken during the event to publicize the GTP and its projects
Friday
12:00 PM
1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
6:00 PM – 6:30 PM
6:60 PM – 7:45 PM
8:00 PM
Registration
Workshops and board meeting GTP e.V.
details below
Keynote: Anuj Kapilashrami, Univ. Essex/UK
Panel 1: dialogue on decolonizing global child health
Get Together
Saturday
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
12:30 PM – 12:45 PM
12:45 PM – 1:00 PM
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Clinical Presentations (GTP e.V.), slot 1
Presentation of clinically relevant research and implementation projects and initiatives
Coffee Break
Panel 2: Global Child Health Today:
International perspectives and challenges for the health and wellbeing of children worldwide, including violence, conflict and war
Lunch Break
Addressing inequities through the lens of intersectionality:
In-depth exploration of racism and other forms of discrimination affecting child health and well-being
Coffee Break
Breakout-groups
Opportunity for joining moderated breakout groups (in different languages: English, German, French) for discussion and joint reflection of topics, impressions, ideas related to the panels in parallel small groups
Posterwalk
General Assembly GTP e.V. & Afternoon activity
Sunday
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
12:30 PM – 12:45 PM
12:45 PM – 1:00 PM
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Clinical Presentations (GTP e.V.), slot 2
Presentation of clinically relevant research and implementation projects and initiatives
Coffee Break
Panel 4: Decolonizing International Cooperation?
A conversation on histories, experiences, powers, and perspectives
Helmut Wolf Award ceremony
Farewell & invitation to GTP conference 2026
Lunch/Snac
Call for abstracts
Deadline: 31.01.2025
We invite you to submit abstracts of your research, projects, or clinical work related to the themes of our conference. Submissions will be systematically reviewed and considered for an oral or poster presentation.
Please send your abstract to: gtp2025abstracts@globalchildhealth.de
The Helmut Wolf Prize will be awarded among the submitted abstracts.
Social programme
tbc
CME Points
More information soon
Registration, fees and cancellation policy
Conference fee
To be announced soon
CME Points
More information soon
Cancellation policy
More information soon
Conflicts of interest and sponsoring
The content of this event will be designed to be product and service neutral. We confirm that the scientific management and the speakers will disclose potential conflicts of interest to the participants.
Contact details
General inquiries and comments (not for registration): Information coming soon
Registration: Information coming soon
Banking details
Gesellschaft für Tropenpädiatrie und
Internationale Kindergesundheit (GTP) e. V.
Volksbank Ahlen-Sassenberg-Warendorf
IBAN: DE 95 4126 2501 1102 1632 03
BIC: GENODEM1AHL
Reference: “GTP2025 fee, your name and surname”
Abstract Submission: Information coming soon
Klinikpartnerschaft GTP – Department of Paediatrics & Child Health an der Universität von Dodoma, Tansania (2021-2024)
Über das Projekt
Im Rahmen der Initiative “Klinikpartnerschaften – Partner stärken Gesundheit”, finanziert durch die Else Kröner-Fresenius Stiftung (EKFS) und das Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ), technisch begleitet durch die Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), engagiert sich die GTP in Fortführung des sehr erfolgreichen Facharztprogramms für angehende PädiaterInnen in Mwanza und Dodoma (2016 bis 2020) seit 2021 (Laufzeit bis 2024) in der pädiatrischen Facharztausbildung in Dodoma, Tansania. Aufgrund des weiterhin bestehenden Mangels an Pädiaterinnen und Pädiatern mit Subspezialitäten reisen Experten aus Deutschland und anderen europäischen Ländern mehrfach pro Jahr nach Tansania, um in Dodoma theoretischen Unterricht anzubieten. Darüber hinaus findet praktischer Unterricht bei Visiten und Klinikeinsätzen statt, Ultraschallkenntnisse werden ebenso vermittelt. Das Pflegepersonal wird durch erfahrene Kinderkrankenschwestern/-pfleger geschult. Fehlende Ausstattung wird in begrenztem Maße durch das Projekt beschafft. Die Entwicklung von Behandlungsrichtlinien ist Bestandteil des Projekts.
Möglichkeit zur Mitarbeit – Dozenten gesucht
- Fachärztinnen/-ärzte für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin inklusive aller Subspezialitäten
- Neonatologisch und pädiatrisch erfahrenes Pflegepersonal
Wir freuen uns auf Bewerbungen von GTP-Mitgliedern oder solchen, die es werden wollen, mit Interesse an einem Unterrichtseinsatz in Dodoma. Arbeitserfahrung im Ausland und in der Lehre sind von Vorteil, aber keine unabdingbare Voraussetzung.
- Einsatzdauer: 2-3 Wochen (Einsatzzeitpunkt flexibel)
- Voraussetzungen: Gute Englischkenntnisse
- Vergütung: Übernahme der Aufenthalts- und Reisekosten
Kontakt und Bewerbung
Bei Interesse schreiben Sie bitte mit einem kurzen Lebenslauf an:
PD Dr. Carsten Krüger (krueger(a)globalchildhealth.de) – Programmverantwortlicher in Deutschland
Dr. Shakilu Jumanne (shakiluj(a)gmail.com) – Projektleiter vor Ort
Aktualisierte Leitlinie: Empfehlungen zur infektiologischen Versorgung von Flüchtlingen im Kindes- und Jugendalter in Deutschland
Wir zitieren hier den Text der offiziellen Pressemitteilung, der im Original auf der Seite der DGKJ veröffentlicht wurde.
Geflüchtete Kinder brauchen eine spezielle medizinische Versorgung
Aktuelle Empfehlungen zur infektiologischen Versorgung von Flüchtlingen im Kindes- und Jugendalter in Deutschland
Um geflüchteten Kindern eine kompetente medizinische Unterstützung geben zu können, ist eine strukturierte Versorgung unverzichtbar. Für die sinnvolle und notwendige Infektionsprävention und -diagnostik wurden jetzt spezielle Fachempfehlungen vorgelegt.
Ob geflohen vor Kriegen, Naturkatastrophen oder Armut - geflüchtete Kinder haben eine oft extrem belastende Zeit hinter sich, lange, strapaziöse Reisen, traumatische Erlebnisse. Je nach Herkunftsland war ihre medizinische Versorgung auch schon vor der Flucht mangelhaft und die Gesundheitsbelastung groß. Diese Kinder und Jugendlichen müssen hier in einer speziell geschulten medizinischen Betreuung aufgefangen werden, um ihre besonderen Gesundheitsrisiken und -bedürfnisse erkennen und kompetent versorgen zu können.
In die Empfehlungen flossen Erfahrungen zum medizinischen Bedarf von Flüchtlingen und insbesondere auch über die Prävalenz von spezifischen Infektionserkrankungen ein, die Mitarbeiter/-innen des Gesundheitssystems bezüglich seit 2015 sammeln konnten. Zwischen 40.000 und 200.000 minderjährige Flüchtlinge im Jahr suchen seither Schutz in Deutschland [vgl. Empfehlungen, S.19]. Auch für die kommenden Jahre ist eine hohe Zahl an Flüchtlingen zu erwarten, aktuell insbesondere aus dem Kriegsgebiet in der Ukraine.
Die Stellungnahme wurde als AWMF-Leitlinie der Stufe 1 angelegt und von der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Pädiatrische Infektiologie (DGPI e.V.), der Gesellschaft für Tropenpädiatrie und Internationale Kindergesundheit (GTP e.V.), dem Berufsverband der Kinder- und Jugendärzte (BVKJ e.V.) und der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin (DGKJ e.V.) erarbeitet. Zahlreiche weitere Fachgesellschaften und Organisationen wurden einbezogen.
Die jetzt vorgelegten Empfehlungen zielen darauf,
- einen unvollständigen Impfschutz frühzeitig zu erkennen und rasch zu vervollständigen (z.B. Poliomyelitis, Masern, COVID-19)
- übliche Infektionskrankheiten im Kindes- und Jugendalter, auch vor dem Hintergrund von Sammelunterkünften, Sprachbarrieren und unterschiedlichen kulturellen Auffassungen, zu diagnostizieren und zu behandeln
- in Deutschland seltene Infektionskrankheiten frühzeitig zu erkennen und zu therapieren (z.B. Tuberkulose, Dengue-Fieber).
Den Autor/-innen ist sehr bewusst, dass Kindergesundheit weit mehr braucht als einen guten infektiologischen Schutz: Psychische Gesundheit und ein sicheres und fürsorgliches Umfeld, Integration und Bildungschancen sind zentrale Aspekte für das gesunde Aufwachsen von Kindern und Jugendlichen mit Fluchterlebnissen.
Eine strukturierte und adäquate medizinische Versorgung ist ein unverzichtbarer Beitrag, der aber politisch auch abgesichert werden muss: Noch gibt es weder im ambulanten noch im stationären Bereich ausreichend Personal und finanzielle Mittel hierfür – angesichts der auch in Zukunft zu erwartenden hohen Zahl an minderjährigen Flüchtlingen eine akute Herausforderung, die eine vordringliche Aufgabe der Politik sein muss.
Hier finden Sie die aktualisierten Empfehlungen zur infektiologischen Versorgung von
Flüchtlingen im Kindes- und Jugendalter in Deutschland
Nachruf: Prof. Dr. Michael Leichsenring
Nachruf Prof. Dr. Michael Leichsenring
Im Alter von 68 Jahren verstarb bereits am 19.1.2022 Prof. Dr. med., Prof. h.c. (RSSPMCP) Michael Leichsenring. Bis zuletzt galt sein unermüdliches Wirken der Verbesserung der Kindergesundheit weltweit.
Leichsenring studierte von 1978-1984 Humanmedizin in Düsseldorf und erwarb von 1981-1983 parallel ein Diplom in Afrikanologie/Kisuaheli an der Universität Köln. 1984 absolvierte er auch den Diplomkurs des Bernhard-Nocht-Instituts in Hamburg. 1985 begann er die Weiterbildung zum Kinder- und Jugendarzt an der Kinderklinik der Universität Düsseldorf, die er ab 1987 an der Kinderklinik der Universität Heidelberg fortsetzte und 1992 abschloss und sich 1993 für das Fach Kinderheilkunde habilitierte. In den Abteilungen Allgemeine Pädiatrie und für Neonatologie der Kinderklinik der Universität Heidelberg arbeitete er von 1993 bis 1995 als klinischer Oberarzt, wobei er sein früher aufgenommenes Engagement für die Gesundheit und Ernährung von Kindern in Entwicklungsländern fortsetzte und 1995 bis 1997 die Sektion Tropenpädiatrie leitete. 1999 folgte er dann einem Ruf auf eine Professur an der Kinderklinik der Universität Ulm, die mit der Funktion des geschäftsführenden Oberarztes verbunden war. Außerdem leitete er die Bereiche Pneumologie/Mukoviszidose, Allergologie und Stoffwechselerkrankungen, wo er sich unermüdlich und mit großer Hingabe für Patienten mit seltenen Erkrankungen einsetzte. Im Jahr 2019 wurde er in den Ruhestand versetzt.
Neben seiner klinischen Tätigkeit interessierten Michael Leichsenring das Leben und die gesundheitlichen Herausforderungen fremder Nationen und Kulturen und insbesondere die Ausbildung von Ärztinnen und Ärzten in der Kinderheilkunde. Aus dieser Tätigkeit ist nicht nur die Motivierung zahlreicher junger Kolleginnen und Kollegen für eine Tätigkeit im Bereich Tropenpädiatrie und internationale Kindergesundheit zu erwähnen. Als Ausrichter von Fachtagungen der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Tropenpädiatrie (ATP) - später GTP - war er auch in Deutschland ein Pionier im Bereich Global Child Health. Neben der Planung von großen Projekten, war für ihn stets die Verbesserung der individuellen Situation kleiner und großer Patienten von Bedeutung.
Unter diesem Vorzeichen stand auch seine Beratungs- und Lehrtätigkeit in Kirgistan (1999, 2002, 2003, 2004), Usbekistan (2009, 2012, 2013), Tadschikistan (2011) im Auftrag der kfW-Entwicklungsbank, Frankfurt/Main; und sein Engagement als Projektleiter der EU-Projekte ‘Higher Education Network for Applied Human Nutrition between Eastern Africa and Europe (HENNA)’ in Äthiopien, Kenia und Uganda und ‘E-Learning Network on Food and Nutrition Security (eLEFANS)’ mit Partneruniversitäten in Ostafrika und Europa (2008-2017); und er beriet das EU/Erasmus Plus-Programm für Zentralasien (2019-zuletzt).
Leichsenring war Mitglied der Dt. Gesellschaft für Kinderheilkunde und Jugendmedizin, der European Society for Pediatric Research, der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Pädiatrische Stoffwechselkrankheiten, der Dt. Gesellschaft für Tropenmedizin und Internationale Gesundheit sowie der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Tropenpädiatrie/Gesellschaft für Tropenpädiatrie und globale Kindergesundheit. Er publizierte über 30 Veröffentlichungen allein zu globaler Kinderheilkunde und Ernährung.
Für seinen Jahrzehnte langen Einsatz für internationale Kindergesundheit, insbesondere im Bereich Unterernährung und Infektionskrankheiten (Tuberkulose, Onchozerkose, Malaria) in Afrika und bis zuletzt in den letzten 15 Jahren für die strukturelle Verbesserung der Kindergesundheit in Zentralasien (wofür er eine Ehrenprofessur in Uzbekistan erhielt), wird er für viele Menschen unvergessen bleiben. Er war für viele Pädiater und KollegenInnen in Deutschland ein Visionär, Mentor, Wegbegleiter, Freund und Vorbild. Jemand sagte einmal über ihn: „A leader, who puts into practice, what others keep talking about.“ Zu unserem großen Bedauern hat die Welt diesen brillanten Menschen viel zu früh verloren.
Peter Meißner, Konstanz
Matthias Nelle, Böblingen/Bern
Michael Krawinkel, Gießen
Paediatrician for clinical supervision of training programme in Sierra Leone
German Doctors e. V. is looking for experienced paediatricians to supervise and train students during their first clinical rotation in hospitals in the north of Sierra Leone.
Duration: 6 weeks
Application: Submit now for starting date summer 2022
Project background:
Sierra Leone, a country of around 7 million people, has a high infant mortality rate and a relatively low number of doctors. Medical care in the West African country is mainly provided by community health officers and nurses, especially outside the capital Freetown.
Together with the Ministry of Health, a training programme was launched in Sierra Leone in autumn 2021 to train graduates of the School of Clinical Sciences in Makeni in a 2-year programme in various specialities. A total of 3 NGOs, all of which have already been working in Sierra Leone for years, accompany training programmes with recognised bachelor's degrees in surgery, internal medicine or paediatrics.
German Doctors e.V. has been active in the training of health care workers in Sierra Leone for over 10 years and is co-responsible for the 2-year paediatric training course.
Mission description:
Experienced paediatricians are needed to supervise and train students during their first clinical rotation in hospitals in northern Sierra Leone for 6-week assignments.
The hospitals are located in remote regions of the country and provide medical care that is typical for the country. The work in the hospitals is done in close cooperation with local doctors, often tropical doctors from Europe. The professional basis of the training is the national guidelines as well as the ETAT+ guidelines and recommendations of MSF and the WHO. Two programme coordinators (medical and administrative) responsible for the paediatric programme work on site and are direct contacts for medical and organisational questions.
Responsibilities:
- Supervision of students during their patient care according to their competences
- Participation in hospital services together with the students
- Regular evaluation and training of students, but also of nurses and community health workers in the clinical area.
Prerequisites:
- Paediatrician with completed specialist training and experience in clinical work in low resource settings
- Willingness to work in a country with clearly limited resources and in a remote location
- Experience with teaching
- The mission doctors can expect a stimulating environment and an interesting task.
Payment / accommodation::
For this volunteer placement, part of the flight costs will be reimbursed; board and lodging on site are free. More informationen to be found here.
Sierra Leone is a politically stable country, which makes excursions in the vicinity of the hospitals or on the Western Peninsula possible.
Contact:
German Doctors e.V. mission planning
Mrs. Carola Walter (carola.walter(a)german-doctors.de)
GOING Survey - please take part!
Dear colleagues,
the Society for Tropical Pediatrics and International Child Health is engaged in a working group on the interests of and training opportunities for physicians in the field of “Global Child Health” in Germany and abroad.
To this end, we have designed a short (15 minute) survey to collect information on how young medical professionals are training in the field of Global Child Health at hospital and university level. With this information, we plan to work with the state medical associations to improve opportunities for continuing education and training recognition in this field.
We also want to know how colleagues prepare for a stay abroad in low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs) and what future prospects they associate with it.
We would be very pleased about your participation in and dissemination of this survey!
Deadline: 31.03.2022
Don’t hesitate to contact us in case of any questions and please spread the word!
Barbara Zimmer and Judith Lindert
education(a)globalchildhealth.de
Friede-Springer endowed professorship for Global Child Health
The Friede Springer Endowed Professorship
is the first
German professorship for Global Child Health
and has been located at
Witten/Herdecke University (UW/H)
since October 2017
Together with its partners at home and abroad, the team of the endowed professorship develops research projects and is involved in education, training and continuing professional education in global child health in a variety of ways:
- Global health track and intercultural preparation for stays abroad as part of the "Modellstudiengang Medizin" of the Witten/Herdecke University.
- Further education for students of all health professions (summer school)
- Advanced modules in the Master's programme in International Health as a partner of the Network for Education in International Health (tropEd)
- Further training for specialist candidates in paediatrics and adolescent medicine in cooperation with the Else Kröner- Fresenius- Foundation, the Westphalia-Lippe Medical Association and the Kamuzu University of Health Sciences in Blantyre/Malawi as part of the "Else Kröner Malawi Child Health Centre" (special project child health).
Detailed information on the projects and offers of the professorship can be found here