News
WANTED: Voluntary Guest Lecturers in Neonatology
Malawi-German Collaboration in Neonatal Training
GIZ-funded Hospital Partnership QECH/KUHeS, Blantyre & GTP, 2024-2026
Background Information
- Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) with 15,000 deliveries annually, 40% Caesarean sections
- Around 5,000 neonatal admissions per year
- In-hospital neonatal mortality rate of around 12%, with 90% of these being early neonatal deaths (ENNDs)
- Only one neonatologist in the entire country
Who We’re Looking For
- Experienced neonatologists and neonatal nurses, preferably with experience in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs)
- Passionate about teaching and sharing knowledge in a clinical setting
- Available for teaching at QECH (lectures, rounds)
- Commitment to 2-week teaching periods in 2025 and 2026
What’s Provided
- All expenses covered, including flight, accommodation, visa, and transport
For more information, please contact:
PD Dr. Carsten Krüger
Email: krueger@globalchildhealth.de
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
- Weitere Programmpunkte: tba
Start: ca. 8:45 — Ende: ca. 21 Uhr
- Weitere Programmpunkte: tba
Start: ca. 8:45 — Ende: ca. 21 Uhr
- Weitere Programmpunkte: tba
Start: ca. 8:45 — Ende: ca. 21 Uhr
- Weitere Programmpunkte: tba
- 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 31.01.25Regulärer Preis Nichtmitglieder
ab 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 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”
The Else-Kröner-Fresenius Foundation (EKFS)
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”
43rd GTP Annual Conference 2025 - Gießen
Date
2 - 4 May 2025
Venue
Gießen, Germany
Organisers
Melina Althoff, Nellie Bell, Michael Knipper, Sophia von Nasse & Team
Title: “Decolonizing Global Child Health”: Critical Reflections and Dialogue to Ensure the Right to Health for All Children Worldwide
Welcome note
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.
Call for abstracts
We look forward to your insightful abstracts! The program will feature a dedicated lecture session and a poster session for free abstracts. Additionally, thematically relevant presentations will be integrated into individual sessions. We welcome submissions related to the main conference theme as well as the cross-cutting topic “Global Child and Adolescent Health.”
Share your scientific or clinical projects with us or present intriguing research questions!
- Language: German or English (preferably English)
- Length: Maximum 3,000 characters (including spaces)
- Structure for Scientific Projects:
-
- Research Question / Project Description
- Methodology
- Results
- Discussion & Conclusion
- Structure for Development Cooperation:
- Background
- Project Description
- Results / Key Findings
- Discussion & Practical Implications
- Via email to gtp2025abstracts@globalchildhealth.de
- Subject: “Abstract GTP2025”
Presenters / first authors of accepted abstracts receive a 50% discount, students 100%.
- Among the submitted free abstracts, the Helmut-Wolf Prize (€500) will be awarded.
- More information: www.globalchildhealth.de/en/gtp-annual-conference/
Preliminary Program
| 12 pm | Registration | |
| 1 pm - 2:30 pm | Board meeting GTP e.V. | |
| 2:30 pm - 3 pm | Refreshments | |
| 3 pm - 4:30 pm | Pre-Conference Workshops (parallel sessions): 1. Health Professionals in Global Child Health: Interdisciplinary and International Networking and exchange Irene Schmidt (GTP e.V.), Josephine Karmon (Monrovia, Liberia), Tiavina Randrianarimalala (Antananarivo, Madagaskar) 2. „Beat the Heat“ - Developing a Heat-Health Action Plan Protecting Health and Building Resilience Building on experience from an international audience to fuel discussion and exchange we will evaluate and develop concepts for various settings Dr. Sarah Kotsias-Konopleska (Berlin, Germany), Dr. Nellie Bell (Freetown, Sierra Leone), Katharina Ruppert, Diavolana Köcher 3. ETAT – Emergency Triage Assessment and Treatment Dr. Babara Zimmer; Simone Ross, Anke Fischalek, Sara Loetz, Dr. Amie Conteh (The Gambia), Dr. Haja Sovula (Freetown, Sierra Leone) 4. Ultrasound in Low Resource Settings Tobias Wowra, Bernd Erkert , Dr. Joshi Anish (Kathmandu, Nepal), Dr. Zainab Maluk (Blantyre, Malawi) 5. Language Mediation in Clinical Practice PD Dr. med. Amand Führer, (Halle, Germany) 6. FGM/C in Children Dr. Maryam En-Nosse, Dr. Leonie Wohlklang, Dr. Katharina Ulreich (Giessen, Germany) 7. Analyzing Images and Tropes of Migration in Public Media: Interactions between Affect and Narratives in Legacy and Social Media Dr. Simona Adinolfi (Giessen, Germany) |
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| 4:30 pm - 5 pm | Coffee Break | |
| 5 pm - 5:30 pm | Conference Opening Dr. Sarah Kotsias-Konopleska, PD Dr. Robin Kobbe (Chairs GTP e.V.) Prof. Dr. Katharina Lorenz (President JLU Giessen) Joint conference chair: Dr. Nellie Bell (Sierra Leonie and GTP e.V.), Prof. Dr. Michael Knipper (JLU Giessen), cand. med. Sophia von Nasse (JLU Giessen) |
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| 5:30 pm - 6 pm | Keynote: Prof. Dr. Anuj Kapilashrami (University of Essex, UK) | |
| 6:10 pm - 7:15 pm | Panel 1: Decolonizing Global Child Health and the Universal Right to Health of Children Worldwide: Starting the Conversation Prof. Dr. Anuj Kapilashrami (Essex, UK), Dr. Nellie Bell (Sierra Leone and GTP e.V.), Dr. Cornelius Rau (GTP e.V.), cand. med. Sophia von Nasse (JLU Giessen) Chair: Prof. Dr. Michael Knipper (JLU Giessen), Vera Scheuermeyer (GTP e.V.) |
|
| 7:30 pm | Get Together |
| 9 am - 10:30 am | Clinical Presentations (GTP e.V.), slot 1 Presentation of clinically relevant research and implementation projects and initiatives. Abstract presentations part 1 |
|
| 10:30 am - 11 am | Coffee Break | |
| 11 am - 12:15 pm | Panel 2: Addressing Health Inequities through the Lens of Intersectionality: An In-depth Exploration of Racism and Other Forms of Discrimination That Affect Child Health and Well-Being ● Prof. Dr. Delanjathan Devakumar (University College London, UK): Racism, Xenophobia, Discrimination, and Global Child Health: From Research Evidence to Action ● Gilda Sahebi (Berlin, Germany): How we are trained in racism – A German Perspective ● Prof. Dr. Greta Olson (JLU Giessen): Images and Narratives of Otherness and Dehumanization Practices ● Discussant: Dr. Nellie Bell (Freetown, Sierra Leone) Chairs: Dr. Irene Ephraim (Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania), Dr. Martina Oneko (Kisumu, Kenya) |
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| 12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Presentation of the Code of Conduct by the GPT e.V. | |
| 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm | Lunch Break | |
| 1:30 pm - 3 pm | Panel 3: Global Child Health Today: International perspectives and challenges for the health and wellbeing of children worldwide, including violence, conflict and war ● Dr. Hamed Adetola (Freetown, Sierra Leone): Decolonizing Care: Neonatal care and nursing in a Post-Ebola country ● Dr. Irene Akhigbe Eseohe (Freetown, Sierra Leone): Paternalism versus Autonomy in Child health: Would decolonisation be enough? ● Jasminko Halilovich (Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina), Olena Rozvadovska (Kiev, Ukraine): Health and wellbeing of children in the context of violence and war Chairs: Dr. Amie Conteh (The Gambia), Prof. Elizabeth Molyneux (UK) |
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| 3 pm - 3:30 pm | Coffee break | |
| 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Breakout-groups Opportunity for joining moderated breakout groups (in different languages) for discussion and joint reflection of topics, impressions, ideas related to the panels in parallel small groups |
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| 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm | Posterwalk | |
| 5:30 pm | General Assembly GTP e.V. & Afternoon activity | |
| 8 pm | Social Event |
| 9 am - 10:30 am | Clinical Presentations (GTP e.V.), slot 2 Presentation of clinically relevant research and implementation projects and initiatives Abstract presentations part 2 |
|
| 10:30 am - 11 am | Coffee Break | |
| 11 am - 12:30 pm | Panel 4: Decolonizing International Cooperation? A conversation on histories, experiences, powers, and perspectives ● Prof. Dr. Michael Krawinkel (Frankfurt, Germany): History and development of GTP and tropical medicine, critical perspective on GTP and its work ● Dr. Namala Mkopi (Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania), Norman Lufesi (Lilongwe, Malawi): International cooperation in medical care, research and education ● Discussant: Prof. Dr. Anuj Kapilashrami (Essex, UK) Chairs: Jerónimo da Conceição Augusto Sequice (Beira, Mozambique), N.N. |
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| 12:30 pm - 12:45 pm | Helmut Wolf Award ceremony | |
| 12:45 pm - 1:30 pm | Recap, farewell & invitation to GTP conference 2026 | |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Lunch/Snack |
Conference Language: English
Nota bene: Photos and videos will be taken during the event to publicize the GTP and its projects
Workshops
More Information and Registration: soon!
Social programme
FRIDAY
Get-together
Join us to unwind and connect in a relaxed atmosphere with a standing buffet, included in your conference fee.
Please let us know during the conference sign up if you plan to attend.
SATURDAY
Social Evening
Look forward to a special evening! The participation fee is 40 € (regular) or 20 € (for students). The fee includes the program, a shared dinner, as well as soft drinks and hot beverages until 10 pm. Alcoholic drinks are not included. After 10 pm, drinks can be purchased at your own expense.
Please register as soon as possible during the conference sign-up.
Late registrations are possible by email until April 10, 2025, at gtp2025anmeldung@globalchildhealth.de.
Registration, fees and cancellation policy
Conference fee
Venue
Medical Education Center at Justus Liebig University in Giessen, Germany
Accommodation
When making your hotel reservation, please don’t forget to use the promo code „GTP Conference / JLU Gießen“ to receive a discount.
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): gtp2025@globalchildhealth.de
Banking details
Gesellschaft für Tropenpädiatrie und
Internationale Kindergesundheit (GTP) e. V.
Volksbank im Münsterland eG
IBAN: DE70 4036 1906 7327 1653 03
BIC: GENO DEM1 IBB
Reference: “GTP2025 fee, your name and surname”
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
- Weitere Programmpunkte: tba
Start: ca. 8:45 — Ende: ca. 21 Uhr
- Weitere Programmpunkte: tba
Start: ca. 8:45 — Ende: ca. 21 Uhr
- Weitere Programmpunkte: tba
Start: ca. 8:45 — Ende: ca. 21 Uhr
- Weitere Programmpunkte: tba
- 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 31.01.25Regulärer Preis Nichtmitglieder
ab 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.
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.
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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.
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Upcoming Courses
- Zielgruppe: Medizinische Gesundheitsberufe mit Arbeitserfahrung zur Vorbereitung auf einen Auslandseinsatz in LMIC (also z.B. Ärzt:innen, Pflegende, Hebammen, Sanitäter:innen; keine Studierenden, sorry!)
- Kurssprache: Englisch
- Ort: UKM Münster
- Kursgebühren:
Ärzt:innen 380€ | Alle anderen 190€ - Anmeldung
- 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
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:
- 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.”
Chief Medical Officer in Magbenteh Community Hospital, Sierra Leone
Tropical Doctor in Sierra Leone Wanted!
Position: Chief Medical Officer (CMO)
Location: Magbenteh Community Hospital | Makeni, Sierra Leone
Duration: 2 years (extension possible)
Start: As soon as possible
Responsibilities:
- Lead and coordinate medical activities at the hospital, working with local and international teams.
- Perform clinical duties (inpatient/outpatient) and supervise the local Medical Superintendent.
- Train and build capacity of medical staff, including regular bedside teaching and formal training sessions.
- Improve quality of care through collaboration with national and international partners.
- Provide regular reports to partners ASSL and L’appel.
Focus: Capacity building, clinical supervision, and enhancing care quality for both inpatients and outpatients.
IPUN Ultrasound Courses
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
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.
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
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
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
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PD Dr. Carsten Krüger (krueger(a)globalchildhealth.de) – Programmverantwortlicher in Deutschland
Dr. Shakilu Jumanne (shakiluj(a)gmail.com) – Projektleiter vor Ort
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