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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
Hospital partnership GTP - Newborn unit at the Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH) in Dar Es Salaam (Phase I: 2018-2020; Phase II: 2020-2023)
About the project
As part of the initiative "Clinic Partnerships - Partners Strengthen Health", financed by the Else Kröner-Fresenius Foundation (EKFS) and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), with technical support from the Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), the GTP has been involved in neonatal care at the Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, since the end of 2018. Requested by local partners is the introduction of ultrasound and echocardiography, as well as training for doctors and nurses in various invasive and non-invasive forms of ventilation.
The neonatal unit at MNH has more than 100 beds and admits between 6,500 and 7,000 newborns per year. Affiliated to MNH is the largest medical school in the country: MUHAS (Muhimbili University for Health and Allied Sciences).
The first phase of the project lasted from 2018 to 2020 and was very successful. Therefore, a follow-up application was also approved under the same funding line. This second phase will last from 2020 to 2023 (extended by one year due to the pandemic).
Vacancies - we are looking for lecturers
- Neonatologists
- Nurses with experience in neonatology
We are looking forward to receiving applications from GTP-members or colleagues who would like to become members and who are neonatologists or nurses with experience in neonatology and who are interested in lecturing colleagues at the MNH in Tanzania.
Experience in working abroad and teaching are of advantage but not crucial.
- Duration of stay: 2-3 weeks (dates flexible)
- Requirements: Good English skills
- Pay: All expenses connected to the deployment will be covered
Contact and application
If you are interested please send a short CV to:
Dr. Carsten Krüger (email) - Programme coordinator in Germany
Dr. Antke Züchner (email) - Programme coordinator in Tanzania
Foto Credits: (c) Muhimbili National Hospital Webblog
Paediatric Traumatic Brain Injury in LMIC - a survey
A group of medical doctors working in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC) - amonst them GTP member Dr. Andreas Hansmann, who is currently working in Malawi - have launched a survey as response to the recent "Paediatric Consensus Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Guidelines" in order to assess the current clinical situation on the ground in hospitals in LMIC.
If you work in a clinical setting in LMIC traiting children with TBI it would be highly interesting and appreciated if you took 10 minutes of your time to complete this survey.
Further information as well as the survey itself are to be found here.
Pediatric Trainer for Clinical Health Officers - Sierra Leone
The application deadline has been extended to 30th of July 2019!
MSF Belgium ist employing a pediatric trainer for clinical health officers (CHO) in their hospital in Kenema, Sierra Leone.
Purpose of the position
To accompany locally enrolled 24 community health officers to continuous medical education (cme) program in order to achieve a much better level of autonomy in their daily clinical practice.
Responsibilities
- Participate to the development of a competency framework
- Participate to develop a learning portfolio
- Lead on the development of a specific training program, based on the competency framework
- Lead the implementation of the training program for the cho
- Lead the evaluation of the training efforts
- Work closely with the other hospital pediatric doctors to understand the evolving training needs for the CHO
Further information and application details refer to the following MSF website:
https://www.msf-azg.be/en/job/pediatric-trainer-for-clinical-health-officers-in-sierra-leone
Symposium "Global Trauma Care"
The German Society for Tropical Surgery (DTC) organizes a symposium on "Global Trauma Care" from 26th-28th October 2018 in Berlin.
"As you know, accidents are a high priority in children.
We would like to invite GTP members and interested to participate in the symposium. There will be plenty of opportunity for information exchange.
For more information see www.tropenchirurgie.org
Best regards
German Society for Tropical Surgery