TropPaed 2026 - 16th Intensive Course on Tropical Paediatrics and Global Child Health

Registration: opened!

The 16th TropPaed Intensive Course will take place next year, in March 2026!
We are pleased to invite you to join us for this event.

As always, the program will include lectures, practical small group work, and clinically oriented seminars, complemented by opportunities for international exchange of experiences and perspectives.

As we finalize our planning, you’ll find continuous updates on the schedule and speakers on this page.

Course Fee and Registration

The course fee is calculated to cover the costs of the course and to support the co-financing of international fellows. No profit is made.

Further information regarding registration and course fees will be announced in due course.

Scholarships for colleagues from resource-limited countries will be available again in 2026! Applications can be submitted until September 30, 2025 (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.“

New Venue

We are pleased to announce that this year, the 15th TropPaed Intensive Course will be held at an exciting new location – Burg Gemen in Borken, North Rhine-Westphalia. The castle offers modern seminar and group facilities, comfortable accommodation, and a peaceful setting, making it the perfect environment for learning, exchange, and international networking.

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.

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

The Else-Kröner-Fresenius Foundation (EKFS) 

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: “TropPaed2026 fee, First and Last Name”