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Fight against diseases: Charité launches Global Health Initiative!
Find out how the Charité, under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Beate Kampmann established the Charité Center Global Health to address global health challenges.
Fight against diseases: Charité launches Global Health Initiative!
On December 21, 2024, Prof. Kroemer thanked the Charité employees in a video message on the occasion of the upcoming Christmas holidays. He praises their commitment in a challenging year in which the healthcare sector is faced with significant changes. In particular, the hospital reform and the tense financial situation in Berlin have a direct impact on the work at the Charité. Despite the uncertainties that many sectors are experiencing, Kroemer sees the Charité in a good position and assures that the demands on workplaces will continue to exist in the future. “What the Charité does is permanently necessary,” explains Kroemer. This should be promoted in particular through new innovations and treatment approaches developed in laboratories and clinical studies, such as this Charité portal reported.
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Another significant step in the field of global health will be the appointment of Prof. Dr. Beate Kampmann was appointed head of the Institute for International Health at the Charité. From January 1, 2023, she will work together with Prof. Dr. Christian Drosten will head the new Charité Center Global Health (CCGH). Kampmann, an internationally recognized expert in international child health, returns to Germany from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine to reposition the institute and strengthen the network of global health initiatives. The CCGH's Global Engagement area aims to develop strategic initiatives to improve global health in order to respond to challenges such as pandemics and epidemics Einstein Foundation communicates.
Kampmann emphasizes the need for comprehensive international cooperation and the exchange of best practices in order to address health challenges more effectively. Under her and Drosten's leadership, the institute will be an important player in global health research by bringing together different disciplines and developing innovative approaches to dealing with infectious diseases.