SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being

A school in northern Uganda demonstrates how to break taboos and address the subject of menstruation.

Since fleeing to Germany, the Ukrainian psychiatrist and psychotherapist Valentyna Mazhbits has been working at the Berlin Charité for the Solomiya Hospital Partnership project to support psychiatric hospitals in her homeland (Solomiya means ‘peace’ in Ukrainian).

They may not make the headlines, but neglected tropical diseases are still a health risk to many. In this interview, Dr Christina Kreuzberg from GIZ Medical Services explains that a great deal of suffering can be prevented through early diagnosis and treatment. GIZ not only educates its own staff on the issue, but also shares its experience with experts worldwide in order to advance general health care. 

Scientists at Chittagong Medical College Hospital on the Bay of Bengal and Frankfurt University Hospital share a fascination for snakes. Under a hospital partnership, they are working and learning together, so that more snakebite victims can be saved. A contribution to global health. 

How GIZ works with transitional development assistance and why it is becoming increasingly important as a bridge between emergency assistance and traditional development cooperation.

Vaccines need to be kept cold for them to be effective. A pilot project in Malawi is demonstrating how that can work using digital tools and solar power even in remote african villages.