Health Cluster

Health Cluster Conference 2017
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Aim and Scope

In July 2017 the DAAD Cairo Office launched the Health Cluster with its first Health Cluster Conference. Throughout the entire year COSIMENA organised various events such as two Public Health Courses in Sudan and Egypt, two events raising awareness of noncommunicable diseases and an Expert Session on German-Egyptian Research Cooperation.

Our Activities

Current Trends in Neurosurgery: Innovative Approaches and the Role of Artificial Intelligence

On Friday, January 21st 2022, the DAAD Regional Office Cairo held an Expert Session on "Current Trends in Neurosurgery: Innovative Approaches and the Role of Artificial Intelligence" in the framework of its lighthouse project "Clusters of Scientific Innovation in the Middle East and North Africa" (COSIMENA).

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Health Measures in Germany and the MENA Region during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Within the scope of COSIMENA, the event intended to provide an insightful analysis of the different approaches of medical systems in Germany and the MENA Region in dealing with COVID-19.

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Health Cluster Expert Session on Virology

On 17 July 2018, public health experts and scientists from Egypt, Germany and Sudan gathered in the DAAD Cairo Office for a session on virology, where they gave an overview of the epidemiological situation of infectious diseases and outbreaks in the MENA region.

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Workshop on Medical Anthropology

From 25–26 June 2018 COSIMENA invited medical professionals as well as students in the medical and social sciences to participate in a workshop on medical anthropology.

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Egyptian Paediatric Cardiology Conference

The COSIMENA Health Cluster supported the conference “Genetic and Metabolic Basis of Pediatric Cardiac Diseases: ‘The New Era’” which took place from 12–13 April 2018 in Cairo.

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Workshop on Laser in Laryngology

The COSIMENA Health Cluster supported the facilitation of the First Egyptian-German Workshop on Laser in Laryngology, which was held at the National Institute of Laser Enhanced Sciences at Cairo University from 13–14 January 2018.

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Decision-Making in Public Health: Evidence, Politics

In collaboration with the Institute of Public Health of the Universität Heidelberg, the COSIMENA Health Cluster hosted the four-day training course “Decision-Making in Public Health: Evidence, Politics” at the premises of the DAAD Cairo Office from 10–13 December 2017.

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Two days dedicated to noncommunicable diseases in the MENA region

In collaboration with NCDFREE, the DAAD Cairo Office hosted two events on 18 and 19 November 2017 raising awareness of noncommunicable diseases in the MENA region among junior and senior scientists and researchers.

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Public Health Course Sudan

The COSIMENA Health Cluster, in collaboration with the Institute of Public Health, University of Heidelberg and the Public Health Institute of Sudan, organised a course focusing on “Decision Making in Public Health” from 13–17 July 2017 in Khartoum.

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Health Cluster Conference

From 9–10 July 2017, the DAAD Cairo Office hosted its first COSIMENA Health Cluster Conference. Experts from, Tunisia, Sudan, Egypt and Germany came together to discuss existing and possible future cooperation within the region and with Germany.

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  • Regional Office Cairo

    11 Street El-Saleh Ayoub Cairo-Zamalek Telephone: +20 2 27 35 27 26
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