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Joint Statement on Strengthening the Antibiotic R&D Pipeline by Rewarding Innovation

Zwanzig nationale und internationale Organisationen der akademischen Forschung, der Medizin, der pharmazeutischen Industrie und für Global Health – inklusive der GHA – German Health Alliance – haben im Vorfeld der „World Antimicrobial Awareness Week“ vom 18. bis 24. November 2021 an die Regierungen der G7-Staaten appelliert, das Problem wachsender Antibiotika-Resistenzen verstärkt anzugehen. Ihr „Joint Statement on Strengthening the Antibiotic R&D Pipeline by Rewarding Innovation“ betont, dass nur ein Vorgehen erfolg­ver­sprechend ist, das sowohl den öffentlichen wie den privatwirt­schaft­lichen Sektor einbezieht.

The Importance of Assistive Technology during the Covid-19 Pandemic

COVID-19 has highlighted the importance of assistive technology that enables and promotes inclusion and participation, especially of people with disabilities, older people, and people with non- communicable diseases (NCDs), and decreases the need for hospitalisation and associated acute care. Assistive technology is cost-effective and enables people to live healthy, productive, independent lives, and to participate in education and civic life.

BDI/GHA-Position Paper „Sino-EU and Sino-German Cooperation in Health – how to unleash the health care sector’s full potential for health and wealth”

GHA and BDI have formulated 5 key demands and are committed to a self-confident and pro-active shaping of German-Chinese and EU-Chinese relations in the health sector. More than 60 concrete recommendations are to provide the impetus for a new strategic orientation in health and industrial policy in the EU.  The health industry is thereby positioning itself both critically and constructively. BDI and GHA are calling for more investment, a clearer strategic alignment and better framework conditions in the fields of health, innovation and digitalization in both internal and external health policy.

Strategy of German Federal Government on Global Health | Key Points of the Private Sector (German)

The German Federal Governmental Strategy on Global Health has been adopted on October 7, 2020. Within the process, hosted by the Federal Ministry of Health, five sectors and stakeholder groups – civil society, think tanks, private sector, academia and youth – have been invited to participate in this process. The German Healthcare Partnership (now: GHA – German Health Alliance) has been asked by the German government to coordinate a position paper on behalf of the private sector.

Gesundheitsmarkt Afrika | Position Paper (German) of Afrika-Verein and GHP (now: GHA)

Die nachhaltige Entwicklung stabilerer, widerstandsfähiger und wirtschaftlich tragfähiger Gesundheitssysteme ist ein zentraler Schlüssel für die sozioökonomische und politische Entwicklung der afrikanischen Länder. Deutsche Unternehmen können und sollten nicht nur ihre Produkte exportieren, sondern gleichzeitig afrikanische Regierungen durch Wissenstransfer langfristig beim nachhaltigen Aufbau ihrer Gesundheitssysteme unterstützen. Dies kann beispielsweise über Ausbildung von Fachkräften oder die Entwicklung und Implementierung von Versicherungslösungen geschehen.

A Systemic Approach to Better Health

A systemic call for tender offers an alternative approach. It comprises an integrated view starting from the planning phase and provides a holistic solution by one party. While a systemic call for tender is not a one-sizefits- all solution for every investment situation, in appropriate cases it offers significant advantages. It can help to ensure greater sustainability (e.g. by including life-cycle costs), avoid breaks between planning and execution and reduce the coordination between otherwise separate construction and equipment suppliers. The present study jointly published by BMZ, KfW, GIZ and GHP (now: GHA) deals with specific questions regarding technical cooperation.

Green Hospital-Studie von GHA und KfW

What does sustainable really mean? Hardly any term in politics, economics and the building industry receives as much inflationary use as sustainability. It enjoys a quite diverse range of definitions and it does not always seem clear to everyone what form its implementation should actually take. The recently published “Green Hospital Study” seeks to clarify this issue by getting to the heart of the term sustainability in hospital buildings. The aim of the study’s first phase is to produce a guide that can serve as a decision-making aid for new constructions and renovations to aging hospitals. The second phase focuses on the overall goal of transferring the findings to hospitals in developing and emerging countries.

Die GHA – German Health Alliance stellt gerne folgende Zielmarktanalysen zur Verfügung. Diese Analysen wurden im Rahmen des BMWi-Markterschließungsprogramms für KMU durchgeführt, größtenteils gemeinsam mit dem GHA-Mitglied trAIDe GmbH.

MedTech Update India
Dezember 2020

Gesundheitsmarkt Polen
November 2020
• Gesundheitswirtschaft
• Medizintechnik
• Pharmaindustrie

Zielmarktanalyse Thailand
April 2020
• Gesundheitswirtschaft
• Medizintechnik
• Pharmaindustrie

Zielmarktanalyse Südafrika
August 2019
• Medizintechnik
• Pharmaindustrie
• Gesundheitswirtschaft

Zielmarktanalyse Nigeria
Juni 2019
• Gesundheitswirtschaft
• Medizintechnik
• Pharmaindustrie

Zielmarktanalyse Taiwan
April 2019
• Gesundheitswirtschaft
• Medizintechnik
• Biomedizin

Zielmarktanalyse Südkorea
Februar 2019
• Gesundheitswirtschaft
• Medizintechnik
• Pharmaindustrie

Zielmarktanalyse Vietnam
Dezember 2018
• Medizintechnik


Zielmarktanalyse Brasilien
Juli 2018
• Gesundheitsbranche
• Fokus: Geriatrie

Zielmarktanalyse Japan
Mai 2018
• Medizintechnik
• Produktionstechnik für Medizinprodukte und Photonik

Zielmarktanalyse VR China
Februar 2018
• Produktionstechnik für die Medizintechnik

Zielmarktanalyse Vietnam
April 2017
• Gesundheitswirtschaft
• Medizintechnik

GHA Member Brochure “The International Voice of German Health”

In the member brochure of the GHA – German Health Alliance, the more than 100 member companies and member organizations present themselves together. The document includes contact persons and contact details.

GHA-Flyer (German)

The flyer briefly presents the benefits and range of services offered by the GHA – German Health Alliance to members. The GHA consists of more than 100 leading German stakeholders from virtually all sectors: Business and Industry, Civil Society and NGOs, Science & Research. Thus, the GHA covers a particularly wide range of health expertise with a strong international focus. Almost unique to the GHA is its focus on and expertise in systemic strategies to strengthen health infrastructure and improve access to high-quality health services.