Child health – which challenges have to be faced? How can we effectively adress child health issues? Which consequences do COVID-19 and climate crises have for children and adolescents?
Depending on your interests, you can choose from the following four panels:
Panel 1 - Africa
Chair: Dr. Christian Schmidt, Paediatrician in Dinslaken, Executive Board of the Society for Tropical Paediatrics (GTP)
- Tatjana Gerber, Health coordinator at diocese of Wau, South Sudan
- Atekit Hellen Grace, Nurse at St. Kizito Hospital Matany, Moroto, Uganda
- Sr. Scholastica Wamalwa, Head of mobile health clinic, Diocese of Lodwar, North Turkana, Kenya
- Dr. Antke Züchner, Paediatrician at Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Panel 2 - Asia
Chair: Dr. Bärbel Breyhan, Health specialist at Kindermissionswerk ‚Die Sternsinger‘
- Dr. Divya KC, Paediatrician at International Friendship Childrens Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal
- Dr. Saskia Kreibich, Public Health Consultant, Deputy Head of the Department Medical and Social Projects, Regional Team Leader East Africa of the German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association, Würzburg
- Dr. Piet Reijer, Specialist for Public Health, Missionsärztliches Institut Würzburg
Panel 3 - Latin America
Chair: Michael Kuhnert, Managing Director of Missionsärztliches Institut Würzburg
- Dr. Nelson Arns-Neumann, Physician and Coordinator of “Pastoral Da Criança” (Children’s pastoral care), Brazil
- Padre Miguel Fritz OMI, Priest and ethnologist at indigenous pastoral care, Paraguay
Panel 4 - Europe
Chair: Prof. Dr. August Stich, Head of Department for Tropical Medicine, Clinic for Tropical Medicine, Würzburg
- Dr. Georg Kippels, Member of the Bundestag (Committees of Health and for Economic Cooperation and Development), Bedburg/Berlin
- Dr. Klemens Ochel, Specialist for Public Health, Missionsärztliches Institut Würzburg
- Nadja Rupp, Klinikum Würzburg Mitte gGmbH
- Dr. Friederike Lutz, Internist, rheumatologist, currently with Doctors Without Borders in Lebanon
