Health

RABAT, Morocco, January 19, 2026/ — On the eve of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Final, Speak Up Africa (www.SpeakUpAfrica.org) convened football leaders, policymakers, global health partners, athletes, youth, media, and civil society in […]

New Clinic Director at Campus Benjamin Franklin Strengthens Robotic and Digital Surgery Berlin, January 5, 2026 Tim Vilz assumed the professorship for General and Visceral Surgery at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin on January 1st. This […]

Photo: Prof. Malte Spielmann © Charité | Sabine Gudath Genome medicine is becoming part of standard university care Berlin, 02 January 2026 At the beginning of the year, Malte Spielmann assumed the professorship for Medical […]

Photo: Prof. Jan Schwab. © Charité | Sabine Gudath This third joint appointment of the cooperation partners Charité and ukb is funded by the Wübben Foundation for Science Berlin, January 2, 2026 Jan Schwab assumed […]

Photo: In the laboratory © Charité | Janine Oswald Spin-offs from Charité demonstrate the potential of translational research Berlin, December 22, 2025 Spin-offs enable the faster translation of medical research findings into clinical practice. This […]

Watching nerve cells fire – this is what the research team achieved using an optogenetic technique. The neurons, shown here in purple, release neurotransmitters in response to a light pulse, causing the synapses between them […]

Ruth Apondi Omondi, founder of Smart Mama, working on her laptop during a consultation session, in her office in Nairobi, Kenya on November, 2025. Photo: Macharia Maina, bird story agency 4 December 2025 When Kenyan […]

As rising migration levels combine with chronic shortages and rising population levels to place further strain on health systems, African governments are responding with a coordinated, decade-long agenda to train, deploy, and retain health workers. […]