Global child health in Germany - Time for action

• Main Authors: Ralf Weigel, Carsten Krüger
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2020-12-01
• Series: Global Health Action
• Subjects: adolescent; child; child health; global health; goals; sustainable development; germany
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2020.1829401

Child health is central to the SDG agenda. Universities in the UK and other European countries provide leadership in research and education for global child health to inform related policy and practice, but the German contribution is inadequate. German paediatricians and other child health professionals could make more substantial contributions to the debate at home and internationally, but lack opportunities for scholarship and research. We argue, that there is a momentum to advance global child health in academia and call on German universities to realise this potential.