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Institute of Public Health
UNIVERSITY: Heidelberg University Hospital

STATUS:
FULL MEMBER

LOCATION:
Heidelberg, Germany

CONTACT:
rainer.sauerborn@urz.uni-heidelberg.de
https://www.klinikum.uni-heidelberg.de/Institute-o
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Institute of Public Health

Institute of Public Health
UNIVERSITY: Heidelberg University Hospital

STATUS:
FULL MEMBER

LOCATION:
Heidelberg, Germany

CONTACT:
rainer.sauerborn@urz.uni-heidelberg.de
https://www.klinikum.uni-heidelberg.de/Institute-o
The Heidelberg Institute of Global Health (HIGH) is one of the research institutes in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Heidelberg, Germany’s oldest university.

Through its research, the institute aims to contribute to improving the health of some of the sickest and poorest populations worldwide, especially in Africa and Asia.

Through its teaching, the institute aims to train the next generation of global health researchers and practitioners.

The research projects at the institute focus on

Identifying important disease risk factors and health care needs
Discovering new approaches to improving population health
Establishing novel models of providing health care
in Africa and Asia.

The institute was founded in 1962 and has a staff of about 60.