The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) is Germany’s public health institute. As such, it assesses, analyses and investigates diseases that are highly dangerous, in widespread transmission or of major...
Curriculum vitae Born on 17 February 1962 in Rastatt. 1981: ‘ Abitur ’ university entrance qualification at Tulla-Gymnasium Rastatt; 1981 to 1983: Military service; 1983 to 1988: Studied...
Press contact If you are a journalist, please contact the Ministry's press office. +49 30-18441-2442 or -2225 (nationwide local rate) pressestelle(at)bmg.bund.de Federal Ministry of Health Press...
From 12 to 14 October 2025, stakeholders from politics, science, civil society and business are coming together from all over the world to find and catalyse solutions for today’s pressing...
It is two principles, in particular, that govern the interactions within a ministry: Each unit has a distinct remit assigned to it (division structure), and the individual units communicate and...
What are the objectives of the Cannabis Act and how does it ensure child, youth and health protection? What is prohibited and what is permitted and to what extent? You can find answers to these and...
Digital Together: Germany´s Digitalisation Strategy for Health and Care PDF file (accessible, 4 MB) Digitalisation is designed to empower citizens to play a more active role in the healthcare and...
In developing the Digitalisation Strategy, the Federal Ministry of Health used an intensive process in which more than 500 stakeholders from the health and care system were involved at an early...
While many actors in the heavily fragmented global health sector gear their programmes to implementing the 2030 Agenda, these programmes are not consistently aligned with one another. To be able to...
Duration and objectives EU4Health will run for a period of 7 years with a total funding volume of approximately 5.3 billion euros reduced to 4.4 billion euros following the revision of the...
