Better health for all in a changing world: IPB members present research findings at ECTMIH

The European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health (ECTMIH) themed "Better health for all in a changing world" will take place in Hamburg from September 29 to October 2, 2025.

ECTMIH is one of the leading international conferences on global health, tropical medicine, and planetary health, organized by the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM) in Hamburg and the Federation of European Societies for Tropical Medicine and International Health (FESTMIH). This year, two anniversaries will also be marked with special program highlights: 125 years of the Bernhard Nocht Institute and 30 years of ECTMIH.

At the congress, researchers, practitioners, and decision-makers from all over the world will discuss the latest scientific findings, political strategies, and practical solutions. Professor Dr. Cornelia Betsch, Director of the IPB and Head of the Health Communication Working Group at the BNITM, is one of this year's Conference Presidents, who are jointly organising the congress. Several members of the Institute for Planetary Health Behaviour, who are all postdocs in the Health Communication working group at the BNITM, will also be taking part and presenting their research findings:

• IPB Director Professor Dr. Cornelia Betsch will chair two sessions on Climate change and other crises and Better health.
• IPB Fellow Professor Dr. Robert Böhm (University of Vienna) will give a keynote lecture entitled "Transforming Health and Climate Communication Through Digital Innovation".
• Dr. Sarah Eitze will present results on knowledge, attitudes and willingness to vaccinate against RSV from online experiments in Germany, Canada and the United Kingdom.
• Dr. Parichehr Shamsrizi presents findings on research on post-pandemic vaccine utilisation questions and analysis of open-ended responses comparing hypothetical and new vaccines.
• Dr. Mattis Geiger presents a psychometric instrument to measure knowledge, attitudes and behaviour regarding antimicrobial resistance.
• Dr. Lars Korn presents research results on increasing vaccination readiness through targeted risk communication in Lambaréné, Gabon

Further information on the programme and the congress can be found at the following link: ectmih-2025.de.