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The FoodSAMSA project aims to address malnutrition in all its forms. Malnutrition is recognized as a key risk factor for premature death and disease worldwide. Approximately 20% of the burden of disease and of all premature deaths globally are attributed to nutritional risk factors, including malnutrition and unhealthy diets. more

The traditional opening ceremony at the start of the winter semester for new students of the master's programmes M.Sc. Epidemiology and M.Sc. Public Health will take place on Monday, November 2nd. more

The 3rd International Symposium on ICF Education will take place on Friday, April 13, 2018 at the Medical School Hamburg, Germany. The Symposium aims to bring together people from around the world who are using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) in clinical practice, research and teaching. more

The WHO Family of International Classifications (WHO-FIC) Network Annual Meeting ” Connecting Data for Health” took place in Mexico City from 16 to 21 October 2017.
The WHO-FIC Network Meetings serve as a platform for presenting current work and results of this work with and on the WHO classifications, including the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF).
In sessions of the Education and Implementation Committee (EIC) and Functioning and Disability Reference Group (FDRG) the ICF e-learning tool was presented. The ICF e-learning tool is a web-based, self-teaching tool that was developed under the auspices of the EIC with valuable support from FDRG. more

The book „Mental Health Economics: The Costs and Benefits of Psychiatric Care“ has been launched by Springer in August 2017.
Editor of the book is Denise Razzouk (Centre of Economic Mental Health, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil). Michaela Coenen, Ivana Ivandic und Carla Sabariego contributed to this book by providing two chapters. more

The ICF e-learning tool is an interactive web-based tool to introduce the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) to a broad audience.
The international field testing of the ICF e-learning tool has been started on September 24, 2017. The aim of the field testing is to gather information from potential users around the world about the tool’s usability and user-friendliness. more

The midyear meeting of the WHO Family of International Classifications (WHO-FIC) Network took place in Stellenbosch, South Africa from June 24 – 29 June, 2017.
The South African Medical Research Council and Stellenbosch University hosted the meetings of the Family Development Committee (FDC), International Classification of Health Interventions (ICHI) and the Functioning and Disability Reference Group (FDRG). more

In September 2016 the Special Issue "Disability and Participation" was released by the German Journal Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung – Gesundheitsschutz. Two members of the Chair for Public Health and Health Services Research at the Department of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology – IBE - Dr. Michaela Coenen and Dr. Carla Sabariego - contributed to this Special Issue with the paper "Recommendation for the collection and analysis of data on participation and disability from the perspective of the World Health Organization". more

Bad Mergentheim, 29th February, 2016
Organization: SAMA® (Sozial- und Arbeitsmedizinische Akademie Baden Württemberg e. V.)

In the scope of the additional training "Social Medicine" and "Rehabilitation", which consists of four modules and is carried out according to the accreditation program for physicians in Baden-Württemberg (Germany), a three hours ICF workshop was held more

The WHO Family of International Classifications (WHO-FIC) Network Annual Meeting "Health information in the New Era" took place from 8 to 12 October in Tokyo, Japan. The meeting was held together with a high-level conference of WHO member states on the 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) (http://www.who.int/classifications/network/meeting2016/en). more

Geneva, 18th January, 2016

Researcher at the Research Unit for Biopsychosocial Health, recently made an important contribution to WHO’s official response to the United Nations International Telecommunication Unit’s Council Working Group in International Internet related Public Policy Issues (CWG-Internet) open online consultation during a research visit to the WHO. more

The Special Issue “Disability and Public Health” published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health was released in January 2016. It aims to make the point that disability is a public health issue of increasing importance. more

Los Angeles, 5th August, 2015

Plan for a new MARATONE project called BETTER (weB accEssibiliTy for people wiTh mEntal disoRders) was revealed at the recently concluded 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction in Los Angeles, California, USA. more

Luxembourg on May 21st, 2015

The Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency (CHAFEA) hosted the kick-off meeting of the project “PArticipation To Healthy Workplaces And inclusive Strategies in the Work Sector- PATHWAYS”. more

Munich, April 27th to May 1st, 2015

Guidelines on Community-based rehabilitation developed by WHO, in partnership with the International Labour Organization (ILO), the United National Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and the International Disability and Development Consortium (IDDC) provide support to national, regional and global efforts to promote community-based rehabilitation programmes for persons with disabilities and their families (WHO 2010, http://www.who.int/disabilities/cbr/guidelines/en/). more