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408 409 </div> 410</div> 411 412 <div id="block-12" class="block content_block"> 413 <div class="frame yield"> 414 <div class=" image_above"><div class=" wrap"> 415 <div class="text"> 416 <h3>Health for all</h3><p>FESTMIH was founded in 1994 in the build-up to the 1995 inaugural <a href="/pages/biennial-congress">European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health</a> in Hamburg.</p> 417<p>Nearly thirty years on, we have established a vibrant network of European societies and platforms in the domain of global health and tropical medicine. </p><p>The steady growth of the network ensures continuity of our work, and opens new possibilities for joint action in research and development, dissemination of knowledge, advocacy and exchange of experiences in the field of global health and tropical medicine.</p> 418<p>Membership is open to national societies or platforms / forums of professionals with an interest in tropical medicine and global health. We welcome new societies or organisations to our network to jointly work on achieving our mission.</p><h3>Our activities</h3><ul><li>FESTMIH is the patron and co-organiser of the <a href="/pages/biennial-congress">European Congresses on Tropical Medicine and International Health</a> (ECTMIH) Since 1995 we have co-organised 13 ECTMIHs throughout Europe</li><li>We organise joint sessions of member societies at European / international congresses in global health and tropical medicine</li><li>We publish the journal <em>Tropical Medicine and International Health</em></li><li>We liaise with European Schools of global health and tropical medicine<br><br>We support research and development in the interest of global health and tropical medicine</li><li>We advocate for universal access to health and equity in health</li></ul><h3> Our vision</h3><p>We envision a world of equity in health for all, a goal for which FESTMIH supports a community of practice in global health and tropical medicine.</p><h3>Our mission</h3><p>Our mission is to improve the health status of people worldwide: through establishing partnerships and mobilising professionals, and by promoting and disseminating research in global health and tropical medicine.</p><h3>Our values</h3><ul><li>Universal access: we support universal access to health and equity in health</li><li>Inclusiveness: we strive for inclusiveness</li><li>Global health and tropical medicine: we are a professional organisation building on the interdisciplinary expertise of our member societies</li><li>Diversity: we emphasize the value and importance of cultural diversity and human rights in achieving better health for all</li><li>Collaboration: we promote European and global collaboration and networking in global health and tropical medicine</li><li>Research and development: we believe in the crucial role of research and development, with emphasis on low resource settings / low- and middle-income countries, in achieving better health for all</li></ul> 419 </div> 420 </div></div> 421 </div> 422</div> 423 424 <div id="block-98" class="block content_block"> 425 <div class="frame yield"> 426 <div class=" image_right"><div class=" wrap"> 427 <div class="image"> 428 <img alt="" src="https://hubble-live-assets.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/festmih/image_asset/file/125/content_festmih_logo_RGB.jpg" /> 429 </div> 430 <div class="text"> 431 <h3>The thinking behind the FESTMIH logo</h3> 432<p>We know itâs bad to cut down trees, but the tropical tree just wasnât entirely representative anymore in the light of Global Health and the Sustainable Development Goals. </p> 433<p>Our new logo stands for what FESTMIH aims to be in future:</p> 434<ul><li>At the heart of it is the red circle, referring to âglobal health,â including tropical medicine and research, but also to a round table of dialogue and collaboration.</li><li>In the circle are many lines, representing the great diversity of actors within FESTMIH of different ages, professions and countries.</li><li>
434The circle is open, because FESTMIH aims to be inclusive, open to other actors and networks. The circle also represents the rippling of water, since we want to contribute to change, change towards Global Health, together with other networks. Finally, the circle also represents a maze, referring to research, whether state-of-the art or local action-research. </li><li>The text-balloon: dialogue reveals the importance of talking to each other.</li></ul> 435 </div> 436 </div></div> 437 </div> 438</div> 439 440 441</div> 442 443 </div> 444 445 446 447 448 449 450 451 452 </div> 453 454 455 456 </div></div> 457 458 459 460 <div id="ribbon" role="contentinfo"> 461 <div class="border top"></div> 462 <div class="cover"></div> 463 <div class="holder"> 464 <div class=""> 465 <div class="frame"> 466 467<div class="block social"> 468 <ul> 469 <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/federation-of-european-societies-for-tropical-medicine-and-international-health" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-label="Follow us on LinkedIn"><img alt="" role="presentation" src="/assets/social-linkedin-97e02e248bd2a910a68819731f1db2f548a511b14b0b1c382e131e419488b1e2.png" /></a></li> 470 </ul> 471</div> 472 473 <div class="block menu"> 474 475 <ul class="menu"> 476<li class=""><a class="" href="/pages/contact-us">Contact</a></li> 477<li class=" highlight"><a class="" href="/pages/subscribe">Subscribe</a></li> 478</ul> 479 480 </div> 481 <div class="block ribbon"> 482 483 <div class="narrow"> 484 FESTMIH is a not-for-profit network of European-based societies working in tropical medicine and global health 485 486Registered address: Nationalestraat 155, Antwerp, Belgium 487 </div> 488 489</div> 490 491 </div> 492 </div> 493 </div> 494 <div class="border bottom"></div> 495 </div> 496 497 <div id="credit"><div class="holder"> 498 499 <div class="block"> 500 <a href="/account/users/sign_in">Log in</a> 501 | Powered by <a href="https://whitefuse.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">White Fuse</a> 502 </div> 503 504</div></div> 505 506 507 </div> 508 </div> 509 510 511 512 513 514
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