Five million euros establish the LMU Center of International Health
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As one of the winners of the competition "Higher Education Excellence in Development Cooperation" run by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the LMU Munich and its partner universities will have five million euros at their disposal over the next five years for building up the LMU Center of International Health. The new Center will promote healthcare in developing countries by reinforcing education and research in the health sector. It will focus on the UN Millennium Development Goals, in particular combating life-threatening diseases, reducing child mortality and improving maternal health.
The DAAD and the BMZ supported this competition to reinforce German higher education institutions and partner schools in developing countries in the fields of teaching, research and services as a means to achieving political goals, such as the Millennium Development Goals, and mastering other global challenges. Furthermore, the commitment by the German universities to solving global problems will be made visible and will become a driving force for German development cooperation. Alongside the LMU Munich, funding will now be given to another four universities (TU Braunschweig, Cologne University of Applied Sciences, Hohenheim University and Kassel University). These have proven skills in development cooperation in teaching and research and so will be able to produce a coherent future concept on this basis together with the involvement of their partners in the developing countries.
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