Netherlands' Society
for Global Health

Within the Dutch Society of ENT (NVKNO), several colleagues are involved in projects aimed at promoting and continuing ENT care in low and middle income countries (LMIC).

The Netherlands Society for International Ophthalmology Working Group aims to promote ophthalmic care in low-wage countries

The International Safe Motherhood & Reproductive Health working group deals with reproductive health in low- and middle-income countries and aspects of reproductive health of non-native Dutch people.

The working group monitors the quality of the surgical part of AIG training by writing the curriculum and taking care of the visitations. We organise courses such as the colon suture course, tendon sutures and skin plastics, traumatology and fixator externa course and the inguinal hernia evening.

TROIE is the physician assistant association for doctors of International Health and Tropical Medicine (AIG) in training.

The TUR working group aims to promote urological activities in countries where there is inferior urological care.

The Health and Development Working Group is a multidisciplinary forum of professionals in international public health.

Uniting Streams is the working group for early career researchers in the field of Global Health within the Netherlands' Society of Global Health (NSGH)

The working group aims to promote, maintain and make available expertise in transcultural rehabilitation medicine.

We organise the annual study day for AIG i.o. and make contributions to mental health and psychosociala wellbeing within and outside the association.

We are a group of healthcare professionals focusing on the relationship between climate, health and healthcare. It concerns both the impact of climate changes on (public) health and the impact the healthcare sector has on climate.

This Global Child Health Expert Working Group is part of the Dutch Association for Paediatrics (NVK), and consists of paediatricians and paediatricians in training.

The Dutch Global Health Education Network (GHEN) is a platform for collaboration of universities and knowledge institutions involved in education related to Global Health in the Netherlands.

The Working Group on Tropical Orthopaedics and Traumatology provides a framework to cross-link the activities of the Working Group on Orthopaedics Overseas (WOO-NOV) of the Dutch Orthopaedic Association and the NSGH.

The WHIG is a group of general practitioners with a strong commitment to primary care in an international perspective, supporting projects and activities in Family Medicine and International Health.

The Tropical Medicine Working Group aims to promote the knowledge and developments of tropical medicine in general medical practice in the Netherlands.

The Tropical Dermatology Working Group works to improve care for patients with tropical-related dermatoses.

IFHHRO promotes health-related human rights, including the right to health. Our focus is on the important role of health professionals.