JA GHI Germany – EU Global Health Strategy awareness survey dashboard, interactive
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Respondents
0
Know the EU strategy
very well (62.5%)
87.5%
Support alignment national - EU strategy
0%
Aware of national GH strategy
0%
Favour wider dissemination
0%
Responding stakeholders
Awareness of the EU Global Health Strategy
Is your institution aware of the existence of the EU Global Health Strategy and of its content?
Yes, well aware 62.5%
Yes, only to an extent 25.0%
No 12.5%
How respondents became aware of the EU strategy
How did your institution become aware of it?
National global health strategy in Germany
Are you aware of whether your country has a National Strategy for Global Health?
Yes (a standalone one) 75.0%
Don't know 25.0%
Awareness of Germany's Global Health Ambassador
Are you aware if your country has a Global Health Ambassador?
No 75.0%
Don't know 25.0%
Target audiences for EU strategy communication
To which stakeholders should the communication on the EU Global Health Strategy be addressed?
Recommended communication channels
Which communication channels should be used to further disseminate information about the EU Global Health Strategy and its contents?
Approaches to strengthen implementation
How can the EU Global Health Strategy implementation be strengthened?
Coordination among key actors
Is there a formal or informal coordination mechanism among the actors holding major responsibilities for launching, financing, implementing Global Health initiatives/projects?
Yes, formal 12.5%
Yes, informal 25.0%
No 12.5%
Don't know 50.0%
Key messages
This is a summary of the key messages emerging from the open-ended responses of the German stakeholders surveyed, organized by theme.
01
Need for alignment
National strategy ↔ EU strategy
- Respondents emphasize that the EU Global Health Initiative can only be effectively implemented if it intersects meaningfully with National Strategies; otherwise EU-level efforts will be undermined.
- The strategies should not only avoid contradictions but also actively reinforce each other to ensure shared direction and coherence.
02
Communication and implementation
Disseminate, engage, implement
- The EU Global Health Strategy should be communicated to a broad range of audiences: academic institutions, medical schools, researchers, NGOs, governments, students, citizens, and global partners.
- Rather than relying on a single channel, communication should be adapted to each audience's relevance and needs; suggested tools include social media, press offices, e-mail, and traditional media.
- Effective implementation requires more than a formal document — it needs visible action and responsiveness to real-world needs; liaising with global health centres and their communication teams can help maintain momentum.
- Incorporating key Strategy principles — equity, interdisciplinarity, and partnerships with low- and middle-income countries — into standard research funding mechanisms can enhance impact.
- To ensure coherence, EU countries should formally subscribe to the Strategy, aligning national actions accordingly; reinforcing EU leadership is also seen as essential to keep the Strategy resilient in a rapidly evolving global context.
- Practical elements such as funding mechanisms must be coordinated to avoid fragmentation, while respecting the principle of subsidiarity — decisions taken at the most appropriate and effective level of governance.
03
National strategy
An established National Strategy
- The majority of respondents (75%) correctly confirm that Germany has a stand-alone National Strategy for Global Health; Germany is one of only five EU countries with such a strategy.
- Among those who specify a date, the Strategy is most often associated with 2020 (66.7%), with smaller shares citing 2013 or both 2013 and 2020 — reflecting its original launch and subsequent update.
- The remaining 25% of respondents say they don't know whether such a strategy exists, and all of them (100%) believe it would be useful and important to have one.
- All respondents (8/8, 100%) consider it important that national and EU Global Health strategies are aligned.
04
National coordination and key actors
Who does what, and how they talk to each other
- The main Global Health actors in Germany include — among others — the BMZ, BMBF, BMG, Global Health Hub Germany, RKI, and GIZ, alongside several universities and NGOs.
- Half of respondents (50%) don't know whether a coordination mechanism exists among these actors; among the rest, informal coordination (25%) is more frequently reported than formal coordination (12.5%).
- Where a mechanism is described, respondents point in equal measure to coordination, communication, and other forms of exchange (33.3% each) as its defining feature.
- Relevant national initiatives include the 2020 Global Health Strategy (MoH), the Global Health Hub Germany network (2019), GLOHRA (2020), the Parliamentary Subcommittee on Global Health (2018), and the WHO Pandemic Hub (2021), among others.
