Health Cluster

In July 2017 the DAAD Cairo Office launched the Health Cluster with its first Health Cluster Conference. Throughout the entire year COSIMENA organised various events such as two Public Health Courses in Sudan and Egypt, two events raising awareness of noncommunicable diseases and an Expert Session on German-Egyptian Research Cooperation.

Our Activities

Theranostics in Nuclear Medicine

public lecture

On Thursday, November 9th, 2023, the DAAD Regional Office Cairo organised within the framework of the DAAD project “Clusters of Scientific Innovation in the Middle East and North Africa” (COSIMENA) a public lecture entitled "Theranostics in Nuclear Medicine". in the context of the “Health Cluster” the event entailed aspiring researchers and scientists working in the medical and health field and offered them the opportunity to exchange their knowledge about Nuclear Medicine.

Metabolic Syndrome: A Public Health Challenge in Egypt and Germany

panel discussion

On Sunday, May 7th, 2023, the DAAD Regional Office Cairo organised a panel discussion entitled “Metabolic Syndrome: A Public Health Challenge in Egypt and Germany”. The event is a collaboration between the DAAD project “Clusters of Scientific Innovation in the Middle East and North Africa” (COSIMENA) and Freie Universität Berlin (FU-Berlin) and took place at the DAAD Regional Office Cairo.