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International Public Health and community medicine. Helmut Brand is Jean Monnet Professor of European Public Health and head of the Department of International Health at Maastricht University, The Netherlands. He studied Medicine in Düsseldorf and Zürich and holds a Master in Community Medicine from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and London School of Economics. Prof. Brand is a specialist in Public Health Medicine. He holds an honorable doctorate from Sofia Medical University.
After working in several Health Authorities and Ministries of Health he was director of the Public Health Institute of North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany. Since then European Integration in Health is the main topic of his work.
He is past-president of the Association of Schools of Public Health in the European region (ASPHER), and past-president of the European Health Forum Gastein (EHFG).
As a policy advisor, he serves on the European Advisory Committee on Health Research (EACHR) of WHO Europe and served on the Expert Panel on “Investing in Health” (EXPH) for the European Commission.
At Manipal University, India he acts as Founding Director of the "Prasanna School of Public Health".
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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District-Level Mortality Convergence in Reunified Germany: Long-Term Trends and Contextual Determinants
Hrzic, R., Vogt, T., Brand, H. & Janssen, F., 01-02-2023, In: Demography. 60, 1, p. 303-325 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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District-Level Patterns of Health Insurance Coverage and Out-of-Pocket Expenditure on Caesarean Section Deliveries in Public Health Facilities in India
Kamath, R., Brand, H., Nayak, N., Lakshmi, V., Verma, R. & Salins, P., 03-2023, In: Sustainability (Switzerland). 15, 5, 4608.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Digital health literacy as a super determinant of health: More than simply the sum of its parts
van Kessel, R., Wong, B. L. H., Clemens, T. & Brand, H., 03-2022, In: Internet Interventions. 27, p. 100500 100500.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Effectiveness of self-management applications in improving clinical health outcomes and adherence among diabetic individuals in low and middle-income countries: a systematic review
Dsouza, S. M., Shetty, S., Venne, J., Pundir, P., Rajkhowa, P., Lewis, M. G. & Brand, H., 15-11-2022, In: BMJ Open. 12, 11, p. e060108 e060108.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Global public health challenges require stronger European collaboration
Hrzic, R., Clemens, T. & Brand, H., 01-02-2022, In: European Journal of Public Health. 32, 1, p. 2-3 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
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