EHFG 2019 HACKATHON: VACCINE HESITANCY

Applications open until 6th August

Dear Sir or Madam,

We are excited to announce the second EHFG Hackathon which will be taking place in Bad Hofgastein, Austria from 1 - 4 October, back to back with the EHFG 2019 conference.

With an aim to tackle major health policy concerns and to find out of the box solutions, the first EHFG Hackathon was organised last year in collaboration with our partner EIT Health. After fruitful cooperation, we are joining forces again this year to address a recurrent problem that requires immediate attention - vaccine hesitancy.

Marked as a top 10 threat to global health in 2019, and a top priority for the World Health Organisation (WHO), vaccine hesitancy threatens to compromise the progress made in fighting vaccine-preventable diseases. In the wake of the anti-vaccination movements growing popularity, there have been disease outbreaks in regions where they had previously been eradicated. To find tangible solutions, input from a wide spectrum of professionals is urgently needed.

The 2019 Hackathon therefore aims to bring together 35 experts of different backgrounds and nationalities in a 3-day event of intense solution-oriented work in small groups with the aim of exploring innovative and implementable solutions to this complex problem. The participants will be distributed into competing teams according to their diverse individual expertise and will present their solutions in front of an expert jury and the EHFG audience. Two prizes, a jury prize and an audience prize, amounting to a total of € 25.000 will be awarded to the Hackathon winners.

Applications are open for all with an interest in health policies. Whether you are a health professional, an IT expert, a business specialist, a designer or other – at any rate an open-minded, creative thinker who enjoys working under pressure in teams with the goal of arriving at a joint solution - we are looking for you!

Travel and accommodation, as well as meals and the EHFG conference fee will be covered for all selected candidates.

You want to apply? Just fill in the registration form and share your CV with (apolonija.rihtaric@ehfg.org) by 6 August 2019!

Please feel free to forward this opportunity to colleagues and friends who may be interested in applying. For any further information please contact us.

Best wishes,

your EHFG team