History, Anthropology & Ethics of Health

Prof. Dr. med. Walter Bruchhausen Head Section Global Health About History, Anthropology & Ethics of (Global) Health Many possible improvements in health do not fail due to the non-existence of medical and scientific knowledge and skills, but because of the socio-cultural conditions necessary for their use. Thus, Global Health requires a focus also on cultural and social science perspectives, such as those intensively dealt with in Medical Anthropology and religious studies, human rights discourses, social and cross-cultural ethics as well as debates on colonialism. Historical, anthropological and ethical perspectives are essential for understanding and guiding Global Health. Global Health Ethics Global Health History Medical Anthropology Local Health History Global Health Ethics A new value basis that emphasizes human rights, equity and respect for sociocultural diversity distinguishes Global Health from its many predecessors. Thus, ethics are an indispensable part of Global Health and stood at the beginnings of this new area and era in Bonn, too. Read more Based on his postgraduate studies in Health Care Ethics (University of Glasgow under the supervision of Prof. Robin S. Downie), relevant areas of moral theology (Prof. Bernhard Fraling/Würzburg and Gerhard Höver/Bonn) and the ethical workshops for (future) physicians (initiated by Prof. Ludger Honnfelder/Bonn) that became a starting point for IWE and DRZE, Walter Bruchhausen started teaching in biomedical and clinical ethics at Bonn University in 1997. In cooperation with several partners, this led to lasting institutionalizations of ethics in Bonn such as: Clinical Ethics Committee UKB | Klinisches Ethikkomitee www.ukbonn.de/ueber-uns/zentrale-bereiche/klinisches-ethikkomitee/ Obligatory Seminar in Clinical Ethics (5th year medical students)  Based on his postgraduate studies in Health Care Ethics (University of Glasgow under the supervision of Prof. Robin S. Downie), relevant areas of moral theology (Prof. Bernhard Fraling/Würzburg and Gerhard Höver/Bonn) and the ethical workshops for (future) physicians (initiated by Prof. Ludger Honnfelder/Bonn) that became a starting point for IWE and DRZE, Walter Bruchhausen started teaching in biomedical and clinical ethics at Bonn University in 1997. In cooperation with several partners, this led to lasting institutionalizations of ethics in Bonn such as: Clinical Ethics Committee UKB | Klinisches Ethikkomitee www.ukbonn.de/ueber-uns/zentrale-bereiche/klinisches-ethikkomitee/ Obligatory Seminar in Clinical Ethics (5th year medical students)  Publications Collaborators Monographs Bruchhausen W, Schott H (2008), Geschichte, Theorie und Ethik der Medizin (Göttingen: UTB). Edited Volume Bruchhausen W, Hofer HG (ed.) (2010), Ärztliches Ethos im Kontext. Historische, phänomenologische und didaktische Perspektiven (Göttingen: v&r unipress/Bonn University Press) Editorial function Bruchhausen W, Forsbach R (eds.), series „Medizin und Kulturwissenschaft: Bonner Beiträge zur Geschichte, Anthropologie und Ethik der Medizin“ (Medicine and Cultural Studies: Bonn Contributions the History, Anthropology and Ethics of Medicine) (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck&Rupprecht/Bonn University Press), 14 volumes, 10 since becoming an editor Dissertations/Theses „Inkulturation und Kontextualisierung medizinischer Praxis als Herausforderung an Ethik“ (Diploma dissertation in Catholic theology, Bonn, 1994, revised and published as Medizin und Moral ohne Kontext, in Zeitschrift für medizinische Ethik) Bruchhausen, W „Moral Issues of Health Care in Developing Countries“ (Dissertation M.Phil, Glasgow, 1990, revised and published in Zeitschrift für evangelische Ethik) Original work in peer-reviewed journals and collected volumes Jacobsen KH, Waggett CE, Adeyi O, Bruchhausen W et al. (2025) An updated definition of global health. Global Health Research and Policy (2025) 10:56 https://doi.org/10.1186/s41256-025-00460-8 Bruchhausen W (2024c) Global Health (Ethics): Eine Bestandsaufnahme in programmatischer Absicht, in: Jahrbuch für Christliche Sozialethik 64, Münster, 73-101 (Überarbeitung von 108) Bruchhausen W (2024b) Women’s Health, Culture, and Ethics—Anthropological and Socio-Ethical Aspects in Global Health, in: Wacker J, Rothe C, En-Nosse M (ed.), Global Women’s Health. Gynecology and Obstetrics Under Diverse Global Conditions (Berlin: Springer Nature) 79-88. Cook-Deegan M, Böge K, Bruchhausen W, Chagunda M, Chaturvedi M, Esen M, Hanefeld J, Kampmann B, Köhler C, Köhler C, Osei F, Prazeres da Costa C, Rehfuess E, Velavan TP, Anton N (2024 Beyond buzzwords: fostering interdisciplinary and collaborative global health research in Germany and beyond. .Glob Health Action. 2024 Dec 31;17(1):2408884. doi: 10.1080/16549716.2024.2408884. Epub 2024 Oct 21. Bruchhausen W (2024a), Ambiguität in Global Health. Identitätsbildungen zwischen Medizin, Kultur und Religion, in: Klaus von Stosch, Cornelia Dockter (ed.), Ambiguität, Macht und die Formierung religiöser Identitäten = Ambiguitäten – Identitäten – Sinnentwürfe Bd. 3 (Freiburg u.a.: Herder) 97-125. Bruchhausen W (2023b) Global Health (Ethics): Eine Bestandsaufnahme in programmatischer Absicht = Sozialethische Arbeitspapiere des Instituts für Christliche Sozialwissenschaften Nr. 24, Münster, doi: 10.17879/00009794617 Bruchhausen W (2023a), Frauengesundheit, Kultur und Ethik – Anthropologische, ethnomedizinische und sozialethische Aspekte in Global Health, in: Wacker J, Rothe C, En-Nosse M (ed.), Globale Frauengesundheit. Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe unter unterschiedlichen globalen Bedingungen (Berlin: Springer Nature) 83-94. Bruchhausen W, Kuhn E (2023), Human Rights and International Obligations in Pandemic Times – More than Health Protection, in: Reis A, Schmidhuber M, Frewer A (ed.), Pandemics and Ethics. Development – Problems – Solutions (Berlin: Springer Nature), 39-52.  Kuhn E, Henke O, Evang E, Falkenberg T, Bruchhausen W, Schultz A (2023), Silent Triage: Public Health decision-making beyond prioritisation. BMJ Glob Health. 2023 Feb;8(2):e011376. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-011376. PMID: 36813304; PMCID: PMC9950902 Bruchhausen W, Kuhn E (2022), Das Menschenrecht auf Gesundheit, seine inhaltliche Einbettung und institutionelle Absicherung. Zeitschrift für medizinische Ethik 68, 279-290. DOI: 10.14623/zfme.2022.3.279-290 Bruchhausen W, Kuhn E (2021), Menschenrechte und internationale Verpflichtungen in Pandemien – mehr als Gesundheitsschutz, in: Reis A, Schmidhuber M, Frewer A (ed.), Pandemien und Ethik (Berlin: Springer Nature), 45-59.  Bruchhausen W (2019e), Medizin als Opfer und Täter – Historische und moralische Lehren aus der NS-„Euthanasie“, in: Dietmar Schulze, „ Auch der ‚Gnadentod‘ ist Mord“. Der Augsburger Strafprozess über die NS-„Euthanasie“-Verbrechen in Kaufbeuren und Irsee, hg. v. Stefan Raueiser und Thomas Düll (Irsee: Grizeto-Verlag 2019), 183-200. Bruchhausen W (2018g), Ärztliches Handeln in kultureller Differenz – Was erwarten Menschen von der Medizin?, in: Guthoff R. F./Bernhard W (Hrsg.), Ärztliches Handeln – Erwartungen und Selbstverständnis = Nova Acta Leopoldina N. F. 420 (Stuttgart: Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft) 65-74. Bruchhausen W (2018d), Sterbenarrative im Horizont der Narrative Medicine und Medical Humanities, in: Simon Peng-Keller/Andreas Mauz (Hrsg.), Sterbenarrative. Hermeneutische Erkundungen des Erzählens am und vom Lebensende = Studies in Spiritual Care 4 (Berlin: De Gruyter) 259-282. Bruchhausen W (2017e), The Human Right to Health and Primary Health Care (PHC) Policies, in: Klotz S, Bielefeldt H, Schmidhuber M, Frewer A. (Hrsg.),

Dr. Maximilian Rost

Research Memberships Health service research Lung cancer Implementation of clinical trials in LMICs Deutsche Gesellschaft für Innere Medizin (DGIM) Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hämatologie und Medizinische Onkologie e.V. – Co-Chair Working Group Global Oncology (DGHO) European Society For Medical Oncology (ESMO) Deutsche Krebsgesellschaft (DKG) Arbeitsgemeinschaft Internistische Onkologie (AIO) Projects Teaching PalliCaPro (Palliative Care Provision in the Kagera Region), Tanzania FAST-ABCD Sequencing (Fast and Accurate Breast Cancer Diagnosis Using Nanopore Sequencing), Tanzania Master of Science Global Health; Modul II: Respiratory diseases Wahlpflichtfach Global Health Dr. med. Maximilian Rost – maximilian.rost@ukbonn.de

Dr. Jakob von Herder

Research Memberships Oncology implementation and health services research for migrants in Germany Implementation research at primary health care level in northern Tanzania Deutsche Gesellschaft für Innere Medizin (German Society of Internal Medicine) – DGIM Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hämatologie und Onkologie (German Society of Hematology/Oncology) – DGHO Arbeitsgemeinschaft Infektionen der DGHO (working group on infectious disease of DGHO) – AGIHO European Society of Medical Oncology – ESMO Projects Teaching MMED Oncology: Master of Medical Oncology Kilimanscharo Christian Medical Center, Moshi Tanzania OOCC (Online Outreach Cancer Clinic) Lecturer: Master’s Programme Global Health (Module 2), Bonn Lecturer: Elective „Introduction to Global Health“ Master’s thesis supervisor Dr. med. Jakob von Herder +49 17621755320 johann.herder@ukbonn.de

Dr. Sandul Yasobant

Dr. Sandul Yasobant PhD MPH Leader One Health Global One Health – yasobant@uni-bonn.de Research Areas Memberships One Health and Disease Prevention Health Policy & Systems Research and Operational Research Environmental and Occupational Health Epidemiology and Biostatistics Steering Committee Member (Asia Pacific Region) at the international Alliance against Health Risks in Wildlife Trade One Health Mentor at the ECHO Network Global Assessor at the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH) Lancet Fellow at Citizen’s Engagement Working Group Collaboration & Partnership Lead supporting the Evidence to Action Working Group of Health Systems Global (hsg) Projects Teaching Co-creating One Health workforce through Health system strengthening in Western India (OneHealth System Strengthening in India-OHSSIN)(German Alliance for Global Health Research (GLOHRA), Germany) NRW Forschungskolleg “One Health and Urban Transformation – identifying risks and developing sustainable solutions” (Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft)

Dr. Esther Evang

Research Memberships The role of nutrition in global health research Impact of food-to-food-fortification with baobab fruit pulp on iron status in Kenyan schoolchildren (RCT) Impact of nutrition education for improved young child nutrition linked with agriculture interventions on nutrition security in Malawi and Cambodia Determinants on decision making of early child feeding in Malawi (FGD) Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ernährung (DGE) German Alliance for Global Health Research (GLOHRA) Projects Teaching Operations and Outreach Manager of the Global Health Academy– an initiative of the German Alliance for Global Health Research BAOFOOD Module: International Nutrition (BSc) at Giessen University   Module: Transition Management (MSc) at Giessen University   Module: Epidemiology(MSc Global Health) at University of Bonn   Module: Simulation Game on health and nutrition emergencies (MSc Global Health) at University of Bonn Dr. Esther C. Evang, MSc MSc +49 228-28751520 esther.evang@ukbonn.de