With each other and for each other - Healthy in Vorpommern

For the health of the population in a healthy natural environment, with healthy social relationships and a high quality of life.

"In the health-promoting region, there cannot be fragmented health or fragmented health promotion: There is only one kind of health in the region - One Health!"
(Prof. Dr. Steffen Fleßa)

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News from the One-Health-Region Vorpommern

August 2024
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The regional core actors of the initiative have outstanding expertise to address the existing complex One Health challenges. They combine expertise in the areas of:

  • "Healthy People" (University Medicine Greifswald),
  • "Healthy environment" (University of Greifswald)
  • "Healthy animal" (Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN)).

Founded in 2021, the Helmholtz Institute for One Health Greifswald builds on this expertise with a focus on "zoonotic diseases", "antibiotic resistance" and "prevention of zoonoses".

Also linked is the expertise of the Friedrich-Loeffler-Instituts for Animal Health as a federal research institute in the field of food-producing animals.

The core players of the "One-Health-Region Vorpommern" initiative work together with many partner organizations such as cities and districts, tourism, farmers' and spa associations, the Greifswald Agricultural Initiative e.V., the MV Medical Association, the MV Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians, the MRE network, local schools and creative artists.

Our partner

The regional core actors of the initiative have outstanding expertise to address the existing complex One Health challenges. They combine expertise in the areas of:

  • "Healthy People" (University Medicine Greifswald),
  • "Healthy environment" (University of Greifswald)
  • "Healthy animal" (Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN)).

Founded in 2021, the Helmholtz Institute for One Health Greifswald builds on this expertise with a focus on "zoonotic diseases", "antibiotic resistance" and "prevention of zoonoses".

Also linked is the expertise of the Friedrich-Loeffler-Instituts for Animal Health as a federal research institute in the field of food-producing animals.

The core players of the "One-Health-Region Vorpommern" initiative work together with many partner organizations such as cities and districts, tourism, farmers' and spa associations, the Greifswald Agricultural Initiative e.V., the MV Medical Association, the MV Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians, the MRE network, local schools and creative artists.
Prof. Dr. Steffen Fleßa
Initiative spokesperson and holder of the Chair of General Business Administration and Health Management (University of Greifswald)
"The aim of the Vorpommern health region is not primarily to cure diseases, but to promote the well-being of people in a healthy environment, with healthy relationships and a healthy reliability of political, economic and cultural institutions"
Dr. Stefan Seiberling
Head of the Center for Research Promotion and Transfer at the University of Greifswald, Management T!Raum One-Health-Region Vorpommern.
"Es ist beeindruckend zu sehen, wie Wissenschaftler*innen und Gesellschaft mit spannenden Projekten gemeinsam an einem Ziel arbeiten, das das Potenzial hat, unsere Region zu verändern, ihr ein unverwechselbares Profil zu geben und als One-Health-Region sichtbar zu werden."
Prof. Dr. Daniel Schiller
Holder of the Chair of Economic and Social Geography at the University of Greifswald
"In T!Raum One Health, I am committed to rethinking transfer and achieving an even closer connection between science and society in the Western Pomerania region."
Prof. Dr. Fabian Leendertz
Director of the Helmholtz Institute for One Health (HIOH) and Professor at the University of Greifswald
"The One Health concept is the key to pandemic preparedness and prevention. Here in the Western Pomerania region, we can combine the complementary expertise of the various regional scientific institutions and together make a lasting contribution to understanding zoonotic diseases and pandemic prevention"
Prof. Dr. Christa Kühn
President of the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI)
"With the OneHealth Vorpommern project, we can show Vorpommern what development potential we can leverage in a region when human, animal and environmental health are considered together. OneHealth Vorpommern is therefore an example of innovative approaches using natural resources in a sustainable way that goes beyond traditional industrial locations."

One-Health-Region Vorpommern is funded by