march 06. to 08. 2026 In cooperation with: the International Network for Development Cooperation in Mental Health (i.nez), Munich | the Competence Center for Tropical Medicine, Travel Medicine, and Human Parasitology at Tübingen University Hospital | the Chair of Global Health at Akkon University of Applied Sciences, Berlin WHAT FUTURE PICTURES ARE WE DRAWING? A doctor examines a child. In the background, other people can be seen: younger children, one in a woman’s baby carrier, and a person in blue clothing—perhaps a nurse? The scene appears tidy, bright, and calm. It is not an emergency. Everyone seems safe and in good hands, especially the child on the examination table. This picture was painted on the wall of a clinic in Beira, Mozambique. A utopian vision? Perhaps. But probably their concrete vision of how they imagine healthcare in Mozambique in the future. International development cooperation—especially in the health sector—was shaken by massive disruptions in 2025. USAID, the largest and most financially powerful organization worldwide, was dissolved by the US administration in the summer of 2025. Other countries followed suit. Germany, too, cut its budget by eight percent. The consequences of the US withdrawal are dramatic; to give just one example: contraceptives worth almost ten million dollars, already stored in depots awaiting delivery to crisis zones, as well as tons of emergency food for starving people, could not be delivered. By 2030,