ECTMIH 2027

The European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health is our flagship activity.

The inaugural edition of the Congress took place in Hamburg in 1995. Since that time, the patron of the congress, the Federation of European Societies of Tropical Medicine and International Health has co-organised a further thirteen editions, most recently the 14th ECTMIH held in Hamburg, Germany in 2025.

From tropical disease to global health

ECTMIH continues to stimulate the active participation of researchers from LMICs, global thinkers, policy and decision makers in the programme, and to include debates on the role of cooperation agencies and of scientific institutes in the field of global health. Crosscutting themes at the congresses include diagnostic innovation, drug resistance and development, global research ethics and the role of social sciences in global health research.

Over the last 15 years, successive Congress committees have repositioned the original core tropical medicine priorities within a wider context of cross-cutting global health issues and disciplines. This transition was first reflected in the 2007 Amsterdam 'Partnership and Innovation in Global Health' edition.

The Verona 2009 'Equity, Human Rights and Access to Care' edition continued this trend, engaging a wider community in discussing human rights dynamics in global health, as did each edition that followed, including the Antwerp 2017 'Health in (r)evolution. Environment – migration – technology – empowerment' meeting. With its most recent editions in Bergen, Norway in 2021, Utrecht, Netherlands in 2023, and Hamburg, Germany in 2025, the number of participants has averaged 1,300–1,500.

Warm welcome to ECTMIH 2027

After 16 years, ECTMIH returns to Barcelona. Organised by ISGlobal in partnership with FESTMIH and SEMTSI, the 15th edition takes place at the CCIB, Willy Brandt Square, Barcelona, from 25–28 October 2027, with the ECTMIH Academy on 24 October.

Under the theme "Refocusing on Global Health", the congress responds to a rapidly changing global landscape — shifting geopolitical priorities, reduced funding for global health, and increasing health inequalities demand a renewed perspective and call to action.

Watch the welcome video below.