In April 2023, within the Hospital Partnership programme “Emergency Measures in the field of Diagnostics of Infectious Diseases”, proposed by the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), the faculty members of Poltava State Medical University  Koval T. I., Head of the Department of Infectious Diseases with Epidemiology and Kabalei A.V., Junior Researcher of the Scientific Research Institute of Genetic and Immunological Grounds of Pathology and Pharmacogenetic visited the University Medicine Essen, Germany. During the visit, they got an insight into the work and took the training in the laboratory of the Institute for Virology, as well as attended the “Symposium on HIV Immunology, Vaccine and Cure Research”. We are hoping for continuing long-lasting fruitful cooperation!