Our mission

We envision a future with more healthy years for everyone.

Our mission is to be a connector in the field of public health. By creating encounters, we build a bridge between researchers, teachers, residents, professionals within and outside healthcare, and policy makers in the Northern Netherlands region and across national borders. In the meeting we contribute to knowledge exchange and equal interaction.

Aletta is also a pioneer. To tackle regional challenges, we break through well-defined frameworks. We give strength to innovative ideas and initiatives and stimulate innovative education. With an eye for the living environment and with an open and inclusive attitude, we are building a future in which we live healthier together.

Thought for action. Together for more healthy years.

It describes what you can wake us up for in the middle of the night, how we strive to benefit others, and what it can mean to you.

About Aletta Jacobs

Born in Sappemeer, a small village of in the Dutch province of Groningen, Aletta Henriëtte Jacobs (February 9, 1854 – August 10, 1929) was the first woman who successfully graduated in medicine (from the University of Groningen). She became the first female physician in the Netherlands, accomplished much in the field of medical care for the poor, and was a famous women's liberation activist. In honour of her memory and with great pride we named our school after her: the Aletta Jacobs School of Public Health.