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The Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) is a Uganda-registered NGO, owned by Makerere University. IDI conducts care, training and research for HIV and related infectious diseases.

- Advanced clinical care and antiretroviral therapy are provided at the IDI clinic
- Training is offered in the areas of HIV/AIDS, malaria, pharmacy, lab and data management.
- Research focuses on identifying best practices and models for prevention, care and treatment of HIV/AIDS and related infectious diseases in sub-Saharan Africa.
- IDI supports Kampala City Council (KCC) to provide the full spectrum of HIV care and support at KCC clinics.
- The MU-JHU Core Laboratory at IDI is certified by the College of American Pathologists, which means that it meets or exceeds US federal lab standards.
- IDI has strong financial, human resources, grants management and information technology systems to support programme activities.

Vision
A healthy Africa, free from the burden of infectious diseases

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> Infectious Diseases Institute website

The Faculty of Health Sciences is a close-knit faculty, with 36 faculty members and 300 students. The aim is to prepare health professionals to address the most pressing public health concerns in Lebanon and the region through its educational, research, and professional practice programs in public health. The commitment of FHS to an interdisciplinary perspective is reflected in the variety of specializations of its faculty, in the scope of its research projects, and in its emphasis on the application of social sciences to the investigation of health and disease.

Mission
The Faculty of Health Sciences prepares professionals in the disciplines of public health and health sciences through graduate and undergraduate programs, and introA? ????8????duces future physicians to public health. It contributes to knowledge and the improvement of the public's health in Lebanon and the region by conducting scholarly and relevant research and by responding to priority health issues and training needs in collaboration with stakeholders. In all of its functions, FHS promotes and adheres to the principles of ethics, social justice, and collective responsibility. Our vision is to address public health problems particularly relevant to Lebanon, the region, and the developing world, and through transfer of that knowledge to policy makers, program managers, and other practitioners in relevant organizations and fields.

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> Faculty A? ????8???? of Health Sciences website

The International Medical University began in 1992 as the International Medical College, or IMC, Malaysia’s first private medical college. IMC became a University in 1999, but the University has remained true to key elements of the IMC vision, which are to widen access to professional healthcare education, and to use innovative, integrated and student-centred means in providing that education.

Since 1999 the University’s growth and development has been in developing clinical schools in Seremban and Batu Pahat, our own Honours degree courses in Pharmacy and Nursing, and in establishing research as a core activity, together with development of postgraduate research Masters and PhD programmes. We are already the preferred private school for medicine and pharmacy in Malaysia.

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> International Medical University website

Korea has experienced significant economic change in 20th century. Along with this change, public health is becoming more important. The Graduate School of Public Health have been recognized as a world-class institute with 24 outstanding faculty members in many public health fields including biostatistics, epidemiology, bioinformatics, public health nutrition, health demography, community health nursing, health policy, health economics, health care management, health sociology, environmental health and industrial health.

The faculty and students will work hard to play a major role in public health fields through vigorous research and educational activities.

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> The Graduate School of Public Health website

The Faculty of Pharmacy was founded in 1962. The first pharmacists graduated in 1968. It is located in the campus of the Medicine Sciences to the West of Khartoum Hospital along Sharia al- Qasr.

Research: The Research activity is the outcome of joined efforts between the varied institutions of the University and the National Research Centre. The researches are focused on drugs and different specialisations of the Faculty such as Biochemistry, Pharmaceutics and Medicinal Plants. The activity of the Department of Pharmaceutics is associated with drug manufacturing in its late stages such as pills, capsules and intravenous fluids. Research is being carried out on the varied medicinal drugs to ascertain their medical value through the study of their bio-efficacy in the different body systems. A clinical study is being carried on for the development of drugs from natural resources and also for their effects on the human body system.

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> Faculty of Pharmacy website

The Faculty of Public Health is one of the nine faculties of Jimma University. It was established in 1999. The faculty has three Schools, four Departments, and three coordinating offices. It gives under-graduate degree level training in Nursing, Environmental Health, Public Health (Health officer) and Health education and promotion. Moreover it has initiated post graduate training in five different specialties in public health as of September 2004. These specialties are epidemiology, management, health education, reproductive health and general MPH. The faculty is under preparation to start graduate studies in Environmental health sciences in this academic year.

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> Jimma University website

History: AMANET originally started its activities as African Malaria Vaccine Testing Network (AMVTN) in 1995 with the primary goal of preparing Africa in planning and conducting malaria vaccine trials. In order to widen the scope in malaria interventions, AMVTN was succeeded by AMANET in 2002. Although the primary goal of AMANET has remained malaria vaccine development, the organization in its expanded role includes other intervention measures such as antimalaria drugs and vector control.

Objectives:
* To develop and support implementation of standards for the expertise and infrastructure required to perform and to evaluate intervention trials
* To promote and coordinate capacity strengthening activities of African malaria R&D institutions.
* To further develop previously selected centres for clinical trials so as to attain sustainability
* To select more centres for future strengthening for more clinical trials
* To support long-term training of research personnel
* To develop suitable training programmes in accordance with international standards

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> African Malaria Network Trust website

The scenario: Sub-Sahara Africa houses a staggering 65% of people living with HIV and AIDS globally. This is a disproportionate burden, seeing that the subcontinent only has 10% of the world’s people and 1% of the resources. In South Africa alone around 5,5 million people are HIV positive. The disease primarily kills people in their most productive years and exceeds any other threat to the wellbeing of employees. The economic impact is therefore substantial.

Taking action: Towards the end of 2000 SA’s presidency challenged Stellenbosch University to develop a programme that takes HIV training and capacity building to the managers and labour leaders of the workforce. The rationale behind the challenge was that, regardless of what is done in the community, prevention and care had to be extended to the workplace in order to make a dent in the epidemic. This led to the development of the Postgraduate Diploma in HIV/AIDS Management (PDM), first presented in 2001. Today the centre also presents a masters programme.

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> Africa Centre for HIV/AIDS Management website

Vision: IPHU is committed to providing training opportunities for health activists who are working for a healthy, fair, convivial and sustainable world; in particular for health activists in Third World countries. IPHU sees primary health care as a critical strategy for improving health care, addressing the social determinants; in partnership with the communities whose health is at stake.

IPHU will be conducting teaching and research, particularly in Third World countries in relation to PHC, health systems strengthening and the political and economic determinants of health at the national, regional and global levels

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> International People's Health University website

Vision: "A world where everyone enjoys the maximum potential of health".
Mission: To improve health outcomes of populations in disadvantaged areas of the world through the application of the art and science of public health.
Goal: To provide public health education of international excellence relevant to the particular of the developing world, fostered through the partnership amongst BRAC, ICDDR, B and internationally recognized schools of public health in Europe and America.

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> James P. Grant School of Public Health website

In 1996, in affiliation with Columbia University's Health Sciences Division the Faculty of Health Sciences at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev instituted a four-year medical degree program to graduate doctors with special skills in primary care and community, preventive, and population-based medicine. The Medical School for International Health concentrates on these areas of medicine as they impact on problems of international health and is designed to address emerging issues in health care worldwide.

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> Medical School of International Health website

Great Lakes University of Kisumu is an off-shoot of Tropical Institute of Community Health and Development (TICH) in Africa - a non-profit community based training, research and development trust which has been operating since 1998.

The main aim of GLUK is to develop effective managers of health and development initiatives in the Africa Region. This is done by bridging training with service delivery programs, focusing on the needs of the most vulnerable communities in the society.

We have graduated a total of 85 students for the Masters Degree in Community Health and Development. More than 300 have graduated with diplomas and Certificates. A number are working for International Institutions and NGOs in Kenya and abroad. A number of them are also heading various institutions within the country and outside. One of our graduate recently graduated with a PhD from Kenyatta University while 15 others are enrolled for their PhD in Universities in Kenya and abroad. There are at least 3 PhD students in USA.

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> The Tropical Insitute of Community Health website

Vision: To have a center of excellence for the training of a high level skilled, disciplined manpower capable of providing evidence based healthcare services in different resource settings, engage in research and generation of new ideas, preservation, and dissemination of knowledge.

Mission: To provide teaching, research and quality healthcare services. In doing so, the Faculty shall enhance collaboration with Government of Kenya, research institutions locally and internationally to impact on health policies and standards.

Objectives
1. To train in teaching, research and healthcare delivery systems.
2. To produce health service providers with knowledge and skills required in carrying their duties.
3. To generate, disseminate and preserve new knowledge and skills.
4. To conduct continuing education, to instill skills, discipline, service driven and ethical graduates.

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> University of Nairobi website

L'histoire du département Santé se confond avec celle de l’Université. Il fut parmi les premiers mis en place lors de l’ouverture de l’Université en 1990. Le Master en développement appliqué à la Santé Internationale ne vise pas à étudier le savoir faire du Nord pour le copier et le faire appliquer au Sud. Bien au contraire, au cours des quatre semestres d'étude, les cours et conférences auront pour but de confronter idées et pratiques pour dégager des axes d'un partenariat Nord/Sud en rassemblant le maximum d'informations et de savoir faire.

L'enseignement du département Santé
Le département Santé se propose de donner à ses étudiants les éléments qui leur manquent pour exercer leur métier, lequel exige de remplir des fonctions scientifiques et de gestion de haut niveau, d'animer une équipe, un service ou un établissement pour le compte d'une institution locale, nationale ou internationale. L’enseignement est assuré par des professeurs des universités et des experts.

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> Université Senghor website

The Faculty of Health Sciences offers a 2-year post-basic Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree and an 18-month Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health programmes.

Mission
The mission of the Faculty of Health Sciences is to train a leadership cadre of community and public health practitioners who will be able to function adequately in sub-Sahara African countries as managers of community health projects, district health managers, coordinators of district level HIV/AIDS and disease prevention and control programmes. The training will focus on service in the rural areas, which are usually underserved by the health authorities in most of the least developed countries on the African continent.

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> Africa University website

AfriGrowth is a non-profit organization committed to enhancing growth in needy communities. Founded on the belief that one of the greatest challenges we face in the world today is poverty, we focus on eliminating poverty through our programs in Education, Health, Nutrition, and Tourism. Effective growth is multi-dimensional, and our programs are patterned in a multi-dimensional way to effectively enhance growth.

Our Goals and Objetives:
* To provide education as a means of enhancement and development.
* To provide surplus medical and educational supplies to recipients in need especially to low- income communities.
* To provide information to investors willing to support, establish, and build infrastructures in Africa.
* To create a resource center committed to strengthen and train non-profit organizations to be more efficient and knowledgeable in their areas of operation.
* To organize financial and economic seminars specifically to emphasis the need for “financial planning as an end to poverty”.

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> Afrigrowth Foundation website

The School of Medicine & Health has six divisions: Basic Medical Sciences, Pathology, Public Health, Clinical Sciences, Health Sciences, Nursing each division headed by Chairperson. Each Division is made of Disciplines each of which forms the basic academic unit of the School and is headed by a Discipline Head/Leader. The major programs run by the School include Medicine, undergraduate and postgraduate in which students are trained to become qualified doctors. The Health Sciences programs include, Medical Laboratory Sciences, Medical Imaging, Dental Therapy and Pharmacy. The Nursing Division offers Bachelors degree programs (in-service) in Nursing Administration, Community Health, Clinical Nursing. The Public Health Division in addition to their involvement in medical program and other programs run additional programs: Diploma in Community Health and Masters in Public Health.

The new Problem Based Learning (PBL) curriculum aimed at motivating self-directed learning is in its third year of implementation while Nursing, Health Sciences and Postgraduate curriculum are delivered by traditional mode of teaching and learning.

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> The School of Medicine & Health website

Mission of the Department of Community and Family Medicine: To provide leadership in, and to promote undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing education and research in community medicine, family medicine and other areas of public health.
To collaborate with Government, World Health Organization, other agencies and bodies locally and overseas in education, research and the further development of community and family medicine services.

The objectives of the Department are:
- To provide undergraduate medical education in community medicine and family medicine to the requirements of the Faculty of Medicine of the Chinese University of Hong Kong in co-operation with other Departments of the Faculty and the University;
- To provide postgraduate and continuing education;
- To undertake research, in collaboration with other agencies/organizations where appropriate;
- To provide quality services in community and family medicine.
Medical students who have completed the course in community and family medicine should have adequate academic knowledge of the subjects, an enthusiasm to continue to learn and an ability to apply the knowledge and skills in the practice of the profession and to have a good understanding of the importance of family and community in health care.

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> The Chinese University of Hong Kong website

The Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) is a non-profit organization supporting the advancement of safer communities and sustainable development, through implementing programs and projects that reduce the impact of disasters upon countries and communities in Asia and the Pacific, by:

• Developing and enhancing sustainable institutional disaster risk management capacities, frameworks and mechanisms, and supporting the development and implementation of government policies;
• facilitating the dissemination and exchange of disaster risk management expertise, experience and information; and
• raising awareness and enhancing disaster risk management knowledge and skills.
  

At the recommendation of UN Disaster Relief Organization (UNDRO) - now known as UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA) - ADPC was established in 1986 as an outreach activity of the Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok , Thailand , with the aim of strengthening the national disaster risk management systems in the region. In 1999, ADPC became an independent entity, which is governed and guided by a Board of Trustees (21 members representing 15 countries) and advised by a Regional Consultative Committee (29 members from 24 countries) and Advisory Council (56 members from a wide range of agencies, representing 16 countries).

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> The Asian Disaster Preparedness Center website

With a wealth of experiences and lessons learned over the years CRHP founded the Jamkhed Institute for Training and Research in Community Health and Population in 1992 in order to formalize the training that had been provided over the years. The training centre receives both national and international participants. To date, over 2,000 international (from over 100 countries) and 9,000 national health and development workers from government, non-government and faith-based organizations have been trained.

The Jamkhed Institute for Training and Research in Community-Based Health and Development offers a variety of training courses for individuals and organizations in the principles and applications of community-based primary health care and development. Courses currently available include short courses of 10 to 14 days tailor-made for organizations working in community-based primary health care. We welcome visiting residents and physicians interested in community-based health care to work at our secondary care hospital and clinics.

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> The Jamkhed Institute for Training and Research website

March, 2007:
MS-Training Centre for Development Cooperation in Eastern and Southern Africa

MS-TCDC is a non-profit making Training Centre for Development Cooperation in Eastern and Southern Africa. We are situated close to Arusha in Northern Tanzania.
Throughout the year different courses and workshops run concurrently in a lively international atmosphere promoting sharing of experience and cross cultural discussions. Excellent facilities together with a quiet and pleasant atmosphere make it an ideal place for reflection and learning.

Over the last 30 years MS-TCDC has gained rich experiences in training development workers, civil society organisations and their partners, donors and government agencies across the Eastern & Southern Africa region.

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> MS-Training Centre for Development Cooperation website

February, 2007:
University of Namibia: Faculty of Medical & Health Science

The University of Namibia is a university located in Windhoek, Namibia. Established by an act of Parliament on August 31, 1992, the university includes Colleges of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Economics & Management Science Education, Humanities and Social Science, Law, Medical & Health Science, and Science. The University of Namibia is the only institution to offer a doctorate in the study of the Nama language.

Welcome to the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences! The key mission of the faculty is to prepare academically and professionally qualified persons for the health needs of Namibia, and to render service, especially in the domains of preventive and curative health.

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> Faculty of Medical and Health Science website

January, 2007:
Ahfad University for Women: Family Health Centre

The Ahfad University for Women (AUW) is a private, non-sectarian university for women located in Omdurman, Sudan. Founded in 1966 with 23 students in one department, Family Sciences, AUW now has over 5,000 students and offers a five-year Bachelor's Degree in six undergraduate schools and a Master's Degree in two areas.

The goal of AUW is to prepare women to assume informed leadership roles in their families, communities and the nation. AUW works to achieve this goal by offering high quality instruction with emphasis on strengthening women's roles in national and rural development and achieving equity for women in Sudanese society.

Ahfad Family Health Centre was formally established in 1994 in collaboration with the United Nation Population Fund (UNFPA). The Centre promotes the health of the local community by providing quality comprehensive services (curative, preventive and promotive) to a defined population in the context of PHC strategies. Health education is provided at all levels based on the health status of the population.

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> Ahfad School of Family Sciences website

December, 2006:
National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, India

National Institute of Nutrition, founded in the year 1918, has attained global--recognition for its pioneering studies on various aspects of nutrition research, with special reference to protein energy malnutrition (PEM). Institute’s activities are broad-based, encompassing the whole area of food and nutrition. The Institute has achieved close integration in its research activities between the laboratory, the clinic and the community. The emphasis shifted to problem-oriented research, with a view to discovering practical solutions to nutrition problems that can be applied within the existing socio-economic framework.

Vision: To achieve optimal nutrition of vulnerable segments of population such as women of reproductive age, children, adolescent girls and elderly by 2020.

Mission: To enable food and nutrition security conducive to good health, growth & development and increase productivity through dedicated research, so as to achieve the national nutrition goals set by the government of India in the national nutrition policy.

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> National Institute of Nutrition website

November, 2006:
Walter Sisulu University, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa

Vision: The Faculty of Health Sciences endeavours to be a leading Faculty of Health Sciences in Africa, in Problem-Based Learning (PBL), Community-Based Educa-tion (CBE) and Community Partner-ships in order to improve the Quality of Life of all the people served.

Mission: The Faculty of Health Sciences is committed to excellence and social responsiveness through the integration of community service into its learning programmes that involve teaching and research, with a special emphasis on sustainable rural development and in partnership with communities and service providers.

Goals: To produce health professional in South Africa and beyond who:

• Are equipped with the necessary scientific and professional knowledge, skills and attitudes to deal with the health care problems of urban and rural communities, families and individuals;
• Are motivated to work in both urban and rural primary health care settings and who can find professional and personal satisfaction in such work;

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> Walter Sisulu University website

October, 2006:
Tanzanian Training Centre for International Health, Ifakara

History: The Health Training Centre in Ifakara has been in existence since 1961.
It was first known as Rural Aid Centre (RAC), thenas Medical Assistant Training Centre (MATC) and Clinical Officers' Training Centre (COTC). Ifakara is a unique “Centre of Excellence” in health that combines training, research and clinical practice in Africa.

Our Mission: To provide quality health training programmes, facilities and services for the strengthening of human resources in health.

Supporting Partners: The Tanzanian Training Centre for International Health (TTCIH) is supported by a non-profit Public Private Partnership between the Tanzanian Ministry of Health, the Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development and the Swiss Tropical Institute.
Its aim is to strengthen the institutional and financial self-reliance of the centre, as well as to ensure quality training, facilities and services. The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation has also made a substantial contribution to the renovation of the premises. At the TTCIH, we work closely with our two main neighbouring institutions, the Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre, and the St. Francis Designated District Hospital.

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> Tanzanian Training Centre website

September, 2006:
Galillee College: The International Management Training Institute in Israel

Galillee College - Israel, was founded in 1987 in order to impart higher education and advanced management techniques to transitional countries. This mission led the college to organize international management training courses for participants from more than 144 transitional and industrialized countries and additionally to conduct training courses in the countries themselves.

In addition to holding training courses in the Middle East, the College has operated training programmes in China, Thailand, Honduras, Guatemala, Trinidad and Tobago, Mexico, Philippines, Cyprus and Bolivia. Galillee College actively cooperates with other International institutions abroad in a wide variety of management training activities.

Galillee College today enjoys an international reputation as a leading management institute, which specialises in providing customised training to unique groups. To date over 5,000 senior managers, administrators and planners have graduated from the International Programmes at the College. Funding for the College's programmes comes from a variety of sources that include private foundations, international development agencies (governmental and non- governmental), the European Union, and private contributions.

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> Galillee College website

September, 2006:
The Centre of African Family Studies (CAFS), Nairobi, Kenya

An African Institution Serving Africa The Centre for African Family Studies (CAFS) is an African institution dedicated to strengthening the capacities of organi-sations and individuals working in the field of reproductive health, population and development in order to contribute to improving the quality of life of families in sub-Saharan Africa.
CAFS was founded by the International Planned Parenthood Federation - Africa Region (IPPFAR) and has been serving Africa since 1975. It is now a fully autonomous international non-governmen-tal organisation. CAFS operates from strategically located bases in East and West Africa, with headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, and a regional office in Lomé, Togo.

Building Skills in Reproductive Health To achieve its mission, CAFS conducts courses and provides research and consultancy services. Highly qualified professionals, who form a multi-disciplinary team within the fields of reproductive health and population and development, provide its services. The CAFS team reflects strong field experience and a profound knowledge of the African social and cultural environment.
CAFS' vision is to be a centre of excellence for training, research and technical assis-tance in reproductive health, population and development.

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> Centre of African Family Studies website

August, 2006:
Moi University Kenya: School of Public Health

Brief History: The School of Public Health (SPH) was established in October 1998 by the Moi University Council in recognition of the need for training high-level manpower in public health. The School's training programmes have been developed to meet Moi University's mission of producing skilled and practical health professionals who contribute to the realization of the country's national goals. The School thus seeks to provide high quality interdisciplinary training in public health for a range of health personnel, including policy makers, medical practitioners, academicians and researchers.

Purpose of the School: The School of Public Health is a postgraduate research-oriented training institution, which also offers professional public health services to the government, non-governmental agencies and communities. Whereas many countries in Africa, including Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Ghana have established institutes or schools of public health to address their manpower needs in the areas of public health, in Kenya, such training has largely been attainable in European and North American Universities at a very high cost. The Moi University's School of Public Health is currently the only purposely established institution in the country that offers opportunities for local training of public health professionals at postgraduate level, which is affordable, context specific and responsive to the country's needs

Mission and Vision: The mission of the School of Public Health is to promote improvements of health of the people of Kenya. The vision of the School is to become a regional and international centre for excellence in the training, research, practice and consultancy in public health.

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> Moi University website

July, 2006:
University of the Philippines Manila: College of Public Health

The University of the Philippines Manila (UPM) is one of the seven autonomous universities under the University of the Philippines System. Most of the 12 units that now compose UP Manila, started as independent units decades ago. In 1977, these units were grouped together with the establishment of the Health Sciences Center. In 1979, the Center was elevated to the status of an autonomous university and was renamed University of the Philippines Manila in 1983.
In 1987, a major reorganization was undertaken which transformed UPM's philosohy, mission, organizational structure, governance and academic programs to what they are now.

UP Manila currently has 9 degree granting units: The College of Allied Medical Professions, College of Arts and Sciences, College of Dentistry, College of Medicine, College of Nursing, College of Pharmacy, College of Public Health, National Teacher Training Center for Health Professions, and School of Health Sciences in Palo, Leyte.

The Extension Services and the Research Development Units of UP Manila enhance its goal of excellence as a center for academic training, research, development and rendering service to the Filipino, thus contributing to the development of the country. These are the Philippine General Hospital, the National Institutes of Health and the Office of the Ugnayan ng Pahinungod and Continuing Education.

Imbued with the spirit of collegiality, sharing of new ideas and skills, collaborating and complementing the individual, groups and sectors within and among the different academic units and fostering linkages with other institutions here and abroad, UP Manila is leading the way to the future.

Vision of the College of Public Health (CPH):
An outstanding, relevant and responsive institution of learning committed to the values of excellence, integrity and service to the Filipino people and the rest of South East Asia.

Mission of the College of Public Health:
The CPH-UPM shall constantly strive to become an outstanding and relevant institution of higher learning. Thus, it shall provide the highest quality of advanced instruction, professional education, training, basic applied research, and community services, thereby producing outstanding scholars, practitioners and leaders in health systems development. In this endeavor, equal importance to the content and process of health systems development will be given.

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> University of the Philippines website

June, 2006:
University of Debrecen, Ungary: School of Public Health

The University of Debrecen, like other integrated institutions of higher education in the country, was formed on January 1, 2000 by (re)uniting formerly independent institutions. Its historical roots reach back to the foundation of the Reformed College of Debrecen (1538), whose three academic sections later served as the base for the Hungarian Royal University of Sciences, created by Statute no. 36 in 1912. With this past of more than 450 years, the University of Debrecen is the oldest institution of higher education in continuous operation in Hungary based in the same city. Higher education in agriculture began in 1868, when the National Higher School of Agriculture was formed in Debrecen.

Solving regional, national and international problems of any kind requires broad-based efforts of many sectors relying on a wide range of disciplines. This is even more true for combatting health problems of populations the roots of which are intertwined and wide-ranging. Public health aims at the improvement of health, prolongation of life and improvement of the quality of life in populations by using a multidisciplinary theoretical approach translated into effective intersectorial practice. The Hungarian Government, recognising that these elements of effective public health can be implemented only by highly trained professionals, established the School of Public Health as an independent institute within the University of Debrecen financed in part by a World Bank loan. Postgraduate M.Sc. training in public health was launched in the School in September 1996 followed by launching an M.Sc. course in Environmental Health one year later. A Ph.D. programme in Preventive Medicine and Public Health started in September 1999, and M.Sc. courses in Quality Assurance and Improvement in Health Care, Health Promotion, Epidemiology are offered from September 2000.

The teaching staff of the school has been recruited on a national basis: distinguished lecturers of other universities as well as leading experts from national institutes of public health participate in the programmes in order to ensure the highest quality of postgraduate training. Accredited teaching laboratories of the School operate in four county offices of the National Public Health Service.

The School is a member of the Association of the Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER).

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> University of Debrecen website

May, 2006:
University of Hong Kong: Department of Community Medicine

In response to the SARS crisis and the recommendations of the SARS Expert Committee the university established the School of Public Health and the Public Health Research Centre inside of the Department of Community Medicine in 2004. The Master of Public Health (MPH) degree programmes were also introduced to address the continuing need for professional training in the public health sciences.

In the past 10 years the Department of Community Medicine has contributed significantly to the international literature and to health in the local population as highlighted below:
The department has a long history of tobacco control, advocacy and related research achieving international recognition. In 2005, Dr SM McGhee, Dr SY Ho, Dr M Schooling, et al, with Professor R Peto of Oxford University and Dr KH Mak of Department of Health were the first world-wide to report a dose-response relationship in the risk of death from stroke after exposure to second hand smoke and provided critical support for legislation on smoke-free policies in workplaces. (published in British Medical Journal).
The department has also a long history of research in environmental pollutants. In 2002 it was the first to demonstrate worldwide the independent effects of air pollutants on deaths from cardiopulmonary disease and benefits of interventions reported in the Lancet. It also reported the first study on dioxins and PCBs in breast milk in Hong Kong, jointly with Departments of Paediatrics and Community Medicine in Chinese University of Hong Kong, in a World Health Organization collaborative study.

Hong Kong has made remarkable gains in health, exemplified very low infant and maternal mortality, increase in life expectancy, and the elimination of many communicable diseases through the application of sound public health principles and practices. Although much has been achieved, an ageing population, growing prevalence of chronic diseases (cancer, heart disease), infectious diseases, smoking, changes in lifestyle and behaviour continue to present challenges to the public's health in Hong Kong in the 21st century.

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> University of Hong Kong website

April, 2006:
University of the Western Cape: Faculty of Community & Health Sciences

The Community and Health Sciences Faculty is concerned with the education and improvement of poor health and welfare services and conditions in Southern Africa. Our academic programmes educate learners in internationally recognised academic courses in a Southern African context. The University of the Western Cape has an explicit commitment to the development of historically disadvantaged communities in South Africa from which it draws most of its students. It aims to play a particular role in this development by making its education accessible to students from these communities.

The Faculty of Community and Health Sciences is a multi-disciplinary team committed to the promotion of a new vision of Health and Welfare Services. Both in the training and education it offers and in the professionals it produces it aims to advance the transformation of existing Health and Welfare Services in South Africa. The Faculty is committed to: A proactive approach to managing its own affairs as well as to the professional issues which it must address; The pursuit of excellence in education, research and community service; The generation of knowledge which amongst other things, addresses the realities, problems and needs of the community.

Its excellence in Community based Education has gained the Faculty full membership of the prestigious international Network: Towards Unity for Health (TUFH). The School of Public Health is designated a WHO Collaborative Centre for Research and Training in Human Resources for Health Development and continues with cutting edge research, service and training activities which impact on policy development service provision by governments and their agencies in the areas of nutrition, maternal and child health, HIV/AIDS and Health promotion.

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> Western Cape website

The University of Hawaii is comprised of 10 campuses throughout the state of Hawaii. The University of Hawaii at Manoa, the flagship campus, is located in Manoa Valley on the island of O'ahu. Founded in 1907 as a land-grant college of agriculture and mechanic arts, the College of Hawaii moved to its present location in 1912 and with the addition of the college of Arts and Sciences, the College of Hawaii become the University of Hawaii.

The Department of Public Health Sciences and Epidemiology was established in June 2000 within the Office of Public Health Studies located in the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) at the University of Hawaii. The Mission of the public health program is to provide a research-based education for health professionals and students entering the field; to conduct research activities with agencies dedicated to promoting healht and preventing disease, disability, and premature mortality; and to provide consultative and direct services to university, local, national and inter- national organizations. Currently the department offers specializations in epidemiology and social and behavioral health sciences.

The courses leading to the master of public health (MPH), master of science (MS) and the doctor of philosophy (PhD). Students in the master's program select an area to specialize in (epidemiology or social and behavioral health sciences) and must complete either the MS thesis degree program or the MPH non-thesis degree program.

The MPH and MS degree programs are accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health.

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La Facultad de Medicina, fundada en 1833, es una entidad en permanente renovación que está afrontando con energía las nuevas demandas educativas y científicas de Chile. La Escuela de Postgrado de la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile, fundada el 6 de octubre de 1954, tiene como misión formar profesionales de excelencia dispuestos a generar nuevos conocimientos, optimizar el uso de tecnologías de punta y potenciar la investigación clínica.

Esta institución ha aportado al país más de 9.000 especialistas y actualmente ofrece 61 Programas de Especialización Primaria y Derivada acreditados por la Asofamech, lo que equivale al 54% de la oferta nacional. A ellos acceden año a año, alrededor de 350 médicos.
En el postgrado se imparte también, desde 1983, el Programa de Magíster en Ciencias Médicas y Biológicas, que corresponden a los primeros grados académicos otorgados por la facultad y que hoy en día tienen un marcado carácter profesionalizante.
La escuela también desarrolla programas de Magíster que se llevan a cabo en conjunto con otras facultades de la corporación, incluido el de Bioética, Biofísica Médica y Psicología infanto-juvenil.

Asimismo, ofrece doctorados en Ciencias Biomédicas, Ciencias Médicas, Salud Pública, Nutrición y Farmacología, los dos últimos se generaron gracias a un trabajo interfacultades. Todos estos doctorados han sido aprobados por la Comisión Nacional de Acreditación de Postgrado (Conap).

En tanto, la institución, consciente de la necesidad de especialización permanente de los profesionales del área de la salud, ha generado programas de Educación Continua que tienen características específicas y extensiones horarias variables, los cuales se imparten en modalidad a distancia y con clases presenciales.

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The Huaxi (West-China) College of Public Health, Sichuan University is one of the most famous academic institutes in the fields of public health in China and it has a very long history, integrated subjects and abundant academic contributions.

The school offers two basic education programs for master degree and bachelor degree. The former comprises of five majors: Preventive Medicine, Sanitation, Health Business Management, Health Insurance and Medicine Business Administration and the latter six: Health Statistics and Epidemiology, Occupation & Environment Health, Nutrition and Food Hygiene, Hygiene Toxicology, Child and Adolescent & Maternal and Child Health, Social Medicine & Health Business Management.

The school has been engaged with remarkable achievements in the following domains: the discrimination methods and health effects of occupational endocrine disruptors, pneumoconiosis research, the evaluation and intervention of occupational stress, the health effects of physic factors at work spots, environmental Genetic toxicology, health statistics applying in epidemio-logy, chronic diseases epidemiology, AIDS epidemiology, nutrition and diseases, micro-ecology, the research of growth and its effect factors of children and adolescents, the health care strategies and measurements research of maternal and children and research of health relevant behaviors.

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Opened in 1991 as a fifth constituent of the federal set up of the University of Malawi, the College of Medicine is situated in the commercial city of Blantyre in the Southern Region of Malawi. Its main campus is located along Mahatma Gandhi road in the Mandala area, closeby the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital where its clinical departments are situated.

Currently the College has a student population of over 200 students. Intake at the first year level has increased in response to the big demand for doctors in the country. The college is now admitting students from Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Uganda and even Nigeria.

As a one faculty college, it offers a five year MBBS programme which is followed by an eighteen month internship conducted by College of Medicine Staff on behalf of the Medical Council of Malawi and in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Population either at the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital or at Lilongwe Central Hospital. It is however hoped that later in its development, the College will become multi-faculty in that it will accommodate pharmacy, physiotherapy and dentistry students. Plans for opening schools of pharmacy and, dentistry are advanced.

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The National Institute for Occupational Health is South Africa’s major centre for occupational health development, training, service support and research, with a staff of 90 people of whom half are scientists.

The National Institute for Occupational Health (NIOH) has existed in various forms since the 1950s. The South African Institute for Medical Research (SAIMR) was founded to study diseases in mine workers, particularly pneumoconiosis and tuberculosis. The delayed onset of these occupational diseases was recognised in relation to compensation and South Africa introduced post mortem examination of cardiorespiratory organs of all deceased miners and ex-miners. The need for expertise in occupational pulmonary pathology led to a pneumoconiosis unit being established within SAIMR to do both postmortems and research. This major statutory function of the NIOH, namely post mortem examination of the cardiorespiratory organs of all deceased miners and ex-miners for compensation and research purposes, continues half a century later to provide unique opportunities for advancement of global knowledge through service-based research, publication and training.

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Makerere University was established in 1922, while the medical school came into being a year later. Some thirty years later, preventive medicine was introduced as an academic discipline of health sciences in the medical school’s Department of Preventive Medicine. By 1974, the department had doubled in size and scope and eventually evolved into an Institute of Public Health. In 2000, the Institute was granted full autonomy and it became to be known as Makerere University Institute of Public Health (MUIPH), with four departments namely; Health Policy Planning and Management, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Disease Control and Environment Health and Community Health and Behavioural Science.

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FSM is a premier medical institute in the South Pacific educating Health Care Professionals since its establishment in 1885 as Suva Medical School to train vaccinators.

The institute has produced motivated and skilled health care professionals for the Pacific including several notable professionals serving in Pacific and overseas.

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The Mauritius Institute of Health (MIH) is an agency of the Ministry of Health and Quality of Life. It serves as the training and research arm of the ministry. It is located at Powder Mill, Pamplemousses in the premises of the SSRN Hospital.

The Mauritius Institute of Health aspires to respond to the needs of society through the excellence of its training programmes and through the provision of good quality operational research for health. These are carried out in co-operation with governmental, parastatal and international organisations, institutions and agencies.

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The Medical College was established in 1983 and enrols students in a five-year programme leading to the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree. It has to date conferred 1,044 degrees. The educational offerings in medicine range from a five-year bachelor's degree to a number of clinical postgraduate residencies.

The curricular objectives of the Medical College include clinical competence both in community settings and hospitals, as well as the assessment of health and prevention of disease in communities through the primary health care programmes that AKU monitors in a number of urban squatter settlements. Agreements with leading academic institutions, including Harvard University in the United States, McGill and McMaster Universities in Canada and Karolinska Institute in Sweden, have contributed to faculty and curriculum development. Recent affiliations are with the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada and University of Alabama, USA. These partnerships enable higher training and research, specifically in areas where such opportunities are not available in Pakistan.

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The University of the West Indies is a dynamic, international institution serving the countries of the Commonwealth Caribbean: Anguilla, Antigua/Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Christopher-Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago and the Turks and Caicos Islands.

The UWI is the region’s premier educational institution. Its faculties offer a wide range of undergraduate, masters and doctoral programmes in Humanities and Education, Pure and Applied Sciences, Science and Agriculture, Engineering, Law, Medical Sciences and Social Sciences. There is a strong emphasis on Caribbean issues making the UWI the ideal educational institution for local and international students with an interest in Caribbean society.

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The Health Centre (HC) of JUST which is located in the east corner of Yarmouk University at Irbid city was established in 1983 to provide medical service for students and employees.

HC is a teaching centre and is recognized by Jordan Medical Council as a training centre for the residency program of family medicine. The centre is also a training centre for the undergraduate fifth year medical, nursing, pharmacy and paramedical students.

Our main goal is to make the centre “A centre of Excellence for Family Medicine”.

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TMahidol University is one of the most prestigious universities in Thailand, recognized for its outstanding achievements in teaching, research and professional services.

The many different programs and activities of Mahidol University are all brought together by a unifying philosophy on education, as stated by Prince Mahidol, "True success is not in learning but in its applications for the benefit of mankind."

With continuing education programs, Mahidol University wishes to offer not only life-long, but also equitable quality education for all.

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The University of Cape Town (UCT) is South Africa's oldest university, and is one of Africa's leading teaching and research institutions.

The mission of UCT is to be an outstanding teaching and research university, educating for life and addressing the challenges facing our society.

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The National Institute of Public Health (INSP) contributes to elevating the population health levels through the production, reproduction, diffusion and use of scientific knowledge.

In this way the INSP integrates its combined efforts on various dimensions: molecular, cellular, individual and population studies; the objects of research represented by health conditions and the organized responses to those conditions; the biomedical, social and behavioral disciplines; the fundamental research activities, higher education and service; and finally in the scientific excellence of its research projects and participation in decision making in public health matters.

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Established in 1984 in Jaipur, IIHMR is the first of its kind in India, with attention solely focused on health systems management. Recognized by Department of Science & Technology , Ministry of Finance and Government of India as a Research Institution. Accredited to International Hospital Federation & Association of University Programmes in Health Administration.

The Institute undertakes training, research and consultancy in health management in close collaboration with international organizations and isntitutes.

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The University of Nairobi is the oldest in Kenya, it has grown through various phases to become a full-fledged University in 1970.

It also has a great variety of disciplines within its academic agenda, with full-fledged faculties in the Sciences, Medicine and Engineering and also Law, Commerce, Architecture, etc. There are research institutes in a wide variety of disciplines.

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The Peruvian University Cayetano Heredia (UPCH) is a private non-profit institution, with cultural and scientific excellence and is considered in Peru to be the university with the highest reputation in medicine, public health and other related health sciences training and research. Its efforts are directed at promoting changes in society and contributing to the process of scientific, political, economic, cultural and social development of Peru and the Andean Region. From its foundation in 1961, UPCH has carried out an important role in the development of the Public Health in the country.

The University is orientated to Sciences, Medicine, Health and Education. It has 6 Faculties and a Post-graduate School and is distinguished by its international and national recognition.

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The Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST) is an Institute of National Importance established by an Act of the Indian Parliament. It is an autonomous Institute under the administrative control of the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.

The Institute has the status of a University and offers postdoctoral, doctoral and postgraduate courses in medical specialties, public health, nursing, basic sciences and health care technology.

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The Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences (MUCHS) was established in July 1991 when the then Faculty of Medicine was upgraded to a College.

The Mission of the College is as defined by the act establishing the University College:
To provide in Tanzania a place of learning, education, research in health sciences and through these provide a service of a quality required and expected of a university institution of the highest standard. To prepare students through regular and professional courses in the fields of health and allied health sciences for degrees, diplomas, certificates and other awards of the University of Dar es Salaam and for any diplomas, certificates and other awards offered at the College.

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The biggest biomedical research institution in Latin America and one of the most respected in the world, Fiocruz, an organism linked to the Brazilian Ministry of Health, completes its centenary with the conviction to have kept the dream of its founder alive.

A multi-purpose and multidisciplinary center for experimental medicine, the institution plays a role of high social relevance in the country.

Its broad range of activities includes basic and clinical research, development of technologies, production of vaccines, reagents and drugs, building of human resources, quality control, provision of health services and active participation in the formulation of the national health policies.

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AMREF is an independent non-profit, non-governmental organization (NGO) whose mission is to improve the health of disadvantaged people in Africa as a means for them to escape poverty and improve the quality of their lives.

Founded in 1957, AMREF has its headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, and has country offices in Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda. It has field offices in Ethiopia and Mozambique and major projects in Rwanda, Somalia and southern Sudan.

AMREF has defined six priority areas for intervention: HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis, malaria, safe water and environmental sanitation, family health, clinical outreach, disaster management and emergency and response, and training and development of health learning materials.

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The International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B), is an international health research institution located in Dhaka.

In collaboration with partners from academic and research institutions throughout the world, the Centre conducts research, training and extension activities as well as programme-based activities outlined in separate leaflets in the folder.

Since 1978, the Centre has shared its knowledge and techniques by training more than 20,000 health professionals from over 78 countries. Various courses provide practical training in hospital management of diarrhoeal diseases, epidemiology, biostatistics, family planning, demographic surveillance, child survival strategies, etc.

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