The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, in collaboration with the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Clinical Bioethics, are pleased to offer a one year training program in research ethics for scientists and professionals from sub-Saharan Africa.

This training program is supported by the Fogarty International Center, U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). The training program will provide funding for Afr more...

The conference invites practitioners and other experts from related communities of practice: urban development, housing, local economic development, enterprise development, microfinance, value chain development, livelihood security and social enterprise.

Together we will: Learn basic frameworks and vocabulary from different communities of practice Share perspectives and strategies for addressing urban poverty Explore opportunities and challenges for using value chain development to help era more...

The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Extramural Research (OER) has posted its new Web site and on-line reporting tool, RePORT. This is a must-see Web site, offering a valuable tool for those searching for data and analyses of NIH research programs and activities, as well as links to CRISP, a glossary of reporting terminology, FAQs, and so much more. This new site will soon replace the current OER Award Information and Data Web site with a new look, more links to commonly search more...

UNICEF and the Graduate Program in International Affairs at The New School present a three-day international conference on Rethinking Poverty: Making Policies that Work for Children. This is the fourth International Conference organized by UNICEF and the GPIA.

For full conference information or to register go to www.equityforchildren.org.


UNICEF and the Graduate Program in International Affairs (GPIA) at The New School will be jointly hosting a conference at The New School, in New York, more...

This site provides a vast library of medical education resources. While many of these resources were added in the last several years, the associated links lead visitors to increasingly current information. Regardless, these medical training materials are contemporary and useful to anyone entering the medical field.

In this project local communities in Mozambique and South Africa address issues of malaria, youth unemployment and HIV/SIDA. They (re-)discover local and global knowledge, experiences and wisdom in these areas. They use information and communication technology to develop their own contents and learning tools, which support their individual and collective learning processes. They use local (tele-)centers and transform them into places of meaningful learning and community-building. At all stages t more...

IYD is a non-partisan, non-profit organization that promotes a comprehensive message to youth in the U.S. and around the world to avoid five harmful risk behaviors that are inextricably linked: alcohol, drugs, sex, tobacco and violence. IYD believes that children and teens, provided with consistent and sound messages, are capable of making the choice to avoid these risk behaviors altogether, especially if they are empowered by strong parent and family connections.

Overview of the e-Learning for health thrust of the National Telehealth Center of the University of the Philippines in Manila

The Kaiser Video Library is a free, online service for journalists around the world who report on public health issues. The goal of the video library is to provide television reporters and filmmakers -- particularly in low and middle income countries -- with another tool to accomplish their work. The library provides rights-free cover footage related to HIV/AIDS. Generic cover footage is also included.

The clip reels are organized by region, and within each clip reel there are sub-categories more...

"Livelihoods Assessment and Analysis" is the fourth of a series of food security e-learning courses, with related training resources, produced by the EC-FAO Food Security Programme. This course introduces the concept of livelihoods and the components of the livelihoods framework. It also provides guidance on assessing livelihoods in different food security contexts and on selecting and interpreting livelihoods indicators. It is completely self-paced and is available free of charge online or on C more...