Thursday, August 26, 2010

News from the USAID Global Health eLearning Center




We are pleased to share with you new developments at the USAID Global Health eLearning Center. Please log in soon to see and experience them for yourself!

New home page

Announcing: Certificate Programs

Certificate Programs have been developed to help you focus your learning with a more comprehensive study of key topics in global health. You can earn a certificate in a variety of global health focus areas by successfully completing all courses within one area. As of August 2010 the Certificate Programs include:

* Child Survival
* Cross-Cutting Topics
* Family Planning and Reproductive Health
* Gender and Health
* Health Systems
* HIV/AIDS
* Infectious Diseases
* Maternal Health
* Neonatal Health

Certificates Programs will be expanded as new courses are developed. After logging in, visit the ‘Your Home’ page to see what progress you have already made towards a certificate)!

(Please note that these certificates do not apply to university or college degrees and do not automatically provide continuing medical education credits for health professionals.)

PEPFAR courses

PEPFAR eLearning courses offer state-of-the-art technical and programmatic information to USG staff, implementing partners, and national HIV/AIDS program staff around the world. The goal of the PEPFAR eLearning initiative is to expand the reach, use, and usefulness of critical guidance through courses that combine technical content with program principles, best practices, and case studies. Courses provide concrete examples and stimulate thinking about ways the principles and best practices can be used to solve problems in the field. PEPFAR eLearning courses are developed by a team of experts from PEPFAR agencies and their implementing partners.

The present menu of courses focuses on topics relevant to Strategic Information. Future courses will include topics from across all PEPFAR technical areas. Each course has a defined target audience, which may include both technical and programmatic staff from USG agencies as well as well as implementing partners, national HIV/AIDS program staff, and other collaborators.

Monday, August 23, 2010

Peoples-uni second semester 2010 open for enrolment‏

Semester 2, 2010 is now open for enrolment for new and returning students from developing countries, and will start on September 20th. If you are a potential student, please go to http://peoples-uni.org where you will see enrolment forms for new and returning students. If you are a new student, please note that a requirement for enrolment is to go to 'Are you ready for Peoples-uni?' which you will find at http://courses.peoples-uni.org/course/category.php?id=30, and to send us an email confirming that you are ready to enrol. New modules this semester include 'Evaluation of Interventions', 'Public Health Ethics', and 'Non-Communicable Diseases - CVD and Diabetes'.

Sunday, August 15, 2010

Tunstall Healthcare Awarded Framework Agreement from Buying Solutions

Tunstall Healthcare has been awarded a framework agreement for the supply of telecare, telehealth and telecoaching equipment and services to local authorities and NHS organisations. The new framework agreement was awarded by Buying Solutions, the national procurement partner for all UK public services and part of the Efficiency and Reform Group within the Cabinet Office. read more

Medical News: Remote Monitoring Benefit Affirmed in Heart Failure - in Cardiovascular, CHF from MedPage Today

Keeping an eye on heart failure patients with remote monitoring technology between visits can improve outcomes, according to a Cochrane review.

All-cause mortality in heart failure patients fell with telemonitoring (RR 0.66, P=0.08), found Sally C. Inglis, BHSc, of Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute in Melbourne, Australia, and colleagues.

Heart failure-related hospitalizations dropped with both telemonitoring (RR 0.79, P=0.008) and structured telephone support (RR 0.77, P=0.0001),Cochrane Library ...(read more from Medpage Today)

Medical News: Remote Monitoring Benefit Affirmed in Heart Failure - in Cardiovascular, CHF from MedPage Today