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SMDP works to improve the effectiveness of
public health programs by strengthening
management training capacity in the developing
world.
"All public health interventions ultimately
depend on the management skills of public health
workers. The shortage of basic management
competencies among today's public health
workforce is perhaps the single most important
barrier to making lasting improvements in public
health throughout the world."
MIPH Course , Class of 2004
-Dr. Michael
Malison, Director SMDP
The
SMDP NEWS is published quarterly,
and distributed to all MIPH graduates and
interested others. Graduates are encouraged
to support the SMDP NEWS by
sending articles, photos, and updates on
their activities. (PDF File)
Hanoi Conference Video (New!) SMDP has produced a 15-minute video capturing highlights of the Hanoi Conference, March 8-13, 2004.
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SMDP and University of Guam recognized as CDC Minority Health Champions
Lori Duenas (MIPH '00)
and Ulla Craig
SMDP and the University of Guam (UoG) have received the prestigious 2004 CDC
Minority Health Mentors/Champions.. more
Josef Amann, M.D., M.P.H., Joins SMDP as Technical Advisor Josef Amann, MD, MPH, joined SMDP in July 2004 on a two-year assignment from
Emory University. Josef will focus on SMDP activities affiliated with the CDC's
Global AIDS Pr.. more
Praise from participants attending SMDP's Conference in
Hanoi, Vietnam, on Strengthening Global Public Health Management Training
Capacity "The Conference produced extraordinary results…. Many of
the experiences and ideas we (can) accept and use in our work. And those
ideas when are placed together results not in a simple sum but the whole
concept is in progress. All that happened makes me more interested in my own
professional tasks, my working batteries are now full and I am happy to
continue the project in Istria county and in Croatia."
Mrs. Sonja Grozic-Zivolic (MIPH '02) |
Dr. Wade Hanna of CDC and Mrs. Sonja Grozic-Zivolic (MIPH '02) talk
during a break following her presentation on Istria's Healthy County
project. |
"Hanoi was wonderful. Being together with all these people
from all over the world, everyone with the same goal: improving the delivery
of health services. Cannot help but think about throwing a stone into a big
lake and watching the rings go farther and farther. "I was also surprised
to find Vietnam so 'open' - coming in and going out seem easier than coming
and going to the US. It is certainly worthwhile and I will become a good
advocate for Vietnam, especially with all my European cousins and friends
who have no idea how lovely this country is and how far they have come in
the last 10 years."
Dr. Ulla-Katrina Craig, University of Guam
"This was an educational visit for me and an important learning
opportunity. I am once again thankful to SMDP-CDC and the whole team for its
technical, financial and the moral support for this valuable visit. I am
looking forward to seek more advice and guidance from you all for some
exciting yet challenging initiatives coming on my way."
Dr. Syed Muhammad Israr (MIPH '01), Pakistan Best
Practices from the Hanoi Conference
At the end of each day during the SMDP global conference, participants
discussed key lessons learned from the presentations. These discussions led
to the creation of a Best Practices document for public health management
capacity building, downloadable here as
a PDF file. |
Dr. Syed Muhammad Israr (MIPH '01), Pakistan, and Dr. Ehud Miron (MIPH
'97) chat during the conference welcome reception. |
SMDP 2003 Progress Report to the Global AIDS Program - The first SMDP report to CDC's Global AIDS Program (GAP) is
now available online, covering work in seven GAP-focus countries from 2001 to
2003. Sixty MIPH graduates reside in GAP countries; 28 of them sponsored by GAP.
The report outlines SMDP's involvement with GAP in Botswana, Cambodia, Cote
d'Ivoire, Malawi, Uganda, Vietnam, and Zambia, and provides a status report on
applied learning projects-- an integral part of SMDP's public health management
training program. (PDF File)
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This page last reviewed: October 29, 2004
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