The Public Health Leadership and Implementation Academy for Noncommunicable Diseases

Using mHealth to Predict Noncommunicable Diseases: A Public Health Opportunity for Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Ellen Rosskam, MPH, PhD; Adnan A Hyder, MPH, MD, PhD 1ER Global Consult, La Croix-de-Rozon, Switzerland 2Visiting Professor, School of Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA, United States 3Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of International Health, Health Systems Program, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States 4Bloomberg School of Public Health, Int...

Health leadership training academy tackles worst first.

Fostering public health leadership.

The crescendo of seemingly intractable threats to our global well-being has prompted a call for more leaders in public health. Indeed, many highly motivated and well-intentioned individuals seem poised to respond. But as aspiring public health leaders prepare for action, there is a marked dearth of proven and tested teachings, models and frameworks to guide them. With relatively little public h...

Noncommunicable diseases.

From the Departments of Epidemiology and Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston (D.J.H.); the Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi (K.S.R.); and the World Heart Federation, Geneva (K.S.R.). Address reprint requests to Dr. Hunter at the Departments of Epidemiology and Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02115, or at [email protected]...

The Management Academy for Public Health: the South Carolina experience.

In the late 1990s, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) was faced with the challenges of a workforce that was not prepared in public health; the impending loss of significant agency expertise, leadership, and institutional knowledge through retirement; the lack of available and accessible training; and continuing state budget cuts. Preparedness for bioterro...