News Archive - 2010
IANPHI bids farewell to Secretary-General Pekka Jousilahti, who has resigned his position as of the end of August. »
In an ongoing effort to build human capacity and provide a career path for pubic health professionals, IANPHI announced in May two new mentor-mentee pairs in the IANPHI Mentorship Program »
For the first time in its four-year history, IANPHI is proposing a fee for membership to IANPHI, most of which will cover the cost of the annual meeting beginning in 2012. »
A multidisciplinary task force representing key stakeholders from the Malawian government, the donor community, and IANPHI is outlining the key functions of a proposed national public health institute. »
WHO Director-General Margaret Chan is joining IANPHI in encouraging governments to consider NPHIs as a way to develop sustainable public health systems. »
IANPHI and the World Health Organization (WHO) have formalized their partnership in a Letter of Exchange signed by IANPHI President Jeff Koplan and Tim Evans. »
Public health decision makers from nine countries and several representatives from high level regional institutions have begun outlining a plan to create a South American Network of National Institutes of Health. »
IANPHI has approved more than $276,000 (USD) in funding for new research seed grants and short-term projects designed to strengthen public health research, public health systems, and evidence-based decision-making in five member institutes. »
Amabelia Rodrigues, president of Guinea-Bissau's INASA, an IANPHI member institute, has been chosen to attend the 2010 International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases (ICEID) in Atlanta as part of its 2010 Leaders Program sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. »
Long-time IANPHI supporter Stephen Blount is named U.S. CDC's associate director for health development. »
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control has nominated Marc Sprenger to become its new director. Dr. Sprenger is currently director-general (CEO) of the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) in Bilthoven, the Netherlands. »
The 8th Annual Jeffrey P. Koplan Global Leadership in Public Health Lecture »
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has had a profound impact on accelerating progress in addressing global infectious disease challenges and has contributed to national and global public health capacity-building by supporting IANPHI. This initiative emphasizes innovative approaches to creating or strengthening national public health institutes around the world, with a particular emphasis on sub-Saharan Africa and South and Southeast Asia. »
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UNASUR aims to establish a South American national public health network. »
UK will host conference March 10-12. »
Patricia Garcia, former chief of Peru's National Health Institutes, encourages local and global public health collaborations. See Lancet article. »