USAID’s MEASURE Evaluation Project is pleased to announce an international workshop on “Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Applications in Public Health,” for English speaking professionals. The workshop is sponsored by the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), New Delhi, India in collaboration with MEASURE Evaluation. This 5-day course will be held October 8 – 12, 2012 in New Delhi, India.
Taught in English, the course is designed for mid-level health and population officers, program managers, and other professionals involved with the implementation of population, health and nutrition programs. Participants should be involved with analysis of health and population related data for delivery of health services or teaching and training. The workshop will cover the concept of GIS, Use of GIS in Public Health, Preparing databases for GIS, and preparing GIS output from data, and application of GIS software.
The total course fee for the workshop is US$2,200. The total course fee includes the workshop tuition, accommodation, partial board (breakfast daily and lunch on weekdays), and round-trip airport transfers. These costs do not include airfare, visa fees, or other expenses.
Applications must be submitted to PHFI by September 7, 2012.
A limited number of MEASURE Evaluation fellowships are available to qualified candidates from USAID-assisted countries in the Asia, Middle East and Eastern Europe regions.
Please find a brochure and application materials attached. This announcement is not only intended to serve as a means of informing you of the availability of the program, but also to ask for referrals of applicants. We would appreciate your forwarding this announcement to potential applicants.
For more information, contact the PHFI : email: metraining@phfi.org
or fax: +91 11 49566024, +91 11 49566063
or by clicking the following URL: http://phfi.org/component/jcalpro/view/87/456
You can also visit MEASURE Evaluation's website at : www.cpc.unc.edu/measure click on "training"
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