Category: Ghana

From Clifton Road to Africa

About the authors: Fabien Diomandé, MD, MSc, medical epidemiologist, is stationed in Burkina Faso to work with the WHO Africa Bureau and local health authorities and Ryan Novak, PhD, epidemiologist, is based in Atlanta and supports meningitis activities in Africa. In Africa, more than 90 percent of meningitis cases during epidemics are caused by Neisseria meningitidis Read More >

April 15, 2013 by Fabien Diomandé, MD, MSc and Ryan Novak, PhD1 Comment

Archive, child health, immunization, women's/maternal health

Africa, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Mali, meningitis, Niger, Nigeria

20th Anniversary of the CDC Sustainable Management Development Program

Season’s Greetings! As we come to the close of 2012 and embrace 2013, I wanted to reach out and let you know that CDC has reached an important milestone in training global health leaders. We’re celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Sustainable Management Development Program (SMDP) — a program that CDC developed in 1992 to Read More >

December 27, 2012 by Elizabeth H Howze, ScD, CHES3 Comments

Archive, child health, health systems strengthening, HIV/AIDS, women's/maternal health

Africa, Asia, Azerbaijan, Botswana, Ethiopia, Georgia, Ghana, Malawi, Morocco, Nigeria, Rwanda, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia