Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to inform you that the registration to the International Health Management programmes now opened and to invite you to recommend or nominate candidates for one of the programmes.

* Crisis and Mass Disaster Management for the Health Sector (August 2008)
* Health Systems Management (November 2008)
* Management of Human Resources in the Health Sector (December 2008).

Kindly note a limited number of TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS available for participants form transitional countries depended on admission and acceptance.

Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the registration process for the POLHN 030 Introduction to Disease Surveillance and Outbreak Investigation, a POLHN course for nurses, physicians, and any other health care worker responsible for surveillance or outbreak response on a local or national level is now open. We would like to invite you to send us your registration forms using the attached registration form by COB 30 June 2008. The course will run from 28 July 2008 to 05 September 2008 (Six weeks).

Kindly be informed of the following:

Criteria for Candidate selection:

Dear Colleagues,

I just received social health insurance training course brochure for 2008 to be organized in Seoul from 17-27 June 2008 as attached. I will also send you its hard copies, when I will receive them in the office. Please, share the information with your counterparts. As usual, Korea will bear all costs in the country. Therefore, participants need to bear only round-trip airtickets as indicated in the brochure. The responsible person for this course in Korea is Ms Heejin-Lim, whose contact address is given below. Please, don't hesitate to communciate with her directly.

Dear colleagues,

Attached please find the prospectus and registration forms for the 2008 international ICD-10 course in Brisbane, Australia. For the first time this year, we have added an additional week prior to the regular introductory course designed as a train the trainer session. The full three week program will run from 23 June-11 July 2008 and participants can select the week or weeks suitable to their needs.

Course Announcement

POLHN PA 215 Pharmacy Practice (Part I)
Begins 7 April 2008 ONLINE

The PA215 Pharmacy Practice unit is offered in two parts over semesters 1 & 2 of the Fiji School of Medicines year calendar. This unit is an accredited undergraduate course towards a Bachelor of Pharmacy or a Pharmacy Technician Diploma or a Diploma in Pharmacy.

Dear All,

Happy New Year 2008!

Subject: 10th APNG Camp Fellowships

*The 10th APNG Camp will be held in Bangkok, Thailand from 11-15 August 2008. Each applicant is required to submit an *application form* according to the format provided on APNG website and submit a *two page paper* on his/her work along with the presentation material, in the working group that he/she is interested in.

The details on fellowship program and call for papers are available at:
*Fellowship: * http://www.apng.org/10thfellowship.htm
*Call for Papers:* http://www.apng.org/10thcfp.htm

Fulbright Scholarship and Humphrey Fellowship Announcement

The US Embassy in Suva is pleased to announce Fulbright Scholarship and Humphrey Fellowship opportunities for the 2009-2010 academic year are now open to citizens of the following eligible Pacific island states: Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.

More information is posted at http://suva.usembassy.gov/fullbright_and_humphrey_scholarships

Fulbright Scholarships:

Dear Colleagues,

Announcing the commencement of registration for the 2008 Pacific Open Learning Health Net Course - POLHN 018 Immunology. This course begins 11 February 2008 ONLINE. For more information view course flyer, CLICK HERE.

Thank you.

Amanda Kathleen

Pacific Open Learning Health Net
World Health Organization
South Pacific Office
Downtown Boulevard, Suva, Fiji Islands

Postal Address: P. O. Box 113, SUVA
Tel: (+679) 323 4100
Fax: (+679) 323 4144

Pacific Paramedical Training Centre
Training Courses 2008

The Pacific Paramedical Training Centre is pleased to be able to provide you with the schedule of courses which are going to be held here at the PPTC in Wellington during 2008.

Health Sector Management Programmes - Tuition Scholarships
Galillee College, Israel

Announcing the commencement of registration for the 2008 Galilee College international programmes for the Health Sector.

* Health Systems Management - April 24 - May 12, 2008; November 6 - 24, 2008.
* Community Based Prevention, Management and Treatment of HIV & AIDS - April 24 - 12, 2008.