GHDonline: Professionals join in communities for better health outcomes worldwide

An estimated 25,000 participants from all over the world are heading to the XVII International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference in Mexico starting this weekend. For over 20 years, the conference has provided a forum for participants to learn from colleagues. Now, there is a new tool, GHDonline, that allows colleagues to keep the conversation going long after the conference has ended.

GHDonline is home to the Global Health Delivery project’s “Communities of Practice.” On GHDonline, global health implementers can quickly share proven practices, connect with colleagues, and find resources they need to improve health outcomes.

Launched to a core group of partners a month ago, GHDonline is free and easy-to-use. In-depth discussions on topics ranging from Community Health Workers (CHW) to disposable respiratory protection masks are already underway. To see what your colleagues are talking about and start contributing to the discussion, click on one of the titles below, or visit GHDonline to learn more and join.
- Should CHWs handle patients’ ARV or should patients do this on their own? What does it mean for DOT?

- CHWs in Malawi: How can mobiles facilitate patient care?

- Has anybody built or used a wireless router that is solar powered?

- What is an ideal computer for a rural health facility?

- How long can one use a disposable respiratory protection masks?

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About Jim Yong Kim

Believing that global health delivery is an urgent area of investment, Jim Yong Kim, M.D., Ph.D., established the Global Health Delivery Project in 2007 with Paul Farmer, MD, and Professor Michael Porter, while Chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Chief of the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Director of the Francois Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Right. Kim directed the World Health Organization’s HIV/AIDS Department where he oversaw an effort to scale-up global ARV services from 2003 to 2005. With Farmer, he co-founded the nonprofit Partners in Health. In 2003 he received a MacArthur Foundation "genius" grant; in 2005 he was recognized as one of America's Best Leaders; and in 2006 he was listed as one of the 100 most influential people by TIME Magazine. In 2009 Kim became the 17th President of Dartmouth University.

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