An urgent need to align efforts and share knowledge

Now more than ever is the time to align efforts, learn from experiences and share knowledge if we are to improve the health of populations in resource-limited settings and reach international targets such as the Millennium Development Goals.

Read more on this from our director Rebecca Weintraub, M.D.  in TropIKA.net, a platform for the acquisition, review and sharing of current information, priority needs and major research gaps in the field of infectious diseases of poverty by The Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR, a program sponsored by the World Health Organization, the United Nations, and the World Bank).

UpToDate grant: last week to apply!

Deadline for this program is fast-approaching: May 3, 2010 so we invite all clinicians and medical providers in resource-limited settings to apply to the UpToDate International Grant Subscription this week on GHDonline.org!

You can also read more about this GHD-UpToDate collaboration in the Boston Globe, Business section, Science & Innovation: Second opinions, anywhere – Collaboration hopes to link doctors in developing countries to a digital network of support, expertise.

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