Health Systems Development Course
Today brought with it the last session for the 2013/14 Health Systems Development cohort. The WHO CC congratulates their work and efforts over the year and wish the cohort the best
Visit from AL Mustansiriyah University
Associate Deans of Al Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Professor Sadik Al Hammash and Assistant Professor Husseein Mahmood Ghazi will be visiting with a team to Imperial College London and hospitals such
Students exchange programme with King Saud University
Stemming from an MoU signed between King Saud University (KSU) and Imperial College London last year followed by a high level Imperial College London delegation (Professor Salman Rawaf, Professor Azeem
AMAR Foundation Conference – ‘Health in Iraq’
The WHO Collaborating Centre for Public Health Training and Education participated in the 3 day conference organised by AMAR foundation entitled ‘Health in Iraq’ in March 2014, which was held
WHO CC welcomes a new Fellow
The WHO Collaborating Centre welcomes Dr Turki Al Moammar from Saudi Arabia. His areas of interest are clinical attachments in GP clinics, research, teaching skills and administrative aspects of the
Advanced Leadership and Management Course
WHO Collaborating Centre is working in project partnership with UNICEF. The aim is to deliver on Advanced Leadership and Management Course in Nairobi for various Somali Government representatives. The course
7th Advanced Academic Training Course
WHO Collaborating Centre for Public Health Education and Training will run its 7th Advanced Academic Training Course in September 2014. This 4-week-long course is addressed to Medical schools lecturers and
Visit to King Saud University (KSU)
A delegation from Imperial College London’s School of Public Health comprised of Professor Elio Riboli-Director, School of Public Health, Professor Azeem Majeed-Head of Primary Care and Public Health Department, Professor
WHO CC welcomes two new Honorary Senior Lecturers
The WHO CC is pleased to announce Dr Talha Al-Shawaf and Dr Wieam Ahmad as Honorary Senior Lecturers for the Centre.
WHO CC training course on Advanced Academic Skills
On the 3rd Of February, the WHOCC and the Department of Primary Care and Public Health will be welcoming their next wave of Academic Delegates from around the world, to
The Lancet Series on “Health in the Arab world: a view from within”
Professor Rawaf, attended the launch of The Lancet Series on “Health in the Arab world: a view from within” at the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, London, on January 20, 2014.
October 2013
"Strengthening health systems for treating tobacco dependence in primary care": A major publication by WHO Geneva on treating tobacco dependence. The first draft of the four-part training package "Strengthening
Visitors from Iraq
On 22 April 2013, the WHO Collaborating Centre for Public Health Education and Training, welcomed a group of senior academics from Iraq to Imperial College London. Ranging from medicine, pharmacy,
King Saud University (KSU) delegation
June 2013 As the largest Higher Education Centre in Saudi Arabia, KSU, located in the capital city of Riyadh, goes back in history more than fifty years, displaying principal focus
Athena SWAN Success: Elizabeth Dubois
June 2013 The British Federation of Women Graduates (BFWG) holds a ‘Research Presentations Day’ each year where women postgraduate students are invited to give short presentations of their research work.
January 2013
In January, staff from the Centre also successfully published ‘Diabetes or war? Limb amputation in Lebanon 2007’ in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. They welcomed a new member to