Vol. 17, No. 2	July 1996

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), in conjunction with the University of Technology (UTech) in Kingston, Jamaica, is sponsoring an electronic mail (E-Mail) Course in Epidemiology and Biostatistics. The program will take place during the 1996 Summer Session of UTech. The curriculum includes: Introduction to Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Public Health Surveillance and Emergency Health Management after Natural Disasters. The software EpiInfo 6.03 and Biostat are being used for training exercises. Seventeen pharmacy students from UTech, four health personnel from the Ministry of Health (Jamaica) and six employees of the PAHO (Jamaica Office) will be online during the course. After a four-day introductory period during which students will become familiar with equipment, procedures, and basic course concepts, lectures will be transmitted principally from the Pan American Organization Headquarters in Washington D.C.; one module will be transmitted from the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada.

Further information is available from:

Carlos Castillo-Salgado, M.D.,
Project Manager and Coordinator of Health Situation Analysis Program, SHA,
Pan American Health Organization,
525 Twenty-third rd. Street N.W.,
Washington, D.C., 20037.
Tel. (202)-861-3327;
Fax (202) 861-5230
E-mail: sha@paho.org

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