K4Health eLearning Toolkit - updated: July 2013
Global Health eLearning Sites
(all sites are in English unless otherwise specified)
Organization/Site
name
Cost
# of
courses
URL
Target Audience
Description
GHeL/PEPFAR
eLearning
http://www
.globalhealt
hlearning.or
g
Health sector staff
at USAID missions
around the world
as well as staff at
USAID/Washingto
n, at cooperating
agencies , and
other partners
Free
55
Since 2005, USAID’s Global Health eLearning (GHeL)
Center, developed by MSH and managed by K4Health,
has provided access to over 72,000 registered learners on
the latest program guidance on a variety of health and
development technical areas. The vast majority (over
80%) of all learners come from developing countries.
With such a large learner base and over 120,000
certificates of completion, GHeL has been a pioneer and
leader in the field of eLearning, providing effective
eLearning opportunities to large numbers of learners
around the world for almost a decade. Redesigned in
March 2013.
Johns Hopkins
Center for Clinical
Global Health
Education
http://main.
ccghe.net/C
CG/distance
Health care
providers and
researchers in
resource-limited
communities
Free
15
The Johns Hopkins Center for Clinical Global Health
Education (CCGHE) is a center of excellence supporting
clinical care and research training in resource-limited
communities. In response on our partners’ needs, we
collaborate to build educational programs, in-country
clinical support tools and distance learning infrastructure
that strengthen capacity. We leverage the extensive
ongoing international, collaborative research and training
programs at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and
the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and
the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing.
The Johns Hopkins CCGHE develops and leverages a
broad range of innovative information communication
technologies (ICT) to support our mission, including e-
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learning, telemedicine, video conferencing, social media
and mobile health applications.
JHSPH
OpenCourseWare
http://ocw.j
hsph.edu/in
dex.cfm
Scholars across
disciplines around
the world
Free
111
Open Course Ware (OCW) makes Johns Hopkins School of
Public Health course materials used in the teaching of
actual courses freely and openly available on the Web.
JHSPH OCW is a collection of the course materials that
support a JHSPH education. Educators are encouraged to
use the materials for curriculum and lecture
development, students can augment their current
learning by making use of the materials offered, and
independent learners are encouraged to draw upon the
JHSPH OCW for personal enrichment and study. Course
materials offered on the JHSPH OCW website may be
used, copied, distributed, translated and modified under
the terms of the Creative Commons AttributionNonCommercial-ShareAlike license.
HRH Global
Resource Center
http://www
.hrhresourc
ecenter.org/
elearning/in
dex.php
Human resources
for health, health
informatics, and
health service
delivery
professionals
Free
CDC Learning
Connection
http://www
.cdc.gov/lea
rning/index.
html
Public health
learners
Free
CDC Learning Connection (CDC LC) is a one-stop learning
resource that can help increase public health knowledge
and skills and meet professional development needs. CDC
LC was created to increase access to quality public health
learning.
CDC TRAIN (part of https://cdc.t
rain.org/Des
CDC LC)
ktopShell.as
Public health
professionals
Free
CDC TRAIN provides access to learning products for the
public health community, which includes public health
agencies, as well as hospitals, clinics, private practices,
7
The HRH Global Resource Center eLearning platform
offers free courses developed by technical experts in the
fields of human resources for health, health
informatics and health service delivery to build the
capacity of country-based users in critical skills
development.
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community-based organizations, and individuals who
work to improve a population’s health. Through this site,
you can
px
Global Health
Delivery Online
(GHDonline)
JSI eLearning
https://ww
w.ghdonline
.org/accoun
ts/signin/?e
mail=jcassa
ni%40jhuccp
.org&firstlog
in=1
http://elear
ning.jsi.com
Professionals
playing a role in
the delivery of
health care
Free
9
communit
ies

Locate and register for courses listed by CDC
course providers and participating TRAIN affiliate
sites

Track your learning through a single transcript
that can include both TRAIN and non-TRAIN
courses

Access helpful materials, provide course reviews,
participate in discussions to improve your
learning experience

Stay informed about the latest public health
learning for your community of practice
Global Health Delivery Online (GHDonline), a product of
the Global Health Delivery Project, is a platform of
expert-led communities where health care implementers
collaborate to improve the delivery of health care.
Members have access to more than 30 expert
moderators and to content and services like peerreviewed discussion briefs and reviews of recent scholarly
articles or a leading clinical information resource from
partners, and to a team of professionals that support the
GHDonline communities and platform and organize
virtual expert panels with leading experts on a regular
basis.
Free
8
JSI e-Learning offers courses commissioned by clients and
developed by John Snow, Inc. and JSI Research & Training
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/index.php
Institute, Inc.
Unite for Sight Certificate in
Global Health
http://www
.uniteforsig
ht.org/globa
l-healthuniversity/e
nroll
For people
seeking to
develop practical
skills in global
health delivery
$65
6
The Certificate in Global Health is essential for those
seeking to develop practical skills in global health
delivery. The certificate is designed to equip students,
educators, doctors, public health professionals, and other
professionals, with a comprehensive understanding
about the complexities and realities of global health.
Participants learn about best practices in global health,
effective healthcare delivery strategies, interpersonal
communication in the health setting, metrics, and how to
deliver quality healthcare programs. Participants develop
the capacity to evaluate, implement, support, and design
global health delivery programs.
MEASURE
Evaluation M& E
Learning Center
https://train
ing.measure
evaluation.o
rg/user
Researchers,
program
managers,
trainers, policy
makers, students,
and other public
health
professionals
Free
13
MEASURE Evaluation makes free online courses on
monitoring and evaluation (M&E) topics available for
researchers, program managers, trainers, policy makers,
students, and other public health professionals. These
courses have been developed by global experts in order
to provide state-of-the-art information on M&E topics.
Learn it Live
http://www
.learnitlive.c
om/classesevents/Publi
cHealth/343.
html
Wide variety of
courses with
categories such as
public health,
nonprofit
learning,
sustainability, and
business
Many are
free to
access
7 in public
health
Learn It Live is a social learning platform that connects
the world to experts.
It’s face-to-face. Live. Interactive. The instructors are
experts (see how we make sure!). The courses are
professional. Learners gain valuable knowledge.
Instructors find new students. Organizations attract new
members and generate new revenue. Some courses are
free. Others charge. Either way, Learn It Live handles all
the logistics, making everything easier for everyone.
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I-TECH
http://www
.go2itech.or
g/resources
/e-learning
Mid-level health
care providers in
resource-limited
settings
Free
9
I-TECH is increasingly integrating e-learning into our
training programs. In some cases, the e-learning modules
we develop are proprietary, or contain copyright
elements that cannot be shared. Whenever possible,
however, we develop materials that can be shared
broadly.
NTER
https://ww
w.nterlearni
ng.org/
Energy, Health
professionals
Free
65
NTER – the National Training & Education Resource – is
an easy-to-access, open source, web-based learning
platform that enables learners, instructors, and
organizations to be part of an entirely new education
community – the next generation of learning.
Center for Global
Learning
http://www
.sph.unc.ed
u/glp
Global public
health workforce
8
The Center for Global Learning is a unique initiative in the
Gillings School of Global Public Health at UNC, Chapel Hill.
Our center is dedicated to connecting the global public
health workforce with one of the highest ranked schools
of public health in the United States through customized,
learner-centered, distance learning programs using a
variety of technologies for content delivery and
instruction.
International
Federation of
Biomedical
Laboratory
Science
http://www
.ifbls.org/in
dex.php/en/
education/e
ducation/elearning
Medical
Laboratory
Professionals
5
IFBLS is a global organization working to
increase opportunities for the development of
laboratory professionals through education and
partnership.
BMJ Learning
http://learni Doctors and other
ng.bmj.com healthcare
/learning/inf professionals
Free
Many are
free to
access
100+
IFBLS purposes for e-learning are:
a. Studying of basic information
b. Sending information around the world
c. Creating an e-learning community.
All members are free to join and enjoy our program.
The learning modules provided by BMJ Learning deal with
everyday issues in primary care and hospital medicine.
They are evidence based and peer reviewed, and are
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o/about.ht
ml?locale=e
n_GB
The Center for
Point-of-Care
Diagnostics for
Global Health
(GHDx Center)
http://pocid
ea.mrooms.
org/
The Center for
Clinical Global
Health Education
(CCGHE)
http://main.
ccghe.net/
Education
Development
Center
http://hhd.e
dc.org/topic
s
Professionals
working in lowresource settings
with point-of-care
diagnostics
Clinical care and
research
professionals in
resource-limited
settings
14
regularly updated. Most modules take around an hour to
complete. Select modules are in French, German, Italian,
Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian, and
Spanish.
The Center for Point-of-Care Diagnostics for Global Health
(GHDx Center) works to improve the availability,
accessibility, and affordability of essential point-of-care
diagnostic tests for use in low-resource settings around
the world.
Free
15
The GHDx Center focuses on four core activities:
 Clinical needs assessments
 Supporting exploratory technology projects
 Clinical testing of prototype point-of-care
diagnostics
 Training on the clinical realities of designing
point-of-care products for low-resource settings
The Center for Clinical Global Health Education
(CCGHE), offered through Johns Hopkins University,
provides registered users with free courses in the
following categories: HIV/AIDS; Biostatistics; Bioethics;
Laboratory Course; General Medicine; and eLearning
Training. All of the courses are self-paced and can be
taken at any time. Certificates may be issued at the time
of course completion.
Free
20
Free
Education Development Center (EDC) offers numerous
topics in health and human development, including:
Mental Health; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Suicide;
Violence; Injuries; Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs;
Pandemic Influenza; Sexuality and Reproductive Health;
HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections; and Nutrition
and Fitness. This article highlights how the role of EDC in
International Development, providing weekly face-to-face
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coaching sessions in Indonesian schools with the OneComputer Classroom and Coaching Pilot. This program is
a part of the DBE 2 project (Decentralized Basic
Education), funded by USAID.
Violence and
Injury Prevention
http://teach
vip.edc.org/
Educational Portal
of the Americas
http://educ
oas.org/Port
al/Portal0.1
v2/index.ht
ml?culture=
en&destin=c
urs
EdX
https://ww
w.edx.org/s
chool/mitx/
allcourses
Designed for
health and public
professional and
other health care
providers; staff of
public health
ministries and
non-governmental
organization; and
students in
schools of
medicine, nursing,
and public health.
Subjects include
law, history,
science,
engineering,
business, social
sciences,
computer science,
public health, and
Free
20
Violence and Injury Prevention offered by Education
Development Center and World Health Organization
delivers users with online lessons addressing violence and
injury prevention in the following categories: foundation
and methods; unintentional injuries; violence and
intentional injuries; and societal responses to injury and
violence.
4 free
courses,
tuition
varies by
course
9
The Educational Portal of the Americas has several
courses in: education; business; politics; public
management; and rules. The Organization of American
States (OAS) in collaboration with the Pan-American
Health Organization (PANO) has developed the eLearning course, “Evidence-Based Chronic Illness Care.”
Eligible applicants may receive financial aid.
Free
18
EdX, provided through MIT, offers a numerous courses in
a variety of disciplines. Courses are free for users and
provide information on prerequisites, professors, etc.
These courses are offered through specific calendar
dates.
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artificial
intelligence
Development
practitioners
eInstitute for
Development
http://einsti
tute.worldb
ank.org/ei/C
ourseCalend
arCurrent
FHI 360
http://www
.fhi360.org/
keywords/elearning
Free
FHI 360 provides users with a variety of training and
education materials, ranging from toolkits to interactive
modules in the following categories: Service Provider
Training and Job Aids; Ethics Training; Youth Reproductive
Health and HIV Prevention; Gender and Reproductive
Health; Journalism Training; Training of Trainer Materials;
and Other. These training materials are provided
asynchronously and for free, although users may order a
hard copy of certain materials.
Food and
Agriculture
Organization of
the United
Nations
Knowledge Forum
http://www
.fao.org/kno
wledge/en/
Free
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations (FAO)’s Knowledge Forum provides users with
the resources in a variety of applications. Whether
looking at Knowledge Networks and Communities or
Knowledge Management and Gender, users can take
their knowledge and apply the “tools” provided to them
in a real-world setting.
Information
Management
Resource Kit
(IMARK)
http://www
.imarkgroup
.org/module
sintro_en.as
p
Information
management
Cost varies
by course,
though
some are
free
Free
15 free
self-paced
courses
9
The eInstitute for Development from the World Bank
Institute has both webinars and e-Courses. These classes
are facilitated over a given time frame. Those interested
in participating in these courses should note the
application deadlines and course delivery dates.
Information Management Resource Kit (IMARK) presents
a series of modules, including: Management of Spatial
Information; Knowledge Sharing for Developing; Digital
Libraries, Repositories, and Documents; Web 2.0 and
Social Media for Development; Networking in Support of
Development; Building Electronic Communities and
Networks; Investing in Information for Development;
Digitization and Digital Libraries; and Management of
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Electronic Documents. Many of these are presented in
multiple languages..
Jhpiego
ReproLinePlus
http://repro
lineplus.org/
learningopportunitie
s
Global health
professionals
focusing on
women and
families
Free
4
Jhpiego, which is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University,
offers a training skills course blending both a self-paced
learning style and individual coaching. Users can navigate
through the modules at his or her own pace. Information
on ordering this course can be found on the website.
LINGOs
http://ngole
arning.org/c
ourses/defa
ult.aspx
Management
skills for nonprofit
organizations
Cost varies
by course,
though
some are
free
42
LINGOs offers numerous free/subsidized courses for
users in specific areas of the health sector, ranging from
sexual exploitation and abuse to International
Humanitarian Law. While most of the courses are selfpaced, there are courses taught via virtual classroom. In
addition, LINGOs offers some of these courses in English,
Spanish, and French.
The Middle East
and North Africa
Evaluation
Association
(EvalMENA)
http://www
.evalmena.o
rg/
The Middle East and North Africa Evaluation Association
(EvalMENA), in collaboration with EvalPartners, has
created an e-Learning course, Evaluation in Arabic. Those
who complete the course will receive a certificate with
the seal of the American University of Beirut.
Management
Sciences for
Health (MSH)
http://www
.msh.org/
MSH (Management Sciences for Health) offers a variety
of eLearning health courses including: HIV & AIDS;
Tuberculosis; Family Planning& Reproductive Health;
Maternal, Newborn & Child Health; Other Communicable
Diseases; and Chronic Diseases. Additionally, MSH
delivers multiple programs addressing a variety of areas
outside specific health topics, ranging from business
planning to leadership to human resources. The online
programs and resources are free for users and range from
self-paced courses to facilitated-learning programs and
seminars.
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Pan American
Health
Organization
(PANO) and World
Health
Organization
(WHO)
http://new.
paho.org/hq
/index.php?
option=com
_content&vi
ew=article&
id=1774%3A
new-pahobasic-elearningcourseavailable-inenglish-andspanish&cat
id=1178%3A
gdr-humanrights-&health=&Ite
mid=643&la
ng=en
People’s Open
Access Education
Initiative (Peoplesuni)
Reproductive
http://www
For people
interested in
human rights and
health
Free
1
The Pan American Health Organization (PANO) and World
Health Organization (WHO) have a new e-Learning
course, which is available in English, Spanish, French, and
Portuguese. The course is free and is self-paced.
For people with
some degree of
education or work
experience in the
field of public
health in lowresource settings
£30 per
module
100+
People’s Open Access Education Initiative (Peoples-uni),
which is a part of the Global Health Workforce Alliance
and the World Health Organization (WHO), provides elearning opportunities, specifically for those with some
degree of education or work experience in the field.
Peoples-uni, furthermore, “provides an educational
portfolio leading to a Certificate and Diploma in Public
Health based on being shown to have met the
competences identified in 4 or 8 of the course modules
respectively.” Courses must be paid for and follow a
schedule.
People interested
Free
RHRC (Reproductive Health Response in Crises)
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Health Response
in Crises (RHRC)
Consortium
.rhrc.org/
in reproductive
health
Qstream
http://qstre
am.com/
Sales reps
UN System Staff
College
http://unka
mpus.unssc.
org/home/
Some activities
are restricted to
staff members of
UN system
organizations
OurWorld 2.0
http://ourw
orld.unu.ed
u/en/
United Nations
University
Strategic
http://www
.vie.unu.edu
/article/834
e-learning and
knowledge
management in
Consortium, which is made up of the American Refugee
Committee (ARC), CARE, Columbia University,
International Rescue Committee (IRC), JSI Research and
Training Institute (JSI), Marie Stopes International (MSI),
and Women’s Refugee Commission, offers resources in
the following categories: General Reproductive Health;
Adolescent Health; Family Planning; Gender Based
Violence (GBV); Maternal/Newborn Care; and Sexually
Transmitted Infections including HIV/AIDS. These tools
and resources are not contingent upon a schedule.
Many of the
courses are
free,
although
some
require a
course fee
Mostly free,
but
participatio
n some
courses or
activities
may require
a fee
Free
Qstream, developed at Harvard University, delivers 3minute increments of information to a learner’s mobile
device/laptop every few days. Users can individualize
their experience by setting their own parameters for
when content is delivered. You must have an account to
browse all available courses.
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The UN System Staff College provides courses with
modules created to “give you an overview of UN
approach to supporting capacity development efforts of
governments and civil society partners, through UN
Common Country Programming Processes (CCPP).” These
courses are taken at a user’s own pace and are available
in English, Arabic, French, Portuguese, and Spanish.
OurWorld 2.0, provided by United Nations University, is a
web magazine providing resources with the following
themes: climate; oil; food; and biodiversity. These are
free to access at any time and pace.
United Nations University’s Strategic Partnerships,
Capacity Development and Science Policy Dialogues
focuses on “capacity building and knowledge transfer to
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Partnerships,
Capacity
Development and
Science Policy
Dialogues
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#EL
higher education
context in
developing
countries
United Nations
University
OpenCourseWare
http://ocw.
unu.edu/
Educators,
students, and selflearners
United Nations
University Viritual
Campus for a
Sustainable
Europe (VCSE)
http://www
2.leuphana.
de/vcse/
Sustainable
development
The World Health
Organization’s
(WHO) Health
Academy
http://www
.who.int/he
althacadem
y/courses/e
n/
Health guidance
for a wide range
of people
strengthen science and technology for human security.”
Participants can learn more about e-Learning and higher
education opportunities through this website.
Free
16
UNU OpenCourseWare, offered by United Nations
University contains multiple courses in the following:
Institute for Water, Environment and Health;
International Institute for Software Technology; and
Maastricht Economic and Social Research and Training
Centre on Innovation and Technology. These courses are
self-paced.
United Nations University presents Virtual Campus for a
Sustainable Europe (VCSE) where users can participate in
a variety of courses. Courses are provided in summer and
winter terms, respectively. Modules are additionally
available for free download.
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The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Health
Academy currently provides self-paced e-Learning
courses, offered in multiple languages. Specifically, these
courses provide “hands-on practice with automated
feedback giving the learner immediate correction of
errors, and offers effective learning and instruction at the
learner’s own pace.”