Emory University, Finland National Public Health Institute to Build Global Public Health Network With $20 Million Gates Foundation Grant; International Association of National Public Health Institutes Will Build International Community of 'CDCs'.

(From AScribe)

ATLANTA -- Emory University, in partnership with Finland's National Public Health Institute, KTL (Kansanterveyslaitos), has received a five-year grant of nearly $20 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support the International Association of National Public Health Institutes (IANPHI). http://www.ianphi.org.

IANPHI is an international alliance dedicated to optimizing public health service delivery and decision-making globally by improving public health infrastructure around the world. IANPHI's goals are to strengthen and link national public health institutes (NPHIs), facilitate collaboration and collective action, and build a …