GnosisGIS



		International School of Geospatial Health

Announcing International School of Geospatial Health GIS Shortcourse "Geospatial Health and Environment" Livingstone, Zambia October 1 - 4, 2008 New Orleans, Louisiana December 1 - 4, 2008

	Under the auspices of the GnosisGIS Global Network on Geospatial Health, basic and advanced level GIS courses will be offered an a regularly scheduled basis at fixed sites where well equipped GIS laboratories are available on each continent. Additional 'portable' courses can be scheduled at nearly any location, for example as satellite course offerings of 3-4 days duration at scientific meetings. Together these represent a 'virtual campus' offering GIS courses to those interested in health applications of the geospatial sciences. Course content has been developed and sanctioned by the GnosisGIS short courses sub-committee. There are currently 5 permanent locations that have or are planning to offer courses regularly. Off-site courses can be scheduled by special arrangement. A standard course manual and GIS resource data CDROM's are provided.

	Africa ZAMBIA - Ministry of Health, P.O. Box 30205,10101, Lusaka, Zambia Contact: Chris Simoonga, +260 01 253053 (simoongachris@yahoo.com) Next Scheduled Course: October 2008, check back soon for details. Asia CHINA- National Institute of Parasitic Diseases (IPD), Chinese Center for Disease Control (China CDC), 207 Rui Jin Er Road, Shanghai 200025, PR China Contact: XN Zhou, +86 21 64738058 (ipdzhouxn@sh163.net) Europe ITALY- University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy Contact: Giuseppi Cringoli, +39 081 451802 (Cringoli@unina.it)		Denmark DBL-Institute for Health Research in Development, Jaegersborg Allé 1D, 2920, Charlottenlund, Denmark Contact: Thomas K Kristensen, +45 77 32 77 60 (tkkristensen@dblnet.dk) North America UNITED STATES- Pathobiological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 USA Contact: John B Malone, + 001 225 578- 9692 (malone@vetmed.lsu.edu) Next Scheduled Course: December 1 -4, 2008, "Geospatial Health and Environment" South America BRAZIL - Universidade Federal da Bahia, Ademar de Barros, 500, Ondina, Salvador, Bahia, CEP 40.170.110, Brazil Contact: ME Bavia, +55 71 245-5475 (newmeb2004@yahoo.com.br)