From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Camila Giugliani</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:giugli@hotmail.com">giugli@hotmail.com</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote">From: <a href="mailto:heperry@jhsph.edu" target="_blank">heperry@jhsph.edu</a><br>
<div><div dir="ltr"><div><br>Subject: Open Access Course on "Health for All Through Primary Health Care" begins on Wednesday Jan 23rd aimed for people in developing countries with limited access to higher education learning opportunities<br>
<br><div><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">I have the privilege of teaching a short course that begins on Wednesday January 23 and runs for 5 weeks entitled “Health for All Through Primary Health Care.“ This is what is called now a MOOC (massive open on-line course) that is being given on Coursera (<a href="https://www.coursera.org/" target="_blank">https://www.coursera.org/</a>). You can read about the course at <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm0WZpswPaE" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm0WZpswPaE</a>. </span><p style="background:white">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p><p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">It will involve four hours of student work per week – one hour of lecture, one hour of course readings, and two additional hours of work. The course runs for 5 weeks, and a statement of completion will be provided for those who successfully complete the assignments. </span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p><p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">This course is time-limited in the sense that the work must be completed weekly according to the time schedule for the course, and it will not be available to take except for the period between January 23rd and February 26th. However, it is free and open to anyone with internet access. To enroll, go to: <a href="https://www.coursera.org/course/healthforall" target="_blank">https://www.coursera.org/course/healthforall</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">.  Almost 14,000 <span style>people are currently enrolled!</span></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p><p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Please share this with any of your colleagues in a developing country who might be interested.</span></p>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span>Henry B. Perry, MD, PhD, MPH<br><p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Senior Associate<br>
Department of International Health, Room E8537<br>Bloomberg School of Public Health<br>Johns Hopkins University<br>Baltimore,</span></p><p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:heperry@jhsph.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">heperry@jhsph.edu</span></a></span></span><br>
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