This project, undertaken by Chiang Mai University, identified priority issues that require attention for better management of nursing education and the nursing workforce in Laos and Vietnam.

This grant supported an Asian Consultation workshop on November 3, 2008. The workshop, sponsored by Hanoi School of Public Health, had three main goals: to landscape the educational programs in health sciences in the Southeast Asian region, to review the current health-related university/school policies and plans, and propose modalities for future leadership and institutional developments.

This grant of $25,000 supported renovation of the common research laboratory and library caused by cyclone Nargis in May 2008 at University of Medicine (2) in Myanmar. It also supported replacement of damaged textbooks, journals, and computers, and restoration of Internet access.

This one-year grant of $25,000 renovated the facilities that were damaged by cyclone Nargis in May 2008 at the University of Medicine (1) in Myanmar. It supported repair of the departments of botany, zoology, microbiology, and pathology, as well as replacement of laboratory equipment, computers, and accessories that were damaged during the storm.

This grant supports research in transnational history of health in Southeast Asia in connection with the 100th anniversary of CMB.

This grant supported the third authors' workshop in the Lancet Series on Health in Southeast Asia.

This two-year project supports strategic development of the University of Health Sciences (UHS), the only government-operated higher health professional education institution in Cambodia, producing over 85% of Cambodian health professionals. The project will support the UHS's new leadership to develop a strategic vision, enhance governance, outreach for advice, study tours to USA and Asian universities, and internal consultations with faculty and students. UHS will also develop a novel electronic information system to manage and support its faculty, students and finance and administrative staff.

This three-year project plans to strengthen masters-level public health training and improve fieldwork opportunities for students at the National Institute of Public Health (NIPH), which, as a representative body of the Cambodian Ministry of Health, provides public health and laboratory services, training, and research to improve the health of the Cambodian people.

The five-year project will support master degree training of 15 Myanmar faculty members in biomedical sciences and public health through fully funded fellowships at Mahidol University, Thailand.