Professional Education Makes a Difference in Humanitarian Relief
The new Health and Humanitarian Logistics professional education certificate program at Georgia Tech consists of three courses:(1.) Pre-planning Strategy for Health and Humanitarian Organizations(2.) Tactical Decision Making in Public Health and Humanitarian Response(3.) Systems Operations in Health and Humanitarian Response
Engineers Use Computer Models to Help Resource-Poor Nations Improve Allocation of Limited Health Care Resources
Georgia Tech systems engineers are using computer models to help resource-poor nations improve distribution of breast milk and non-pharmaceutical interventions for malaria. They are also forecasting what health care services would be available in the event of natural disasters in Caribbean nations.