Field epidemiology training in Europe faces a bright future

A Bright, Shiny Future

Is the future of Romanian gastroenterology training bright?

Strengthening field epidemiology in Africa: The Zimbabwe Field Epidemiology Training Program

The Zimbabwe Masters in Public Health Program is a 2-year competency based training that consists of classroom teaching (30%) and on the job field training (70%). The MPH program was created in 1993 with the aim of assisting the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare create a permanent capacity to recruit, train, and employ public health practitioners to sustain the public health infrastructure. ...

A Bright Future for Antibiotics?

Multidrug resistance is a global threat as the clinically available potent antibiotic drugs are becoming exceedingly scarce. For example, increasing drug resistance among gram-positive bacteria is responsible for approximately one-third of nosocomial infections. As ribosomes are a major target for these drugs, they may serve as suitable objects for novel development of next-generation antibioti...

Farmland investing: A bright future

The boom in food prices over the past 15 years and associated volatility in food prices has prompted relatively wealthy countries dependent on imports to renew their focus on policies to enhance food security. This has in turn prompted many of them to search for opportunities to secure food supply internationally. Coupled with a depressed yields in other assets such as equities and bonds, the f...