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Serving the states of Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota, the Upper Midwest Public Health Training Center (UMPHTC) assesses the learning needs of the public health workforce and provides training to meet those needs. UMPHTC is one of 14 Public Health Training Centers located throughout the United States established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration. The purpose of the training centers is to improve the nation's public health system by strengthening the technical, scientific, managerial, and leadership competence of the current and future public health workforce.
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Photos and highlights from IPHP's 2009 Fall Colloquium are now available. more...

"Did You See That?: Pathways to a Career in the Public Health Laboratory"
A video-based game created by UMPHTC and UHL teaches students about working in public health laboratories.

UMPHTC has information on the outbreak of Influenza H1N1 in the new H1N1 Toolkit. more...

UMPHTC Stories of Impact now available

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