General resources

Free online courses

  • The Open-Source Medical Devices Website provides free technical information for any interested user to build helpful devices for diagnosis and treatment for low- and middle-income countries.
  • Commercial Private Health Sector Basics provides an introduction to the commercial for-profit private sector in health.
  • Fostering Change in Health Services builds the skills of those who are in a position to support change agents in health service delivery. 
  • Good Governance in the Management of Medicines examines the importance of good governance throughout the process of pharmaceutical management (selecting, procuring, distributing, and using medicines and other pharmaceutical products).
  • Healthy Businesses discusses strategies that donors can use to design programs and implementers can use to deliver activities to ensure that commercial for-profit health care providers have the business, operational, and financial capacity to sustainably provide essential health services.
  • Human Resources for Health (HRH) Basics is an introduction to the basic principles and promising practices related to human resources for health (HRH).
  • Improving Global Health: Focusing on Quality and Safety is designed for those who care about health and healthcare and wish to learn more about how to measure and improve care – for themselves, for their institutions, or for their countries.
  • Infrastructure for Good Governance provides participants with the knowledge to develop and implement the organizational setup needed to ensure the good governance of all types of health service delivery organizations. 
  • Total Market Approach Using practical examples, the course will guide USAID missions and other entities seeking to assist governments on how to use the total market approach concept to maximize resource use, increase access to priority health goods, and improve sustainability.