{"69873":{"#nid":"69873","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Offers New Humanitarian Logistics Professional Certificate Program","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia\nTech Health \u0026amp; Humanitarian Logistics Center is launching a new Humanitarian\nLogistics Professional Certificate Program.\u0026nbsp; This executive\nlearning program is designed for practitioners in non-governmental\norganizations, government, industry and military who are active participants in\nhumanitarian relief operations and seeking to build skills to improve decision\nmaking in preparedness, response and system design.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EHumanitarian logistics encompasses a broad range of\nactivities related to preparing, responding and recovering from natural and\nman-made disasters as well as ongoing humanitarian crises due to war, famine\nand infectious diseases. In humanitarian organizations, inefficiencies in\npreparation, response or recovery can cause drastic results including the loss\nof lives.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAddressing the unique skills needed by professionals in the\nhumanitarian world, Humanitarian Logistics Professional Courses, include\nmethodologies for assessment, mobilization of resources, procurement, transportation\nand distribution.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe program is comprised of three courses:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EPre-planning Strategy for Humanitarian Organizations\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ESystems Operations in Humanitarian Response\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ETactical Decision Making in Public Health and Humanitarian\nResponse\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe courses include many interactive components, such as\ncase studies and games, which help professionals in the humanitarian world to\nlink the challenges and decision-making trade-offs they face in practice with\nthe systematic approaches, tools, and techniques presented.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Center for Health \u0026amp; Humanitarian Logistics at\nGeorgia Tech, a unit of the Supply Chain \u0026amp; Logistics Institute and a part\nof the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, works to improve\nhumanitarian logistics (including short or long term, man-made or natural\ndisasters) and ultimately the human condition by system transformations through\neducation, outreach, projects and research.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis executive learning program is designed for\npractitioners in non-governmental organizations, government, industry and\nmilitary who are active participants in humanitarian relief operations and\nseeking to build skills to improve decision making in preparedness, response and\nsystem design.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Georgia Tech Health \u0026 Humanitarian Logistics Center is launching a new Humanitarian Logistics Professional Certificate Program."}],"uid":"27462","created_gmt":"2011-09-07 16:30:12","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:05","author":"Liz Klipp","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-09-07T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-09-07T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.pe.gatech.edu\/subjects\/humanitarian-logistics","title":"Humanitarian Logistics - Professional Certificate"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/humlog2011\/","title":"The Georgia Tech Health and Humanitarian Logistics Center"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"594","name":"college of engineering"},{"id":"14238","name":"H. Milton Steward School of Industrial and Systems Engineering; Humanitarian Logistics; Professional Certificate"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBarbara Christopher,\u0026nbsp;Industrial and Systems Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["barbara.christopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}