GEM Workforce Training

2025-2026 | Global | Partner: Jhpiego  

CGEC provides technical expertise on the RISE program led by Jhpiego. This program is saving lives and improving health by controlling the HIV pandemic and strengthening global health security to limit the spread of deadly disease outbreaks. RISE uses evidence-based practices from  over  20 years of PEPFAR implementation to address critical HIV and global health security priorities.  RISE also supports maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH), tuberculosis (TB), and malaria programming, along with support for data systems, supply chain and commodity management, and other cross-cutting areas. 

CGEC provides technical expertise to develop and establish strategic cross-country technical packages, products, tools and other global resources that build on proven innovations and strengthen system-level capabilities. Recently, CGEC supported RISE-Jhpiego and the Rwandan Ministry of Health, the Rwanda Biomedical Council, and local hospitals in a 2-day table-top exercise to reinforce VHF preparedness. 

As part of RISE's mission, CGEC is supporting the development of just-in-time, open-access clinical and preparedness learning modules covering topics such as Mpox clinical management, MVD and other hemorrhagic fevers clinical management, integrated triage strategies for emerging outbreaks, and more. 

2026 | Rwanda | Partners: Health Emergency Corps Academy (HECA), Jhpiego

Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases continue to pose significant threats to global health security. Recent outbreaks—including Ebola virus disease, mpox, COVID-19, and Marburg virus disease—have demonstrated the importance of strong frontline clinical systems capable of rapidly detecting, triaging, isolating, and managing patients with suspected high-consequence pathogens.

CGEC is providing technical support to the Rwanda Biomedical Center and Jhpiego to support the development and implementation of simulation-based training within Rwanda Biomedical Center's (RBC) Health Emergency Corps Academy (HECA). The collaboration focuses on strengthening leadership, operational readiness, and clinical case management skills for healthcare professionals involved in outbreak detection, response, and coordination. 

CGEC will support the development of Rapid Response Team (RRT) training programs and curricula for clinical case management of high-consequence pathogens. 

2026 | Jamaica |Dr. Amelia Pousson| Partners: PAHO

In April of 2026, CGEC was invited by the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO-WHO) to help lead the pilot of a new course, a hybrid version of the acclaimed Basic Emergency Care (BEC) Course, in Kingston, Jamaica. This pilot represented the first delivery of this course in the Americas.

The BEC course was developed by WHO and the International Committee of the Red Cross, in collaboration with the International Federation for Emergency Medicine to provide a universal language and skill-set for frontline providers. The development and pilot of a hybrid, flipped-classroom model pairing online asynchronous education with practical skills training and assessment in a two-day face-to-face environment presents a new opportunity to broaden the reach and impact of the BEC course. 

This pilot brought together master trainers from four countries across the Americas to train 20 Jamaican emergency physicians not only as BEC providers using the hybrid model but also as provisional facilitators and the future champions of the PAHO and ministry-supported nation-wide roll-out in Jamaica. 

2024 - Present | Ghana, Ethiopia | Dr. Adam Laytin | Partners: Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital,  St. Paul Hospital Millennium Medical College

The Global Critical Care Fellows Seminar Series is an open-access online lecture series designed to support the training of critical care fellows in Ghana and Ethiopia. The series was initiated in 2024 and led by Dr. Christian Owoo at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, Ghana, and Dr. Menbeu Sultan at St. Paul Hospital Millennium Medical College in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — both of whom direct critical care fellowship programs training the next generation of critical care leaders in their countries. The series was coordinated by the Johns Hopkins University WHO Collaborating Center for Emergency, Critical and Operative Care within CGEC, with Dr. Adam Laytin serving as the key CGEC lead supporting the initiative.

The series brought together experts from across the United States, Ethiopia, and Ghana to present on a range of critical care topics, with an emphasis on contemporary standards of care, adaptations for resource-limited settings, and current research and innovations in the field. Between Fall 2024 and Spring 2025, CGEC completed two iterations of the series, consistently drawing an enthusiastic turnout of fellows eager to engage with global experts. A Fall 2026 curriculum is in development. Recordings from all sessions are available on the CGEC YouTube channel (Fall 2024 & Spring 2025 Sessions).