BalticHealthTrain is acronym from “Baltic Sea Public Health Training Network”, indicating to international vocational training initiative lead by the Department of Public Health, University of Tartu (www.arth.ut.ee). The project was submitted to the European Commission and has been accepted for co-financing under the Programme of Community action in the field of public health (2003-2008), Grant Agreement 2004308.

Mission of the BalticHealthTraiN is to improve health and prevent disease in population of the enlarging Europe by aquiring, disseminating and applying information and knowledge. The purpose of the initiative is to develop continuous education in the field of public health by promoting cooperation between educational institutions, focusing on the training needs of mid-career professionals.

The project is based on the network of public health schools from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, and Norway.

The project is aiming to improve the knowledge base of public health professionals and decision makers on different levels about effective control mechanisms of the epidemic of HIV/Aids and thereby improve the intersectoral collaboration and planning of the corresponding activities.

Specific objectives of the project:
- To educate public health professionals in health services, government, private sector, non-governmental agencies and other professions related to public health (such as prison personnel, police forces, teachers etc) in the field of HIV-AIDS;
- To promote cooperation between educational institutions on the content of training courses and support the development of common European training; - To involve different professionals into multi-sectoral partnership;
- To empower the public health approaches in policy development and policy implementation;
- To identify the training needs and to develop the database of public health professionals in the Eastern and Northern Europe region.

The Baltic Sea Public Health Training Network 2003-2006.pdf