TRAIN Learning Network

An online learning network that provides access to thousands of quality training opportunities

Project start date : 01/01/2003

Beneficiary country : United States of America (the)

Healthcare themes targeted

  • Mother and child health
  • Primary healthcare
  • Nutrition
  • Infectious diseases
  • Sexual and reproductive health
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Access to quality medicines/pharmacies
  • Vaccination
  • Chronic diseases
  • Cardiovascular illnesses
  • Cancer
  • Oral health
  • Mental health
  • Emergency services

Fields of application

  • Health professional training

Stage of development

  • Routine project/operational

Financing method

  • Public (grant/subsidies, call for proposals/call for tender, etc.)
  • NGO
  • Government agency (USAID, etc.)

Area where the project is utilised

  • International (in several countries)

Economic model(s)

  • Revenue generated by the beneficiaries/healthcare facilities

About the project

TRAIN is an online learning network that provides access to thousands of quality training opportunities to more than 1.5 million professionals, who protect and improve the public’s health. Powered by the Public Health Foundation (PHF), the TRAIN Learning Network brings together agencies and organizations in the public health, healthcare, and preparedness sectors to disseminate, track, and share trainings for the health workforce on a single online learning management system (LMS) platform. This platform was built by and for the health workforce.


TRAIN addresses the problem of limited access to quality training and learning opportunities, for healthcare professionals in lower-resource settings. Health agencies and providers are typically unable to prepare health professionals for the vast variety of conditions that they may see and try to improve upon. This is where a collaborative network like TRAIN comes in.


The TRAIN Learning Network operates through economies of scale to bring together agencies and organizations in the public health, healthcare, and preparedness sectors to disseminate, track, and share trainings for the health workforce on a single online learning management system (LMS) platform. By working together, agencies and providers of training can build capacity of the workforce across a variety of topics, health professionals can easily find training and learning opportunities from various organizations, nonprofits, and government agencies quickly, and standardized data on the workforce can be encouraged. Anyone, anywhere can create an account on the TRAIN Learning Network and take training at no cost.

N/C Full-Time equivalents

5 Employees

N/C Volunteers

2 Service providers

TRAIN Learning Network

2 300 000

Number of beneficiaries since launch

Target audience

  • Healthcare professionals and structures (hospitals, healthcare centres/clinics, health networks)

Project objectives

  • Decreased mortality
  • Decreased morbidity
  • Reduced suffering
  • Improved treatment
  • Other (please explain)

Materials used

  • Smartphone
  • Tablet
  • Computer

Technologies used

  • Internet

About the sponsor

The Public Health Foundation

The Public Health Foundation (PHF) is a private, non-profit, organization based in Washington DC. It aims to improve the public’s health, by strengthening the quality and performance of public health practice.
Since 1970, PHF has developed effective resources, tools, information and training for health agencies, organizations, and individuals to help improve performance and community health outcomes. PHF is an independent, non-membership organization, governed by an 11-member Board of Directors.

Sector : Healthcare (professionals and structures)

Country of origin : United States of America (the)

Contact : Sponsor website Project website

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Offline use

No

Open source

No

Open data

Yes

Independent evaluation

Yes, auto-evaluated or evaluated by a related organization

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