For more than 40 years the Hebrew University-Hadassah Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine has been involved in the training of public health professionals from Israel and around the world. The Israeli MPH course has graduated more than 600 professionals who occupy senior posts in the Israeli health service system. The parallel International MPH (IMPH) course (in English) has produced almost 600 graduates from some 80 countries, especially in the developing world. They have returned home to make a major contribution to public health and the public's health is their countries. In recent years there has been a growing number of graduates from countries in Eastern Europe and those of the former Soviet Union. The School has defined its mission as improving the health of the population of Israel and internationally through training, research, and service. Recently a special PhD program for outstanding graduates of the IMPH has been instituted. This international experience has laid the foundation for growing collaboration and support for newly developing Schools of Public Health in Europe and elsewhere.