Registration is open for participation in the People’s Health Assembly (PHA), organised by the People's Health Movement (PHM). The PHA is a global event bringing together health activists from across the world to share experiences, analyse global health situation, develop civil society positions and to develop strategies which promote health for all. It will look at forms of action to address identified challenges and build capacity among health activists to act. It is an opportunity for PHM as a whole to reflect on the global struggle, to review and reassess, to redirect and re-inspire. PHA3 aims to impact directly in the struggle for social change: for health for all, decent living conditions for all, work in dignity for all, equity and environmental justice.
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The Third Annual Healthcare Summit will be held from 24 to 26 January 2012 in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is a three-day event that deals with all the current issues facing the stakeholders in the healthcare industry. This year’s Summit will focus on the latest developments surrounding healthcare reform in South Africa in both private and public sectors and in particular the impact the NHI is likely to have on the industry. Key topics being addressed include: the impact the NHI will have on the healthcare industry; how the Consumer Protection Act affects the industry; the escalating cost of private healthcare; the pricing structure of doctors vs. those of medical schemes; international benchmarking of pharmaceuticals; the funding of hospitals and how it will improve healthcare facilities; quality assurance in the healthcare industry; the latest fraud trends and their effect on the healthcare industry; and balancing technology advancements against costs.
The Third Annual Healthcare Summit will be held from 24 to 26 January 2012 in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is a three-day event that deals with all the current issues facing the stakeholders in the healthcare industry. This year’s Summit will focus on the latest developments surrounding healthcare reform in South Africa in both private and public sectors and in particular the impact the NHI is likely to have on the industry. Key topics being addressed include: the impact the NHI will have on the healthcare industry; how the Consumer Protection Act affects the industry; the escalating cost of private healthcare; the pricing structure of doctors vs. those of medical schemes; international benchmarking of pharmaceuticals; the funding of hospitals and how it will improve healthcare facilities; quality assurance in the healthcare industry; the latest fraud trends and their effect on the healthcare industry; and balancing technology advancements against costs.
This year the Global symposium on health systems research will take place over a three-phase virtual symposium. During the original dates scheduled for the event in Dubai – 8th to 12th November – there will be a shorter and smaller version of the usual symposium, with skills building sessions, and special panels, and three half days (10th to 12th) of plenary, a parallel sessions, and virtual networking. The second phase will feature two rounds of parallel sessions every two weeks from the end of November through to March 2021. This will enable more opportunities to more speakers than otherwise would have been possible. The second phase will be organised according to the HSR2020 sub-themes and some of these series will be hosted by Thematic Working Groups. The organisers aim for the third phase in March 2021 to take place face-to-face in Dubai, that will seek to synthesize the main learnings coming from HSR2020 and consider how they can best be applied to health systems. This will likely be a smaller invitation-only event and will have a strong focus on engaging with policy and decision-makers who can translate evidence into action.
The Centre for African Family Studies (CAFS) is pleased to announce its course on 'Managing Reproductive Health Programmes', to be held from 12 to 30 March 2007 in Nairobi, Kenya. This course provides state of the art guidance to Reproductive Health Programme Managers and enhances their capacity to achieve organisational success through modern management techniques. Participants will gain a wide range of management skills and principles including management process and principles, leadership, team building, programme design, proposal writing, participatory facilitative programme supervision, monitoring and evaluation, strategic planning, human resource management, learning organisations, building coalitions and alliances and facilitation skills.
Participate in the second Global Health Watch, by submitting case studies. Global Health Watch are calling activists, health workers and academics from around the world to submit case studies and testimonies based on individual or group experiences to supplement the second edition of the report and reinforce its main themes.
The Global Health Workforce Alliance is to convene the first ever Global Forum on Human Resources for Health in Kampala, Uganda from 2-7 March, 2008. The Forum will be attended by up to 1000 participants, including government leaders, eminent health, development, civil society, academic and health professional leaders from around the world. This Forum will provide an extraordinary platform for sharing and exploring solutions, consensus and capacity building, and will further galvanise a global movement that is emerging as a response to the increasingly pertinent human resources for health (HRH) crisis. The deadline for registration is 31 January 2008.
Following a very high demand for the workshop run in October 2007, the overseas Development Institute is pleased to announce the 2nd UK workshop on Outcome Mapping (OM) in London in February 2008. Being a 3-day introduction to the basic principles of Outcome Mapping, the emphasis lies in their application to the planning phase of development projects and programmes. It also includes a 1-day OM Surgery to explore ways in which OM concepts and tools can be practically applied within the participants' ongoing projects and programmes. The course fee is £600; which includes lunches and refreshments during the course. To maximize participation and instructional quality, the limit to the number of participants is 24 per workshop. We do this on a first come, first served basis so, to avoid disappointment, register early.
The Africa Health Research Forum (AfHRF) aims to represent the African voice in health research in the continent and internationally; to serve as a platform for accelerating health research development in the African continent and in making the region an effective partner in the global health research system. To read more about
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The Reproductive Health Response in Conflict (RHRC) Consortium is pleased to announce the publication of two new resources, HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control: A Short Course for Humanitarian Workers Facilitator’s Manual and Guidelines for the Care of Sexually Transmitted Infections in Conflict-affected Settings. Developed by the Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children on behalf of the RHRC Consortium, these resources aim to assist field-based clinical care staff and humanitarian workers in the prevention, care, and control of HIV/AIDS and STIs in conflict and post-conflict settings.