1) The document discusses human resources for health training priorities and approaches. It notes a shortage of 4 million health workers in 57 countries.
2) Training priorities include service delivery, health workforce development, use of information, supply chain management, and health management skills. Approaches discussed are workplace-based learning, distance education, and interactive learning.
3) Effective training design considers factors beyond just building competence, and must support behavior change and performance through supervision, feedback, and addressing the work environment to achieve institutionalization. Distance education alone has mixed results and works best when supported by additional strategies.
Beryl Pilkington, RN, PhD, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health, York University in Toronto, presented at AMREF's Coffeehouse Speaker Series on global development on the intersection of health and development with specific focus on the community level in the Dadaab refugee camps. The coffeehouse speaker series looks at international development and global health, specifically focusing on Africa.
Skilled Delivery Utilizations & Its Determinants in Four Regions of EthiopiaJSI
The objective was to describe improvements in community awareness of MNH, assess trends and factors contributing to skilled delivery utilization in learning sites, and identify lessons and provide recommendations for MNH program scale up and recommendations.
The conclusion was that a comprehensive approach to MNH and skilled delivery is essential to success. Strong community promotion and partnership is essential to improved service utilization. Respectful and women-friendly services are vital. Post-training mentoring and supportive supervision are indispensable and should be ongoing. Areas needing improvement are: access to transportation, referral systems. supply chain management and essential life-saving commodities, water and electricity in HCs, and improved facility infrastructure as utilization increases
Review the Effectiveness of Community-based Primary Health Care in Improving ...CORE Group
Review the Effectiveness of Community-based Primary Health Care in Improving Child and Maternal Health: Leveraging Results for Advocacy HENRY PERRY and PAUL FREEMAN
Beryl Pilkington, RN, PhD, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health, York University in Toronto, presented at AMREF's Coffeehouse Speaker Series on global development on the intersection of health and development with specific focus on the community level in the Dadaab refugee camps. The coffeehouse speaker series looks at international development and global health, specifically focusing on Africa.
Skilled Delivery Utilizations & Its Determinants in Four Regions of EthiopiaJSI
The objective was to describe improvements in community awareness of MNH, assess trends and factors contributing to skilled delivery utilization in learning sites, and identify lessons and provide recommendations for MNH program scale up and recommendations.
The conclusion was that a comprehensive approach to MNH and skilled delivery is essential to success. Strong community promotion and partnership is essential to improved service utilization. Respectful and women-friendly services are vital. Post-training mentoring and supportive supervision are indispensable and should be ongoing. Areas needing improvement are: access to transportation, referral systems. supply chain management and essential life-saving commodities, water and electricity in HCs, and improved facility infrastructure as utilization increases
Review the Effectiveness of Community-based Primary Health Care in Improving ...CORE Group
Review the Effectiveness of Community-based Primary Health Care in Improving Child and Maternal Health: Leveraging Results for Advocacy HENRY PERRY and PAUL FREEMAN
Weight loss interventions for adults who are obese on mortality and morbidity...Health Evidence™
Health Evidence™ hosted a 60 minute webinar examining the effects of weight loss interventions for adults who are obese on mortality, cardiovascular disease and cancer. Follow this link to access to the audio recording for this webinar: https://youtu.be/olF1bvaofXE
Dr. Alison Avenell, Clinical Chair in Health Services Research, and Sam (Chenhan) Ma, from the Health Services Research Unit at the University of Aberdeen presented an overview of findings from their latest systematic review and meta-analysis:
Ma C, Avenell A, Bolland M, Hudson J, Stewart F, Robertson C, et al. (2017). Effects of weight loss interventions for adults who are obese on mortality, cardiovascular disease, and cancer: Systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ, 359, j4849.
Adults with obesity have an increased risk of premature mortality, cardiovascular disease, some cancers, type 2 diabetes, and many other diseases. This review assesses whether weight loss intervention for adults with obesity affect all cause, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and body weight. Fifty-four randomized controlled trials (RCTs) with 30,206 participants were identified in the review. High quality evidence showed that weight loss interventions decrease all cause mortality, with six fewer deaths per 1000 participants. Moderate quality evidence showed an effect on cardiovascular mortality, and very low quality evidence showed an effect on cancer mortality. Weight reducing diets, usually low in fat and saturated fat, with or without exercise advice or programmes, may reduce premature all cause mortality in adults with obesity.
This presentation was given at the Future Health Systems conference in Abuja, Nigeria, by our Ugandan colleagues in January 2009. www.futurehealthsystems.org
Health system strengthening – what is it, how should we assess it, and does i...ReBUILD for Resilience
This presentation was given to the UK's Department for International Development on 30th July 2019.
Comprehensive reviews of health system strengthening interventions are rare, partly because of lack of clarity on definitions of the term but also the potentially huge scale of the evidence. In our talk, we will reflect on the process of undertaking such an evidence review for DFID recently (attached again), drawing out suggestions on definitions of HSS and approaches to assessment, as well as summarising some key conclusions from the current evidence base. Most HSS interventions have theories of change relating to specific system blocks, but more work is needed on capturing their spill-over effects and their contribution to meeting over-arching health system process goals. We will make some initial suggestions about such goals, to reflect the features that characterise a ‘strong health system’. We will highlight current findings on ‘what works’ but also that these are just indicative, given the limitations and biases in what has been studied and how, and argue that there is need to re-think evaluation methods for HSS beyond finite interventions and narrow outcomes. Clearer concepts, frameworks and methods can support more coherent HSS investment.
Supporting Scaled-up Option B Plus in Malawi, Africa,
It was great to work with great scientists and to be part of this publication. Congratulations Team!
NICE Guidance Prevention of STIs and Under 18 Conceptionsbpilmer
A quick reference guide presenting recommendations on 'one to one interentions to reduce the transmission of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) including HIV, and to reduce the rate of under 18 conceptions, especially among vulnerable and at risk groups.'
Integrating mRDTs into the health system in Uganda: preparing health workers ...Malaria Consortium
In 2010, the World Health Organization (WHO) changed its guidelines to state that all suspected malaria cases should be tested for the presence of malaria parasites by microscopy or malaria rapid diagnostic tests (mRDTs) prior to treatment. A number of countries have now adopted these guidelines and begun to integrate mRDTs into routine service delivery.
With funding from Comic Relief, Malaria Consortium supported the first sustained, district-wide introduction of mRDTs to health facilities in Uganda, starting in December 2010. A number of health workers from public lower-level health facilities have been trained under this programme. A national-level consultative process was also undertaken to revise the national training curriculum for use in country-wide scale-up.
This learning paper presents the lessons drawn from this experience. It discusses the critical training requirements of health workers and what needs to be addressed. The paper also reviews approaches for the successful integration of mRDTs into health service delivery and how best to support health workers adapt to changes in policy.
Presentation given by Professor Sophie Witter at the 5th Meeting of the Montreux Collaborative on Fiscal Space, Public Financial Management and Health Financing in November 2021
The use of Information and Communication Technology to support South African ...Michael Rowe
This is the first conference presentation I ever gave. It was in 2008 at the South African Association of Health Educators (SAAHE) conference at Stellenbosch University.
I came across it just now and thought I'd put it up here, just for the sake of being complete.
Kundenerziehung - TYPO3camp Munich 2011 - Patrick Lobacherdie.agilen GmbH
Kunden und Dienstleister (sei es nun Agentur oder Freelancer) sind zwei Wesen, die im Grunde genommen nicht wirklich zueinander passen. Der Vortrag soll Möglichkeiten aus der Praxis aufzeigen und zu Diskussionen anregen, wie man das Verhältnis zwischen diesen beiden optimieren kann.
Slides to support a master class on making student thinking visible through practical hands-on activities and structured around Dylan Wiliam's work on formative assessment and active learning.
Weight loss interventions for adults who are obese on mortality and morbidity...Health Evidence™
Health Evidence™ hosted a 60 minute webinar examining the effects of weight loss interventions for adults who are obese on mortality, cardiovascular disease and cancer. Follow this link to access to the audio recording for this webinar: https://youtu.be/olF1bvaofXE
Dr. Alison Avenell, Clinical Chair in Health Services Research, and Sam (Chenhan) Ma, from the Health Services Research Unit at the University of Aberdeen presented an overview of findings from their latest systematic review and meta-analysis:
Ma C, Avenell A, Bolland M, Hudson J, Stewart F, Robertson C, et al. (2017). Effects of weight loss interventions for adults who are obese on mortality, cardiovascular disease, and cancer: Systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ, 359, j4849.
Adults with obesity have an increased risk of premature mortality, cardiovascular disease, some cancers, type 2 diabetes, and many other diseases. This review assesses whether weight loss intervention for adults with obesity affect all cause, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and body weight. Fifty-four randomized controlled trials (RCTs) with 30,206 participants were identified in the review. High quality evidence showed that weight loss interventions decrease all cause mortality, with six fewer deaths per 1000 participants. Moderate quality evidence showed an effect on cardiovascular mortality, and very low quality evidence showed an effect on cancer mortality. Weight reducing diets, usually low in fat and saturated fat, with or without exercise advice or programmes, may reduce premature all cause mortality in adults with obesity.
This presentation was given at the Future Health Systems conference in Abuja, Nigeria, by our Ugandan colleagues in January 2009. www.futurehealthsystems.org
Health system strengthening – what is it, how should we assess it, and does i...ReBUILD for Resilience
This presentation was given to the UK's Department for International Development on 30th July 2019.
Comprehensive reviews of health system strengthening interventions are rare, partly because of lack of clarity on definitions of the term but also the potentially huge scale of the evidence. In our talk, we will reflect on the process of undertaking such an evidence review for DFID recently (attached again), drawing out suggestions on definitions of HSS and approaches to assessment, as well as summarising some key conclusions from the current evidence base. Most HSS interventions have theories of change relating to specific system blocks, but more work is needed on capturing their spill-over effects and their contribution to meeting over-arching health system process goals. We will make some initial suggestions about such goals, to reflect the features that characterise a ‘strong health system’. We will highlight current findings on ‘what works’ but also that these are just indicative, given the limitations and biases in what has been studied and how, and argue that there is need to re-think evaluation methods for HSS beyond finite interventions and narrow outcomes. Clearer concepts, frameworks and methods can support more coherent HSS investment.
Supporting Scaled-up Option B Plus in Malawi, Africa,
It was great to work with great scientists and to be part of this publication. Congratulations Team!
NICE Guidance Prevention of STIs and Under 18 Conceptionsbpilmer
A quick reference guide presenting recommendations on 'one to one interentions to reduce the transmission of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) including HIV, and to reduce the rate of under 18 conceptions, especially among vulnerable and at risk groups.'
Integrating mRDTs into the health system in Uganda: preparing health workers ...Malaria Consortium
In 2010, the World Health Organization (WHO) changed its guidelines to state that all suspected malaria cases should be tested for the presence of malaria parasites by microscopy or malaria rapid diagnostic tests (mRDTs) prior to treatment. A number of countries have now adopted these guidelines and begun to integrate mRDTs into routine service delivery.
With funding from Comic Relief, Malaria Consortium supported the first sustained, district-wide introduction of mRDTs to health facilities in Uganda, starting in December 2010. A number of health workers from public lower-level health facilities have been trained under this programme. A national-level consultative process was also undertaken to revise the national training curriculum for use in country-wide scale-up.
This learning paper presents the lessons drawn from this experience. It discusses the critical training requirements of health workers and what needs to be addressed. The paper also reviews approaches for the successful integration of mRDTs into health service delivery and how best to support health workers adapt to changes in policy.
Presentation given by Professor Sophie Witter at the 5th Meeting of the Montreux Collaborative on Fiscal Space, Public Financial Management and Health Financing in November 2021
The use of Information and Communication Technology to support South African ...Michael Rowe
This is the first conference presentation I ever gave. It was in 2008 at the South African Association of Health Educators (SAAHE) conference at Stellenbosch University.
I came across it just now and thought I'd put it up here, just for the sake of being complete.
Kundenerziehung - TYPO3camp Munich 2011 - Patrick Lobacherdie.agilen GmbH
Kunden und Dienstleister (sei es nun Agentur oder Freelancer) sind zwei Wesen, die im Grunde genommen nicht wirklich zueinander passen. Der Vortrag soll Möglichkeiten aus der Praxis aufzeigen und zu Diskussionen anregen, wie man das Verhältnis zwischen diesen beiden optimieren kann.
Slides to support a master class on making student thinking visible through practical hands-on activities and structured around Dylan Wiliam's work on formative assessment and active learning.
Hartek Power Private Ltd (formerly known as Amtek Energy & Power Pvt ltd) is India’s fastest growing and most admired Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) company. It has expertise in executing large solar, electrical infrastructure projects and manufactures complete range of power distribution equipments and solutions for industrial & utility needs.
Presentación de la empresa Canalval.
Empresa dedicada a la instalación y mantenimiento de canales, desagues, canalones y depósitos aprovechamiento agua de lluvia
Martín Valdivia: Mini novelas y promoción del microahorro en el perúUNDP Policy Centre
This presentation is part of the programme of the International Seminar "Social Protection, Entrepreneurship and Labour Market Activation: Evidence for Better Policies", organized by the International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG/UNDP) together with Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Colombian Think Tank Fedesarrollo held on September 10-11 at the Ipea Auditorium in Brasilia.
AGROFORESTERÍA DINÁMICA EN LOS VALLES INTERANDINOS DE BOLIVIA – SUPERANDO MIE...Naturefund
La agroforestería dinámica (AD), también conocida como multi-estrato, análoga o sucesional se viene desarrollando en Bolivia desde la década de los 90´s en la zona del Alto Beni (300 – 1.400 msnm). Los beneficios de la producción de cacao, cítricos y arroz entre otros cultivos han sido ampliamente estudiados y difundidos a nivel nacional e internacional. También se cuenta con experiencias exitosas en otras zonas bajas del país. La implementación de estos sistemas en zonas más altas como el altiplano y los valles interandinos siempre ha sido considerada un gran reto, tanto por la cooperación nacional e internacional, como por los técnicos de campo y agricultores locales. Pese a estos miedos, algunos valientes e intrépidos vienen instalando y manejando sistemas ADs en los valles interandinos de Cochabamba. El presente artículo presenta los detalles de un proyecto de AD en Cochabamba.
Reproductive Health Lecture Note !
The Nairobi Summit on ICPD25 provides an opportunity to complete the unfinished business
of the ICPD programme of action and also a chance to commit to a forward-looking sexual
and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) agenda to meet the Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs) and its targets. It is an opportunity for the global community to build on the
ICPD framework and fully commit to realizing a visionary agenda for SRHR and to reaching
those who have been left behind. This agenda must pay attention to population dynamics and
migration patterns, recognize the diverse challenges faced by different countries at various
stages of development, and ground policies and programmes in respect for, and fulfilment of,
human rights and the dignity of the individual (United Nations Population Fund, 2019).
Since 1994, the world has developed through responding to the Millennium Development
Goals (MDGs), which focused on the achievement of a few, specific health targets, to commit
to the comprehensive 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The aspirational targets
of the health SDG (SDG 3 – Good Health and Well-being) are not merely ambitious in
themselves, but cover nearly every important aspect of human well-being, both physical and
relational. Unlike the MDGs, the SDGs explicitly recognize sexual and reproductive health as
essential to health, development and women’s empowerment. Sexual and reproductive health
is referenced under both SDG 3, including met family planning needs, maternal health-care
access and fertility rates in adolescence, and SDG 5 (gender equality), which additionally refers
to sexual health and reproductive rights.
With the SDGs, the world has also committed to achieving UHC, including financial risk
protection, access to high-quality essential health-care services and access to safe, effective,
high-quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all. In connection with the
74th session of the United Nations General Assembly (2019), world leaders made a political
declaration1
recommitting to achieving UHC by 2030. The declaration further re-emphasizes
the right to health for all and a commitment to achieving universal access to sexual and
reproductive health services and reproductive rights as stated in the SDGs. As such, UHC
and SRHR are intimately linked. Without taking into account a population’s SRHR needs,
UHC is impossible to achieve, as many of the basic health needs are linked to people’s sexual
and reproductive health. Similarly, universal access to SRHR cannot be achieved without
countries defining a pathway towards UHC, which includes prioritizing resources according to health needs.
The purpose of this paper is to define and describe the key components of a comprehensive,
life course approach to SRHR. Furthermore, the ambition is to describe how countries can move towards universal access to SRHR as an essential part of UHC.
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Ρητορική και πολιτική στην Πρωτοβάθμια Φροντίδα. Η αναγκαιότητα μιας τεκμηριω...Evangelos Fragkoulis
Παρούσιαση μου στα πλαίσια του 13ου Health Policy Forum, με θέμα:
"Πρωτοβάθμια Φροντίδα Υγείας: Προϋποθέσεις Ανασυγκρότησης και Ανάπτυξης"
Αρχαία Ολυμπία, 15-17 Απριλίου 2016
http://www.healthpolicy.gr/13%CE%B7-%CF%83%CF%85%CE%BD%CE%AC%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%83%CE%B7-%CE%B1%CF%81%CF%87%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%B1-%CE%BF%CE%BB%CF%85%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%AF%CE%B1-2016/
Importance of Community Health Strategy (CHS) in attaining health goals (MNCH...REACHOUTCONSORTIUMSLIDES
Presentation given at the USAID SQALE Symposium, Bridging the Quality Gap - Strengthening Quality Improvement in Community Health Services, by S. N. Njoroge on behalf of the Kenyan Ministry of Health. http://usaidsqale.reachoutconsortium.org/
Decentralization in Health Care – is there evidence for it?
Guest lecture at School of Public Health, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
by Axel Hoffmann, PhD
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Professor Cindy Farquhar
Cochrane Menstrual Disorders & Subfertility Group
NZ Cochrane Branch of the Australasian Cochrane Centre
New Zealand Guidelines Group
National Women’s Health
University of Auckland
The explosion in the number of applications (apps) designed for the medical and wellness sectors has been noted by many. Recently we have seen increased presence of truly medical apps, in addition to consumer health and wellbeing apps, designed for clinical professionals and patients with medical conditions.
Consumer based mHealth apps typically allow people to do old things in new ways, such as recording health measures digitally rather than on paper. We see this also with medical apps, where increases in the quality and efficiency of existing health care models provide clinical staff with digital tools that replace paper based documentation. In rare and exciting cases we are also seeing mHealth applications that are doing things in entirely new ways to drive real innovation in health care delivery through mobile devices.
The aim of the tutorial is to highlight real world, high impact mobile research that is relevant to the key discipline of Mobile HCI. Thus, the tutorial will be application rather than academically focused. The tutorial will highlight the wide range of mHealth applications available that go far beyond trackers and behavior change tools and encourage researchers to look beyond consumer applications in their research. Four key areas of mHealth applications will be covered including Apps for the HealthyWell, mHealth in Hospitals, Practice and Clinical Apps and Patient Apps and will cover applications for health assessment, treatment and triage, behavior change, chronic illness, mental health, adolescent health, rehabilitation and age care with a focus on the need for rigorous evaluation and efficacy analysis.
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Patricia Latter REF "Routes to Impact" presentation 26/05/2016LIDC
This event, “REF: routes to impact”, aimed to raise awareness among academic members of the multiple routes to impact their research can have. The aim of the evening was to let researchers consider the numerous ways that research can have an impact within an international development context.
Ian thornton REF "Routes to Impact" presentation 26/05/2016LIDC
This event, “REF: routes to impact”, aimed to raise awareness among academic members of the multiple routes to impact their research can have. The aim of the evening was to let researchers consider the numerous ways that research can have an impact within an international development context.
The UK Research Councils will deliver through the GCRF £1.5b in research grants for international development research over the next five years. This funding is new and additional to existing sources of research support like DFID, the Newton Fund, etc., which will continue. The GCRF represents the largest single boost to research council funding in their history and will create an entirely new stream of development research funding across arts, humanities, social and natural sciences, with particular opportunities for interdisciplinary research.
Malcolm Potts Crisis in the Sahel: Where Population and Climate Change Are Co...LIDC
rofessor Malcolm Potts, renowned in the field of public health, gave a one-off keynote lecture for LIDC. The lecture, at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, focused on the emerging humanitarian disaster in the Sahel. It has been central to the work of his team for several years.
An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Global Health and the SDGs - Prof. Sir An...LIDC
It is rare that you find an outstanding leader in a particular discipline who has also become as well an international figure in interdisciplinary thinking. Prof Sir Andy Haines is just such a figure.
A former Director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and one of the designers and founders of LIDC about a decade ago, Andy has in recent years developed an international reputation and programme linking our development agenda for global health with the much bigger challenge of sustainability and the threat posed to that by climate change and environmental degradation.
His work has revealed the threats posed to health and well being by environmental change, but has emphasized and identified the positive opportunities, and the co-benefits they can generate.
Model Attribute Check Company Auto PropertyCeline George
In Odoo, the multi-company feature allows you to manage multiple companies within a single Odoo database instance. Each company can have its own configurations while still sharing common resources such as products, customers, and suppliers.
The French Revolution, which began in 1789, was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France. It marked the decline of absolute monarchies, the rise of secular and democratic republics, and the eventual rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. This revolutionary period is crucial in understanding the transition from feudalism to modernity in Europe.
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Operation “Blue Star” is the only event in the history of Independent India where the state went into war with its own people. Even after about 40 years it is not clear if it was culmination of states anger over people of the region, a political game of power or start of dictatorial chapter in the democratic setup.
The people of Punjab felt alienated from main stream due to denial of their just demands during a long democratic struggle since independence. As it happen all over the word, it led to militant struggle with great loss of lives of military, police and civilian personnel. Killing of Indira Gandhi and massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and other India cities was also associated with this movement.
Biological screening of herbal drugs: Introduction and Need for
Phyto-Pharmacological Screening, New Strategies for evaluating
Natural Products, In vitro evaluation techniques for Antioxidants, Antimicrobial and Anticancer drugs. In vivo evaluation techniques
for Anti-inflammatory, Antiulcer, Anticancer, Wound healing, Antidiabetic, Hepatoprotective, Cardio protective, Diuretics and
Antifertility, Toxicity studies as per OECD guidelines
The Roman Empire A Historical Colossus.pdfkaushalkr1407
The Roman Empire, a vast and enduring power, stands as one of history's most remarkable civilizations, leaving an indelible imprint on the world. It emerged from the Roman Republic, transitioning into an imperial powerhouse under the leadership of Augustus Caesar in 27 BCE. This transformation marked the beginning of an era defined by unprecedented territorial expansion, architectural marvels, and profound cultural influence.
The empire's roots lie in the city of Rome, founded, according to legend, by Romulus in 753 BCE. Over centuries, Rome evolved from a small settlement to a formidable republic, characterized by a complex political system with elected officials and checks on power. However, internal strife, class conflicts, and military ambitions paved the way for the end of the Republic. Julius Caesar’s dictatorship and subsequent assassination in 44 BCE created a power vacuum, leading to a civil war. Octavian, later Augustus, emerged victorious, heralding the Roman Empire’s birth.
Under Augustus, the empire experienced the Pax Romana, a 200-year period of relative peace and stability. Augustus reformed the military, established efficient administrative systems, and initiated grand construction projects. The empire's borders expanded, encompassing territories from Britain to Egypt and from Spain to the Euphrates. Roman legions, renowned for their discipline and engineering prowess, secured and maintained these vast territories, building roads, fortifications, and cities that facilitated control and integration.
The Roman Empire’s society was hierarchical, with a rigid class system. At the top were the patricians, wealthy elites who held significant political power. Below them were the plebeians, free citizens with limited political influence, and the vast numbers of slaves who formed the backbone of the economy. The family unit was central, governed by the paterfamilias, the male head who held absolute authority.
Culturally, the Romans were eclectic, absorbing and adapting elements from the civilizations they encountered, particularly the Greeks. Roman art, literature, and philosophy reflected this synthesis, creating a rich cultural tapestry. Latin, the Roman language, became the lingua franca of the Western world, influencing numerous modern languages.
Roman architecture and engineering achievements were monumental. They perfected the arch, vault, and dome, constructing enduring structures like the Colosseum, Pantheon, and aqueducts. These engineering marvels not only showcased Roman ingenuity but also served practical purposes, from public entertainment to water supply.
June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
Embracing GenAI - A Strategic ImperativePeter Windle
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Generative AI, Image Generators and Large Language Models have had a dramatic impact on teaching, learning and assessment over the past 18 months. The most immediate threat AI posed was to Academic Integrity with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) focusing their efforts on combating the use of GenAI in assessment. Guidelines were developed for staff and students, policies put in place too. Innovative educators have forged paths in the use of Generative AI for teaching, learning and assessments leading to pockets of transformation springing up across HEIs, often with little or no top-down guidance, support or direction.
This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
Unit 8 - Information and Communication Technology (Paper I).pdfThiyagu K
This slides describes the basic concepts of ICT, basics of Email, Emerging Technology and Digital Initiatives in Education. This presentations aligns with the UGC Paper I syllabus.
Welcome to TechSoup New Member Orientation and Q&A (May 2024).pdfTechSoup
In this webinar you will learn how your organization can access TechSoup's wide variety of product discount and donation programs. From hardware to software, we'll give you a tour of the tools available to help your nonprofit with productivity, collaboration, financial management, donor tracking, security, and more.
1. Human resources
for health
training:
An overview of
training priorities
and approaches
Tana Wuliji
Senior
Associate,nstituto de
Cooperaciόn Social -
Integrare (ISCI)
Tana.wuliji@integrare.es
1
DL4H International
Workshop
London, UK
26 October 2010
4. What is a health system?
4
“All organisations, people
and actions whose primary
intent is to promote, restore
or maintain health”
WHO, 2000
5. Health systems building blocks
5
Service delivery
Health workforce
Information
Medical products,
vaccines and
technologies
Financing
Leadership/
governance
Improved health
Responsiveness
Social and financial risk
protection
Improved efficiency
4 million health worker
shortage in 57 countries
In 60 countries, less than
¼ deaths recorded
Medicines availability 20%
in public sector in 39 LMIC
100 million people
impoverished due to
health spending per year
16. Training priorities
16
Service delivery:
Diabetes UK Twinning to train
health workers and trainers
Health workforce:
PEPFAR funded MEPI, NEPI;
PROFAE nursing workforce
Brazil, AMREF nursing
workforce
Information:
Field Epidemiology Training
programs (FETP): Americas,
Africa
Medical products,
vaccines and
technologies:
Supply chain management
training (MSH, JSI)
Financing
Leadership/
governance:
6 month health management
skills program Yale/Liberia
- HR
Managers
-Educators
-Primary
healthcare
workers
-Specialists
Supply chain
management
- Researchers
17. Health systems building blocks
17
Service delivery
Health workforce
Information
Medical products,
vaccines and
technologies
Financing
Leadership/
governance
Improved health
Responsiveness
Social and financial risk
protection
Improved efficiency
Training!
But is training always the
answer?
18. 18
Myth: Training will
result in
improvements in
health worker
performance
Performance
Competence
Training
Work
environment
Job satisfaction
Autonomy
Supervision support
and feedback
Monitoring of
outcomes
Performance is influenced by a
broad set of factors
19. Training design
for performance Interactive and
integrated learning
19
Work-place based
learning
Distance education
and e-learning
20. Workplace based learning
• Health facility management 6 month training program in
Liberia
– Reduced disruption to work, enabled field based learning
for application of learnt skills
• Field Epidemiology Training Program
– Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua,
Dominican republic, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya,
Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania
– 80% learning in field, 20% in classroom
• 3 year work-place based post-graduate diploma to build
general level competencies of hospital pharmacists (UK)
20
21. Distance education and e-learning
• University of Western Cape Masters of Public Health
– Health workforce management. 75% distance education.
Face to face learning: 4 visits.
• E-learning: online video programs, online modules, live
videoconferencing and broadcasting, online case
conferencing, web based portfolio systems, online learning
platforms
• 2008 meta-analysis of 201 studies (Cook et al, 2008)
– large and positive effects from e-learning vs non-
intervention
– Mixed/limited positive effects compared to classroom
based training
21
Distance education
produces comparable but
not necessarily superior
effects to classroom
education
22. Interactive and integrated learning
22
Level 1: Interactive and clinically
integrated
Level 2: Interactive classroom activities
and didactic, clinically integrated activities
Level 3: Didactic /classroom
Khan & Coomarasamy, 2006
Improvements in
evidence based
medicine practice
7/8 evaluations: Associated
with improvements in
practice
6/7 RCTs: No significant
differences between groups
24. 24
BEHAVIOUR CHANGE
Performance
As Performance
institutionalisation
Level 4: Results
Eg –Improvements in health outcomes, improved
health service efficiency (mortality, morbidity,
healthcare utilisation)
Level 3: Behaviour
Eg – Improvements in health worker performance
(peer review, observation, patient exit surveys)
Supervision, support
& feedback
Monitoring of
outcomes (audit)
Work environment
Structured
preceptorship
Work-place based &
integrated learning
Peer learning and
review
Competence
COMPETENCE
Level 2: Learning
Eg – Improvements in competence (pre-test vs
post-test, self-assessment)
Feedback
Self-directed learning
Problem based
learning
Simulations and case
based learning
Distributed learning
Engagement
ENGAGEMENT
Level 1: Reaction
Eg – Positive response to training
Interactive
Competency based
Clear learning
objectives
Relevant
assessments
Kirkpatrick’s levels of training
effectiveness
HEALTH WORKER CAPACITY
BUILDING PROCESS GOALS
Enabling factors
25. Broadening the distance education approach
25
Performance
Competence
Training
Work
environment
Job satisfaction
Autonomy
Supervision support
and feedback
Monitoring of
outcomes/audit
= small/moderate
effect on practice
= small/moderate
effect on practice
Distance education supported
by strategies to enable
behaviour change to improve
and institutionalise
performance
Editor's Notes
PROFAE: 180,000 nursing aides, 72,000 nursing technicians, 12,000 nursing educators (2000 – 2007 via decentralised onsite training and distance edu) in Brazil
Blended learning. Contextualise and apply learning.
