If the site is not blocked in Myanmar here is a chance for health workers to get training on public health.
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The e-learning Course on Strengthening of Essential Public Health
Functions
From November 14, 2007 to March 19, 2008
URL:
http://www.paho.org/English/DPM/SHD/HR/ephf-2ecourse08-wbi-paho.htm#appl
ication
Application Form:
http://info.worldbank.org/etools/wbi_learning/sec/form_e.cfm?sch_id=HNP0
8-01-188
The course develops leadership and competencies in the assessment and
performance of the 'Essential Public Health Functions' (EPHF), and
contribute to the strengthening of effective national public health
systems.
Registration deadline is October 1, 2007
Participants: Technical cadres of Ministries of Health, mid-level policy
makers, World Bank staff, PAHO and WHO staff, other development agency
and donor agency staff and other agents of change.
Organizers: The World Bank Institute and the Pan American Health
Organization, PAHO/WHO
Language: English only
Course Structure:
The course is structured around the 11 Essential Public Health Functions
as identified by PAHO and will be clustered in an introductory module
and 3 tracks.
* Introductory Module
* Track 1: Basis and Organization
1. Health Situation Monitoring
2. Surveillance and Risk Control
3. Human Resource Development
4. Emergencies and Disasters
* Track 2: Strategy and Policy
5. Policy Development
6. Regulation
7. Health Promotion
8. Research
* Track 3: Access and Quality
9. Quality of Services
10. Equitable Access
11. Social Participation
12. Inter-sectoral Action for Health
Duration and Course Load: Three tracks of 5, 4 and 4 weeks respectively
- 8 to 10 hours per week..
Dates:
Track 1: 14 November - 19 December, 2007 (5 weeks)
Track 2: 9 January - 6 February, 2008 (4 weeks)
Track 3: 20 February - 19 March, 2008 (4 weeks)
Course Format:
Students will take the course entirely through the internet (World Wide
Web). Upon acceptance as participant you will be given a course ID and
password, with which you will be able to access the course site. The
format of the course relies heavily on 'action learning' which means
that you will be required to actively participate in all online
activities, which will mainly consist of reading the course content and
posting assignments and reacting to other participants' postings.
As most of the weeks' assignments are based on team work and joint
products, it is imperative that you are able to log in and work on the
course regularly so that your team can effectively produce the team
products, and that you can adhere to deadlines. Active participation is
required to qualify for receiving a completion certificate.
General Course Contact: Jo Hindriks at jhindriks@worldbank.org
<mailto:jhindriks@worldbank.org>
