Management and Promotion of Sexual and Reproductive Health and
Rights Course
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11th - 22nd April 2005
AMREF International Training Centre
Nairobi, Kenya
The course
The Sexual Reproductive Health course is aimed at providing op-
portunities for the participants to develop critical and in-
formed understanding of sexual and reproductive health educa-
tion, promotion, care management and right issues. The two-week
course will equip the participants with a wide range of knowl-
edge, skills and attitudes (competencies) to facilitate integra-
tions of comprehensive sexual reproductive health services in
the provision of health care services.
Course Objectives
By the end of this course participants would be able to:
* Understand the basic concepts of sexual and reproductive
health and its relations to overall health and human develop-
ment.
* Explain the concept and components of gender in sexual and re-
productive health
* Design community-level sexual reproductive health programmes
that are integrated with the overall health system.
* Plan, implement, manage, monitor and evaluate integrated sex-
ual and reproductive health programmes.
* Identify and design approaches for advocacy and promotion of
sexual and reproductive health and rights.
Target Group
The participants will include:
* Project/programme managers in Reproductive Health pro-
jects/programmes.
* Heads of programmes, projects or institutions assigned to man-
age Reproductive Health programs
Content
The content includes but is not limited to:
* The traditionally well established Sexual and Reproductive
Health projects and programmes; family planning needs, safe
motherhood.
* Comprehensive approach to sexual and reproductive health care
within the primary health care context which will include:
- Quality family planning counseling, information, education,
communication and services,
- Prenatal, safe delivery and post-natal care, including breast-
feeding,
- Prevention and management of complications of unsafe abortion
- Safe abortion services,
- Treatment of the reproductive tract infections, sexually
transmitted diseases including recognition that often they in-
crease the risk of HIV transmission and other conditions of re-
productive systems,
- Information and counseling on human sexuality, responsible
parenthood and sexual and reproductive health,
- Active prevention/eradication of harmful practices e.g. female
genital mutilation.
- Making reproductive health services available, accessible and
affordable with emphasis on the needs of underserved and vulner-
able groups including adolescents, the rural and urban poor com-
munities, people with disabilities, migrants, refugees and in-
ternally displaced and ensuring the safety and responsiveness of
services to women, men and adolescents
- Taking into consideration culture, ethnic and gender issues.
* Emerging issues of ARH such as HIV/AIDS pandemic, adolescent
sexuality and rights, pregnancy and consequences including rape.
* Gender equality in sexual and reproductive health and rights
* Field visits to comprehensive sexual and reproductive health
programs and services
* Advocacy, practice, promotion of Sexual and Reproductive
Health Rights
* Management and fundraising for SRH programmes
Duration
This is a 2 weeks course and will be held on 11th - 22nd April
2005. Costs US$ 480 to cover tuition, stationery, field visits,
learning materials, lunch and morning and afternoon tea with
snacks
Non residential course
This is a non residential course and therefore accommodation and
other living expenses are not included. Accommodation costs for
bed, dinner and breakfast at nearby hostels and hotels is ap-
proximately US$ 15 to US$ 35 depending on the available facili-
ties. If you request us we will assist you make your reserva-
tions at any of these facilities.
Application
Fill in the application form on the web link
http://www.amref.org/shortcourses.htm
and return to us immediately for reservations.
NO SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE PLEASE
Contact person
Joyce K. Mwaura
Administrator
Training Directorate of Learning Systems
AMREFHQ
P O Box 00506 27691 Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +254-20-605220 ext 224
Fax: +254-20-609518
mailto:joycek@amrefhq.org