E-drug: E-learning Course on Health Outcomes and the Poor
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[This may seem a bit distant from essential drugs, but some E-
druggers may be interested, as the health chapters of the Poverty
Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) will need quality input on drug
supply. The course that is being offered can be attended by anyone
with access to the internet, and without travel! HH]
Call for Nominations for the Elearning course: Health Outcomes and
the Poor.
Duration and course load: 6 Weeks - 8 hours per week
Dates: 3 March - 11 April 2003
Participants: (Health) Professionals involved in the Poverty
Reduction Strategy Papers process either as PRSP authors or as
advisors to the government
Regions targeted: Anglophone Africa and South and East Asia
Course fee: Introductory $500 for the pilot course
Organizer: The World Bank
Language: English only
Since the launch of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper process
(International Monetary Fund 1999 and World Bank 2000), many
countries have taken on the challenge of centering their
development agenda around poverty reduction and have engaged in
consultative and analytical work to support policy development. To
date, more than 40 countries have developed and published Interim
Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (I-PRSPs), and more than 20
countries have produced full PRSPs.
One of the main features of the PRSP process is an emphasis on
country leadership and ownership. This means that there is no set
template or framework for countries to follow. Moreover, there is
no guarantee that health would even be addressed in each PRSP as
the decision on which sectors to include is entirely up to the
authors (typically the government). The absence of an imposed
structure or format by the International Financial Institutions
increases the likelihood of country ownership and that the
strategies identified address the real needs of each country and may
lead to more individualized and creative approaches.
Since there are no set guidelines or rules to write PRSPs there is
clearly an advantage in learning from past attempts at writing them.
The course is intended to fill a need for training on what some of
the options are for writing the health component of the "Poverty
Reduction Strategy Papers". The key question is: "What is the basic
relationship between poverty and Health, Nutrition and Population
(HNP) and how do they influence each other?" This course is
intended to provide the tools for PRSP authors and reviewers
focusing on Health, Nutrition, and Population. The course will cover
(i) typical problems faced by the poor and the diagnostic tools that
can be used to identify and analyze them; (ii) pro-poor health sector
policies with examples from existing PRSPs; and (iii) Pro-poor
actions and policies outside the health sector.
Objectives of the course:
The overall course objective is to improve the health of the poor
and vulnerable through analytical work that leads to pro-poor
policies, actions and expenditures.
The operational objectives are to assist PRSP-
* authors to improve the analysis and the policies in the health
sector; and
* reviewers to advise authors on how to improve the quality of
health input into PRSPs.
Course Structure:
The modules of this course will explore the following relationships
* Introduction to the 'Pathways to Improved Health Outcomes'
diagram
* Module 1: The health system (delivery and financing)
* Module 2: The roles and constraints of households and
communities
* Module 3: Factors beyond the health sector
* Module 4: Outcomes
* Module 5: An Integrated Policy Framework
Mode of Delivery:
You will take this course entirely through the internet. 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 participant's
postings. There will be minimum participation requirements to
qualify for receiving a completion certificate.
The working language of the course will be English. Because of the
nature of Internet based learning, you will have to have good to
excellent English writing skills, since all the communication within
the course will be in written format.
Since this is an e-learning course there will be no travel involved.
We require that you be able to set aside 8 hours per week to
devote to the training. It is important that you get your manager's
approval for this time commitment prior to applying to this course.
We advise spreading the workload out over the week, working
everyday on it for an hour or two, rather than doing it all in one
day. This will enable you to actively participate in all discussions
and respond to your fellow participants' postings in a timely manner
and thus satisfying the completion requirements for this course.
Target Audience:
The course targets (health) professionals involved in the Poverty
Reduction Strategy Papers process either as PRSP authors or as
advisors to the governments in Anglophone Africa and East Asia. It
focuses on people working on PRSPs, either in the countries writing
them or in agencies that are assisting in the writing or who are
reviewing/assessing the documents.
We would also like to encourage you to forward this email to
anyone you might think is interested in, or would benefit from,
taking this course.
Please go to the World Bank learning catalogue to apply for this
course. Click on
http://wbln0018.worldbank.org/wbi/wbicatalogue.nsf/ExtEvent?Ope
nForm&code=HNP202-79-010&trail=ByDate
to be taken there directly. Upon acceptance you will receive
information how to log on to the course.
The fee for this course is $500. This is a one time offer only, since
this offering is a pilot.
For more information you can visit the introductory course website
at:
http://www.worldbank.org/wbi/healthandpopulation/brochure/index.
htm
or contact Jo Hindriks at 1- 202-4736425,
jhindriks@worldbank.org
Jo Hindriks
Population Program, Health & Population Team
Human Development Group, World Bank Institute, The World Bank
1818 H. St., N. W., Washington DC, 20433
Room J3-111; Mail Stop J3-302
Tel: +1-202-473.6425 (x 36425)
Fax: +1-202-676.0961
E-mail: jhindriks@worldbank.org
Check out our Website: www.worldbank.org/wbi/reprohealth/
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