Dear Colleagues,
We would like to invite you to join the 5th Ask the Expert (ATE)
Session of the Health System Action Network (HSAN) <www.hsanet.org>
that will run from the 4th ? 8th May, 2009.
The over-all theme for this session is "Lessons Learned in
Strengthening Health Systems for Tuberculosis Control in Developing
Countries".
HSAN Founding Member, Daniel Osei of the Ghana Health Service will act
as our resource person and will be responding to questions related to
the above topic.
Daniel is Deputy Director for Planning and Budget of the Ghana Health
Service, and is presently engaged in health systems strengthening
initiatives of the Global Fund, GAVI and WHO (TB).
For this particular session, we are very pleased to inform you that
HSAN is engaging in a collaborative partnership with the Global Health
Delivery (GHD) Project <www.globalhealthdelivery.org>, launched in 2007
by Brigham & Women?s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, the FXB Center
at Harvard School of Public Health, and Partners in Health (PIH)
<www.pih.org>. One of the components of the GHD Project is GHDonline, a
mechanism for virtual exchange of information and sharing of resources
within four ?communities of practice,? each of which focuses on a
particular area in global health.
This session will be hosted by GHDonline <www.ghdonline.org> in its ?TB
Infection Control community?. To join the 5th ATE session, simply
follow these steps:
1- Click on the following link or copy-paste into your web browser
- www.ghdonline.org/ic/.
2- While on the TB Infection Control Community page, click on the
?Sign up? link in the upper right hand corner.
3- Complete your registration details, ensuring that you put a
check mark on the TB Infection Control Community.
4- Click the ?Sign up? button on the bottom of the page -- Now,
you?re a member of the community! You will receive an activation link
by email. Click on the link to activate your membership.
5- Go back to the site, sign in by clicking on ?Sign in?, and go
to ?My Profile?. In ?My Profile?, you can set your email notification
settings to ?instant? so that you will receive an email notifying you
when the ATE questions are posted.
6- To respond to these questions, you can reply directly to your
email notifications, or you can click on the discussion link on the
site and click ?Reply?.
7- To start a new discussion or post a question addressed to our HSAN
expert, click on ?Start discussion?, or simply send your thoughts as an
e-mail to ic@ghdonline.org.
At the end of the week-long session, a summary of the e-discussions
will be generated by our host moderators.
Let?s all then have a lively and engaging ATE session, and hope to see
you on GHDonline!
Inviting you all on behalf of HSAN's Co-chairs and wider membership,
Edwin Bolastig
Edwin Vicente Cinco Bolastig, MD, MSc
HSAN Co-chair, Latin America and the Caribbean
Research Associate
Health Sciences and Biomedical Engineering
University of Trinidad and Tobago
O'Meara Campus, Lots 74-98 O'Meara Industrial Park
Arima, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies
(O)1.868.642.8888 x21254
(M)1.868.344.6748
edwin.bolastig@utt.edu.tt