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| Course
Title |
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The
Struggle for Health |
| Institution |
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Cairo:
International People's Health University |
| Country |
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Egypt |
| Type |
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Certificate
/ Short Course (up to 3 months) |
| Topics |
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Public/Global
Health: Primary Health Care
Health Determinants: Social Determinants
Health Determinants: Human Rights and Violence
Health Determinants: Poverty |
| Language |
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English |
| Location |
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Cairo International Scout Center
– 2 Youssef Abbas St., Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt.
http://www.scout.org/arab
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Objectives/
Content |
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The curriculum includes:
- the struggle for health: achievements, strategies
and new directions;
- working with communities and with grass roots health
organizations;
- comprehensive primary health care: achievements,
lessons and new directions;
- the political economy of health: globalization, the
WTO, the IMFand the WB; local issues and global pressures;
- the right to health: principles, achievements and
new directions;
- people’s health and the environmental struggle;
- research: part of the problem and part of the solution;
- social determinants of health (poverty, oppression
and hierarchy; alienation and exclusion; racism and
sexism; materialism) and the struggle for health.
Participants should come prepared:
* to describe in some detail an activist project or campaign
or movement that they have been directly involved in;
to describe in sufficient detail for the strategies, theories
and skills of practice to be evident;
* to provide an overall assessment of the health challenges
in their country and the status and prospects for PHM;
* to present an account of an episode of teaching and
or learning that they have been involved in.
The program for all of the IPHU Short Courses is based
on the People’s Charter for Health (PCH). We will
explore the meaning of the PCH; analyse the challenges
it presents and develop resources and strategies for the
struggle for Health For All. Participants should ensure
that they are very familar with the Charter. |
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| Next Beginning |
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March 22 - 1st April, 2008 |
| Appl. Deadline |
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February 22nd, 2008 |
No. of
Participants |
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60 |
Participants'
Profile |
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The IPHU short courses are to
enable younger health activists to make new connections,
share experiences and study together. They aim at strengthening
the global network of people’s health activists. |
| Requirements |
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Applicants should have a
university degree. |
| Methods |
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The course will involve: pre-reading;
lectures, small group discussions, debates, workshops and
follow up study. Resource materials will take the form of
hard copy readings, lecture notes and
websites. In addition, the course will provide a unique
exposure for all participants through engaging the course
with a planned Regional Health Forum that will be held on
the last 2 days of the course. |
| Cooperation |
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IPHU and the PHM Regional Coordination
Group for the Middle East and North Africa, in collaboration
with the Association for Health and Environmental Development
(AHED) invite applicants for the next IPHU short course
for health activists. |
| Course fee |
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Registration fees: For Egyptians:
EGP 350; For Non-Egyptians US$ 100
Tuition fees: none
Accommodation: For Egyptians: EGP 1500, For Non-Egyptians:
US$ 600 |
| Scholarship |
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A limited number of scholarships
are available. They may cover the travel costs and/or accommodation.
Applicants should seek such support from sponsors in their
own countries in the first instance. |
For
further
information |
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IPHU Coordinator, Dr David
Legge and PHM Global Secretariat Coordinator Dr Hani
Email: cairo@phmovement.org
Internet: http://phmovement.org/iphu/en/mena
http://phmovement.org/iphu/files/Announce_IPHU@Cairo_080322-0401.pdf |
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| Last
update |
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03/03/2008 mas |
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