P O Box 65015,
Dar es Salaam.
Tel:+ 255 (22) 215 33 71
Fax: +255 (22) 215 12 38
Email: mphadmin@muchs.ac.tz

The goal of this 2-week course are to provide participants with knowledge on the principles of data collection, management and analysis. Sessions will start with how to translate research objectives into data collection instruments. Students will learn how to design data entry screens and databases, how to manipulate and analyze data including descriptive statistics, estimation and hypothesis testing, how to navigate the web for data and literature resources, and how to ensure high quality data. Case studies and example datasets will be used for practical sessions. Sessions will conclude with how to disseminate research findings.

Informatics Training Project Coordinator,
MUCHS-Harvard Informatics Training Project
P.O.Box 65015, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Tel: +255 (0)22 215 29 57
Mobile: 0754-299675
Fax: +255 (0)22 215 29 57
Email: informatics@muchs.ac.tz

Purpose of the course: To equip key health professionals who are directly involved with national HIV/AIDS programs and projects at various levels of operation with the concepts and practical skills required to design and manage effective monitoring and evaluation plans in their respective programs, be they government or non-government intervention initiatives.

Specific Course Objectives: At the end of this two-week training, participants will be able to:
. Understand the principles and procedures of effective monitoring and evaluation of programs.
. Translate the principles of monitoring and evaluation into five key areas of focus in HIV/AIDS Treatment and Care such as PMTCT, HIV/TB, VCT, NUTRITION, HOME BASED CARE, HAART and CLINICAL SUPPORT and select indicators for monitoring and evaluation that are relevant and realistic at the provider's level of operation.
. Improve their team's ability to gather, manage, interpret and communicate monitoring and evaluation information, strategically and in a standardized manner.
. Understand information systems and the flow of data . Understand how to implement Monitoring and Evaluation information.

Informatics Training Project Coordinator,
MUCHS-Harvard Informatics Training Project
P.O.Box 65015, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Tel: 073-299 08 10
Mobile: 0754-299675
Email: informatics@muchs.ac.tz
Internet: Click here

The course will focus on most-at-risk populations (MARPs), such as MSM and IDU, and the challenges posed by HIV in these groups across African settings.

Vulnerability for HIV is substantially higher in some specific population groups than in the general population. There is limited information available about some of these groups and the circumstances that put them at risk, and appropriate prevention interventions are often lacking. This represents important challenges within these groups, and it also represents challenges to the society in general. While injecting drug users (IDU), for example, may be at increased risk for HIV due to their injection practices, their sexual networks may extend well beyond drug users. Men who have sex with men (MSM) may be at increased risk for HIV, and many MSM may also have sexual relations with women.

The course will include the following topics:
- Majorities, minorities and diversities
- Stigma and discrimination
- Injecting drug use circumstances, practices, risks and vulnerabilities
- Sex, sexualities and cultures
- Same sex attractions, practices, risks and vulnerabilities
- Existing knowledge about MSM, IDU, and their HIV-related challenges in Africa
- Research on MSM, IDU, and their HIV-related challenges in Africa
- Approaches to HIV programming that includes and involves MSM and IDU

In order to obtain additional information on this short course, please don't hesitate to contact:
Professor M.T. Leshabari:
Email: mleshabari@muhas.ac.tz
Dr. Kåre Moen:
Email: kare.moen@medisin.uio.no