This is ground-breaking and very successful 12 day course developed by WHO to meet requests from many individuals and organizations, and to respond to a clear need for more effective planning, research and implementation of rational medicines use practices in the community. It is a condensed version adopted from the official two weeks WHO course on 'Promoting Rational Drug Use in the Community' being organized at this Institute for the 8th time.

Objectives:
1. To an exposure to methods to study and remedy inappropriate medicine use in the community,
2. To analysis of what shapes medicines demand.
3. To get exposed to practical approaches to investigating and prioritizing medicine use problems, and how to develop effective strategies for change.
4. To understand the rational use of drug for reproductive health and HIV/AIDS.

Content:

• Current access to medicines scenario
• What influences medicines use by consumers
• Investigating medicines use pattern and identifying problems
• How to prioritise problems related to medicines use by a community
• Conducting a rapid appraisal to analyse problems and identification of solutions
• Fieldwork and data analysis
• Monitoring and evaluation
• Face-to-face education
• Advocacy and networking
• Developing research projects linked to interventions

* WHO SEARO, New Delhi http://www.searo.who.int/
* Alliance for Prudent Use of Antibiotics (APUA)
* Rajasthan Society for Promotion of Rational Use of Drugs (RSPRUD), Jaipur, India
* Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, India Chapter (ISPOR - INDIA)

Dr. Jawahar S. Bapna
Indian Institute of Health Management Research
1, Prabhu Dayal Marg, Airport Road
Jaipur – 302 011, INDIA
Asia-ITC, European Commission
Email: jbapna@iihmr.org or prudc.india@gmail.com
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Preventing and treating diseases require assessment, delivery and monitoring by health workers. Without a strong health workforce, advances in healthcare cannot reach and benefit the people who need them. Despite this, state health systems nationwide are finding it increasingly difficult to train, support and retain their health workers. These problems are directly threatening efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Moreover, decades of cost cutting and under-investment in health have also resulted in terrible working conditions for many in the health workforce. The morale and performance of overburdened, underpaid and unsupported health workers have sharply declined. As a result, many health workers feel they can no longer continue under these conditions. This has led to loss of health workers, deterioration of health services and erosion of public trust in the health system.

Solutions to these problems do exist, and new ones are being actively sought. Innovative and effective ways to educate, support and manage the health workforce, and encourage private-public partnerships are already reaping benefits. In recent years, WHO and its partners have moved health workforce issues up the political agenda. To give further momentum to efforts in this area, this training programme aims at developing leadership in planning, formulating and implementing the required human resource management policies. It is hoped that this will encourage policy makers, health professionals, academia, and NGOs to work effectively to strengthen the health workforce.

Rs. 16,000/- for Indian participants and US $ 600 for international participants.
(The fee includes charges for tuition, training materials, board, lodging and local hospitality at IIHMR, Jaipur).

Tel: +91 (0)141 392 47 00
Fax: +91 (0)141 392 47 38
Email: iihmr@iihmr.org
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The course focuses on the study of the basic concepts of disaster management and principles of disaster planning, objectives and purpose of a disaster plan, the role and responsibilities of the staff and the basic facilities required to meet the challenge of disasters and emergency response.

Disasters have occurred ever since the existence of mankind and no community is immune to the emergencies caused by natural and manmade phenomena. Disaster events result in a number of deaths and injuries in the community along with widespread destruction of property, economic losses etc., and the community requires immediate assistance to overcome their effects. Globally, the toll of deaths and damages in natural disasters has been increasing. The cost to the global economy is estimated to be 50,000 million US dollars per year, of which a third represents the cost of predicting, preventing and mitigating distress and the remaining two-thirds represents the direct cost of 2,50,000 deaths, of which major disasters kill on average 1,40,000 people per year. A study made by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) indicates that India is one of the most disaster prone countries (as far as natural disasters are concerned).

Objectives:

• To understand the concept of disaster and its management
• To enunciate the principles of disaster planning and the objectives and purpose of a disaster plan
• To specify the composition, functions and responsibilities of the Disaster Committee
• To outline the role and responsibilities of medical and nursing staff and the departments
• To analyse the disaster facilities required
• To develop a hospital disaster plan and modalities for response action

Contents:

• Basic concepts
• Disaster management in India
• Principles of disaster planning
• Objectives of a hospital disaster plan
• Disaster Committee
• Organisation, roles and responsibilities
• Organising disaster facilities
• Disaster manual of hospitals
• Disaster drill
• Leadership, team building and organisation dynamics

Indian Institute of Health Management Research
1, Prabhu Dayal Marg, Airport Road
Jaipur – 302 011, INDIA
Tel: +91 (0)141 2791 431
Fax: +91 (0)141 2792 138
Email: iihmr@iihmr.org
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The broad objective of the programme is to strengthen technical and managerial capabilities of participants in planning and implementation of care and support programme for people living with HIV (PLHA) and their families. More specifically, it will focus on:

• Situation analysis to understand the care and support needs (health, economic, social etc.) of PLHA and their families
• Comprehensive HIV/AIDS care
• Ethical issues
• Institutional management of HIV/AIDS transmitted through unsafe sex, IV drug abuse, and infected blood transfusion
• Institutional management HIV/AIDS: Mother to child transmission
• Home based care of PLHA
• Community based care of PLHA
• Counselling
• Monitoring and evaluation of care and support programme for PLHA

Course Content

• Epidemiology of HIV: Global, regional and national scenario
• Impact of HIV/AIDS on individuals, societies and nations
• Comprehensive HIV/AIDS care
• Ethical issues in the care and support of people living with HIV and AIDS
• Assessment of care and support needs of PLHA (situation analysis)
• Institutional management of HIV/AIDS transmitted through unsafe sex, drug abuse and infected blood transfusion
• Institutional management of HIV/AIDS: Mother to child transmission
• Planning for home and institutional based care of PLHA
• Counseling
• Monitoring and evaluation of care and support programme for PLHA

Indian Institute of Health Management Research
1, Prabhu Dayal Marg, Airport Road
Jaipur – 302 011, INDIA
Tel: +91 (0)141 2791 431
Fax: +91 (0)141 2792 138
Email: mdp@iihmr.org
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Quality, a relatively new concept in health care, is a dynamic and complex phenomenon. There is an extensive need for capacity building in planning, implementing and managing quality assurance in health care. Also, there is a great deal to be understood about the dimensions of quality and the standards and indicators, assessment and measurement, and management of quality improvement process. Moreover the skills in the application of quality improvement tools and techniques are yet to be developed among health professionals responsible for the management and delivery of services.

Objectives: The broad objective of the training programme is to develop knowledge and basic
skills of programme managers in quality assurance in health care:

• To develop an understanding of the concepts of quality and its importance in health care.
• To develop an understanding of standards and indicators of quality.
• To develop the basic skills in the assessment and measurement of quality.
• To learn the quality improvement process, tools and managerial skills.
• To develop skills in monitoring quality of services and in planning and implementing quality assurance programmes.

The overall aim of the course is to improve the leadership and managerial competencies of programme managers involved in planning, strategizing, implementing, and controlling various functions in NRHM (National Rural Health Mission).

The specific objectives of the course are:

• To provide an overview of key concepts and issues involved in leadership and strategic management in NRHM.
• To enable the participants to undertake self-assessment of their leadership and managerial styles and identify strengths and weaknesses.
• To discuss various leadership and managerial styles develop skills in strategic leadership, program management, monitoring and evaluation.
• To develop skills in developing collaborations and partnerships with key stakeholders.

Prof. R.S. Goyal, M.Sc, Dip. Population Science, PhD
Email: rsgoyal@iihmr.org

Tel: +91 (0)141 3924700 (30 Lines)
Fax: +91 (0)141 3924738
Email: dishant@iihmr.org or mdp@iihmr.org
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