Tel: +254 (0)2 605 220
Fax: +254 (0)2 609 518
Email: June Mwai
Internet: Click here

1. Unit provides an overview on the challenges of malaria and its impact on socio-economic development.
2. Unit covers clinical aspects of malaria including diagnosis and patient management of Malaria.
3. Unit covers control and prevention measures of Malaria.
4. Unit covers planning, management and monitoring malaria control programmes/interventions

13 September – 24 September 2010

Joyce Kariuki
Tel: +254 (0)20 699 30 00 or 699 32 24
Fax: +254 (0)20 609 518
Email: amreftraining@amrefhq.org
Internet: Click here

The purpose of this course is to provide opportunities for the participants to develop critical and informed understanding of sexual and reproductive health education, promotion, care, management and rights issues.

By the end of this course participants will be able to:

1. Define and reach a consensus on what Sexual and Reproductive Health is.
2. Clarify perceptions of Sexual and Reproductive Health issues.
3. Link Reproductive Health with the overall health system.
4. Identify the link between Reproductive Health and human development.
5. Design a Reproductive Health Program.
6. Understand how to set up Sexual and Reproductive Health Programs at the community.
7. Identify and design approaches to the promotion of Reproductive Health.
8. Plan, implement, manage, monitor and evaluate Integrated Sexual and Reproductive Health Programs.
9. Explain the concept and components of gender in reproductive health

Joyce Kariuki
Tel: +254 (0)20 699 30 00 or 699 32 24
Fax: +254 (0)20 609 518
Email: amreftraining@amrefhq.org
Internet: Click here

Joyce Kariuki
Tel: +254 (0)20 699 30 00 or 699 32 24
Fax: +254 (0)20 609 518
Email: amreftraining@amrefhq.org
Internet: Click here

Health care systems in Sub-Saharan Africa face serious problems such as population growth, AIDS, transition towards a mixed tropical/western disease pattern and scarce resources. New work practices have been developed in response to these challenges including decentralisation. With decentralisation comes the need for effective management skills at local level.

By the end of the course, participants would have:

1. Gained concise understanding of the principles and main functions of management as applied in the health sector
2. Acquired appropriate knowledge and skills in:
* Organizing, planning and managing health services at district (county) level
* Organizational assessment
* Proposal writing and resource mobilization
* Monitoring and evaluation
* Resource management at district level (county)
* Financial management
* Designing and conducting health systems research

26 April – 14 May 2010

Joyce Kariuki
Tel: +254 (0)20 699 30 00 or 699 32 24
Fax: +254 (0)20 609 518
Email: amreftraining@amrefhq.org
Internet: Click here

The purpose of this course is to strengthen the overall capacity of the participants in gender analysis and enable them appreciate the importance of mainstreaming gender in their programmes/projects.
The course covers the following main units

* Gender, gender equality, development, rights and gender mainstreaming
* Gender analysis – concepts, framework and methodology
* Gender mainstreaming
* Monitoring and evaluation of gender mainstreaming

Joyce Kariuki
Tel: +254 (0)20 699 30 00 or 699 32 24
Fax: +254 (0)20 609 518
Email: amreftraining@amrefhq.org
Internet: Click here

Module 1: Introduction to HIV/AIDS
Module 2: Introduction to Counseling and Psychosocial Support of PLWAs
Module 3: Medical care of adults and adolescents with HIV/AIDS
Module 4: Special Issues in Managing Women with HIV/AIDS
Module 5: HIV/AIDS in children
Module 6: Blood safety, Universal Precautions and Post-exposure prophylaxis
Module 7: Supportive Care of PLWAs - Palliative Care, Home-based care, Nutrition
Module 8: Ethical, legal and programmatic issues in HIV/AIDS Care

By the end of this course, participants should demonstrate knowledge, skills and attitudes requisite to provision of comprehensive care of PLWAs including counselling and testing, preventive therapies, diagnosis and treatment of opportunistic infections, rational use of antiretroviral agents, care of children and women infected with HIV/AIDS and some programmatic issues in HIV/AIDS care.

Joyce Kariuki
Tel: +254 (0)20 699 30 00 or 699 32 24
Fax: +254 (0)20 609 518
Email: amreftraining@amrefhq.org
Internet: Click here

The purpose of this course is to build the capacity of health and development workers and their organizations to be able to establish efficient, coordinated and flexible systems for managing disasters and improve sustainable development.

The following units will be covered:

• Introduction to emergency management
• Natural and technological hazards
• Early warning and contingency planning
• Risk and vulnerability analysis and hazard mapping
• Disaster mitigation and preparedness strategies
• Resource management under disaster conditions
• Cybe terrosims
• Disaster response strategies (ICS Model)
• Hazardous materials preparedness
• Community based disaster response
• Emergency first aid (3 days)
• Counselling and psychosocial care
• Disaster recovery and rehabilitation

Joyce Kariuki
Tel: +254 (0)20 699 30 00 or 699 32 24
Fax: +254 (0)20 609 518
Email: amreftraining@amrefhq.org
Internet: Click here

Objectives:

• Explain four core theories in counseling and their view of the human person;
• Engage in counseling practice and employ techniques of attending, non anxious listening, observation of verbal and non verbal communication and empathic communication;
• Define Trauma;
• Demonstrate knowledge of the different causes of Trauma;
• Explain the different ways that trauma affects people;
• State the stages of recovery from Trauma;
• Demonstrate the ability to set up and facilitate a trauma healing support group;
• Conduct a debriefing session;
• Identify referral systems for further assistance required, e.g., medication and therapy.

Joyce Kariuki
Tel: +254 (0)20 699 30 00 or 699 32 24
Fax: +254 (0)20 609 518
Email: amreftraining@amrefhq.org
Internet: Click here

• Assist a diverse audience of health and health related professionals in public, private, and community sectors.
• Develop skills and strategies to prevent or reduce behaviors that place persons at risk for STD or HIV infections.

Objectives: By the end of the course, trainees will be able to:

1. Describe Behaviour Change and behavioural theories and frameworks
2. Analyze behaviour in context: the cultural, social, political and economic factors underlying health behaviour and behaviour change
3. Analyze behavioural aspects of health problems, the context, and target groups
4. Select most appropriate means of communication and media, and design messages and materials based on research and analysis
5. Describe all the stages of production and use of communication materials for BCC from conception and development, to pre-testing, planning of use, and implementation, to monitoring and evaluation
6. Apply the strategic use of interpersonal communication approaches and their role in inducing behaviour change
7. Plan BCC strategies for the improvement of health of targeted population groups.

Joyce Kariuki
Tel: +254 (0)20 699 30 00 or 699 32 24
Fax: +254 (0)20 609 518
Email: amreftraining@amrefhq.org
Internet: Click here

The purpose of this course is to equip participants with an in-depth understanding of the concepts and principles of health promotion and how these might be put into practice in designing health promotion initiatives.
Specific Objectives

* Equip participants with skills and knowledge in use of different health education and promotion methodologies.
* Explore communication approaches for behaviour change and practice.
* Develop appropriate health education and promotion strategy and demonstrate how its integration may bring about synergy in health development programmes.
* Acquaint participants with monitoring and evaluation approaches and their application in health education and promotion.
* Equip participants with advocacy and networking skills appropriate for health education and promotion.

Joyce Kariuki
Tel: +254 (0)20 699 30 00 or 699 32 24
Fax: +254 (0)20 609 518
Email: amreftraining@amrefhq.org
Internet: Click here

Joyce Kariuki
Tel: +254 (0)20 699 30 00 or 699 32 24
Fax: +254 (0)20 609 518
Email: amreftraining@amrefhq.org
Internet: Click here

The purpose of this course is to provide participants with skills in management and sustainability of projects and programmes, including resource mobilization and management through fundraising, income generating projects etc.

The course is divided into 6 units:

1. Institutional Development and Organisational Strengthening: The content includes organisational vision, mission, purpose, objectives and activities, strategic planning and alternative options, monitoring and evaluation.
2. Participatory approaches: participation concept, consequences of participation, stakeholders and beneficiaries, participatory approaches, participatory tools and team work.
3. NGO policy: defining policy, different policy approaches, policy frameworks and its dimensions, applying the frameworks for policy analysis resistance to change continuum, seven step strategy for influencing policy, case studies of processes of policy change and implementation.
4. Sustainability: definition, fundraising, NGO financial management, and endowment fund, workable sustainability plans
5. Leadership: definition, types of leaders, nature and culture of NGOs, leadership in NGO’s, tools for leadership analysis, empowerment of NGO workers
6. Results Based Management (RBM): definition, principles of RBM, applying RBM in programme planning, defining expected results, conducting programme performance assessment, linking indicators and results, monitoring of results, RBM reporting.

Joyce Kariuki
Tel: +254 (0)20 699 30 00 or 699 32 24
Fax: +254 (0)20 609 518
Email: amreftraining@amrefhq.org
Internet: Click here

The purpose of this course is to provide health and development workers with practical knowledge and skills relevant for effective monitoring and evaluation of programmes/projects, and for developing M&E systems.

By the end of the four weeks, participants would have gained:

1. Concise understanding of the concepts, principles and processes of monitoring and evaluation
2. Knowledge and skills in designing monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems
3. Competence in formulation of change-oriented indicators and change monitoring frameworks
4. Knowledge and skills in using different tools and methods for data collection
5. Competence in application of qualitative and quantitative data analysis tools and methods, effective report writing and presentation.

8 March – 2 April 2010
21 June – 16 July 2010
6 September - 1 October 2010

Joyce Kariuki
Tel: +254 (0)20 699 30 00 or 699 32 24
Fax: +254 (0)20 609 518
Email: amreftraining@amrefhq.org
Internet: Click here

1. Apply the concepts and principles of primary health care and community based health care in health and development programs and projects
2. Plan and manage community based health and development programs using a participatory approach
3. Plan and implement training programs utilizing the adult learning approaches
4. Share ideas and experiences and challenges in implementing primary health and community based health and development programs on own projects and programs.

Joyce Kariuki
Tel: +254 (0)20 699 30 00 or 699 32 24
Fax: +254 (0)20 609 518
Email: amreftraining@amrefhq.org
Internet: Click here

The general objective of the course is to enable the middle level mangers to develop competencies that are relevant and applicable in their work environment as corporate managers.

Objectives:

• Identify management skills necessary for effectiveness in an organisation;
• Describe the concept of management;
• Describe financial management and its application to individual and organisational success;
• Identify and appreciate the dynamics of risk management and the fact that risk management encompasses more than just financial risk management;
• Describe the HR function and how to recruit and retain staff;
• Manage time effectively;
• Solve problems with greater foresight and draw on their negotiation skills;
• Improve on their presentation skills;
• Describe mentoring and coaching and their relevance in health;
• Develop their negotiation skills.

Joyce Kariuki
Tel: +254 (0)20 699 30 00 or 699 32 24
Fax: +254 (0)20 609 518
Email: amreftraining@amrefhq.org
Internet: Click here

AMREF, in a classic public-private partnership with the Nursing Council of Kenya (NCK), the African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF), Accenture, the Kenya Medical Training Colleges, several private and faith-based nursing schools and the Ministry of Health Kenya pioneered a country-wide eLearning programme for upgrading nurses in Kenya.

The programme commenced in September 2005 with a pilot of 4 schools and 145 students and aims to upgrade 22,000 Enrolled Community Health Nurses (KECHN) from ‘enrolled’ to ‘registered’ level within 5 years. Enrolled Nurses (ENs) comprise 70% of nursing and 45% of the health workforce in Kenya. They are the first point of contact for communities, but are inadequately skilled to manage new and re-emerging diseases like HIV/AIDS. This has necessitated their Continuing Professional Development to improve nursing care standards, achieve the health related Millennium Development Goals (4, 5, and 6) and enable them respond effectively to disease diversity and complexity.

Programme Benefits: For Kenya, a country with one registered nurse for every 27,000 citizens, the e-Learning program is revolutionising health-care by creating an electronic infrastructure for the accelerated education
* Flexibility: enables students to learn anytime and anywhere, while they work, with minimal interference with health service provision.
* Interactivity: facilitates nurses’ acquisition of IT skills
* Accessibility: provides access to courses at the student’s schedule, regardless of location, through learning centres that are open 24/7

Curriculum: The ECHN Upgrading curriculum is designed to produce a well rounded nurse who can handle new and re-emerging diseases. It comprises 4 modules: General Nursing, Reproductive Health, Community Health and Specialised Areas. The theory is provided through a blend of scheduled face to face sessions and self-paced computer-based material. In addition, students are required to complete 42 weeks of clinical experience. At the end of the 4 modules, students sit for their college finals and the NCK licensing exams at the end of the programme.

AMREF plans to use the program as a model for other African nations struggling with critical nursing shortages similar to Kenya.

Joyce Kariuki
Tel: +254 (0)20 699 30 00 or 699 32 24
Fax: +254 (0)20 609 518
Email: amreftraining@amrefhq.org
Internet: Click here