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THET Annual Health Conference, 3-4 Sept

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IFGH 2012: Novel Approach for North-South Partnerships for Training & Capacity-Building Utilizing an Electronic Health Library (E-HL)

Posted by Irish Forum for Global Health | Conference Abstracts

This abstract presents a novel approach for North-South partnerships in human resources for health capacity building through development of an E-HL. The northern partner in this model is Sudanese expatriate health professionals in UK and Ireland.
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IFGH 2012: PLHIV as Peer Counsellors in First Level Health Care Facilities in Haiti

Posted by Irish Forum for Global Health | Conference Abstracts

Lack of human resources in the Haitian health sector and a lack of health personnel trained on HIV and AIDS has affected the roll-out of HIV counselling. Recruitment of people living with HIV as peer counsellors was seen as an appropriate option to tackle the overburden on the health system in Port au Prince.
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IFGH 2012: Economically Sustainable High Quality Career Paths for African Eye Care Workers

Posted by Irish Forum for Global Health | Conference Abstracts

From 2006 to 2010 we established successful high quality, high volume, low cost, eye surgery systems in eight African countries, through capacity building, private-private public, NGO and government partnerships, and through collaboration with the Indian eye NGO, Aravind.
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IFGH 2012: An Evaluation of the Relevance, Effectiveness, Efficiency, Impact and Sustainability of the Community-led Total Sanitation (CLTS) Approach in Liberia

Posted by Irish Forum for Global Health | Conference Abstracts

This evaluation, using a descriptive, qualitative, cross-sectional study design, sought to establish the overall effectiveness, impact and sustainability of CLTS within the Liberian context, through OECD/DAC criteria for evaluating development assistance.
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IFGH 2012: Community-Driven Scale-Up of Community Case Management

Posted by Irish Forum for Global Health | Conference Abstracts

The approach to CCM scale-up emphasized on-the-ground capacity building, mainly of CHWs and supervisors, both through formal trainings and continuous presence at the facility and community level to provide on-going support to put the knowledge received into practice.
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IFGH 2012: Public Health Advocacy in Low Income Settings: Views and Experiences on Effective Strategies and Evaluation of Health Advocates in Malawi

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Gain an understanding of effective strategies and ways to evaluate public health (PH) advocacy in low income settings (LIS) by exploring the views and experiences of health advocates in Malawi
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