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IFGH 2012: Turning the HEAT up for Community Health Workers

by globalhealth on Jan 27, 2012 in Conference Abstracts

Authors: Long, L-A Author Affiliations:International Development Office, The Open University Option 2– Lessons from the field; project and programme evaluations; and syntheses or analyses Presented as – Oral Presentation Issues: … Continue reading "IFGH 2012: Turning the HEAT up for Community Health...

IFGH 2012: The Impact of Geographical and Cultural Translocation on Training in a Western Medical School

by globalhealth on Jan 27, 2012 in Conference Abstracts

The overall aim of this study is to identify issues impacting on the journey and experience of overseas students studying in a Western medical school. We aim to identify and clarify challenges facing cohorts of students at all stages of the programme and build on existing supportive mechanisms and to assist the College...

IFGH 2012: The Institute of ENT and Audiology in Zambia

by globalhealth on Jan 27, 2012 in Conference Abstracts

This article demonstrates the culmination of partnerships both nationally and internationally which led to the development of an institute of Ear , Nose an Throat Surgery as a result of a specific need identified in Zambian society in 2003. The paper serves to illustrate how in a poverty stricken sub - Saharan African...

IFGH 2012: In Gestation: A Proposal to Implement a Cluster Randomized Control Trial (ICRCT) of the Helping Baby Breath (HBB) Program to Village Midwives (VMs) in Sudan

by globalhealth on Jan 27, 2012 in Conference Abstracts

The aim of this paper is to propose an ICRCT(Implement a Cluster Randomized Control Trial) of HBB (Helping Baby Breath) into rural Sudan, focusing on training 14,000 Village Midwives (VMs), distributed over 18 Regions/provinces and covering a rural population of 25...

IFGH 2012: The Utility of Brands for NGO’S and Their Stakeholders- Research Protocol

by globalhealth on Jan 27, 2012 in Conference Abstracts

Research into the "branding" of NGOs and how it's use helps and/or hinders objectives, with a psychological experiment which looks at different communication approaches with donors and the congnitive systems they trigger....

IFGH 2012: The Burden of Facial Clefting and How its Global Impact can be Addressed by NGO-Led Global Partnerships

by globalhealth on Jan 27, 2012 in Conference Abstracts

Several developed country NGOs provide cleft surgery in resource-poor countries. The author presents eight years experience with Operation Smile missions in Belarus, Morocco, China, Cambodia, Vietnam, Paraguay and Ethiopia demonstrating the importance of an organisational structure that enables local communities to...

IFGH 2012: Sudan Academy of Health Sciences: an Innovative Response to Health Workforce Crisis

by globalhealth on Jan 27, 2012 in Conference Abstracts

In response to the crisis, the Academy of Health Sciences (AHS) was established in 2005 by the Federal Ministry of Health (Sudan) to scale up university education of nurses, midwives and paramedics. Over five years, the AHS enrolled around 18.000 students through a decentralized approach based on branches in the 15...

IFGH 2012: PhD Programme for Health Systems Research Capacity Strengthening in Africa

by globalhealth on Jan 27, 2012 in Conference Abstracts

This paper outlines and presents lessons learned from a PhD programme within Connecting health Research in Africa and Ireland Consortium (ChRAIC) - a health systems research capacity development collaboration. The PhD component is a partnership of the National University of Ireland, Galway, RCSI and Trinity College...

IFGH 2012: Turning the HEAT up for Community Health Workers

IFGH 2012: The Impact of Geographical and Cultural Translocation on Training in a Western Medical School

IFGH 2012: The Institute of ENT and Audiology in Zambia

IFGH 2012: In Gestation: A Proposal to Implement a Cluster Randomized Control Trial (ICRCT) of the Helping Baby Breath (HBB) Program to Village Midwives (VMs) in Sudan

IFGH 2012: The Utility of Brands for NGO’S and Their Stakeholders- Research Protocol

IFGH 2012: Sudan Academy of Health Sciences: an Innovative Response to Health Workforce Crisis

IFGH 2012: PhD Programme for Health Systems Research Capacity Strengthening in Africa

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