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CSIH Projects
Completed Projects
CSIH has successfully completed the projects below. Emphasis has been placed on
documenting lessons learned in order to develop best practices and apply the
knowledge gained to future projects.
Youth for Health II in
Ukraine
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Country/Region: |
Ukraine |
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Project
Title: |
Youth for Health II |
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Partners: |
Canadian International Development Agency,
Ukrainian Institute for Social Research |
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Contact: |
Janet Hatcher Roberts,
jroberts@csih.org |
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Key
Objectives: |
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To create a national youth health promotion centre that
can adapt and refine the YFH model through ongoing evaluation, and assist in
the development of youth health promotion proposals
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To adapt the YFH I model at the local level in two
regions in Ukraine
and focus on key health and lifestyle issues such as HIV/AIDS, smoking,
drugs, alcohol, mental health, nutrition and physical activity, with
emphasis on gender equality and youth involvement |
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Summary: |
The goal of YFH II was to contribute to the development of
effective public policies which would promote health among Ukrainian
children and youth. The project staff worked with youth and adults in two
regions, two cities and two villages, focusing on various health issues
including: HIV/AIDS prevention, drug and alcohol harm reduction, smoking
cessation, physical activity, healthy nutrition, gender equality, mental
health and youth health promotion policy proposals. YFH II emphasized the
use of positive messages, engaging youth in meaningful and important action,
embracing and adapting to local needs, and unleashing the potential of youth
and communities.
YFHII established the National Youth Health Promotion (NYHP)
Centre in Kyiv to be a central youth health promotion policy and project
development body, as well as regional and local Intersectoral Councils and
Resource Centres as sites of training and other activities. A Youth Special
Session brought together 700 Ukrainian participants to discuss project
results and future policy development. |
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Lessons
Learned: |
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Broad political support at all levels is essential.
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The preparation and training of people in authority aids
the decision-making and "buy-in" processes.
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Equal participation of all partners, including youth,
provides ownership and is essential for success.
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Providing specific places for youth within each of the
YFH II structures was essential in order for youth to have a voice in
deliberations and decision making.
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Funding from multiple revenue sources (i.e. local
governments) is required in order to be sufficient.
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The small grants program was a successful mechanism for
encouraging local demand-driven youth health promotion activities.
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Longer term commitment in funding from CIDA benefited
from consistent and growing support from the national and other levels of
government in Ukraine and allowed for a critical mass of organizational and
government involvement and capacity to carry forth youth health promotion
activities. |
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Youth for Health I in
Ukraine
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Country/Region: |
Ukraine |
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Project
Title: |
Youth for Health I |
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Partners: |
Ukrainian Institute for Social Research,
Canadian International Development Agency, Health Canada, Saskatchewan
Education (Government of Saskatchewan), Toronto Healthy City Office,
University of Saskatchewan, Centre for Health Promotion (University of
Toronto), University of Victoria |
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Contact: |
Janet Hatcher Roberts,
jroberts@csih.org |
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Key
Objectives: |
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The main objective of the YFH project was to facilitate
the development of a multi-level, intersectoral health promotion for youth
model which could be adapted to other parts of Ukraine. More
specifically, the project sought to:
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empower youth to promote healthy living and engage in
behaviours focusing on AIDS prevention, smoking cessation, and reduction of
drug and alcohol abuse.
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increase the capacity of health promotion and youth
delivery agents and the community to promote healthy living among youth. |
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Summary: |
The health of the Ukrainian population, and of young people in
particular, is a cause for concern. A large percentage of ordinary youth are
smoking, drinking, using drugs, and practicing unsafe sex. YFH aimed to
contribute to the development of a sustainable national health strategy in
Ukraine by assisting in the development and implementation of health
promoting policies and programs in support of youth.
Through its duration, YFH developed an
integrated health education curriculum for Grades 1-11, developed a
certificate course for public sector actors who are in a position to
influence health promotion among youth, established a YFH resource centre
aimed at youth outside the school environment, evaluated the health
education curriculum and the resource centre, and conducted three research
studies (a survey of the life styles of Kyiv and national youth, a review of
legislation on youth health and a study of the influence of mass media on
youth). |
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Partnerships for Health
Planning: Strengthening Local Capacity for Health Equity Reform in the
Philippines (HER Project)
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Country/Region: |
Republic of the Philippines |
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Project
Title: |
Partnerships for Health
Planning: Strengthening Local Capacity for Health Equity Reform in the
Philippines (HER Project) |
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Partners: |
Gerry Roxas Foundation (GRF) |
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Contact: |
Lori Jones;
ljones@csih.org |
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Key
Objectives: |
The overall goal of the HER project was “To contribute to
strengthened capacity for resource allocation decision-making for equitable
health care services planning and delivery in the Philippines.” The specific
objectives of the project were to:
• Increase capacity of GRF to play a leadership training role related to
resource allocation decision making;
• Increase resource allocation decision capacities within Filipino
organizations (government, NGO, and educational);
• Facilitate the development of partnerships among local Filipino
organizations (government, NGO, and educational) in their efforts to
increase knowledge and influence resource allocation decisions; and
• Strengthen the capacity of CSIH project partners in project management.
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Summary: |
This project was implemented over
the period March 2003-October 2005. The HER Project was designed to
strengthen local capacity for resource allocation decision-making to ensure
equitable health services planning and delivery at decentralized levels.
Concepts of equity were introduced to the planners and community members,
and were used to identify the determinants of health (literacy,
transportation, gender, etc.) as a basis for budget allocation and planning.
Planners in the pilot sites of the HER Project are now able to critically
analyze and use relevant data, which was collected in a timely fashion at
the barangay level, to identify and determine priority health interventions
that considered the community’s actual needs and preferences. “Negotiation”
workshops for resource allocation were held in the HER pilot sites, allowing
community leaders the opportunity to commit resources for specific
interventions and lobby local chief executives for budget allocations
responsive to these health-related concerns. Opportunities were also created
by the HER Project for stakeholders to work together for improved quality of
health services using appropriate resource allocation decision tools. The
HER Project therefore promoted a “bottom up” approach to health planning,
which offers a potential to interface local planning processes with those at
the national, regional and provincial levels. The results achieved are
significant and highly relevant to the current health sector reform
initiatives planned by the Filipino Department of Health. Specifically, the
project has demonstrated an acceptable, timely and adaptable planning
innovation for local health governance in four municipalities in Capiz
Province. The end of project internal evaluation indicated that the HER
Project addressed a significant policy gap in terms of supporting local
health planning especially at the barangay and municipal levels.
The main activities were divided into eight distinct yet complementary,
inter-dependent and often concurrent components, each of which contributed
to the achievement of the project’s objectives: A) Environmental Scan; B)
Training in Equitable Health Planning; C) Health Information Collection and
Management; D) Training in Advocacy and Networking; E) Networking and
Linkages; F) Project Promotion; G) Replication and Adaptation; and H)
Project Management. Project activities were focused in a pilot site within
the province of Capiz. Each of the mayors in the pilot municipalities
demonstrated a commitment health reform, great cooperation, and endorsed the
replication of this project within the province and region. The provincial
governor also demonstrated his commitment and support to the project by
signing a Memorandum of Agreement.
During its implementation of each project component, CSIH utilized a
“Training-of-Trainers” (TOT) approach, by which CSIH experts provided
training to GRF trainers, who in turn developed the capacity to carry on and
replicate the project with increasingly less Canadian technical assistance.
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Lessons
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Until the Project Team visited barangay (community)
health stations, it did not know (nor did many of those involved in the
municipal health planning process) that a wealth of very valuable data
already existed at the community level that could inform the planning
process, although it was not necessarily in useable form. This provided some
opportunities to incorporate training related to the importance of good data
design, collection, and analysis for appropriate program priority setting
and planning. The project highlighted the role of information for policy,
advocacy and empowerment in health planning. Evidence based planning did not
only result in more informed health plans but it also provided local health
staff with information by which to negotiate with political leaders on
health resource allocation. While the process of data gathering had been a
standard role of the community health workers and LGU health staff,
acquiring skills by which to analyze data and input the same into local
planning processes has allowed local health personnel to value health
information and the local health planning process. |
South Caucasus Health Information Project in
Armenia, Azerbaijan
and Georgia
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Country/Region: |
Central and Eastern Europe
(Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia) |
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Project
Title: |
South
Caucasus Health Information Project (SCHIP), Phases 1 & 2 |
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Partners: |
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA),
Armenia Ministry of Health, Georgia Ministry of Health, Labour and Social
Affairs, Azerbaijan Ministry of Health, University of Dalhousie and
University of Ottawa. |
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Contact: |
Eva Slawecki,
eslawecki@csih.org |
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Key
Objectives: |
The overall goal of SCHIP was to strengthen health reform in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia through the application of health information technology and information
management strategies. The project focused on strengthening the capacity of local actors in the three countries to develop and manage an integrated
Health Information System (HIS) based on valid, reliable and comparable data. The aim was to integrate clinical, administrative and financial health information to become an effective support for choosing priorities, optimizing investments, avoiding duplication, and improving the quality of care.
The project's objectives were to:
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Summary: |
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main project activities included:
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Stakeholder Consultation for the identification of national and regional priorities, and coordination with other donors to work on integrated
design of HIS;
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Regional
events to allow professionals from the three countries to share information and exchange ideas to address common needs and strategic
issues;
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Health
Information Systems Certificate Course, with a train-the-trainer component, to train
specialists to develop and manage information systems across the health system;
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Undergraduate and Post-Graduate Curriculum development and teacher training in HIS;
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HIS and Population Health workshops to address relevant health issues (e.g., PRSP); and Implement of HIS demonstration projects that linked national and district-level
facilities.
CSIH was responsible for overall project management, design and implementation of all project activities, and for the
identification, recruitment, and monitoring of all Canadian technical assistance provided to the project. CSIH was responsible for planning and designing the entire project, based on
consultation with local stakeholders, donors, and Canadian experts in the area of health information systems (HIS). Key Canadian technical assistance
to support the project was identified during the design stage, but adjustments to the composition and level of effort of technical experts
continued to be made over the course of the project to reflect the iterative approach to project implementation. The project concept and final proposal
were developed using the principles of results-based management, a logical framework analysis was developed, and all project activities based on
tangible results.
One of the primary components of the South
Caucasus Health Information Project (SCHIP) was the design, development, and
delivery of a health informatics curriculum. CSIH worked closely with the
medical universities and post-graduate training institutions in Armenia,
Azerbaijan and Georgia to integrate key concepts of health information into
existing educational programs. Integrating health information training into
medical school curricula provided physicians and other health professionals
with an understanding of the role of data and health information for
clinical decision support as well as a general understanding of the role of
health information for hospital governance, policy-making, and health
planning. The health informatics training also built the capacity of
health planners and administrators, as well as physicians returning for
additional training, to use information as the basis for managing
facilities, designing programs, and developing policies focusing on
management information systems. Following a comprehensive needs-assessment,
a curriculum was designed that would fit with the academic institutions’
educational reform agendas, taking into consideration the direction of
health reform in each country. Through partnership with the Faculty of
Medicine, University of Ottawa, and the School of Health Services
Administration, Dalhousie University, CSIH developed a modular curriculum
incorporating undergraduate and post-graduate materials on the following
topics:
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Computer
Literacy
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Literature Searching
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Basic Biostatistics/Epidemiology
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Evidence-Based Medicine/Critical
Appraisal
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Hospital/Practice-Based
Applications of Medical Informatics
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Population Health Databases and
Health Information and Database Management
Local partners were involved in adapting and developing this curriculum, and
a series of train-the-trainer sessions were held for faculty members to
ensure appropriate delivery of the materials to medical students,
post-graduate students, and practicing physicians attending co ntinuing
medical education programs. University instructors attended various training
activities on evidence-based medicine, as well as health administration
workshops such as, “Health Outcomes and Performance Indicators: Tools for
Health Administrators”, that was based on Module Five of the Health
Informatics curriculum and led by its author from Dalhousie University. This
workshop focused on practical hospital applications, including clinical
practice guidelines and performance indicators for measuring health
outcomes, which was especially useful for the hospital managers, as well as
for the selected staff of the Medical Universities and the Medical Academies
in attendance. As a result, CSIH’s partner
institutions have effectively integrated health informatics into their own
curricula.
Another key component of
the South Caucasus Health Information Project was the design and
implementation of demonstration projects to support training and to put
lessons learned into practice. In Armenia, the demonstration project was
located at two sites: the Center for Perinatology, Obstetrics and Gynecology
(CPOG) in the Armenian capital, Yerevan, and the maternity hospital and
women’s polyclinic in Artashat, about 30 minutes outside Yerevan. At CPOG,
CSIH purchased a computer server and five client workstations. In Artashat,
CSIH installed a computer server at the maternity hospital that is accessed
by four workstations within the hospital, a Women's Polyclinic and a
Children's Polyclinic. Each of the sites now has a Local Area Network (LAN)
that spans two buildings. Because CPOG is the major obstetrics and
gynecology hospital in Armenia, it accepts patient referrals from other
hospitals including the Artashat maternity hospital. The two servers are
able to share data by exchanging files over a dial-up telephone line. The
HIS in Armenia will support an electronic patient record for women's
polyclinics, maternity hospitals and children’s polyclinics. Each of the
participating facilities will be able to access the others' records stored
in a common database to facilitate continuity of care. The database will
contain basic patient demographic and social data; events that include
diagnoses, orders, tests, medications and services; and risk assessments for
both the mother and infant. The system will also produce consolidated
summary data for use by CPOG. In 2005, as UNFPA is planning on purchasing
computer equipment to run their own Logistical Management Information System
(LMIS), CSIH hopes to roll-out the HIS software to UNFPA-supported
facilities in every region of Armenia.
The
local partners in this project were the Ministries of Health of Armenia,
Azerbaijan and Georgia, all three of which are involved in health reform
initiatives
in health information systems. The respective Ministers designated National
Coordinators to work with CSIH and represent their country’s national
priorities and ensure harmonization of project activities. Project partners
also included: medical universities and post-graduate academic institutes in
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia; city health departments and select facilities
(hospitals, polyclinics, maternity hospitals) in Artashat, Ganja, and Gori.
Given the extent of international/donor activity in the region, CSIH
coordinated closely with the key donors working in HIS in each country to
maximize outcomes and avoid duplication of efforts. This included work with
WHO on health policy issues (Azerbaijan), World Bank and DFID on
capacity-building and implementation of HIS in the context of Primary Health
Care Reform (Georgia), and UNFPA on aspects of HIS for maternal child health
in Armenia. |
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Lessons Learned: |
A number of lessons were learned. One key lesson is it is crucial to learn about the
political environment during the planning stages so that relationships with decision-makers can be built and maintained throughout the implementation
phases. Other lessons learned include: (1) the demonstration model and “train-the-trainer” components inspires confidence,
motivation and cooperation, (2) it is important not to anticipate a country's policy development initiatives, (3) questioning gendered
differences in data could lead to investigation and action in a manner that is culturally relevant, and thus more likely to be sustainable, and (4) it
is important to plan for sustainability at an early stage as doing so may influence choice of personnel, training, and software. |
HIV/AIDS Small Grants Fund
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Country/Region: |
Selected organizations implemented projects
in Brazil,
Philippines, Mexico, Mauritania, Suriname, St. Kitts, Tanzania, South
Africa, Bolivia, Swaziland, Gabon, China, India, Botswana, Belarus, and
Guyana. |
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Project
Title: |
HIV/AIDS Small Grants Fund Phase I and II |
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Partners: |
Interagency Coalition for
AIDS and Development, as well as various small grant recipients and their
local partners |
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Contact: |
Lori Jones;
ljones@csih.org |
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Key
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To encourage new partnerships in HIV/AIDS between
Canadian organizations and those in developing countries and/or countries in
transition.
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To encourage cost-effective, innovative, inter-sectoral
knowledge-based approaches to HIV/AIDS, particularly as they address the
socio-economic determinants of health among vulnerable populations.
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To encourage the use of Information and Communication
Technologies (ICTs) in addressing HIV/AIDS issues. |
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Summary: |
The goals of CIDA’s policies related
to HIV/AIDS include increasing collaboration between Canada and developing
countries or countries-in-transition: encouraging the development of
innovative, cost-effective, knowledge-based approaches to address the
pandemic and increasing the quantity and quality of HIV/AIDS programming.
During the first phase of this Small Grants Fund, CIDA made funding
available for twelve Small Grants (up to $50,000 for each grant for a 12
month project period) to encourage Canadian and developing country and/or
countries-in-transition collaboration to work on HIV/AIDS priority issues.
For the second phase, CIDA made available a new round of Small Grants for
seventeen Small Grants (up to $75,000 each for up to an 18 month period) to
further encourage new and emerging partnerships between Canadian
organizations and organizations in developing countries and/or
countries-in-transition.
The primary focus of SGFIII is HIV/AIDS and Gender. In support of CIDA’s
HIV/AIDS priorities, SGFIII seeks to encourage cost-effective, innovative,
inter-sectoral, knowledge-based approaches to HIV/AIDS that examine the
gendered aspects of the HIV epidemic in developing countries and/or
countries in transition and which reflect national activities and
priorities. Twenty Small Grants have been awarded (up to $100,000 each for
up to 24 months).
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Lessons
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A number of administrative and programmatic lessons have
been learned. A key lesson reiterated throughout the implementation of the
Small Grants Fund has been that projects can be executed with relatively low
cost, using existing HIV/AIDS organizations in Canada to twin with an
existing organization in a developing country. This allows for sharing of
personnel and resources and works on the principle of capacity building
within an identified context. Twinning projects provide insight, exposure,
vision, ideas, strategies and a wider view of the pandemic. Other lessons
learned include: (i) the greater flexibility and responsiveness realized by
implementing the Fund through CSIH than might have been possible by working
through CIDA's internal requirements; (ii) sharing of lessons learned among
grant recipients enabled many to learn “solutions” and “opportunities” from
each other; the monitoring component of the Fund undertaken by CSIH and ICAD
proved to be very valuable in contributing to the identification of success,
effectiveness, and potential networking opportunities for the small grants
projects; (iii) partnerships must be based on a “shared vision” - or at the
very least, a common understanding of why each group is embarking on the
project. Furthermore, the partnerships must respond to the perceived and
significant needs of each organization. These needs must be clearly
identified and understood – if the project is to be sustainable over the
long term. At the same time, it was recognized that experiences of "new
partnerships" are different than those of established partnerships – they
face different timelines as well as expectations of funding and reporting
requirements. This was particularly true in learning of and adapting to each
other's cultures. In the end, not all of the twinning relationships were
positive, but they can provide key lessons learned in the development and
fostering of relationships between organizations. |
Health Surveys and
National Health Promotion in
Croatia
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Country/Region: |
Croatia |
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Project
Title: |
Croatia Health System
Project – Components related to (i) Categorisation of Hospital and Other
Secondary Care Facilities; (ii) Human Resources for Health Information
System Management, and (iii) Public Health Surveys and National Health
Promotion |
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Partners: |
Government of Croatia, World Bank |
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Contact: |
Janet Hatcher Roberts,
jroberts@csih.org |
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Key
Objectives: |
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To undertake a national, region-wide public health survey
covering both adults and children;
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To develop a health promotion unit in the National
Institute for Public Health;
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To implement training workshops and courses for a variety
of target groups;
w To develop a reference library; and
w To assess existing communications materials (electronic
and print) and to develop a national healthy lifestyles campaign. |
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Summary: |
The Government of the Republic of
Croatia selected CSIH to implement three components of its IBRD-funded
Health Systems Projects following a rigorous international competitive
bidding process. The loans helped to finance the development of Croatia’s
health sector. The Project’s objective was to support Croatia’s capacity to
achieve a more effective, efficient, and financially sustainable health
system. Key objectives of the loans were to:
• Introduce pilot delivery systems improvements and a national heart disease
program;
• Strengthen public/primary health activities and policies;
• Develop policy options that would increase the sector’s financial
sustainability;
• Improve and expand the health information systems; and
• Dispose of outdated and unusable pharmaceuticals.
Components (i) and (ii): Reforming the hospital sector involved adjustments
in the mix, number, and scale of hospital and secondary care facilities and
their clinical programs. These adjustments would, in turn, ensure that
health services meet the needs of Croatia's population in clinically
appropriate and economically sustainable ways. CSIH provided a team of
experts (international and national) for categorisation and accreditation of
hospital and other secondary care facilities and human resources for health
information system management. Component (iii): The purpose of the Public
Health Surveys and National Health Promotion component was to contribute to
the reform and development of the health care system in Croatia by
developing public health strategies to reduce the prevalence of heart
disease. CSIH provided technical assistance and training to the Croatian
Institute for Public Health and to selected local/regional institutes and
partner institutions such as the Andrija Stampar School of Public Health, to
enhance human and institutional capacity to (i) improve and expand the
public health information system; (ii) lead national policy and activity
efforts in health promotion with emphasis on cardiovascular disease
prevention; (iii) plan and provide cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk
reduction, clinical prevention, and emergency care; and (iv) promote
healthier lifestyles among the general population with emphasis on smoking
prevention and cessation. The design of the training and capacity building
activities within the health care training institutions was based upon the
preliminary results and analysis of the data collected by the national
surveys. This enabled them to be appropriately targeted to the needs of
women in particular.
The projects focused on the development and implementation of capacity
building activities that encompassed best practices around primary health
care/health promotion activities, library science, the development of
education plans, protocols curriculum, syllabuses and guidelines, and
training and capacity building activities. CSIH collaborated with and built
upon the primary care and health promotion work begun by WHO in Croatia. The
project included (i) the development of an intensive Summer School in Health
Promotion in combination with a study tour to train a core group of people
in Croatia in the concepts and application of health promotion and disease
prevention, particularly as it related to CVD. This core group returned to
Croatia in order to train other key Croatians in this field. Trainees
included key staff from the National Institutes for Public Health in
Croatia; (ii) inter-sectoral seminars in health promotion and primary care
disease prevention among key government and civil society leaders, including
health providers, policymakers, health administrators, media, NGOs, and
other interested parties; and (iii) in-service education for primary health
care workers. The project also developed and implemented capacity building
activities that encompassed best practices around cardiovascular care
including emergencies and clinical protocols and guidelines. This involved
the establishment of four regional emergency medicine training centres and
the development of educational courses for emergency room physicians,
nurses, PHC teams on call duty and ambulance staff/paramedical personnel
from general and clinical hospitals and 4 regional EMS centers. A key
outcome of these training programmes was the enhanced capacity of local
health professionals to train others in public health and health promotion
at the national and regional levels.
Another of the key objectives of this project was to support the development
of a Department of Health Promotion and Disease within the National
Institute of Public Health. This involved supporting the assessment of the
process of establishing this department, as well supporting the development
of its capacity. In short, CSIH was responsible for assessing it mission,
objectives, roles and functions, organizational development, resources,
finances, and governance. Given the weak capacity that existed in the
Institute to create and sustain this department during the life of this
project, CSIH focused instead on developing a collaborative framework that
would build individual capacity in the field of health promotion, and on
establishing a phased approach to the development of the department,
including costing actions on selected priorities in terms of budget and
human resources.
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Building Capacity for Health Reform in
Bolivia
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Country/Region: |
Bolivia |
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Project
Title: |
Building Capacity for Health Reform |
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Partners: |
Canadian International Development Agency,
Bolivian Ministry of Health |
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Contact: |
Janet Hatcher Roberts,
jroberts@csih.org |
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Key
Objectives: |
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To support the Bolivian Ministry of Health in
constructing a new health system based on community participation and
decentralization by providing model projects in the municipalities of San
Lorenzo-Tarija and Guayaramerin-Beni.
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To implement the Strategic Health Plan (SHP)
management model at the local/regional level. |
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Summary: |
In an effort to fight poverty and increase community
participation, the Bolivian government has chosen to reform numerous
sectors. As part of this endeavor, Bolivia is
implementing a new health system with universal access to primary health
care in order to meet the immediate needs of vulnerable populations.
CSIH offered expertise through training and management
consultation in key reform areas, including policy analysis and formulation,
health administration, information management, and the development and
management of integrated delivery systems. CSIH also helped the Bolivian
government to develop institutional linkages with Canadian health
organizations. |
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Lessons
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Health Administration Training Program in
Armenia
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Country/Region: |
Armenia |
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Project
Title: |
Health Administration Training Program |
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Partners: |
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Contact: |
Eva Slawecki,
eslawecki@csih.org |
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Key
Objectives: |
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To assist in capacity-development among local health care
officials in Armenia.
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To develop health reform initiatives in the
Trans-Caucasus region through collaboration with donor agencies. |
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Summary: |
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Lessons
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Partners in Health in Ukraine
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Country/Region: |
Ukraine |
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Project
Title: |
Partners in Health |
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Partners: |
Department of Foreign Affairs and
International Trade (DFAIT), Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) |
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Contact: |
Janet Hatcher Roberts,
jroberts@csih.org |
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Key
Objectives: |
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To contribute to capacity development of health sector
organizations ranging from the ministry level to NGOs in health sector
reform. |
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Summary: |
CSIH began its work in Ukraine in
1993 with the successful Partners in Health project. The Partners in Health
project was originally funded by Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and
International Trade and later by the Canadian International Development
Agency (CIDA).
The goal was to contribute to capacity development of health
sector organizations, ranging from the ministry level to NGOs in health
sector reform. The partnerships involved 19 groups in Canada and 20
in Ukraine. This project aroused interest in Azerbaijan,
Georgia, Armenia, Russia and Croatia to work with CSIH and CIDA. |
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