Health and AIDS Newsletter, February 2002

In this Issue:

1. Letter from Arlette Campbell White
2. Consultation with Potential Partners for the Anglophone African Regionalization of the Population, Reproductive Health and Health Sector Reform Learning Program
3. S'adapter au Changement: Population, Sante de la Reproduction, Reforme du Secteru de la Sante, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire
4. The Fourth Adapting to Change Global Core Course on Population, Reproductive Health and Health Sector Reform, 19-30 August 2002, ILO Training Center, Turin, Italy
5. Comments from Readers
6. Staff Announcements
7. Adapting to Change Website
8. New Readings and Announcements
9. How to Subscribe/Unsubscribe

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 I. Letter from Arlette Campbell White

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Dear Friends,
Welcome to this edition of the Adapting to Change Electronic Newsletter. We are pleased to announce that we are moving forward with the Anglophone African Regionalization of the Learning Program. The second Francophone Core Course offered in cooperation with the Francophone Network has been postponed from January/February and will take place in June 2002. The global core course will be held in Europe this year and taught over a two week period. The three thematic clusters covered by the course include key concepts underlying the new vision for population and reproductive health, the design and delivery of reproductive health services, and reproductive health services and health sector reform. The costs for the course fee, accommodation and subsistence will be substantially less than if the course were to be held in Washington, and we hope that this will enable more people to come. More details on all of these activities inside!

Warm regards,
Arlette Campbell White and the Adapting to Change Program team

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 II. Consultation with Potential Partners for the Anglophone African Regionalization of the Population, Reproductive Health and Health Sector Reform Learning Program

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A regional workshop will be held in Kampala, Uganda, 18-20 February to explore the interest of potential partners in creating a regional learning program on reproductive health and health sector reform for Anglophone African countries. Topics to be addressed will include regional needs for capacity building and policy development on the intersection between sexual and reproductive health and rights in the region, the interest of potential partners in adapting WBI's learning program on reproductive health and health reform to address these needs, the content and form that an Anglophone African learning program should have, the administrative and financial arrangements for the partnership, and a work plan for the first year (2002-3) of the partnership. For more information contact Tom Merrick, Email: tmerrick@worldbank.org, Tel. 202 473 6762.

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 III. S'adapter au Changement: Population, Sante de la Reproduction, Reforme du Secteur de la Sante. Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, June 2002

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The second regional francophone core course on reproductive health and health sector reform for Francophone African countries has been postponed to June 2002. The two-week course is designed for French-speaking West and Central African public and private sector professionals involved in the financing, planning, implementation, and evaluation of reproductive health services in WB client countries; staff from the WB, donor agencies, international organizations, and NGOs who are working with countries to implement the reproductive health approach called for in the ICPD Programme of Action; trainers from regionally-based training and research institutions working in population and reproductive health who conduct training in this area, and wish to strengthen their capacity to do so; and academics and researchers working in the areas of reproductive health, public administration, or the social sectors. Contact Marguerite Monnet, mmonnet@worldbank.org, Tel. 202 458 4286 or Mamadou Dicko, mdicko@cefa.café.tg

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 IV. The Fourth Adapting to Change Global Core Course on Population, Reproductive Health and Health Sector Reform, 19-30 August 2002, ILO Training Center, Turin, Italy

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The Adapting to Change Global Core Course on Population, Reproductive Health and Health Sector Reform will take place between 19-30 August 2002 in Turin, Italy, at the ILO Training Center. This will be the first time that the Global Core Course has been offered outside Washington, D.C. We hope that the new venue will enable more participants to attend. The overall goal of the training is to improve population and reproductive health outcomes in client countries by strengthening the skills and capacity of key actors to make their population and reproductive health programs more efficient, equitable and financially sustainable. The course objectives are to increase participants’:

The two-week course is designed for senior government officials, particularly from ministries of Health, Education, Women’s Affairs, Labor, Population and Welfare, and Finance and/or Planning, as well as representatives of NGOs, private sector organizations, the donor community, and others working in the field of population, reproductive health and health sector reform, including World Bank staff. The subsidized fee for the two week course is US$1,500 and participants are expected to purchase their own round-trip ticket to Turin, Italy. They are also responsible for room and board expenses at the ILO Center, estimated to be around $1,200. Participants are also advised to bring $200-300 in cash for additional expenses. For more information and/or to register for the course, send your e-mail request to Ms. Laurence Sage, Admissions Officer, World Bank Institute at lsage@worldbank.org The course brochure will be available on our website shortly at http://www.worldbank.org/wbi/healthandaids/ The deadline for registration is 15 May 2002.

 V. Comments from Readers

“Congratulations on all of the positive developments with the Adapting to Change Program! Looks like a lot of interesting projects are in the works. Thanks again for your hard work during the course in September. You guys definitely kept things going and kept our spirits up during incredible difficult times. Enjoy the holidays! (I am trying to get in the spirit--it's hard when it's at least 110 in the shade here!)”. Laura Hoemeke, Technical Advisor, Family Health Team, USAID/Benin.

“Congratulations for the Latin-America program!!! Merry Christmas and Happy new year to all of you!” Setcheme Jeronime M. Mongbo, Cotonou, Benin.

“I just want to wish you a wonderful 2002! Despite my silence I want you to know that I always take time to read the newsletter and enjoy the different sections. I think that is a wonderful way to keep the network of former participants alive. Thanks for all your effort on this and please keep me posted.” Fabio Castaño, MD, MPH Senior Program Associate, Quality Improvement, EngenderHealth, NY.

 VI. Staff Announcement

In our first electronic newsletter of May 2000 we introduced our team, and we gave an update on our team in the July 2001 newsletter. We are very sorry to announce the departure of Yuuki Suehiro who will be leaving us on 31 January to move to a field position with Management Sciences in Health in Haiti. Yuuki was instrumental in organizing the masses of material from our courses onto our website and will be sorely missed by her colleagues here.

We would like to extend a warm welcome our newest team member:

Lan Joo, Knowledge Management Officer Lan joined the team in January 2002. She’s a December 2001 MA graduate in Asian Studies from the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University. Lan worked as a WBI Knowledge Intern last fall and is now taking on knowledge management activities and sharing the program’s knowledge and experiences both internally and externally. Email: ljoo@worldbank.org

 VII. Adapting to Change Website

In the next few weeks the Adapting to Change website will have a new look. We are busy migrating the website to the new template with a universal look for all World Bank websites. We will keep some of our graphics for familiarity of our users. We are focusing on clarity and ease of navigation within the site. New features will include distance learning, a discussion forum on selected topics and a calendar of training events. If you have suggestions on other features you would like to see or comments on the current site, please let us know and we will endeavor to implement them. Contact Elizabeth Szollosi by e-maill at: eszollosi@worldbank.org

 VIII. New Readings and Announcements

"Mapping a Global Pandemic: Review of Current Literature on Rape, Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment of Women"

Violence against women (VAW), alternatively referred to as gender-based violence (GBV), has been acknowledged as a global health problem in part because of its impact on reproductive health, and hence on fetal outcome and child health as well as on women's health. Over the past 25 years, however, there has also been growing recognition of its under-reporting and high prevalence, and increased acknowledgement that it may affect women at any stage of their lives and can occur in various forms that may involve physical, psychological, sexual and/or economic abuse. To combat the lack of knowledge on this topic, the Global Forum for Health Research has produced a review of current literature on sexual violence against women which is based on an extensive survey of recently published literature on sexual violence against women. To see the review online, click  this link.

“Satisfacción de las necesidades de los clientos jóvenes: Una guía para prestar servicios de salud reproductiva a los adolescents”

Family Health International is pleased to announce the availability of the Spanish version of the guide on adolescent reproductive health entitled, "Meeting the Needs of Young Clients: A Guide to Providing Reproductive Health Services to Adolescents." (Satisfacción de las necesidades de los clientos jóvenes: Una guía para prestar servicios de salud reproductiva a los adolescentes). This 120-page handbook was developed to help service providers and health workers strengthen the reproductive health care and services offered to young women and men. It focuses primarily on preventing unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV/AIDS. It also contains information on counseling young people about reproductive health, counseling victims of sexual violence or coercion, creating youth-friendly programs and creating a referral network. Some of the tools it offers are role plays on abstinence and condom negotiation, in-depth charts on contraceptive methods for adolescents and a chart on key issues to discuss regarding STIs. Copies of the handbook are available at no cost to developing country health programs. To order, send your request by e-mail to publications@fhi.org or fax (919) 544-7261. You may also view it online at: http://www.fhi.org/sp/adolhands/adolchap1s.html

Summaries of four new reports on the results of research and evaluation (R&E) conducted on Young Adult Reproductive Health by the FOCUS on Young Adults Program, in collaboration with other USAID Cooperating Agencies and organizations, are available on the FOCUS website at http://www.pathfind.org/focus.htm. The reports are:

The Savings Women's Lives Initiative – New Fact Sheets in French and Spanish

The Savings Women’s Lives Initiative is an international collaboration of organizations dedicated to the health and well-being of the world's women. New fact sheets are available via the web in French and Spanish on the broad range of women's global health and rights issues, including reproductive health, safe motherhood, poverty and economic development, violence against women, HIV/AIDS, women's social status and education. Contact Cecilia Snyder for feedback or to add information to the site:csnyder@ccmc.org

"Cours Intensif d'Initiation à la Recherche sur les Systèmes de Santé" (RSS), 3 juin au 26 juillet 2002 (huit semaines), Ecole de Santé Publique, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgique

L’objectif de ce cours est d’améliorer la capacité des participants dans leur démarche de Recherche sur les Systèmes de Santé (RSS). Concrètement, ils développeront leurs compétences à imaginer, formaliser, réaliser et évaluer les recherches nécessaires à une meilleure compréhension et performance du système de santé de leur pays. Une formation spécialisée et diplômante en RSS (12 mois) est également organisée par l’ESP-ULB. C'est une formation en français, centrée sur la problématique des pays en développement, mais les candidats européens sont aussi les bienvenus. Tu trouveras toutes les informations scientifiques et les détails pratiques sur notre site web: www.ulb.ac.be/esp/ppsped . Pour renseignements complémentaires et formulaire d’inscription contactez Dr Patrick Martiny (Coordonnateur), Tél.: +32 2 555 40 64 Fax : +32 2 555 40 49, E-mail : patrick.martiny@ulb.ac.be (en mentionnant dans le sujet «RSS») Address: Unité Politiques et Programmes de Santé dans les Pays en Développement, Département Politiques et Systèmes de Santé, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Ecole de Santé Publique, Campus Erasme - CP 597, Route de Lennik 808, B-1070 Bruxelles, Belgique

 IX. How to Subscribe/Unsubscribe

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