Global Course: "Achieving the Millennium Development Goals: Poverty Reduction, Reproductive Health and Health Sector Reform"
Bangkok, Thailand - The course explores key elements in designing efficient, equitable and financially sustainable population policies and reproductive health programmes in the context of health sector reform and Millennium Development Goals.
The World Bank Institute, is pleased to announce the next offering of the Global Course: "Achieving the Millennium Development Goals: Poverty Reduction, Reproductive Health and Health Sector Reform" which will be held from August 20-31, 2007 in Bangkok, Thailand.
The course explores key elements in designing efficient, equitable and financially sustainable population policies and reproductive health programmes in the context of health sector reform and Millennium Development Goals. After attending the course, participants learn to recognise how the changing international and national policy environments affect their work in population and reproductive health and to identify the linkages among health, gender and poverty.
This two-week course is designed for staff from governments, donor agencies, international organisations, the World Bank and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) working in the health sector. In addition, it targets staff from training and research institutions, as well as academics and researchers working in the areas of health, public administration and social sector reform.
This face-to-face course is based on the use of highly interactive participatory training techniques. It will be held at the Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. The course is extremely intensive and consists of presentations, readings, case examples and group work. The working language of the course is English and participants are expected to have excellent English language skills.
Participants will be charged a course fee of US$2,000 and should expect to incur additional expenses locally of US$1,000 to US$1,200 including accommodation and meals. Participants are also responsible for purchasing their own airline tickets.
Contact Information:
Lan Joo
Course Coordinator
World Bank Institute, Health and AIDS program
1818 H St. NW, Mail Stop# J 3-302
Washington, DC 20433
Fax: +1 202 676 0961
Tel: +1 202 473 4805
[email protected]
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