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Health Services, Organisation and Management

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Health Services, Organisation and Management course for district health managers

Fees: US$900

Course Dates:

12th - 30th March 2012

Objectives of the course

By the end of the course, participants would have:

  • Gained concise understanding of the principles and main functions of management as applied in the health sector
  • Acquired appropriate knowledge and skills in:
    • Organising, planning and managing health services at district (county) level
    • Organisational assessment
    • Proposal writing and resource mobilisation
    • Monitoring and evaluation
    • Resource management at district level (county)
    • Financial management
    • Designing and conducting health systems research

Course outline

The following topics will be covered:

  • Health sector management and health economics
  • Results Based Management (RBM) of health services
  • Applying RBM in planning district health services
  • Composition and roles of District Health Management Teams
  • Organising district health services; Role of hospitals and clinics in health care systems
  • Health Sector Reform issues and challenges
  • Internal and external organisational assessment
  • Health Management Information System (HMIS)
  • Proposal writing
  • Resource mobilisation and fundraising
  • Monitoring and Evaluating health care services
  • Supervision in health services
  • Participation in health care services
  • Resource management at district health level
  • Partnerships and networking in health care service delivery
  • Audits, protocols and standards in health care service management
  • Financial management
  • Management of time, space and paperwork
  • Health systems research
  • Introduction to data processing using SPSS
  • Formulation of data collection tools
  • Field data collection practical
  • Data analysis, report writing and presentation

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Commitment
Certification - The participants, upon successful attendance of each short course will be awarded an AMREF certificate of participation stipulating the topics covered.
Learning Resources:- Computer laboratory with internet access; A well-equipped clinical laboratory where trainees carry out practical examinations; A state-of-the-art health library which
provides access to information that is otherwise unavailable locally
Costs: - Training costs covers lunch, stationery, field trips and all course related learning materials.- Accommodation (US$ 48 per day) To cover half board accommodation (bed, dinner and breakfast) including daily transport to and from the training venue using the AMREF bus.
Mode of payment -  All payments to the course should be made two weeks to the commencement of each course in cheques payable to AMREF or through bank transfer to the AMREF account
Tailor made courses: AMREF organises customised short courses for groups of not less than 15 participants in health and health-related fields, tailored to the needs of individuals or organisations.
Our clients have included NGOs and Ministries of Health in Sudan, Malawi, Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia and Eritrea.
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