Training Course on Community Driven Development and Public Health

Governments and Local governments play a crucial role in providing basic services and fostering sustainable economic development. Moreover, as government tier closest to the citizens, decentralized government has the potential to contribute considerably to increased accountability and democratic governance in the entire country.

This workshop will include implementation and the benefits of best practice in promoting public health methodology of medic mobile in assisting the work of rural health workers in accessing health facilities and the associated benefits. Our participants will be taken through various approaches of Mother to Mother (M2M) in HIV transmission, the Right to health, Patient safety and how gender, culture and economic status affect public health

Participants will get acquainted with the political economy of decentralization and with tools for change management. There will be some site visits, case presentations, decentralization games and exchange of experiences, participants will be actively involved throughout the course.

Duration

5 days.

Target Audience: 

This training course is aimed at Senior Management, Middle to lower Managerial professionals who are involved in governance, local governments, non-governmental organizations, community leaders and those who are involved in community development. It is intended for participants planning to advance their careers in public service, either in government or non-governmental organizations, in planning careers at the state and local level learn to approach community problem solving holistically

Course Outcomes: 

After the completion of this training, the participants will be able to:

·         Gain an understanding to reference frame for working on good governance, democracy, decentralization and participation

·         Understand the mechanism of accessing the safe and affordable antiretroviral drugs (ARV) and strategies available for prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT

·         Increase knowledge on inter-administrative relations and local governance practices in various parts of the world and Africa in particular

·         Have an insight into the numerous factors that influence governmental performance at the local level and national level

·         Gain an understanding in the models and tools for designing strategies for a more effective implementation of decentralization and local development policies

·         Ability to assess and monitor fiscal decentralization practices in various governments and countries

·         Framework for optimizing the various sources of revenue, such as taxes, user fees and intergovernmental transfers and the transparency use and access to the consolidated revenue accounts

·         Seek effective financing structures and partnerships to accomplish most with limited resources and be able to use revenue and expenditure too

Course Content

Module I: Introduction

a. Poverty – a multidimensional issue

b. Findings of the commission on macroeconomics and health

c. Sustainable development for health

d. Quality of life

Module II: Community-based Initiatives

a. Objectives

b. Strategies

c. Social contract

d. Development packages

e. Cbi guidelines and tools

f. Cbi training manual

Module III: Basic Development Needs

a. Introduction

b. Objectives and strategies

c. Organizational set-up

d. Baseline assessment, prioritization of needs and area development profile

e. Types of projects

f. How does BDN bring about change?

g. A case study of the BDN programme in Jordan

Module IV: Healthy Villages Programme

a. Introduction

b. Objectives and strategies

c. Types of projects

d. A case study of the healthy villages programme in the Kenya

Module V: Healthy Cities Programme

a. Introduction

b. Objectives and strategies

c. Organizational set-up

d. Type of projects

e. A case study of the healthy cities programme Kenya

Methodology

The instructor led trainings are delivered using a blended learning approach and comprises of presentations, guided sessions of practical exercise, web-based tutorials and group work. Our facilitators are seasoned industry experts with years of experience, working as professional and trainers in these fields.