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Part 1: Saturday, September 17 , 2005
Venue: AUA
Session 1: 10.30-12.00 PLENARY: PANEL DISCUSSION
| Title of presentation |
Presenter |
Welcome and description of Workshop’s goals
(5 mns) |
Prof. Ara Tekian, Univerisity of Illinois at Chicago, USA |
| OSI priorities, HIV/AIDS, the GFATM and the role of SPHs (10 mns) |
Dr. Michael Borowitz, OSI, New York |
| Governmental human resource policies, civil society, and SPH training
programs in the Egypt/Middle East in the context of the HIV/AIDS epidemic
and the GFATM (15 mns) |
Hassan K. Bassiouny,
Dean, High Institute of Public Health, Alexandria,
Egypt
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| Governmental human resource policies, civil society, and SPH training
programs in Africa in the context of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the GFATM "(15
mns ) |
Prof. Frederic Wurapa, Dean, SPH, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana |
| Developing a coherent and holistic response to the fundamental needs
of South African Health Care System in the light of the HIV (10 mns) |
Prof. Sharon Fonn, Dean, SPH Witwaterswand, South Africa |
| The experience of CHS/AUA in Armenia: the interface of training programs,
government policy, and private sector demand (10 mns) |
Dr. Haroutune Armenian
Dean, College of Health Sciences, President,
American University of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
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| Discussion (35mns) |
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Participants. Participants from African and Middle Eastern
schools of public health, moderators, and speakers.
Background. Over the past five years, OSI has funded, in
collaboration with ASPHER and other organizations, faculty training, peer review,
and program development in two dozen graduate-level teaching programs in Europe,
Russia, and Central Asia. While direct institutional support for curriculum
reform in schools of public health ends in 2005, OSI is interested in exploring
work with schools of public health in areas particularly germane to its public
health agenda and outside of its traditional region, the former socialist bloc.
Foremost among OSI interests is the question of the access to health care of
vulnerable groups afflicted by HIV/AIDS and TB, whether intravenous drug users
or sex workers in countries with concentrated epidemics, or impoverished rural
populations in countries with generalized epidemics. OSI is a supporter of
the GFATM and is exploring ways to increase its effectiveness.
Aims. The plenary will introduce the discussion of how governmental
human resource policies and the demands of the private sector impact the content
and nature of the training offered by SPHs. What is the relationship between
curriculum and diploma-track changes and governmental public health workforce
policy? Does the private, non-governmental sector constitute a sizeable career
track for future graduates? Does it impact the content of training programs?
What is the role of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in driving educational programs and
public health workforce government policies?
Members of the Session l will introduce the general issue of workforce training
and public policy in the Middle East and Africa and the context of HIV/AIDS
concentrated or generalized epidemics. The example of the conference host country,
Armenia will also be discussed.
SESSION 2: 13.30-15.30 WORK IN TWO GROUPS
Workshop participants will be divided into 2 groups, one composed of African
countries, the other Middle Eastern. Facilitators will be appointed for each
working group.
TOPIC 1 (1 hour):
Discuss and document the interface of schools of public health, government,
and civil society in Africa or the Middle
East in the context of the HIV/AIDS epidemic
Questions to be addressed:
- Analyze the relationship between PH short-term and diploma-track training
and ministerial public health workforce policies as well the impact of training
demand from the non-governmental sector in representative countries in the
context of the HIV/AIDS epidemic
- Discuss representative career tracks of SPH graduates in each country and
what this reveals about the demand for higher education in public health
- Describe existing models for the interface of SPHs and the community whether
through faculty/student research or other community outreach programs
- Describe any existing collaborative programs or activities between SPHs
and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, Malaria
Task for the group:
The reporter for the work group should prepare the following conclusions from
discussion:
- Findings per country
- Define general lessons learned on human resource planning for PH in the
countries involved in the group work and in the context of the HIV/AIDS epidemic
and any existing collaboration with the GFATM
TOPIC 2 (1 hour):
Distill a number of recommendations for the program planning process
of potential funders, including OSI and the GFATM, involving the contributions
of SPHs to the fight against HIV/AIDS and TB
Task for the group:
- Formulate your suggestions for a SPH/OSI partnership in collaboration with
the GFATM to fight HIV/AIDS and TB, per country.
- Make recommendations for cross-country initiatives
Session 3: 16.00-17.30. PLENARY: DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS
Participating countries:
All representatives involved in our Workshop, Part 1.
Presentations by 2 work groups (20 mns each)
Discussion (40 mns)
Conclusions with concrete recommendations to OSI (30 mns)
Suggestions for discussion
Reporters will present summaries of the discussions carried out in a workgroups.
Members of the panel will be asked to make comments.
Workgroups also will be asked to present written summary with the conclusions
and recommendations
The reporters and representatives of African and Middle East countries will
be then invited to make presentations in Part 2 of this Workshop, which will
be held on Monday, September 19.
Part 2: September 19 , Monday, 2005
Venue: AUA
Session 1: 14.00-15.30. PLENARY: PANEL DISCUSSION
| Title of presentation |
Presenter |
| Opening address to the participants of the Workshop (5 mns) |
Prof. Martin McKee, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK.
Member of the OSI Global Health Advisory Committee |
| Welcome and description of Workshop’s goals (5-10 mns) |
Linas Sumskas, SPH, Kaunas University of Medicine, Kaunas, Lithuania |
| The Afri Health project and SPHs in Africa (15mns) |
Carel IJsselmuiden
Council on Health Research and Development (COHRED),
Geneva, Switzerland
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| Kyiv Mohyla Academy SPH in partnerships to tackle HIV/AIDS: beyond the
Global Fund Grant Programme to Fight HIV/AIDS in Ukraine".(10mns) |
Paola Pavlenko, SPH, Mohyla Academy, Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Report on Workshop, Part 1 and presenting the situation in PH education
in African Countries (10 mns) |
To be identified |
| Report on Workshop, Part 1 and presenting the situation in PH education
in Middle East Countries (10 mns) |
To be identified |
| Discussion 30mns |
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Participants. Participants from schools of public health
from Europe, Eurasia, Africa, Middle East.
Aims. Part 2 of the workshop will introduce and continue
the discussion begun in Part 1 concerning the interface of schools of public
health, government and civil society in the context of HIV/AIDS and TB, this
time focusing on schools of public health in Europe and Eurasia. Findings from
Part 1 will be reported in the opening plenary.
Session 2: 16.00-17.30. WORK IN TWO GROUPS AND CONCLUSIONS
Group work 16.00-17.00
Workshop participants will be selected into 2 groups. Facilitators will be
appointed for each working group. African and Middle Eastern participants may
join in either group and
The first group will include: Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan,
Ukraine, Russia, Armenia
The second group will include: Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia,
Hungary, Romania, Poland
Topic 1 (30 mns):
Discuss and document the interface of schools of public health, government,
and civil society in Europe or Eurasia in
the context of the HIV/AIDS epidemic
Questions to be addressed:
- Analyze the relationship between PH short-term and diploma-track training
and ministerial public health workforce policies as well the impact of training
demand from the non-governmental sector in representative countries in the
context of the HIV/AIDS epidemic
- Discuss representative career tracks of SPH graduates in each country and
what this reveals about the demand for higher education in public health
- Describe existing models for the interface of SPHs and the community whether
through faculty/student research or other community outreach programs
- Describe any existing collaborative programs or activities between SPHs
and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, Malaria
Task for the group:
The reporter for the work group should prepare the following conclusions from
discussion:
- Findings per country
- Define general lessons learned on human resource planning for PH in the
countries involved in the group work and in the context of the HIV/AIDS epidemic
and any existing collaboration with the GFATM
TOPIC 2 (30 mns):
Distill a number of recommendations for the program planning process
of potential funders, including OSI and the GFATM, involving the contributions
of SPHs to the fight against HIV/AIDS and TB
Task for the group:
- Formulate your suggestions for a SPH/OSI/GFATM partnership to fight HIV/AIDS
and TB, specifically per country. Include recommendations for cross-country
initiatives.
Conclude in plenary 17.00-17.30
Presentations by 2 work groups (10 mns each)
Discussion and Conclusion (10 mns)
Suggestions for discussion
Reporters will present summaries of the discussions carried out in a workgroups.
Members of the panel will be asked to make comments.
Workgroups also will be asked to present written summary with the conclusions
and recommendations
The reporters and representatives of African and Middle East countries will be
then invited to make presentations in Part 2 of this Workshop, which will be
held on Monday, September 19.
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