Global Course: Accelerating Progress Towards the Health Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and other Health Outcomes
24 MARCH-4 APRIL 2008 WASHINGTON DC
Application deadline: February 22, 2008
Organizer: World Bank Institute Human Development (WBIHD) Health and AIDS
Event dates: 24 March - 4 April 2009
Venue: Washington DC
Language: English
“….Money counts for better health! However, more money and even rapid economic growth are not enough to achieve desirable Health Outcomes and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Systems structure and efficiency matter, as do supporting institutions, households and communities, policies and politics. While there is long-standing recognition that health outcomes are significantly determined at the household level and are greatly affected by factors outside the health sector such as water and sanitation and transport infrastructure, policies continue mainly to focus on supply production factors within the health sector.
This new program approaches health outcomes from the demand side through a multisectoral perspective, looking into mechanisms such as Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs), and Sector Wide Approaches (SWAPs). The course underscores the different roles necessary at each different sector for a multisectoral approach, the need for coordination at the central level, and also alignment of donors with national processes - especially budgets - to ensure harmonization.
This course will build capacity for developing multisectoral health outcome strategies, emphasizing that better effective interventions, actions and policies exist and that adaptation to the country situation is critical….”
Course objectives
The course will share information, tools and knowledge of reforms and essential public health functions in order to empower participants to become effective agents of change. Specific learning objectives include:
- Learning to apply a multisectoral framework to better achieve health, nutrition, and population outcomes
- Understanding the role of the public sector, and the impact of health systems performance on the MDGs
- Using health sector reform to achieve health outcomes
- Learning how to apply diagnostic, planning and implementation support tools
Should you have any questions, please contact:
Michelle Morris (Administrative)
World Bank Institute - Health and AIDS program
1818 H St. NW, Mail Stop# J 3-302
Washington DC 20433
Tel. 1-202-473-7285
Fax: 1-202-522-0638
Email: mmorris1@worldbank.org
Isabel Rocha Pimenta (irochapimenta@worldbank.org) (Content), and Gaston Sorgho (gsorgho@worldbank.org) (Content)