In the time of the 'Swine Flu' pandemic, James P Grant
School of Public Health & ICDDR,B have jointly organized a seminar on May
21 (Thursday) at 3:30 p.m. at Sasakawa Auditorium, ICDDR,B.
Invitation Card Download
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Executive Certificate in Public Health Management
The James P. Grant School of Public Health is offering a
seven -week short course on Executive Certificate in Public Health Management
(ECPHM) : An Innovative Capacity Development Program for Health Professionals
in the Public Sector, under its Continuing Education Programme. This fully
residential course has started on 3 May and will be completed by 18 June, 2009
. The ECPHM Program includes a study tour.
We have 22 participants from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
attending the current capacity building training programme.
The primary goal of the ECPHM Program is to further enhance the public health
leadership and management capacity of the human resources for health (HRH) in
Bangladesh particularly the Upazila level health and family planning officials
who form the most critical component of the health care system.
MPH Programmes
The MPH students completed their Reproductive and Sexual Health & Rights course this month which began on the 31st August and was completed on 11th September. The course was taught by Dr. Sabina Faiz Rashid and Dr. Malabika Sarker. On the last day of the course, students presented their short exploratory PowerPoint presentation on Reproductive and Sexual Health Status conducted on field trips at different Govt and Non-Govt organizations in Dhaka.
The students also completed the module on Principles of Health Communications and Monitoring and Evaluation of Public Health Programmes, which began on 14th September and was completed on 18th September. The course Principles of Health Communication was taught by Dr. Muhiuddin Haider and Ms. Mahrukh Mohiuddin. Ms. Ana Coghlan and Dr. Syed Masud Ahmed were the faculty for Monitoring and Evaluation course.
Field Visit
Ten MPH students visited the Bangladesh Center for Communication Programs (BCCP) for their field trip, as a part of the Health Communication course. The half-day visit included a session on Strategic Communication, presented by Dr. Nazrul Haque, Director, BCCP, and a tour to the media-material center of
BCCP.
Dr. Nazrul Haque is delivering his session at BCCP to MPH students
Nagasaki completes the Internship
To promote research, education, and capacity building especially in the area of health development between the two institutions 11 interns and faculty members from the Nagasaki University visited BRAC, JICA and ICDDR,B's project sites. They also visited some public hospitals to acquire first hand knowledge and experience on health systems, project management, and project activities; understand the process of problem analysis and formulation of projects. The duration of the intern programme was from 27th August - 16th September, 2008. At the end of the visit the students presented their reports based on the knowledge and experience they gained and exchanged their ideas with the
School.
Students of Nagasaki University presenting their report at BSPH
Formation of an Academic Study Group
(ASG) at the School of Public Health
An academic study group (ASG) was formed at the School of Public Health in the month of September. The main objective of the ASG is to continually develop the research and teaching skills of the in-house faculty, researchers and programme staff. The ASG will ensure that the group meets at least once a month to present and discuss topics of interest. Dr. Nasima Selim, lecturer at BSPH, coordinated the first formal activity organized by the Academic Study Group: the first in-house seminar held on September 11th, where Dr. Hashima-e-Nasreen (BRAC RED) made a presentation on "Impact of maternal depressive symptoms and anxiety on infant development and health in Bangladesh". The key personnels involved in the investigation were Mushtaque Chowdhury (BSPH), Maigun Edhborg & Zarina Kabir (Karolinska Instut, Sweden) and Kaosar Afsana (BHP). The seminar was followed by a lively discussion which revolved around the objectives, methodology and ethical aspects of the study. There were many participants from the School of Public Health at the seminar. The Academic Study Group also held its first meeting in this month and it will meet again in October.
Workshop on Sharing Draft Strategic Framework for Developing Standard Operating Procedures for Services to People Living with HIV and AIDS
The GFATM team organized a workshop on the 23rd September at BRAC Centre for Strengthening the technical and institutional capacities of Government, NGO and Implementing partners towards sharing draft Strategic framework for developing Standard Operational Procedure for services in people living with HIV/AIDS. The chief guest was Mr. A M M Nasir Uddin, Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The program was led by the DR. AMR Chowdhury, Dean of James P Grant School of Public Health. Their were members from the Population Council who overviewed the program and a presentation was made by Ms. Ismat Bhuiya, Team Leader & Senior Program Officer of the Population Council. The workshop included an open discussion where the special guests participated.
