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Governance and participation in health
OUR WORK ON PARTICIPATION AND HEALTH
EQUINET through TARSC, Ifakara and CHESSORE has been carrying out work on participatory mechanisms and approaches to people centred health systems since 2000. The reports of the field studies and literature reviews implemented through CHESSORE and TARSC are found in the EQUINET publications page on the site, and since 2005 we have been strengthening skills and carrying out work in the region through TARSC and IHRDC on using participatory methods for health research and intervention to promote participatory people centred health systems, and community voice in planning and implementing health services. Reports of the past training meetings and follow up work are found on the website and the next regional training is scheduled for early 2009.
EQUINET has noted that equity related work needs to define and build a more active role for important stakeholders in health, and to incorporate the power and ability people (and social groups) have to make choices over health inputs and their capacity to use these choices towards health. To do this requires a clearer analysis of the social dimensions of health and their role in health equity. This means exploring the role of social networking and exclusion, of the forms and levels of participation and of how systems distribute power and authority over the resources needed for health.
Training held on Participatory methods for strengthening community focused, primary health care orientated responses to prevention and treatment of HIV and AIDS
EQUINET ithrough TARSC and IHRDC in co-operation with REACH Trust and GNP+ successfully held a Regional Training Workshop for east and southern African countries on Participatory Methods for research and training for a people centred health system on February 27 to March 1st 2008. The 2008 training explored how to overcome community and health systems barriers in accessing comprehensive prevention and treatment for HIV and AIDS and strengthening equitable primary health care responses to HIV and AIDS. It involved researchers, health workers, academics, civil society organisations, NGOs, community leaders and workers and others who are involved in work in east and southern Africa with communities and health workers who are doing or involved in work on equitable access to HIV and AIDS interventions, specifically at the interface between communities and health systems.
One of the delegates composed these words after.....
The Baggamoyo Experience
by Wilson Damien Asibu, Malawi... [click on "more" to see the full poem...]
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