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WHO Collaborating Center for Public Health Practice
 
Update November 2003
 
The Center continues it's collaborative ventures with the World Bank, PAHO and AfriHealth. These collaborations have been in the area of performance measurement of health systems, and capacity building of public health system infrastructure. In collaboration with the Caribbean Program Coordinating Office of PAHO in Barbados, the Center recently facilitated the entry of a team of 4 individuals from the English speaking Caribbean to participate in the 2003/4 Public Health Leadership Development Course at the University of North Carolina. It is hoped that the 4 individuals will form a core group of public health leaders in the Caribbean. A meeting with the CPC is planned for December 2003 to discuss the leadership training needs and resources for that region as well as the development of a Leadership Development Program for the English speaking Caribbean.

We have continued our collaboration with the World Bank in capacity building of public health systems. That organization has strongly recommended the use of Essential Public Health Functions and performance measurement methodology in its publication, "Public Health and World Bank Operations, February 2002. The publication is available through the Bank. A chapter on Strengthening Management of Essential Public Health Functions will also appear in the next publication of the Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries, Second Edition now in preparation. This publication is a joint venture by the World Bank, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Fogarty International Center.

Collaborative Project on Performance Measurement with PAHO in Latin America and the Caribbean

This project was completed in May 2002 and 41 countries in the region participated. The data from these performance measurement applications has been published in a joint publication of contributing authors from the CDC, PAHO and CLAISS (see project description for further details about this project). Further information about the book may be found at: http://www.paho.org/English/DPI/pr020923e.htm and a link to view the book electronically is: http://www.americas.health-sector-reform.org/english/publichealth-americas.htm. Some of the countries have already started to use the data in their national health plans to help develop targeted, strategic interventions that will help enhance the effectiveness of their current systems that deliver public health services. A formal evaluation is underway to determine how the data from this project is being used by all countries in the Caribbean. A formal evaluation is underway to determine how the data from this project is being used by all countries in the Caribbean. A recent article, Countries improve health by examining their systems , that describes the CDCs efforts in this area has been published in the official newspaper of the American Public Health Association, "The Nations Health".

The Deputy Director of the Center, Dr. W. Hanna, has been invited to lecture at the School of Public Health in the Medical Faculty, University of St, Cyril & Methodius, Skopje, Macedonia, April 1-4, 2004. While there, he will meet with key decision makers to discuss aspects of capacity building in public health.
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This page last reviewed: August 17, 2004
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