Monday, 28 September 2015

2016: AVAILABLE CERTIFICATE COURSES, MODULES AND DATES FROM ‘HSPC; in Abuja (A) and Lagos (L), Nigeria


2016: AVAILABLE CERTIFICATE COURSES AND MODULES FROM ‘HSPC’; in Abuja (A) and Lagos (L)

 

Advance Certificate in Monitoring and Evaluation

March 7-9 (L); June 6-8 (A); September 8-10 (L); December 8-10 (L)

 

Module 1 – Introduction to M&E: overview of concepts, methods, frameworks and tools

Module 2 – M&E in the health sector: service delivery, health care financing, human resources

Module 3Tools for M&E in Programs and Service delivery systems

Module 4 – Information management systems at national, local and project level

Module 5 – Global Health Initiatives and the role of M&E

Module 6 – Managing and Ensuring adequate data quality for M&E

Module 7 – Innovative approaches to M&E

Module 8 – Making M&E equity and gender aware

Module 9 – Ethics, and dealing with conflicts of interest in M&E

Module 10- Designing and managing evaluations, and using evaluation findings

Module 11 – Micro-presentations

 

Advance Certificate in  Project and Programme Management

March 10-12 (L); June 9-11 (A); September 19-21 (A); December 12-14 (A)

 

Module 1Overview of Project and Program Management  

Module 2Analytic Planning for Project and Program Success   

Module 3Decision-Making Tools and Techniques

Module 4Extreme/Agile Project and Program Management  

Module 5Lean Agile Project and Program Management: Achieving Business Value   

Module 6Project and Program Business Management and Analysis    

Module 7Schedule Optimization Techniques for Managers  

Module 8Strategic Thinking and Problem Solving    

Module 9Micro Presentations:

·         Strategic Case Studies in Project and Program Management       

·         Advanced Project and Program Management Practicum

·         Executive Leadership for Project and Program Management

Module 10 – Micro-presentations

 

Advocacy, Communication and Social Mobilization (ACSM)

January 28-30 (A);       April 21-23 (L);        July 21-23 (A);        November 7-9 (A)

 

Module 1 – Introductions, Definitions and Justifications

Module 2 - Communication as an overarching theme

Module 3 - Advocacy to change political agendas

Module 4 - Social mobilization to build partnerships

Module 5 - Knowledge is critical, but not enough

Module 6 - ACSM strategy must be integral

Module 7 - Participatory, nondiscriminatory and rights-based ACSM

Module 8 - Using ACSM to achieve desired changes and investments in 

                    community, national and global capacity

Module 9 - Fostering inclusion

Module 10 - Ensuring political commitment and accountability

Module 11 - Fostering partnerships

Module 12 - Learning, adapting and building on good ACSM practices

Module 13 - Monitoring and evaluation of ACSM programmes

Module 14 - Using ACSM to link to other development processes

Module 15 - Making ACSM work for programmes, activities and events

Module 16 – Micro-presentations

 

Community Systems Strengthening (CSS)

February 25-27 (A); May 26-28 (L); September 5-7 (L); December 5-7 (L)

 

Module 1 – Introductions, Definitions and Justifications

Module 2 - Programme Management

Module 3 – Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Tools

Module 4 - Financial Management

Module 5 - Leadership & Governance

Module 6 - Organisational Development

Module 7 - Resource Mobilization

Module 8 - Identity, Gender & Sexuality

Module 9 - Family Support

Module 10 - Life Skills Education

Module 11 - Trauma & Violence

Module 12 - Human Rights

Module 13 - Community Preparedness

Module 14 - Friendly Services

Module 15 – Attitude

Module 16 - Micro presentations

 

Fundraising and Resource Mobilization

January 25-27 (A); April 18-20 (L); July 18-20 (A); October 27-29 (L)

 

Module 1 – Introductions, Definitions and Justifications

Module 2 - The good governance mix: An essential ingredient for fundraising

Module 3 - Financial performance and risk management

Module 4 - Trustees, governance and fundraising: getting the best from your board

Module 5 – The resource mobilization strategy development process: A step by step guide

Module 6 - The proposal development process

Module 7 – Not an option but a necessity: Resource mobilization strategies that guarantee results

Module 8 - Getting down to the nuts and bolts: Identifying strategies that work

Module 9 - Income generation for sustainability

Module 10 - A sustainable approach to major gifts

Module 11 - Effective communications for sustainable fundraising and resource mobilization

Module 12 – Micro-presentations

 

Gender Mainstreaming in Programmes and M&E

March 14-16 (A); June 20-22 (L); September 22-24 (A); December 15-17 (A)

 

Module 1: What is gender equity, and why are we trying to do it
Module 2: Gender and Development

Module 3: Gender and Governance

Module 4: Causes to gender inequity and lack of gendered governance
Module 5: Gender stakeholder analysis

Module 6: Gender and Social Development

Module 7: Gender and Health Including Sexual Health

Module 8: Participation Procedures for Gender Equity

Module 9: Gender in education

Module 10: Gender and rights: Legislation and politics

Module 11: Food security, Livelihoods, Economic Empowerment and Gender

Module 12: Gender Audits: Monitoring and Evaluation for Gender Equity

Module 13: Strategic Communication/Planning Tools and Gender Equity Planning

Module 14: Developing Action Plans for Gender Equity

Module 15: Ranking and prioritizing gendered interventions

Module 16 – Micro-presentations

 

Health Systems Strengthening (HSS)

February 22-24 (A); May 23-25 (L); August 25-27 (A); November 24-26 (L)

 

Module 1: Overview and Context of a Health System

Module 2: Service Delivery

Module 3: Human Resources for Health (HRH)

Module 4: Health Management Information Systems (HMIS)

Module 5: Access to Health Commodities/Supply Chain Management

Module 6: Health Financing

Module 7: Governance/ Leadership in Health

Module 8: Management for Health

Module 9: Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E)

Module 10 – Micro-presentations

 

Leadership Development, Career Advancement and Organizational Management

February 11-13 (L); May 12-14 (A); August 22-24 (A); November 21-23 (L)

 

Module 1 – Introductions, Definitions and Justifications 

Module 2 – Principles, theories and concepts in leadership, organization design and development

Module 3 - Organizational Systems, Growth, Culture and Complexity

Module 4 - Organization Management/Development: Orientation, Principles, Practices and Sustainability

Module 5 - Leadership Development

Module 6 – Leadership and Human Resource Management

Module 7 – Career Advancement

Module 8 - Performance Improvement, Legal and Ethical Issues

Module 9 - Conflict Analysis and Resolution

Module 10 – Micro-presentations

 

Logistics and Supply Chain Management

January 18-20 (L); March 17-19 (A); June 23-25 (L); October 17-19 (A)

 

Module 1– Introduction to Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Module 2 – Total Quality Management and Lean Enterprise

Module 3 – Logistics Operations Methods and Systems/Logistics Systems Analysis

Module 4 – Supply Chain Management – Strategy and Applications

Module 5 – Analysis of Supply Markets and Supplies

Module 6 – Global Supply Chain Management Systems

Module 7 – Manufacturing Planning & Control

Module 8 – Field Study/Research Project

Module 9 – Applied Data Analysis

Module 10 – Distribution Fulfillment

Module 11 – Strategic Sourcing

Module 12 – Communication in Supply Chain Management

Module 13 – Change Management

Module 14 – Technology and Product Innovation Management/Global Operations and Supply Chain Strategy

Module 15 – Micro-presentations

 

Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E)

February 8-10 (L); May 9-11 (A); August 8-10 (L); November 10-12 (A)

 

Module 1 – Introductions, Definitions and Justifications

Module 2 - Difference between monitoring and evaluation

Module 3 - The need for monitoring and evaluation

Module 4 - Monitoring in all process of the project cycle

Module 5 - Developing M&E indicators

Module 6 - Developing the logical framework or Logframe

Module 7 - Monitoring and Evaluation Frameworks

Module 8 - Monitoring and Evaluation Plan: functions, elements, standards and

                    complexities

Module 9 - Overview of M&E plan implementation modalities

Module 10 - Data Tools, Data Quality, Data Collection, Capture and Data

                    Quality Analyses

Module 11 - Quantitative and Qualitative methods

Module 12 - Data Analysis, Interpretation and Reporting

Module 13 - Reporting methods

Module 14 - Communicating M&E findings for action and accountability

Module 15 – Financial Monitoring

Module 16 – Micro-presentations

 

Project and Program Management

January 21-23 (L); April 7-9 (A);   July 7-9 (L); October 24-26 (L)

 

Module 1 – Introductions, Definitions and Justifications

Module 2 - Project and Programme Management (PM) successes, failures, concepts and tools

Module 3 - Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), Project Charter, Schedule and Budgets

Module 4 - PM Portfolio and Project Cycles

Module 5 – Management and Leadership

Module 6 - Change Management

Module 7 – Micro-presentations

 

Proposal Writing and Development

April 4-6 (A);                                   July 4-6 (L);                          October 20-22 (A)

 

Module 1 – Introductions, Definitions and Justifications

Module 2 - Organizational and Proposal Background

Module 3 - Problem Statement

Module 4 - Formulating a goal and SMART Objectives

Module 5Developing Activities and Work plan

Module 6 - Risks and Assumptions, Expected Outcomes and Impact

Module 7Developing a Logical Frame

Module 8 - Developing a Budget

Module 9 – Sustaining the tempo

Module 10 – Micro-presentations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, 23 September 2015

Call for nominations: HEALTH CHAMPIONS MERIT AWARDS

Dear Stakeholders in Health in Nigeria,

The Health Systems and Projects Consultants on behalf of the Coalition of CSOs and NGOs in Health in Nigeria [COCSONGOSH]/Afrihealth Optonet Association and Society for Conservation and Sustainability of Energy and Environment in Nigeria (SOCSEEN) hereby invite nominations for the HEALTH CHAMPIONS MERIT AWARDS (HCMA).

The HCMA is meant to appreciate individuals, communities, organizations/companies/societies, governments, civil society and development partners - dead or alive, Nigerian or foreign – who have contributed to the enthronement of a “state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing, and not just the absence of diseases and infirmities” in Nigeria since 1914.

Each awardee shall receive a commemorative plaque, certificate and pin/lapel of insignia that will always stand her/him out as who she/he is/was in the history of health and sustainable development in Nigeria. Nominations from individuals, government, business, professions, communities and non-government/non-State sectors (NGOs, CSOs, FBOs and CBOs) are welcome. There is no limit to the number of nominations which an individual or entity may make, or the number of areas for which an individual or entity may be nominated for awards.

The Health Champions Merit awards shall specifically be presented for contributions that have successfully promoted/contributed to the realization of Health for All or Sustainable Development in Nigeria, through partnerships/collaboration, advocacy/mobilization, research/M&E/evidence-generation, capacity development/training and outreach interventions/service delivery in the following areas:

1.      Healthcare
2.      HIV/AIDS
3.      TB
4.      Malaria
5.      Health Insurance
6.      Infant/Child Health
7.      Immunization
8.      Maternal Health
9.      Adolescent Health
10.  Water
11.  Sanitation
12.  Renewable Energy
13.  Energy Conservation
14.  Energy Efficiency
15.  Environmental Management
16.  Environmental Sustainability
17.  Nutrition
18.  Agriculture
19.  Food Security
20.  Food Production
21.  Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
22.  Pharmaceutical Distribution/Wholesales
23.  Pharmaceutical Retails/Patent Medicine Vending
24.  Pharmacovigilance
25.  Good Governance
26.  Gender Promotion
27.  Health/Human Rights
28.  Partnership
29.  Advocacy
30.  Mobilization
31.  Media
32.  Research
33.  Capacity Building/Training
34.  Outreach
35.  Health Leadership
36.  Health Policy
37.  Health Legislation
38.  Health Rights
39.  Health Management Information Systems (HMIS)                                      
40.  Service Delivery
41.  Access to Health Commodities/Supply Chain Management                                     
42.  Health Financing                                            
43.  Governance/Leadership in Health                                         
44.  Management for Health                                             
45.  Human Resources for Health (HRH)
46.  Philanthropy in favour of Health 

All NOMINATIONS must be submitted with the following information:
  1. Name, current or last Position and organization of the nominee
  2. Full contact information of the nominee or next of kin for nominees who have died or ceased to exist (email, phone, postal address, office address, website, blog)
  3. Brief description of the nominee
  4. Justification for the nomination, i.e. why is this nominee among the most influential/best one hundred things that happened to Health in Nigeria, in the last one hundred years
A multi-stakeholders Health Champions Merit Awards selection committee has been set up to assess all nominations and recommend eligible awardees based on merit and stated criteria.
All nominations should be addressed and emailed to:
The Chairperson
Health Champions Merit Awards selection committee
COCSONGOSH/Afrihealth Optonet Association
with subject as ‘Health Champions Merit Awards: name of nomine’
NOMINATION PERIOD: not later than close of business (CoB) on 30 November 2015
For further information, contact:
Dr. Uzodinma Adirieje
Health Systems and Projects Consultants Ltd
Suite 216, Block G, FHA Cornershop, Lugbe, Airport Road, Abuja
P.O. Box 8880, Wuse Abuja, Nigeria
Ph: +234 9 291 5732; Mob: +234 81 88 55 44 14
Emails: hspempowerments@gmail.com, hspcltd@yahoo.com
Web: http://druzodinmadirieje.blogspot.com.ng