Centre for Public Health and Equity

Announcement of 2nd Batch Madhya Pradesh Community Health Fellowship Program

junedkamal — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:42:21 +0000

Centre for Public Health and Equity invites applications from suitable candidates for the 2nd batch of Madhya Pradesh Community Health Fellowship Program starting from 2nd Feb 2012. It is an ‘alternative learning through work, study and reflection program’ in community health and public health, based on a societal understanding or paradigm, using community based approaches that strengthen comprehensive primary health care systems, with a focus on the National Rural Health Mission at district and sub-district level.

How to Apply

निम्न दिए गए पते पर Project Director, MP-CHFP, Centre for Public health and Equity को ई -मेल लिखें और हार्ड कॉपी (अपने हस्ताक्षर सहित) भी भेजें ! साथ ही यह भी लिखकर भेजें की आप यह कार्यक्रम क्यों करना चाहतें हें (एक पेज) !

Write to Project Director, MP-CHFP, Centre for Public health and Equity, by post (with Signature) or email, with your CV and a brief note on why you wish to join the program and send on following address

Address - 27, (1st Floor), 6th Cross, 1st Main, 1st Block, Koramangala, Bangalore 560034.

अपने सी वी के साथ कम से कम दो लोगों के references उनके पूरे नाम, पते, मोबाईल या लैंड लाइन नंबर व् ई मेल के साथ भेजें !
Please provide at least two references with their name, postal address, telephone numbers and email address.

Last date for receipt of application will be: 25^th December 2011

आपके आवेदन, अंतिम तिथि 25 दिसम्बर 2011 से पूर्वे ऊपर दर्शाये गए पते पर या निम्न ई- मेल पर पहुँच जाने चाहिए !

Email- cphe@sochara.org

Ph. – 080-41280009

Telephone inquiries may be made at the Bhopal CPHE Office at- 0755-2561511.

More details of MP-CHFP can be downloaded from here in हिंदी & English.

सभी आवेदनों को CPHE के बंगलोर स्थित कार्यालय को ही भेजें !

National Workshop – Learning Programme for Community Health and Public Health

junedkamal — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 11:08:38 +0000

SOCHARA is organising a National Workshop on Community Health & Public Health Learning Programs in association with the PHRN (Public Health Resource Network) on 26th and 27th October 2010 in Pastoral Center Bhopal.

There has been an active process of engagement of SOCHARA with the public health system co-creating spaces for community action for health and actively working with community based groups to populate and constructively & analytically utilize these spaces. This context has been reflected in the community health learning/fellowship programs in different ways. This workshop will be an occasion to share, exchange, learn and work together to improve and enhance our respective programs in the future.

The overall objectives of the workshop are –

1. To share learnings regarding the Community Health Fellowship Programmes

2. To enable cross learning of processes and innovations of the different programmes

3. To explore possibilities of networking in community health training and work towards a SOCHARA civil society school of public health.

Background note for the workshop are follows -

1 – Background note on CHLP

2 - Brief Note on the Fellowship Programme- PHRN

Please click on the link to find the directions to reach on the venue of National Workshop. The Pastoral center is situated between 10 and 11 no Bus stops, near St. Joseph Co-ed School. While proceeding from 10 no. stop to 11 no. Bus stop, first left turn as mentioned in the link will lead toward pastoral Center.

Activities Update from MP-CHFP

junedkamal — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 08:13:44 +0000

The formal inauguration of the Resource Center for Public Health SOCHARA-CPHE was organized on 29^th October 2009 followed by the organizational partners meeting at Pastoral Center Bhopal. This meeting was participated by 25 participants. These participants comprised of organizations, academicians, media people. Advisory group member Dr.Ajay Khare-Convenor Jan Swasthya Andolan, Ms.Renu khanna from SAHAJ Baroda, Dr.Shivchander Mathur-Director State Health System Resource Center Jaipur were part of the meeting too.

The organizational partners meeting was organized on 29^th October 2009. A total of 21 people attended the Consultation on Mentoring Community Health Fellows’ under the Community Health Fellowship Programme in Madhya Pradesh (MP- CHFP). The participants were from civil society organizations working in health care and development issues. The participants discussed on the roles, responsibilities and terms & conditions of hosting Community health fellows at the field projects.

During the open discussion on whole programme for collective action the suggestions included –

Need to work on the corruption issues within the health systems
Looking at the work culture of NGO’s and fellows are encouraged to look from 3 dimensions – Community, NGO and System
Looking at mentoring aspect critically and crucially.
Locate the mentor and orientation of mentor on theoretical aspects for more clarity.
Develop action research plan on 20 different thematic areas.
To have a common minimum programme approach where in there will be a minimum guarantee on basic aspects for hosting a fellow this has to be evolved through discussion.
Collection of governance report from the partner institutes

Field activities is one of the most important part of Community Health Fellowship Programme. During the Cluster meeting in Seedhi fellows interacting with the community member on health issues.

CPHE Madhya Pradesh Initiative

Deepak — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:37:28 +0000

Centre for Public Health and Equity inaugurated its Resource Centre for Public Health in Madhya Pradesh on 29th October 2010. The CPHE Bhopal office is consolidating and building on the experience of supporting public health policy processes and community action for health by SOCHARA in MP. These have included the response to the Bhopal Gas Disaster, the Rajiv Gandhi Health Missions, the Jan Swasthya Rakshak Programme evaluations, support to the Madhya Pradesh Human Development Report and active involvement in the second National Health Assembly of the Jan Swasthya Abhiyan in Bhopal in 2007. It also uses and builds on the approaches of SOCHARA, CHC and CPHE.

Presently the centre is facilitating the Madhya Pradesh Community Health Fellowship Programme (MP-CHFP) and developing a network for community health and public health. The evolving network has started with NGOs and others working with communities and the health system on health and development, with civil society organizations, peoples’ movements and academics.