WHO In-country Fellowship Program on Health Management and Financing, 04-16 August, 2014

WHO India Country Office approached the Indian Institute of Health Management Research (IIHMR), Jaipur to design and conduct WHO In-country Fellowship Program on Health Management and Financing of 2-week duration. IIHMR Jaipur – a WHO collaborating centre for district health system based on primary health care – agreed to design and conduct the fellowship program. The program enabled the participants to discuss current and future challenges in a setting that provides a rare and unique opportunity to interact with subject experts. The major objective of the program is to better understand the health management and financing. This course is designed to help the participants better understand various concepts, frameworks and issues involved in Health Management and Financing. The course covers the Fundamentals of Health Care Delivery System, Health Policy/NRHM, Health Economics and Financing, Strategic Management for Health Programme Management and Evaluation, Analytical and Computer Skills. The participants reviewed the selected papers on health systems, quality management, patient satisfaction, health insurance, financing, and gain better understanding on issues and challenges in broad areas of health management and financing. The course was coordinated by Dr. P.R. Sodani and Dr. Alok Mathur

National Workshop On Library Automation (Koha) &Content Management System (Joomla) – A step towards change September 19-21, 2014 at IIHMR University, Jaipur

WHO In-Country Fellowship Program on Health Systems Research, 28 July – 1 August, 2014

WHO India Country Office approached the Indian Institute of Health Management Research (IIHMR), Jaipur to design and conduct WHO In-country Fellowship Program on Health Systems Research of 5 days duration. IIHMR Jaipur – a WHO collaborating centre for district health system based on primary health care – agreed to design and conduct the fellowship program. The program enabled the participants to discuss current and future challenges in a setting that provides a rare and unique opportunity to interact with subject experts. The major objective of the program was to better understand the health systems research. This course was designed to help the participants better understand Health Systems Research. The course covered the fundamentals of Health Systems, conceptual framework of Health Systems and its linkages, Health Systems building blocks, purpose and nature of Health Systems. The participants reviewed range of research questions, methodological approaches and study designs that health systems research encompasses, as well as cross-cutting issues pertinent to health systems research. The course covered and discussed the Health Systems in India and issues for further research for improving the performance of Health Systems. The fellowship was coordinated by Dr. P.R. Sodani.

Induction Training Programme for Newly Recruited Medical Officers under Department of Public Health and Family Welfare, Government of Madhya Pradesh, 14-25 July 2014

The Department of Public Health and Family Welfare, Government of Madhya Pradesh approached the Institute of Health Management Research, Jaipur-a WHO Collaborating centre for district health system based on primary health care- to conduct the Induction Training Programme for newly recruited medical officers under the department . In response to this, the Institute of Health Management Research, Jaipur developed and conducted this training programme. The programme enabled the participants to discuss current and future challenges in a setting that provides a rare and unique opportunity to interact with subject experts. The overall aim of the Induction Training Programme was to improve the participants understanding on health systems and various programmes being implemented. In all, 17 newly recruited medical officer were training under the programme. The course was coordinated by Dr. P.R. Sodani.