| INTERNATIONAL TRAINING |
| Upcoming Trainings |
Washington DC February 23rd - 27th
Pretoria, South Africa March 30th - April 3rd
Entebbe, Uganda June 22nd - 26th
Bangkok, Thailand October 26th - 30th
West Africa (Francais) TBA
Please contact training@mentor-initiative.net for more information. |
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Brochure Washington DC Training - view pdf
Application Form Washington DC Training - view pdf
Poster International Trainings - view pdf |
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| Malaria Control in Emergencies Intensive Training Workshop, Entebbe, Uganda 13-17 October 2008 |
| Announcement - view pdf |
| Agenda - view pdf |
| Application - view pdf |
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Malaria Control in Emergencies Workshop
This one week workshop aims to increase the capacity of humanitarian partners at both field and organisational level to implement effective malaria control programmes with affected communities through better assessment and planning, surveillance, prevention, case management and targeted operational research. |
Participants will master key competencies in all of the following sectors:
Context of Emergencies
Early Malaria Diagnosis
Malaria Case Management
Tools Interventions
IRS (Indoor Residual Spraying) Campaigns
Long Lasting Insecticide Treated Nets (LL-ITN) Distribution
Surveillance (ARGOS)
Shelter with Insecticide Treated Plastic Sheeting (ITPS) |
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Who should take this course?
Field managers of humanitarian organisations, (NGOs, UN, donors)
Regional and HQ based managers of humanitarian organisations
National Public Health officials
Ministry of Health field teams
Commercial partners |
| Typical candidates for the course are Medical Co-ordinators, Health Co-ordinators, Programme Managers and District Medical Officers from international and national health organisations. |
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Who are the trainers?
The MENTOR Initiative maintains a pool of malaria specialists from which training teams are drawn for each workshop. They are leading international and regional experts with a wide variety of field experience: |
Dr Bob Taylor, WHO, (TDR)
Dr Chris Whitty, Director of the Malaria Centre, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Dr Christa Hook, former co-ordinator, MSF malaria task force
Dr Darvin Scott, Kaiser Permanente, USA
Dr David Witt, Kaiser Permanente, USA
Dr Nils Hennig, Mt Sinai Hospital, NY
Sally Crook, Senior Public Health Advisor, Oxfam UK
Dr David Muriuki, Medical Director Aceh, The MENTOR Initiative
Sarah Saleheen, Country Director Angola, The MENTOR Initiative
Richard Allan, CEO, The MENTOR Initiative
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| The MENTOR Initiative training workshops are co-ordinated by Ms Sian Yates, Programme Support Officer, sian@thementorinitiative.org. |
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| The MENTOR Initiative training workshops are generously sponsored by BASF. |
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| We would also like to thank Tulip (Orchid Diagnostics), Dafra Pharma, Vestergaard Frandsen and Semco for their continued support for these workshops. |
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