Social Accountability: A Process Oriented Community Practice
THE accountability discourse is gaining momentum globally. However, the dominant discourse of accountability continues to be instrumentalist in its approach, which sees it as a technical report at the worst or merely as an intervention to improve health sector performance, at best. It is also tagged to efficiency, defined as value for money or getting […]
Re-thinking Social Accountability through a Power Discourse
Following the path of a good learning organisation, COPASAH undertook a year long journey of reflection on its relevance to the field of accountability and evaluating its own strategic directions and pathways. The process which began in 2016 with the community feedback and strategic directions meeting in Vancouver (November 2017), continued with an external evaluation […]
ICT FOR SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY-COPASAH
COPASAH SOUTH ASIA EXCHANGE AND STRENGTHENING MEET ON SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY IN HEALTH IN THE SOUTH ASIA REGION DECEMBER 4-6, 2016; KATHMANDU, NEPAL
INTRODUCTION COPASAH – Community of Practitioners on Accountability and Social Action in Health – is a global community of practitioners who share a people –centric vision and human rights based approach to health, health care and human dignity ( http://www.copasah.net). COPASAH’S mission is to nurture, strengthen and promote collective knowledge, skills and capacity of communityoriented organisations […]
Roma Minority and Social Accountability in Macedonia
Roma minority in the countries of the South Eastern European region represents the most marginalized minority of people who live in unfavorable social and economic conditions compared to the general population. Roma people are deprived in many spheres of their lives, including housing, education, employment and health, access to health care and discrimination in health […]
The Roma People in Europe : A Story of Marginalization and Exclusion-COPASAH GLOBAL SECRETARIAT
The Roma People and related minority communities constitute Europe’s largest and most vulnerable minority and are present in nearly all member states. There are an estimated 10-12 million Roma in Europe, particularly in Bulgaria (10.33% of total population), Republic of Macedonia (9.59%), Slovakia (9.17 %), Romania (8.32%), Serbia (excluding Kosovo) (8.18%) and Hungary (7.05%). Turkey, Albania, […]
Report on the East and Southern Africa (ESA) Regional Strengthening Meeting July 26-27,2016, Kampala, Uganda
Since the inception of Community of Practitioners on Social Accountability and Social Action in Health (COPASAH), the East and Southern Africa (ESA) member institutions have registered achievements as individual initiatives owing to the knowledge acquired from Facilitated Learning Exchange Visits. However, the COPASAH ESA membership has experienced limited engagement among members thus affecting further growth […]
COPASAH at Fourth Global Symposium on Health Systems Research (GSHSR) 2016 November 14-18, 2016, Vancouver Convention Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia
COPASAH (Community of Practitioners on Accountability and Social Action in Health) had a significant presence at the Fourth Global Symposium on Health Systems Research (GSHSR), 2016 convened from November 14-18 at the Vancouver Convention Centre, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
COPASAH South Asia Exchange and Strengthening meet on social Accountability in Health in the South Asia Region December 4-6,2016, Kathmandu, Nepal
COPASAH – Community of Practitioners on Accountability and Social Action in Health – is a global community of practitioners who share a people –centric vision and human rights based approach to health, health care and human dignity.
Strengthening Social Accountability through Community Dialogues- Joan Kilande, Eric Wakabi (Uganda)
The Coalition for Health Promotion and Social Development (HEPS UGANDA) Uganda is successful in implementing the Citizen’s Engagement initiative to Stop Medicine Stock Outs (COME) that aims to fostering action, engagement and participation of the community. This initiative which was kick started in March 2014 has today shown that the community engagement can increase social […]