COPASAH Communique – 5th Edition – October – December 2013
We are happy to announce that the fifth edition of COPASAH Communique, the newsletter of COPASAH is out now! The fifth edition of the newsletter is a rich resource of material on community monitoring. It contains articles from India, Macedonia, Africa, Latin America and updates from the African region. This issue covers case stories, articles, […]
Webinars on Transparency and Accountability Issues
Upcoming Webinars from IBP and World Bank Upcoming webinars from IBP and World Bank!Wednesday, April 9, 2014, 2:00 – 3:30 PM EST Closing Feedback Loops: From Engaged Citizens to More Responsive Governments The following questions will be addressed during the session: How do we ensure that governments become more responsive to their citizens’ feedback? Can technology enable […]
The price of being accountable to patients and the Hippocratic Oath – the story of the arrest of Dr Samir Biswas in West Bengal, India
An interesting story is forwarded to you from the newspaper reports on the arrest of Dr. Samir Biswas who is charged under sedition and anti-state activities for allegedly treating the armed militants. It raises number of questions: Who is a good doctor? One who is mediator for the corporates (Pharma Companies) or the one who […]
An insight into the lives of domestic workers (housemaids) in Pakistan!
By Hina Shehzadi Pakistan being a developing country has a large number of poor population due to which people jump up to any opportunity that guarantees money. The profession of domestic workers is one of them. Approximately 8.5 million informal domestic workers, including Men, women and children, even under the age of 14 or 60 […]
State Level Workshop on Social Accountability and Community Action on Health
Gujarat, March 25 -28, 2014ObjectivesTo increase awareness among participants on health, health right, entitlements and social political determinants of health.To inform participants about concepts of social accountability and community action on health including community based monitoring.To increase awareness among the participants on various methods and tools for community based monitoring.To increase the level of skill […]
Toolkit for participatory tools for social accountability in health By TARSC, EQUINET AND COPASAH
As a follow up to the discussions we’ve been having on this e-list on community participation in building social accountability, I suggest you take a look at the report arising from a meeting held in Zimbabwe in October, facilitated by TARSC, COPASAH and EQUINET on Participatory Approaches to Strengthening People-Centred Health Systems in the east and […]
Facilitated Learning Exchange Visit- East and Southern Africa Region
Call for Applicants for Facilitated Learning Exchange VisitDeadline for Application: 7th March, 2014! The Call This call invites applications from COPASAH members in East and Southern Africa region to apply and have opportunity to participate in a facilitated learning exchange visit. The learning visit aims at providing practitioners from organizations using community monitoring for improved […]
Facilitated Learning Exchange Visit-2- South Asia Region
Tumkar, January 22-24, 2014 South Asia region workshops were conducted in Mumbai in February, 2013 and in Delhi in September, 2013. Subsequent to these workshops quite a lot of conversations are happening among participants, and as a continuation to these COPASAH plans to organise three facilitated learning exchange visits in different parts of India. These […]
COMMUNITY OF PRACTITIONERS ON ACCOUNTABILITY AND SOCIAL ACTION IN HEALTH- FACILITATED LEARNING EXCHANGE VISIT AT CHANDUALI, NAUGARH
December 17 – 19, 2013 Community of Practitioners on Accountability and Social Action in Health (COPASAH) is a global network of practitioners that places a strong emphasis on the role of civil society to promote access to equitable, quality and accountable health services. South Asia region workshops were conducted in Mumbai in February, 2013 and […]
COPASAH Newsletter… October- December 2012
The first edition of the COPASAH Newsletter! In this issue we have mainly focused on sharing case stories from the three regions, articles on exchange visits to two countries engaged in different forms of community monitoring, recent work of some organisations, event reports, other announcements and profiles of organization and steering committee members of COPASAH. […]