COPASAH Convener opines
The month of September saw the formal adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) by the global community. For the next fifteen years, the 17 SDGs will set the global development agenda and its targets where the development indicators will constitute the milestones and roadmap towards sustainable development. There has been a considerable buzz around […]
Denial of Maternal Health Rights in State Run Facilities in Jharkhand (India)
In spite of a series of maternal health facilities and schemes listed out by the Indian Government, women refrain from getting deliveries conducted at the state run health facilitates due to negative experiences of abuse and neglect by health service providers, seen with overcharging and out of pocket expenditure for services that are offered for free. A video developed by community […]
Dalit Manual Scavengers and THAMATE’s efforts for the Rights of the Community-Community Voice from Karnataka( India)
Manual Scavenging in Karnataka and THAMATEIt is decades since the inhuman practice of manual scavenging is officially banned in India. However manual scavenging continues disgracefully in several states. The latest Socio-Economic Caste Census data released by Government of India in July 2015 highlights that 1, 80, 657 households are engaged in the degrading work of […]
Impact of Malnutrition and Hunger in Raichur District of Karnataka (India)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGDW_RPX7RAKarnataka is one of the southern states of Indian subcontinent. As per details from Census 2011, Karnataka has population of 6.11 Crores, an increase of 5.29 Crore in 2001 census. It shares its border with Maharashtra in North, Goa and Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu and Kerala with South and Arabian Sea forms […]
Social Accountability Initiative in Kenya: Snapshot of HERAF’s Accountability Practice
Health Rights Advocacy Forum (HERAF) is a non-governmental organization that works through strategic partners in the form of Health Professionals Bodies and Associations, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Patients’ Organizations, Faith Based Organizations (FBOs), Research Institutions and Universities involved in health issues, HIV&AIDS and Human Rights Networks among others to advocate for health as a fundamental human […]
Community Based Monitoring in Bulgaria- Amalipe(Bulgaria)
Community Monitoring of Healthcare Services in Bulgaria The Amalipe Centre for Interethnic Dialogue and Tolerance has initiated Community Monitoring with community mobilization and follow up advocacy of healthcare services delivered at grassroots level in Roma community across 7 municipalities in different regions. The main aim of the community monitoring has been to empower the local Roma […]
Empowering Citizens to Demand for their Health Rights- UNHCO (Uganda)
UNHCO’s initiatives empower citizens to demand Right to Health in Uganda- About the initiative – With the support of Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa (OSIEA), Uganda National Health User’s/Consumer’s Organization (UNHCO) is involved in initiatives focusing upon empowerment of communities to demand and participate in improvement of health services delivery since 2008. With these […]
Practitioner-researcher -donor -as a learning triad: THE DIALECTICS OF ADDRESSING TRIANGULAR LEARNING NEEDS AS ‘A LEARNING COMMUNITY’ E. Premdas Pinto, COPASAH
This was my second annual meeting and a fourth formal meeting with the TALearn associates in the last three years. The annual meeting organised in Rio from 11-14 November, 2015 provided a further opportunity to build bridges with practitioners, researchers and donor/grant makers. The interactions of three sub-communities within the overarching theme of TALearn community, […]
The Eclipse of State Accountability in the Global Reference: List of 100 Core Indicators by World Health Organisation- E.Premdas Pinto
The recent Global Reference List of 100 Core Health Indicators is a standard set of 100 indicators prioritized by the global community to provide concise in formation on the health situation and trends, including responses at national and global levels. World Health Organisation (WHO) has recently proposed the Global Reference List of 100 Core Health Indicators […]
Participatory Audit and Planning of Rogi Kalyan Samiti (Patient Welfare Committee) Funds in Maharashtra(India)- Dr Nitin Jadhav
‘Social Audit’ as a process is now well known in India, especially in the context of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. Today, social audit has provided a platform for ensuring accountability and transparency in the Employment Guarantee scheme. This process provides a space for dialogue between beneficiaries and service providers.The word “Audit” has its origins from […]