Community Monitoring and Advocacy: A Spirit of Activism in Treatment of Drug Dependency in Macedonia:Vlatko Dekov, Irena Cvetkovic, Vanja DimitrievsKI
Experiences from Skopje, Macedonia highlight that community monitoring and advocacy has improved the quality of treatment in the drug dependence treatment programs, arousing the spirit of activism in people. Community Monitoring and Advocacy: Community Monitoring and Advocacy methodology (CMA), in its broadest sense means an active involvement of a given community in the monitoring of […]
SDGs -Behind the hype, NO ACCOUNTABILITY to Walk the Talk: Is it a DELUSION OF GRANDEUR at scale?(E.Premdas -COPASAH Global Sectt.)
SDGs -Behind the hype, NO ACCOUNTABILITY to Walk the Talk: Is it a DELUSION OF GRANDEUR at scale?(E.Premdas -COPASAH Global Sectt.)
HEALTH ACCOUNTABILITY CAN LEAD THE WAY – Accountability and Sustainable Development Goals- E.Premdas (COPASAH Global Sectt.)
Accountability is again at the focus as there is a transition from Millenium Development Goals (MDG) to Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) as the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit 2015 were brought to close (25 – 27 September 2015) in New York for the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda. The new 17 goals, have now […]
Quo Vadis Technology?- E. Premdas Pinto (CHSJ (India)-COPASAH)
Information Communication Technology (ICT) has broadened the reach of both technology and information to common people and transformed the very nature of communication itself. The proliferation of ICTs into personal, social and cultural spaces has given rise to a large number of digital and cyber citizens. With the active engagement of the global development agenda […]
Sanitation and Hygiene in Primary Health Centre –Maharashtra (India) – Photostory
The Photostory titled ‘Sanitation and Hygiene in Primary Health Centre’ from the state of Maharashtra (India), highlights the pathetic conditions of sanitation and hygiene at the Primary Health Centre (PHC) at Bhakrundi, in district Gadchiroli in the state of Maharashtra (India). The Photostory evinces that PHC was lacking in basic facilities of safe drinking water. The […]
ICT Based Monitoring of Quality of Maternal and Child Health Services- Madhya Pradesh (India)
The Photostory on use of ICT to monitor quality of maternal health and child health service in the state of Madhya Pradesh (India), highlights women’s experiences of accessing maternal health services under provision of Village Health and Nutrition Day (VHND) services and at the health centre in Morena district of the state. The photodocumented evidences […]
Do We Have Rights? – Karnataka (India), Photostory on the health rights of marginalised communities (Dalits)
The Photostroy, ‘Do we have rights’ highlights the issue of health rights of marginalised communities, through story of a 50 year old Dalit woman from Karnataka who faces the triple burden of caste, gender and occupation-related violations. The Photostory is prepared by community practitioners associated with THAMATE and Slum Janahadolana in Karnataka (India). To see […]
Am I a Burden for My Family? Tamil Nadu -India (Photostory)
Through the medium of a story of a special child, ‘Rathesh’ from Ragupathiyar village of Vellore district in the southern state of Tamil Nadu (India), the Photostory highlights the apathy of the state to the needs of differently abled children with special needs. The Photostory is prepared by COPASAH community practitioners associated with Community Based […]
ICT based Monitoring of Quality of Maternal Health Services in Uttar Pradesh (India) -Photostory
The Photostory titled ‘ICT based Monitoring of Quality of Maternal Health Services in Uttar Pradesh ‘ from the state of Uttar Pradesh in India highlights the current status of Maternal Health Services in Kushinagar district of Uttar Pradesh. Using this Photostory as evidence, women leaders of Mahila Swasthya Adhikaar Manch (MSAM) of Uttar Pradesh ( […]
Innovative Use of ICT in Community Based Monitoring Practice in India
COPASAH has taken an initiative to innovatively engage the grassroots practitioners to learn the use of ICT in generating evidence and using it for negotiation for their health rights. A photo provides an illustration on how the skill enhancement of 30 community level health accountability practitioners from six states of India- Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, […]