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The workshop was held on March 5-6, 2014 at Shelton Guest House University Town Peshawar. Multiple resource material was developed

Community Centered Health Systems for improved governance and accountability in Health: An Analysis of the COPASAH Symposium Denis Bukenya (People’s

Leaving No One Behind: Strengthening Community Centred Health Systems for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals 15-18 October, 2019 – India Habitat Centre, New-Delhi,

THE accountability discourse is gaining momentum globally. However, the dominant discourse of accountability continues to be instrumentalist in its approach,

Following the path of a good learning organisation, COPASAH undertook a year long journey of reflection on its relevance to

INTRODUCTION COPASAH – Community of Practitioners on Accountability and Social Action in Health – is a global community of practitioners

Roma minority in the countries of the South Eastern European region represents the most marginalized minority of people who live

The Roma People and related minority communities constitute Europe’s largest and most vulnerable minority and are present in nearly all member

Since the inception of Community of Practitioners on Social Accountability and Social Action in Health (COPASAH), the East and Southern

COPASAH (Community of Practitioners on Accountability and Social Action in Health) had a significant presence at the Fourth Global Symposium

COPASAH – Community of Practitioners on Accountability and Social Action in Health – is a global community of practitioners who

The Coalition for Health Promotion and Social Development (HEPS UGANDA) Uganda is successful in implementing the Citizen’s Engagement initiative to

Background The Training and Research Support Centre (TARSC) and Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights (ZADHR) has reported on

-COPASAH at the Learning Exchange: Transparency/Accountability Strategies & Reproductive Health Delivery Systems- Accountability Research Centre, School of International Service (American University),

Issue The health and nutrition accountability sector in South Asia is a rich and vibrant field, with a great deal

Strengthening Mutual Exchanges and Solidarity in East Southern Africa Region – Community of Practitioners on Accountability and Social Action in

An initiative  in Family Planning Services from  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , Pakistan suggests that citizen led performance monitoring employing community scored cards

BackgroundAs I sit down to write about the role of social movements and grassroots organizations for state accountability, I’m drawn

Moving From New Knowledge to New Practice* For about ten years now, my team and I have been working on

Citizens of V K Salagar, Aland Taluk, Kalburgi district, Karnataka (India) reclaim their Primary Health Centre Following the state government’s

The Roma Community in Bulgaria faces one of the most severe exclusions in access to health. The health status of

Shifting Polices and a Clarion Call for the Accountability of Non-State Actors in Health Policies E.PREMDAS PINTO Shifting sands’… This term

A recent  online workshop of practitioners in South Asia  (conducted on March 16-17) highlighted key challenges and learnings on community-led

‘Mutual-learning at accountability’s cutting edge – a practitioners’ consultation on improving Health and Nutrition services in South Asia’* SUMMARY OF

The Transparency for Development project, is attempting to search answers to some questions like How Can citizens and communities fill an

Laura Dean*, Kate Hawkins, Rachel Tolhurst, Eleanor Macpherson, Lee Haines, Daniela Ferreira, Angela Obasi and Sally Theobald Zika is a

The Prince Mahidol Award Foundation (PMAF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) hosted the Prince Mahidol Award Conference 2016 on

Cervical cancer is recognised as one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths among Indian women, killing an average of 72,000 women

Upholding women’s human rights is essential if the response to the Zika health emergency is to be effective, UN High

The month of September saw the formal adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) by the global community. For the

In spite of a series of maternal health facilities and schemes listed out by the Indian Government, women refrain from

Manual Scavenging in Karnataka and THAMATEIt is decades since the inhuman practice of manual scavenging is officially banned in 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

Health Rights Advocacy Forum (HERAF) is a non-governmental organization that works through strategic partners in the form of Health Professionals

Community Monitoring of Healthcare Services in Bulgaria The Amalipe Centre for Interethnic Dialogue and Tolerance has initiated Community Monitoring with community

UNHCO’s initiatives empower citizens to demand Right to Health in Uganda- About the initiative – With the support of Open

This was my second annual meeting and a fourth formal meeting with the TALearn associates in the last three years.

The recent Global Reference List of 100 Core Health Indicators is a standard set of 100 indicators prioritized by the

‘Social Audit’ as a process is now well known in India, especially in the context of the National Rural Employment

Experiences from Skopje, Macedonia highlight that community monitoring and advocacy has improved the quality of treatment in the drug dependence

SDGs -Behind the hype, NO ACCOUNTABILITY to Walk the Talk: Is it a DELUSION OF GRANDEUR at scale?(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

Information Communication Technology (ICT) has broadened the reach of both technology and information to common people and transformed the very

The Photostory titled ‘Sanitation and Hygiene in Primary Health Centre’  from the state of Maharashtra (India),  highlights the pathetic conditions

The Photostory on use of ICT to monitor quality of maternal health and child health service in the state of

The Photostroy, ‘Do we have rights’ highlights the issue of health rights of marginalised communities, through story of a 50

Through the medium of a story of a special child, ‘Rathesh’ from Ragupathiyar village of Vellore district in the southern

The Photostory  titled ‘ICT based Monitoring of Quality of Maternal Health Services in Uttar Pradesh ‘  from the state of

COPASAH has taken an initiative to innovatively engage the grassroots practitioners to learn the use of ICT in generating evidence

Photostory featured in COPASAH Communique on Community Monitoring and Public Accountability for HIV/AIDS Resources- by Caiphas Chimhete of Community Working