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By Abhay Shukla, Shelley Saha, Nitin Jadhav Community based monitoring has emerged today as a powerful approach to make health

We are happy to announce that the fifth edition of COPASAH Communique, the newsletter of COPASAH is out now! The

Upcoming Webinars from IBP and World Bank Upcoming webinars from IBP and World Bank!Wednesday, April 9, 2014, 2:00 – 3:30

An interesting story is forwarded to you from the newspaper reports on the arrest of Dr. Samir Biswas who is

By Hina Shehzadi Pakistan being a developing country has a large number of poor population due to which people jump

Gujarat, March 25 -28, 2014ObjectivesTo increase awareness among participants on health, health right, entitlements and social political determinants of health.To

As a follow up to the discussions we’ve been having on this e-list on community participation in building social accountability,

Call for Applicants for Facilitated Learning Exchange VisitDeadline for Application: 7th March, 2014! The Call This call invites applications from

Tumkar, January 22-24, 2014 South Asia region workshops were conducted in Mumbai in February, 2013 and in Delhi in September,

December 17 – 19, 2013 Community of Practitioners on Accountability and Social Action in Health (COPASAH) is a global network

The first edition of the COPASAH Newsletter! In this issue we have mainly focused on sharing case stories from the

District Chanduali, Uttar Pradesh, India: December 17 – 19, 2013 Community of Practitioners on Accountability and Social Action in Health

Accountability for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health in Nigeria (AMHiN)Wednesday: 27th November 2013 Good morning distinguished members of the press.Permit me

This video material was prepared as part of the project “Introducing drug-related treatment for children”, implemented by HOPS – Healthy

Article by: Dr Aminu Magashi (Source: http://healthinteractive.wordpress.com) On Tuesday 27th August 2013 I published an article titled ‘Key Highlights from Global Review of ICPD

Barcelona, Spain: October 29-31, 2013 “Media and Monitoring” Seminar, organized by the Health Media Initiative (HMI) and the Accountability and

India, Karnataka State, District: Tumkur (K. B.Obalesh is a Dalit Human Rights Activist and he was also the resource person

SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY PRACTICES: RICHNESS, VARIETY AND SIMILARITY The Community of Practitioners on Accountability and Social Action in Health (COPASAH) South

“Strengthening community focused, primary health care oriented approaches to social accountability and action” Zimbabwe: 7th -10th October 2013In 2013 TARSC

September 21-25, 2013The Community of Practitioners on Accountability and Social Action in Health (COPASAH) is a network of practitioners from

Article by: Dr. Borjan Pavlovski The Association for Emancipation, Solidarity and Equality of Women (ESE) was founded as a civil society

Article by: Dr. Nitin Jadhav About 40 km from Pune city, a well known and technically competent gynaecologist is appointed

Article by: Dr. Abhijit Das Recently, a colleague of mine had a request from an international Non Government Organisation (NGO)

Article by: Robinah Kaitiritimba Community of Practitioners on Accountability and Social Action in Health (COPASAH) is steadily growing in the

By Joan Esther Kilande The public health sector exists to serve the health needs of the population, for instance availability and

Article by: Walter Flores On July 15 and 16, steering committee members of COPASAH met in Quito, Ecuador, with members

Clinical trials and vaccine trials in India have become an important issue of policy level discussions. The report of the

Devika Biswas (The Humanity is a NGO based in Balangir district in the state of Orissa in India. They have

Jashodhara Dasgupta The women leaders of the grassroots organization, Mahila Swasthya Adhikar Manch (MSAM in Uttar Pradesh India) conducted a neighborhood survey

Almost all development agencies promote some form of citizen engagement and accountability, often framed as ‘voice’, ‘demand-side governance’, ‘demand for

A paper by Lucy Martin (Yale) In sub-Saharan Africa, low taxes co-exist with even lower government accountability, seen in high levels

Significant improvements presented, major unresolved health system issues raised. by Abhay Shukla Community based monitoring of health services, a process

By Alina Rocha Menocal Over the past two decades, citizen- led initiatives to hold power holders to account have taken

For people interested in transparency and its impact on development, these are very interesting times. The last few years have seen a

Please click to see photo story http://www.copasah.net/uploads/1/2/6/4/12642634/a_photostory_unhco.pdf

The Community of Practitioners on Accountability and Social Action in Health (COPASAH) is a network of practitioners from all around

By Dr. Abhijit Das Community based monitoring is emerging as a promising practice for improving programme effectiveness and as a

By Renu Khanna This paper explores the different sets of power relationships and resultant ethical dilemmas that arise when developing

By Barbara Kaim This paper is dedicated to those many people who live in countries where health systems are failing

By Dr. Abhijit Das and Ms. Jashodhara Dasgupta This is the story of the leaders of a women’s organisation, Mahila

By Training and Research Support Centre (TARSC) with Civic Forum on Housing (CFH) Solid waste management is a major challenge

Jean-Benoît Falisse We continue our exploration of community participation in Africa, 25 years after the Bamako Initiative. Dr. Frederick Golooba-Mutebi

Barbara Kaim This paper is dedicated to those many people who live in countries where health systems are failing to

By Sarika Bansal A very interesting article which talks about “Failfairs” or public events where people share and learn from

By Ghazala Mansuri and Vijayendra Rao of the World Bank Community development projects, and interventions that attempt to improve the “demand side” of governance, are

With its second issue, our newsletter has got named “COPASAH Communique”. Unlike communiqués issued by governments and those in power,

AHEAD for World Bank partners in Uganda are advocating to ensure that Sexual Reproductive Health Reproductive becomes a priority for World

The Action Group for Health, Human Rights and HIV&AIDS (AGHA) is a health rights advocacy organization in Uganda dedicated to

Itai Rusike The Community Working Group on Health (CWGH) and Training and Research Support Centre (TARSC)  in Zimbabwe have been

Community of Practitioners for Accountability and Social Action in Health (COPASAH) organised a three- days South Asian regional workshop in

From November 28-December 5 year 2012, seven organizations working with Roma population in the Balkans, participated in an exchange with the Center