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Rabat, Morocco will be the setting for the M&E training 12th - 24th October at the Institute National d'Administration Sanitaire (Francophone). Ce cours international destiné aux pays en développement est organisé pour renforcer la capacité des «groupes pays» à suivre et à évaluer les programmes de santé maternelle et néonatale (SMN), et ce, en s’inscrivant dans le contexte d’objectifs globaux de santé génésique.
Formulaire d'inscription Rabat octobre 2009
Next Training Course
Arusha, Tanzania will be the setting for the next M&E training 17th - 29th August at the MS -Training Centre for Development Cooperation. (Anglophone)
To find out who should attend this important training course and for other useful course information the following documents are available for downloading:-
Four African countries were represented in Bobo Dioulasso at the recent Ipact M& E training course.
Participants working in their country groups
Representatives from four francophone African countries - Chad, Congo Brazzaville, Gabon and Burkina Faso - took part in the M&E training course in Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso in early February. The training is supported by UNFPA and is part of a capacity-building initiative to train MNH programme managers in the theory and practice of monitoring and evaluation of maternal and neonatal health programmes. The course enhances participants' capacity to examine, evaluate and improve current practice in monitoring, to design and implement evaluations and to use results to advocate for improved maternal and neonatal health.
Vincent Fauveau, Senior Maternal Health Advisor with UNFPA was in attendance for part of the course to lead the session on achieving Millennium Development Goal #5. Krystyna Makowiecka, Ipact Course Director said "It has been wonderful to work with dedicated country-based teams. We want to maintain contact and we are setting up a support network to help us follow the teams' progress and offer appropriate help when it's needed.Ours is a practical course and we anticipate that it'll make a real difference in the approach to monitoring and evaluation. " The next training course will held in Arusha, Tanzania and will
Tender for SIDA framework agreement successful
Ipact and lead company Indevelop-IPM, have been successful in their tender for a framework agreement which will involve being part of a network of experts who will be required to perform international health related assignments for the Swedish International Development agency (SIDA) on an ad hoc basis.
Ipact researchers visit BRAC
Representatives from Ipact recently visited Bangladesh for an inception meeting with BRAC ahead of a 5 year maternal, neonatal and child health programme starting shortly in Bangladesh
A team of researchers from Ipact will be working in partnership with BRAC on the large rural MNCH programme which is initially being implemented across four districts and will be scaled up to six more at a later date.
The goal of the project is to reduce maternal, neonatal and child health mortality and morbidity particularly among the poor and socially excluded population of Bangladesh. Ipact will play a participatory role in the monitoring and implementation of the programme and contribute to the capacity strengthening
Further Training Dates Announced
Bangladesh - 6th - 17th December
Indonesia - early 2010
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