http://www.ciam.gm en-us News Search Results ciam.gm Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:27:30 GMT http://getlara.com /africa/article/national-malaria-sentinel National Malaria Sentinel Surveillance System (NMSSS) In The Gambia, malaria is one of the major (40-70%) cause of morbidity and mortality in children under 5 years old. However, the National Malaria Control Program and Partners have embarked on a series of malaria prevention and control strategies resulting in a decline in malaria morbidity and mortality over the last 4 years. Implementation commence in February 2008 and during the first year, the program have implemented the... Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:05:07 GMT /africa/article/national-malaria-sentinel /africa/gambia/kanifing/article/2008/7/3/monitoring-and-evaluation-certification-course ADMISSIONS: CERTIFICATE COURSE IN MONITORING & EVALUATION OF PROGRAMMES/PROJECTS The University of The Gambia in collaboration with CIAM – Public Health Research & Development Centre and DBL – Centre for Health Research and Development, University of Copenhagen, Denmark will run a 4 week Certificate Course in Monitoring and Evaluation of health programmes/projects in August 2008. To participate in the course, a participant would need to : Have a basic qualification, at least a diploma, in... Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:38:06 GMT /africa/gambia/kanifing/article/2008/7/3/monitoring-and-evaluation-certification-course /africa/gambia/article/2007/8/20/antenatal-care-study From an evaluation of an Intermittent Preventive Treatment Programme, the data indicated that pregnant women often arrived late into their pregnancy for their first (and often only) antenatal care check during their pregnancy. To provide insight into the bottlenecks causing late and sole visits to ante-natal care clinics, The Reproductive Child Health Unit of The Department of State for Health and Social Welfare and CIAM initiated a 3-armed study focusing on antenatal care service delivery,... Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:14:07 GMT /africa/gambia/article/2007/8/20/antenatal-care-study /africa/gambia/kanifing/article/2007/8/20/ciam-monitors-the-gfatm-supported-national-aids-secretariat-hivaids-treatment-and-care-programme The National AIDS Secretariat has been receiving support from the Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria for a HIV/AIDS, Treatment, Care and Support HIV/AIDS programme, beginning in 2004 and due to run for 5 years. The programme offers 6 services: Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT). Prevention of Parent-To-Child-Transmission of HIV/AIDS. Treatment and prevention of opportunistic infections. Anti-retroviral Therapy. ... Sun, 19 Aug 2007 15:14:07 GMT /africa/gambia/kanifing/article/2007/8/20/ciam-monitors-the-gfatm-supported-national-aids-secretariat-hivaids-treatment-and-care-programme /africa/gambia/kanifing/article/2007/8/20/want-to-know-how-to-do-better-monitoring-and-evaluation-course-under-design It is being appreciated more and more that good monitoring and evaluation is critical if services are going to improve. However, while increasing amounts of effort and resources (money, time etc) are being invested in monitoring and evaluation, real human resource capacity to do this is extremely limited and patchy. This has led to the situation of poor quality (and sometimes, unusable) data, incorrect analysis, inappropriate translation into policies and services but more often a lack of... Sat, 18 Aug 2007 15:14:07 GMT /africa/gambia/kanifing/article/2007/8/20/want-to-know-how-to-do-better-monitoring-and-evaluation-course-under-design /africa/gambia/kanifing/article/2007/8/20/health-research-and-development-resource-centrecoming-soon Working with the Department for Information and Planning which is part of the Department of State for Health and Social Welfare, we are establishing a state-of-the-art resource centre. With study booths, computer/internet points, anti-shine blinds, print and copy facilities, TV/video, there will be access to: 4000 health journals on line Reports and information from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, DBL-Institute for Health Research and... Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:14:07 GMT /africa/gambia/kanifing/article/2007/8/20/health-research-and-development-resource-centrecoming-soon /africa/gambia/kanifing/article/2007/8/20/ciam-works-regionally CIAM is increasingly involved in consultancies within the West African region. Our current work is listed below and we are also looking into other operational research, evaluation, and human resource needs within the region . Please contact us if your organisation/institution’s work can complement ours or if CIAM can offer useful inputs and expertise to your programmes, studies, and initiatives. We are providing programme evaluation and on-the-job capacity... Thu, 16 Aug 2007 15:14:07 GMT /africa/gambia/kanifing/article/2007/8/20/ciam-works-regionally /africa/gambia/kanifing/article/2007/8/20/looking-for-a-beautiful-and-purposebuilt-venue-for-your-conference CIAM’s operations team has managed many meetings and conferences since it moved into its new premises in December 2006. As examples, we’ve hosted the Annual Conference of The West African Society of Pharmacists, seminars with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, and a 4-day research policy meeting held by the Department for Planning and Information Research Policy. We are fortunate to have such good quality facilities and are keen that other similar organisations and institutes... Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:14:07 GMT /africa/gambia/kanifing/article/2007/8/20/looking-for-a-beautiful-and-purposebuilt-venue-for-your-conference /africa/gambia/kanifing/article/2007/8/20/want-to-finetune-your-powerpoint-presentations We’ve just run a pilot course which was a great success. From the pilot we ran, the change in the participant’s abilities to design and deliver presentations was beyond anything we had anticipated. The course is very much 'learning by doing' with as much emphasis on the planning and preparation of the presentation as on the actual delivery. We recommend a 4 step process before even beginning to design the PowerPoint slides. The course is fun and can really sharpen your... Tue, 14 Aug 2007 15:14:07 GMT /africa/gambia/kanifing/article/2007/8/20/want-to-finetune-your-powerpoint-presentations /africa/gambia/kanifing/article/technical-assistance-for-capacity-building With multiple demands on existing national health resources and services, CIAM is committed to helping address national needs and strengthen public health services. It is well-placed to do this with its roots imbedded in human resource strengthening and with strong technical analysis skills. Two examples of work with the National Malaria Control Programme, a long-standing and valued partner, are described below and illustrate the value and benefits of this type of collaboration. Development... Mon, 13 Aug 2007 08:35:26 GMT /africa/gambia/kanifing/article/technical-assistance-for-capacity-building