2011-11-14 WHO Presentation in INDOPHEIN Meeting

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WHO Initiative To Strengthen

Public Health EducationInstitution in The GlobalHealth Issues Challenge

Dr. Khanchit LimpakarnjanaratJakarta, Indonesia



Introduction

• Demographic, epidemiological and climatechanges have a significant impact on health

• A strategic shift is necessary to adequately deal

with the health challenges• Cost of delivering health services through

secondary or tertiary care facilities is increasingand becoming unsustainable

• Public health profession strengthens communityto improve health conditions



Issues and Challenges

• The shortage of professional healthworkers with appropriate skills andexperiences

• Insufficient link between the health sectorsand educational institutions



• The mix of skills learned during professionaleducation are often not well oriented to theireventual workplace.

•

The scientific contents of the education may bepoorly matched to the epidemiology of thecommunities in which they work.

• Excellence of educational institutions is

generally not associated with how well studentsare prepared to address their context-specificpopulation health needs

Issues and Challenges



Possible Ways to StrengthenPublic Health Education:

• Training and retaining faculty staffs

• Making education and training appropriateand relevant to the needs of population

• Decentralizing educational opportunities

• Investing in innovative educationalstrategies, methodologies and

technologies• Improving quality and performance

mechanisms through accreditation system



Education is not an isolated system



Education Transformation:Quantity, Quality & Relevance



WHO

World Health Assembly Resolution: 59.23

• Rapid scaling up of the production ofhuman resources for health

• Establishing and strengthening training inaccredited education institutions,

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Partnerships between institutions fromdeveloped and developing countries



WHO/Regional

Commitment to support and work together to

further the work of public health education:

•

Facilitate inter-country collaboration• Regional conference and workshop

• Facilitate and strengthen networks



WHO / Regional (cont.)

Facilitate and strengthening network:

• SEAPHEIN (SEA Public Health EducationInstitutions Network)

• SEARAME (SEAR Association of MedicalEducation)

•

Medical Council Network in SEA Countries• SEANMEN (SEA Nursing and Midwifery

Education Network)



WHO / Indonesia

• Scientific document delivery system: database sharing ,e.g., Hellis with University of Indonesia (Faculty of PublicHealth) and University of Padjajaran (Faculty ofMedicine)

• WHO Publication dissemination with 7 universities

• Training digital repository for libraries

• International short courses on public health issues incollaboration with INDOPHEIN and SEAPHEIN

• Support participation of national professionals toRegional and International conference, workshop

• Support national and international activities in-country



Conclusion• Strengthening public health education through

networking is a key strategy to improve theeducational practice of the education institutions.

• Shared technical activities including leadershipdevelopment, curriculum development,

information, faculty exchange and collaborativeresearch will improve the standards of publichealth education and practice.

• Improving the quality, the quantity and therelevance of the public health workforce will playgreater role in achieving the essentials healthtarget, such as MDGs

• WHO role is to support and facilitate the existingpublic health education networks,



Terima Kasih

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2011-11-14 WHO Presentation in INDOPHEIN Meeting