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Issue 42, 15 February 2010
 
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For readers who had enquired about Bioforce's Supply Management Courses in English, this week's issue has the details. The issue also carries the monthly update on the polio situation and links to a report on health worker retention.


by Kevin Pilz

In March, the Eastern and Southern Africa Management Institute (ESAMI), in association with the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT, will provide two training modules oriented to improving supply chain management and commodity security: "Overview of Supply Chain Management" and "Quantification and Procurement Planning". The courses will be held in Arusha, Tanzania. The Overview Course will be held from March 15-20th and the Quantification Course will be from March 24-March 31.

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by Altanzul Sainjargal

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  • WHO Executive Board points way forward on new three-year Programme of Work
  • Funding a major barrier as Programme of Work consultation advances
  • Type 1 declines dramatically in Nigeria
  • Bivalent oral polio vaccine (bOPV) reaches India and Nigeria
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by Omesh Bharti

The following report on health worker retention for better health indices is very important as in many states the health indices are unachievable due to shortage of staff at the village level.

http://www.who.int/hrh/events/report_second_full_expert_meeting.pdf (420KB)

I have also conducted a small study to see the effect of health worker vacancy on the cure rate in the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP).

It clearly shows that there is an inverse relation between health worker vacancy and the cure rate. The study was conducted in Shimla district of Himachal Pradesh, India, comparing the data with that of three other districts.

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