AFRO-NETS> New Training Course on Reproductive Health Financing

["Mike L. Springle" <mspringle@rti.org>]

New Training Course on Reproductive Health Financing
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23 October - 17 November, 2000
Research Triangle Park
North Carolina, USA


Research Triangle Institute (RTI) is proud to announce a new training 
course on Reproductive Health Finance to be held in Research Triangle 
Park, North Carolina, from 23 October through 17 November 2000.

This four-week intensive course will cover key issues facing profes-
sionals charged with designing, evaluating, or managing reproductive 
health programs. The course will address a variety of topics in this 
field, including planning, costing, budgeting, financing, and advo-
cating to ensure a program's success. Special emphasis will be placed 
upon family planning, safe motherhood, and maternal health.

The course will be led by top reproductive health and heath finance 
professionals from RTI and its collaborating institutions: The Fu-
tures Group International, The Carolina Population Center of the Uni-
versity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Family Health Interna-
tional.

The course is open to individuals working in health care with respon-
sibility for setting program priorities and budgets within developing 
countries. Participants must have a relevant background in economics 
or finance, have basic Windows computing and spreadsheet skills, and 
be working with reproductive or maternal health issues. All class in-
struction and training materials will be provided in English.

This course will give participants the knowledge and tools to:

1) Design and plan the financing of a reproductive health program 
2) Project the costs and benefits of a reproductive health program 
3) Develop a budget and set program priorities 
4) Secure financing from international donors, central government, 
   regional governments, communities, and the private sector 
5) Develop and implement advocacy activities to enhance support for 
   reproductive health programs

Key topics include:

1) Costing Reproductive Health (RH) Interventions 
2) Measuring Impacts of RH Interventions 
3) Cost-Effective Analysis 
4) Third-Party Financing 
5) Cost-Benefit Analysis 
6) Subsidies Restructuring 
7) Market Segmentation Analysis 
8) User Fees 
9) Insurance Schemes 
10) Planning, Budgeting, and Priority-Setting

The course will be held on the 180-acre campus of the Research Trian-
gle Institute in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Attendees 
will reside at the comfortable Hawthorn Suites, a few minutes' drive 
from RTI. Transportation will be provided between the hotel and RTI. 
Optional weekend retreats will be available to the nearby beaches and 
mountains.

For more information or to obtain an application, please contact us:
mailto:mspringle@rti.org 

or visit our Web site at:
http://www.rti.org/repro-health/

About RTI:

Research Triangle Institute is an independent, non-profit organiza-
tion that serves government and private clients in the United States 
and around the world. RTI conducts research and provides technical 
services in health, pharmaceuticals, environmental protection, ad-
vanced technologies, survey research, and public policy. RTI was in-
corporated in 1958 by joint action of the University of North Caro-
lina at Chapel Hill, Duke University in Durham, and North Carolina 
State University in Raleigh. RTI is a separately operated affiliate 
of the three schools with its own staff and facilities. Close working 
ties at many levels are maintained with the founding universities. 
RTI was established as the cornerstone organization in the Research 
Triangle Park, highly regarded as one of the most successful technol-
ogy parks in the world. Research Triangle Park is now home to over 
100 high-tech and research and development organizations.

For more than 25 years RTI staff have performed international work in 
over 100 countries throughout Asia, Africa, Latin America and the 
Caribbean, Central Europe, and the former Soviet Union. RTI clients 
include the United States Agency for International Development 
(USAID), the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Development 
Bank of Southern Africa, the Soros Foundation, the United Nations, 
the Rockefeller Foundation, the Inter-American Development Bank, the 
Pan-American Health Organization, and other regional and interna-
tional organizations.

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Mike L. Springle
mailto:mspringle@rti.org

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