[afro-nets] AMREF Courses July 2005

[Joyce Kariuki <JoyceK@amrefhq.org>]

Behaviour and Social change in HIV/AIDS, M & E courses, writing
skills course
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Dear all,

I am pleased to inform you that AMREF will be conducting the
following courses in the month of July 2005.

1. Behaviour and Social Change in HIV/AIDS course
4th - 15th July 2005 (cost US$ 480)

The following is an outline of the units covered;

* Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS
* Modes of transmission and prevention
* Health issues of the immune system
* Disease progression and strategies for coping
* Cultural and social factors that contribute to the spread
* Risk reduction
* Behavior change communication
* National profiles and socio economic impact of HIV/AIDS
* HIV stigma reduction
* Continuum of care and support
* Prevention of Mother to child transmission
* Overview of anti retroviral treatment
* Issues and challenges faced by PLWHA
* Behavioural counselling for STD/HIV prevention
* Dealing with death and dying
* Voluntary counseling and testing as a preventive strategy
* Community participation
* Planning and evaluation HIV behavioral interventions
* Legal issues in HIV/AIDS
* Sexuality, sexual orientation on HIV/AIDS, safe sex, condom
   negotiation and use
* Resource mobilization in HIV/AIDS
* Advocacy skills/networking and collaboration
* Gender related vulnerability to HIV/AIDS
* Gender mainstreaming as a strategy in HIV/AIDS response
* Orphans and vulnerable children
* Building blocks
* Child centred approaches
* Facilitation skills


2. Writing Skills course
4th - 8th July 2004 (cost US$ 240)

Course content
* What is writing?
o Definition and types

* The process of writing
o Pre-writing
o Pre-writing techniques
o Outlining

* Writing clearly and correctly
* Five elements of effective writing
* Common errors to avoid
* Working with numbers
* Writing concisely
* Simplifying sentences
* Punctuation problems
* Revising and Editing
* How to get published
* Overview of the market
* Manuscript presentation
* Effective ways to make contacts
* Copyright and Plagiarism


3. Monitoring and Evaluation course
11th - 29th July 2005 (cost US$ 720)

Course Content

* Monitoring - Conceptual distinctions between monitoring, su-
pervision, review, assessment and evaluation. Types of monitor-
ing: impact, physical progress, technical, financial and assump-
tion monitoring. The purpose of monitoring; Participatory moni-
toring.

* Evaluation - The purpose of evaluation. Basis for effective
evaluations: objectives, indicators, information about indica-
tors. Various types of evaluations.

* Performance and change Indicators

* Designing Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Systems/frameworks:
definition, aims and objectives of the system; selection of
relevant information and indicators; tools and methods relevant
for data collection and analysis in a M&E system; organisation
for M&E; presentation and use of results derived from a M&E sys-
tem.

* Change Monitoring: The design framework for change monitoring.


At the end of each course an AMREF certificate of participation
will be issued to the participant stipulating the topics cov-
ered.

The venue for the training is AMREF International Training Cen-
tre in Nairobi, Kenya.

To register please use the application form on the website:
http://www.amref.org/shortcourses.htm

Thank you,

Joyce K. Mwaura
Administrator, Training
mailto:JoyceK@amrefhq.org