INVITATION

 

MFC ANNUAL MEET 2006

 

Public Health Education in India:  Lacunae, Challenges & the Way Ahead

 

 

The Medico Friend Circle (MFC) cordially invites you to its 33rd Annual Meet in December 2006. The theme is ‘Public Health Education in India:  Lacunae, Challenges & the Way Ahead’.

 

DATES: 28th & 29th December 2006

VENUE: National Tuberculosis Institute, 8 Bellary Road, Bangalore.

 

 

Objective: To critically examine the experience of Public Health Education in India until the present, reflect on the reasons for its achievements and lacunae, and draw upon the lessons to chart a set of principles for development of the structure and content of  Public Health Education in the Indian context (see the concept note).

 

ABOUT MFC

The Medico Friend Circle (MFC) is a nation-wide group of socially conscious individuals concerned about the health problems of the people of India. They include medical and public health professionals, social activists and health care NGO workers. Since its inception in 1974, MFC has critically analyzed the existing health care system and has tried to evolve an appropriate approach towards health care which is humane and which can meet the needs of the vast majority of the people in our country.

 

The existing system of health care, we have realized, is not geared towards the needs of the majority of the people, the poor. It requires fundamental changes. This would occur as a part of the total social transformation in the country, since the medical system is only a part of the total system.

 

To achieve this goal, measures however small have to begin here and today. MFC sees itself as part of a nation-wide current committed to this philosophy. Its members engage in scientific discussion that integrates the biomedical and social dimensions of health and health care. It publishes a bi-monthly journal, the MFC Bulletin. It has an annual and a life membership. It has an e-group with active discussion throughout the

year.

Website: http://www.mfcindia.org/

 

 

CONTACT PERSONS

MFC Convenor:  Ritu Priya, Associate Professor, Centre of Social Medicne & Community Health,

                            Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-110067. Phone: 9313350186, 011-26102752  

                            (R). email: convenor.mfc@vsnl.net

Local contact persons:

                            Sukanya Rangamani<sukanyabasker@yahoo.com>,  Chander S.J. 

                            <chandersj@gmail.com>,  Naveen <navthom@gmail.com> 

                            Phones: 080-25531518 and 25525372

Members of the Organising Committee:

Anant Phadke<amol_p@vsnl.com>, Mira Sadgopal<miradakin@vsnl.net>, Alpana Sagar <alpanasagar@yahoo.com>, Amar Jesani<amar.jesani@gmail.com>, Sathyamala <c_sathyamala@rediffmail.com>, Neha Madhiwala<mneha@vsnl.net>, Mala Ramanathan <malaramanathan@yahoo.co.uk>, Biju<bijusoman@sctimst.ac.in>, Abraham<abraham@phmovement.org>, Prabir<cprabir@hotmail.com>, Anand Zachariah<zachariah@cmcvellore.ac.in>, Chander S.J.<chandersj@gmail.com>,  Naveen <navthom@gmail.com>, Manisha Gupte<masum@vsnl.com>, Chinu<sahajbrc@icenet.co.in>, Binayak Sen <sbinayak@gmail.com>

 

 

 

 

Tentative Programme

 

 

 

DAY 1 (28th Dec.)

 

 Session 1 (2 hrs):
History of Public Health Education (PHE)
(prefacing discussion with paper highlights)

  1. ‘Public Health’ & PHE in India: A Historical Review
  2. Development of PHE in Other Countries: A Comparison 
  3. A Counter-Culture View of PH in India

 

Session 2 (4 hours):
Democratisation & Public Health  

  1. Implications of Decentralisation of Power and Administration in Public Health (PRIs) on PHE
  2. Women’s Growing Participation in Political Processes: Implications for PH & PHE
  3. Emerging 21st Century Scenario & Challenges to Education of Public Health Professionals
  4. Regulation and Accreditation of PHE
  5. Administrative Integration of Public-Private Partnership in Public Health & PHE  
  6. NGO-State Negotiation Relating to PHE
  7. Regions & Populations with Special Public Health Needs: Implications on PHE

 

 

 

DAY 2 (29th Dec.)

 

Session 3 (4 hours):
Public Health Education
– Professionals & Institutions

 

  1. Comparative Review of Approaches to PHE
    in different Countries
  2. Educating PH Professionals: Scope & Needs
  3. Institutions imparting PHE: Status Review
  4. Experiences of PSM Departments in PHE
  5. Other Institutional Experiences (Indiv. papers)
  6. Content & Method of PHE: Indian Examples

 

Session 4 (3 hours)
The Way Ahead
– Strategies, Commitments

  1. Gathering the Threads, and Outline
    of What We Feel Should be Done
  2. Towards Actualising the Plan,
    Specifying Commitments
  3. Proposed Alternative PHE Curricula

 

 

[Sharing sessions of personal reflections and work experience will be held in the evenings and post-dinner. The Annual Meet will be followed by the Annual General Body Meeting of the MFC on the 30th December.]

 

 

 

 

 

REGISTRATION  & ACCOMODATION EXPENSES

Registration Fees: Rs. 200/- (may be waived for students)

Accommodation and Meals: Rs. 110/- per day, at the venue itself.

 

Reaching the Venue

NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS INSTITUTE (NTI)

No.8, Bellary Road, Bangalore 560 003.

Tel.No.: 23441192, 23441193, 23447951

 

Directions: The venue is close to Cauvery Theatre, Palace Guttahalli,

Bellary Road.

 

From Bangalore city railway station: It is less than 4 kilometers from

NTI. Pre-paid autos are available.

 

From Airport: About 15 kilometres from NTI. Come via Raj Bhavan Road.

Prepaid taxis are available.

 

Note: In case you decide to take non prepaid autos or taxi (Citi taxi),

the normal fares are as follows. Auto fare is Rs.5 per kilometre, while

taxi (Citi taxi) fare is Rs.8 per kilometre. Please insist on putting on

the Fare Meter.