Learning, evaluation, health communication, living practice, lessons learned

Exchange has supported dozens of publications, initiatives and workshops that strengthen learning, reflection and analysis in health communication work. This is because Exchange has a unique focus on learning and the process of communication, rather than simply focusing on outcomes.

More than a workshop: SIPAA learning forum Twenty-five information and knowledge practitioners from 10 countries were able to "share our reality and experience in an unrestricted manner" at a learning forum facilitated by Exchange...

The Most Significant Change (MSC) Technique: A Guide to Its Use Exchange supported the development of this new guide to a story-based monitoring and evaluation technique by Rick Davies and Jennifer Dart. See also »Most Significant Change - monitoring without indicators: Exchange lunchtime discussion report

Sharing learning at Health Unlimited The abilty to "see life with a different eye" was one impact of learning identified at a workshop facilitated by Exchange in December 2004...

Have you heard me today? Southern African Editors Forum on HIV/AIDS Representing communities affected by HIV and AIDS was high on the agenda of a workshop that brought together journalists and media owners in Malawi in November 2004. Exchange sponsored several journalists and resource people to attend...

Consultation on Continuing Professional Development for health workers in East Africa There is a great need in the East Africa region to support health workers beyond basic training in order to improve performance and ensure quality health service delivery. Exchange sponsored three regional consultation meetings in 2002 - 2004 to support the development of a comprehensive Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme in the region...

Healthcast: Global Forum on Health and Development at the Summit of the African Union African heads of state and global partners used an international video conference in July 2003 to highlight the need for resources and dialogue to scale up the response to HIV and AIDS. Exchange supported the video conference...

Learning to share learning: An exploration of methods to improve and share learning A report prepared for the UK Commission for Health Improvement by Andrew Chetley and Rob Vincent of Exchange in March 2003. Includes studies in the fields of education, psychology, organisational learning, personal learning, and participatory approaches. Also includes 15 case studies from the business, public, and voluntary sectors, paying particular attention to processes that encourage engagement with diverse communities of interest or multiple stakeholders...

WHO leadership: Video conference 19 January 2003 Candidates for the top post in world health - the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) - took part in a two-hour question and answer session open to the public and linked across the world via video and teleconferencing. A broad coalition involving more than 300 civil society organisations co-sponsored the event, which was funded by Exchange, Forum for Health, and the Kaiser Family Foundation...

Learning in the Context of Partnerships between NGOs in the North and South: workshop 27-28 March 2003 (on the BOND website)
‘We know we learn by talking’ reflected Charles Kazibwe, as he highlighted the importance of the oral tradition for sharing learning in Africa at a 2 day workshop on Learning in North-South Partnerships jointly organised by Exchange and BOND...

Building Bridges was a series of workshops that brought together African 'Stepping Stones' trainers and two Nicaraguan organisations - Association of Men Against Violence (AHCV) and Puntos de Encuentro (Meeting Points). Exchange facilitated workshops in Nicaragua and the UK in May 2002 to give participants a chance to share, compare and analyse the methods and principles behind their work in the fields of sexual and reproductive well-being and domestic violence...

World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) Forum, Arusha, Tanzania 22-27 September 2002 A diverse and lively set of workshops looked at images of breastfeeding in the arts, the use of popular songs and lullabies, prop-making and theatre, use of websites, and processes for designing locally appropriate materials. The workshops all highlighted that communication between people, not necessarily technology should be the central concern. Exchange facilitated a strand of workshops on information, education, communication and information technology...

FACTS project The Facilitating Adolescent Communication and Training for Sexual Health (FACTS) project was designed to improve the sexual and reproductive health of vulnerable young people in Nepal, Sri Lanka and The Gambia. The project was implemented as a result of work between Worldview International Foundation (WIF) and International Family Health (IFH) from 1998 to 2002, and was funded by the UK Community Fund. The implementing partners were Worldview Nepal, Worldview Sri Lanka and Worldview The Gambia, all global network members of WIF. Exchange contributed funding and support to the third year exchange workshop which took place in The Gambia from 8-13 November 2001. Participants included youth facilitators from all three project countries and two youth participants from The Gambia..

Communication and Documentation Workshop 22-29 October 2002 Learning "how to communicate more effectively making the most of limited resources" was the the outcome for one participant at an eight-day training workshop organised by the Kenyan-based AfriAfya network and Exchange. More than 30 participants from various facilities around the country attended the workshop in Kikambala, near Mombasa, Kenya...

Universal access to health information: Video conference 18 July 2001 More than 100 people from ten countries at five different sites around the world were brought together to look at ways of working to improve the access to health information, in particular for those in developing and transitional countries. The conference was jointly organised by Exchange, INASP-Health and the Interactive Health Network, with support from the Department for International Development (DFID)...

Health Communication - lessons learned from HIV and AIDS experience: Video conference 8 March 2001 The need for long-term investment in health communication was highlighted by participants at this international video conference to mark the official launch of Exchange. More than 100 people from nine countries were involved, and presentations based on practical field experience were made by people based in Sri Lanka, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Uganda, Brazil, the USA, Switzerland and the UK...

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