Dr. Cam Coady Foundation Annual Lecture in Health Issues
Dr. Gil Burnham, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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Mar 17, 2010 from 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm |
| Where | SFU Surrey, Rm 2600, Westminster Savings Credit Union Lecture Theatre |
| Contact Name | Leslie Techy |
| Contact Email | ltechy@sfu.ca |
| Contact Phone | 778-782-3077 |
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Measuring Performance of Health Services in Afghanistan 2004-2009
Afghanistan has had a long history of chaos and conflict. While international headlines have focused on continued violence and corruption, serious efforts have been made in constructing and
reconstructing health infrastructure including the creation of a basic package of health services, novel approaches to contracting health services, and a reform of provincial hospitals.
As part of a team from Johns Hopkins, Dr. Burnham has been conducting an annual evaluation of health service performance since 2004. As the 2010 Cam Coady Foundation lecturer, Dr. Burnham will overview the results from annual assessments from a sample of about 650 health facilities between 2004 and 2008. He will discuss the increasing expectations of health services as the country continues to develop and also the areas of poor performance in the health system that have been difficult to change.
SFU Faculty of Health Sciences presents the
Please RSVP to ltechy@sfu.ca by March 12, 2010
Reception to follow at 8:30 PM
