GLOBAL COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE: PUBLIC HEALTH EDUCATION TASKFORCE

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GLOBALCOMMUNITY OF PRACTICEPUBLIC HEALTH
EDUCATION TASKFORCE

• Alena PETRAKOVA
• World Health Organization
• Department of Human Resources for Health, WHO
  Geneva

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Current Common Words

• COORDINATION
• COLLABORATION
• PARTNERSHIPS
• KNOWLEDGE NETWORKS COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE
  (CoP)
• DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION KNOWLEDGE
• KNOWLEDGE SHARING / KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER
• INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT)
• NEW WAYS OF WORKING

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Why Knowledge Networks?

• Knowledge Networks enables better and faster
  access to and use of existing knowledge, creation
  of knowledge networks and Communities of Practice
  (CoP), sharing ideas through twinning
  partnerships and other types of exchange

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WFPHA WHOCollaboration
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Many Others are Involved

• Global Health Workforce Alliance (GHWA) with its
  members and partners
• International Association of National Public
  Health Institutes (IANPHI) and its members
• Regional and national Public Health associations
  / societies / consortia and their members
• National Public Health Institutes and other
  Public Health-related institutions
• Schools of Public Health, Public Health
  Faculties, Departments and Programmes at various
  universities
• Public Health experts worldwide

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HOW ?
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Knowledge Pathway
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Online Discussion Forum

• Allows all registered members to
• Stay in touch between online sessions
• Share documents
• Schedule use of our online conferencing platform
• Keep up-to-date on upcoming events

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Access to web real-time educational sessions

• High resolution graphics
• Two-way audio
• Video window capability
• Uses Slower-speed internet connections
• Multi-site
• Recordable
• Interactive features tools

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• On-Site Digital Library
• millions of documents
• approved information
• no internet required

internet in a box
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Key Messages

• NETWORKING PARTNERSHIPS
• SHARING INFORMATION, EXPERIENCE KNOWLEDGE
• SHARING TRAINING PROGRAMMES
• SHARING FACULTY / STUDENTS / MENTORS
• CREATING NETWORKS COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE
• USING INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
  (ICT)

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Networking Partnerships

• GOVERNMENT
• ACADEMIA
• NGO
• CIVIL SOCIETY
• PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS

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More Detailed Information

• Poster 34.34
• Session 166 Thursday 1600-1730
• Session 180 Friday 1100-1230
• Session 195 Friday 1400-1530

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THANK YOUFOR COLLABORATION!

• petrakovaa_at_who.int