New CoBaSys reports from Malawi can be found from publications.
CoBaSys project partners in Malawi are the University of Malawi, Department of Economics, and the Research for Equity And Community Health Trust, Malawi. These organizations hosted the Kick-off meeting of the project, organized in Lilongwe in February, 2010. Malawian project partners are leaders of the WP3 Model for community based care system.
University of Malawi – Department of Economics (UNIMA), Malawi
The Department of Economics is one of the five departments within the faculty of Social Science at Chancellor College, University of Malawi and, over the years, has established itself as a reputable academic department for the training of economists in the country. The Department currently has a teaching staff of 15 and it continuously associates with its former staff members, who have assumed important positions in international institutions, public service and the private sector. The Department was instrumental in the setting up of the secretariat of the Economics Association of Malawi (ECAMA). Through its involvement in various research, consultancy and other projects, and with various forms of donor support, the Department has acquired adequate computing and communication facilities. The available human and material resources have permitted the Department to emerge as an excellent performer in teaching, undertaking academic and applied research, as well as providing consultancy and advisory services to government, multilateral agencies and the private sector.
Within the CoBaSys project UNIMA, with the Department of Economics, has the task of facilitating the researchers of different WPs that will carry out the established activities in Malawi. UoM has also hosted the project kick-off meeting and the roundtable in February 2010.
Research for Equity and Community Health Trust (REACH Trust), Malawi
The REACH Trust is an independent research organization with a consolidated focus on research on HIV, TB, malaria and health systems. Aiming to promote equity in health for the poor and vulnerable populations in Malawi and to influence policy and service delivery at national level, REACH Trust has been conducting research using different methodological approaches to identify challenges and facilitators to accessing health services, including access to HIV prevention, treatment care and support amongst different population groups. The Trust has experience in implementing community based interventions working with community health workers and local community based organisations to promote access to TB and HIV services in Malawi. The REACH Trust is a key member of the Regional Network on Equity in Health in Eastern and Southern Africa (EQUINET), a network of professionals, civil society members, policy makers, state officials and others within the region who have come together as an equity catalyst, to promote and realise shared values of equity and social justice in health.
REACH Trust is in charge of the WP3 – Model of Community-Based Care Systems, which aim is to support local stakeholders advocacy in promoting an innovative, community-based approach to Health Care Systems in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
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