Course in Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights: Organising Effective Responses (SRHResp)
Royal Tropical Institute (KIT)
Key Information
Campus location
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
3 weeks
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
EUR 2,390 / per course
Application deadline
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Earliest start date
08 Apr 2024
Introduction
In this course, participants examine how to improve access to equitable, quality sexual and Reproductive Health/ HIV and AIDS services with a focus on rights, while improving integration of services as well as voice and participation.
This course is TropEd accredited and can be followed as a stand-alone course or as part of the Master in International Health or the Master in Public Health programmes. It is aimed at senior health managers and professionals working in sexual and public health.
Improving access to equitable and quality sexual and reproductive health, including HIV and AIDS-related services, is a major priority in global public health. This makes the effective organization of these services critical.
This module puts rights at the center of SRHR and builds on the best contemporary evidence to critically analyze effective responses across the constituent parts of the health system. It also addresses serious questions on the evolving role of a health system in the process of addressing SHR/HIV and AIDS i.e. When, whether or how should the health system lead, follow or facilitate? Participants critically examine synergies and efficiencies, and the trade-offs that need to made in the process of integrating different kinds of services within and without the domain of SRHR.
The module focuses on considerations of equity, voice, accountability, and participation in the organization of responses and services, and concentrates on making services accessible to marginalized groups. This module translates the principles of sound SRHR/HIV and AIDS responses into practice.
Admissions
Curriculum
Content
- Contemporary best practice in effectively responding to SRHR and HIV
- Changing roles and responsibilities of the health sector in response to SRHR and HIV
- Key aspects of programmes, e.g. youth-friendly health services, family planning, safe abortion, quality of care, maternal and newborn health, basic and comprehensive emergency obstetric services, (V)CT services, PMTCT services, ART services
- Opportunities for synergies and considerations for service integration: e.g. PMTCT and FP, FP and sexual health, STI, and HIV
- Continuum of Care models for SHRH and HIV and how to organize them
- Reducing stigma and discrimination, and ensuring rights
- Enhancing voice, accountability, and participation of marginalized and vulnerable communities in organizing responses
- State of the art in effectively responding to SRHR and HIV
- Changing roles and responsibilities of the health sector in responding to SRHR and HIV
- Key aspects of programmes, e.g.: youth-friendly health services, family planning, safe abortion, quality of care, maternal and newborn health, basic and comprehensive emergency obstetric services, (V)CT services, PMTCT services, ART services
- Opportunities for synergies and considerations for integrations of services: e.g. PMTCT and FP, FP and sexual health, STI, and HIV
Program Outcome
Objectives
At the end of the course, students will be able to:
- critically analyze various concepts related to sexual and reproductive health and rights within a development context
- explain and present trends and patterns on a range of SRHR issues and analyze the factors driving them
- analyze SRH issues and concepts from a rights-based perspective
- identify and discuss principles of context-specific best practice and interventions in the area of SRHR
- translate their understanding of SRHR issues and their causes into local and national intervention strategies
- discuss and analyze components of effective SRHR responses; translating evidence into practice
- identify and utilize opportunities for synergies across SRHR programmes and Health systems components
- critically analyze existing SRHR services from the perspective of marginalized and vulnerable communities and provide recommendations on how to enhance voice and equitable access
- evaluate and recommend context appropriate programs and interventions