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International Congress on Chronic Disease Self - Management Australia 2008

• Date: 26 - 28 November 2008
• Venue: Melbourne, Australia
• Host: University of Melbourne
  
• The University of Melbourne will again host Australia's premier conference on Chronic Disease Self-management. In the context of new and emerging national and international policy and programs, this year's conference represents a very valuable opportunity for international knowledge exchange.
  
  This conference would be beneficial for program developers and managers, general practitioners and medical specialists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, nurses, community health educators, non government organisations, consumers and researchers.
  
  The program will consist of a day of workshops followed by two days of presentations. These will include those showcasing innovations in Chronic Disease Self-management in a variety of contexts (disease groups and modes of intervention), proffered papers, and presentations from both Australian and international leaders in the field.
  
  - The workplace: an untapped opportunity for Chronic Disease Self-management
  - Innovations in Chronic Disease Self-management program content and delivery
  - Optimising the role and impact of primary care
  - The needs of indigenous people and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
  - Chronic Disease self-management for young people
  - Health Literacy: the foundation of self-care and self-management support
  - Introduction of innovation: making Chronic Disease Self-management sustainable
  
  
  
• Resource link: http://www.crd.unimelb.edu.au/news/archive.html#international

The Chronic Disease Management Summit

• Date: 4 - 5 Dec 2008
• Venue: Sydney, Australia
• Host: University of Melbourne
  
• Chronic disease accounts for almost 70 % of the federal government's disease-related spending. CDM has the potential to become a very large industry in economic terms.
  
  Changes to health insurance legislation present service providers and insurers with new opportunities for the provision of CDM services in both the public and private systems.
  
  Specific issues to be covered include:
  - Forces driving the increase in chronic care cost in Australia
  - The role of government policy, funding, regulation and education
  - Growth opportunities arising from the changes to health insurance
  - Evaluating the effectiveness of CDM programs
  - Coordinating the care of multiple chronic diseases
  - The role of information technology in managing chronic disease
  - The financial impact of chronic disease in the workforce
  
  
  
• Resource link: http://www.informa.com.au/chronicdisease

Intensive Course on Health, Development and Human Rights

• Date: 8 - 12 December 2008
• Venue: UNSW, Sydney, Australia
• Host: The Initiative for Health and Human Rights UNSW
• The interactions between health, development and human rights are becoming increasingly clear: the growing recognition of their reciprocal relationships can help shape health and development policies, strategies and programs for the future.
  
  The learning objectives of this unique multi-disciplinary intensive course are to:
  
  1. Define underlying principles and prominent approaches applied to each of the fields of health, development and human rights;
  
  2. Describe the reciprocal interaction between health, development and human rights and how these linkages can be analysed and applied in practice in one or more selected areas pertinent to participants interests;
  
  3. Illustrate how international mechanisms and procedures can be applied to health, development and human rights and how they can be accessed;
  
  4. Identify key actions and research that is needed to further the synergy between health, development and human rights.
  
  This course will benefit those working internationally or locally in the Health, Development or Human rights sectors who want to better understand how to apply rights-based approaches to their fields.
  
  
• Resource link: http://www.ihhr.unsw.edu.au/initiative/courses.html

HIV Monitoring & Evaluation Course: Centre for International Health, Curtin University

• Date: 9 - 13 February 2009 
• Venue: Perth, Australia
  
• Host: Centre for International Health, Curtin University
  
• This course is intended for postgraduate students and has been designed to equip HIV/AIDS practitioners with the concepts and practical skills required to design and manage effective monitoring and evaluation systems.
  
  It is intended for students with an interest in international and public health whose future employment will take them into the agencies and government organisations with responsibilities for HIV M&E planning and implementation, HIV project management and research work and information and line management.
  
  The programme is attractive to people working in Australia and intending to work overseas or people currently working in PNG, the South Pacific Region as well as South East Asia and Africa.
  
  Early Bird registration closes 21 November 2008!
  
  
  
• Resource link: http://www.developmentgateway.com.au/jahia/webdav/site/adg/shared/M%26E%20Course%20Brochure%20Feb%2009.pdf