Communautés de pratique pour la santé mondiale
Description
Les communautés de pratique sont définies comme des groupes de personnes qui interagissent régulièrement pour partager des informations, aperçu, expérience et outils sur un domaine d'intérêt commun (Wenger 2002). Each community of practice is unique in terms of its formation, structure, and character (le mot ici to learn more about managing and measuring communities). All communities, in some way, aim to be a platform for learning, exchange, and collaboration.
There are many communities of practice focused on global public health. The list below is only a snapshot of some of our favorite communities. Learn how to join these communities and contribute to a global discussion! To suggest a community you would like added, please share at @LeaderNet4H. Thank you to HIFA, USAID’s Health Research Program, Digital Square, et Jhpiego for their help compiling this resource.
| Care of the Small and Sick Newborn CoP (SSNB) | The SNNB community is an extension of the former KMC Acceleration Partnership CoP, and is an interactive platform that allows practitioners and experts to exchange ideas, share lessons learned, disseminate and discuss implementation research results and evidence in the area of facility-based care for small and sick newborns, based on the related soon to be launched WHO Standards of Quality Care. Join here |
| Care-Seeking & Referral for MNCH | The Care-Seeking & Referral for MNCH CoP is an online discussion forum for persons interested in using an implementation research approach to improve care-seeking and referral practices for MNCH in developing countries. They host webinars on care-seeking & referral and an online exchange platform. Join here |
| Communication Initiative Network/La Iniciativa de Comunicación | The Communication Initiative Network is a community for people engaged or interested in media and communication for development, social, and behavioral change. Join here |
| Community Health CoP | The Community Health Community of Practice (CH CoP) builds on the Institutionalisation community health conference co-hosted by USAID and UNICEF in Johannesburg in March 2017. Join here |
| CORE Group Working Groups | CORE Group has five open working groups focused on learning and sharing around technical and cross-cutting topics:
CORE Group also has 5 Interest Groups on Disability Inclusive Health, HDTF, MNT, WASH, and One Health. Twitter: @COREGroupDC |
| Data Use Community | The Data Use Community (DUC) is an open community of organizations and individuals passionate about improving health and healthcare data sharing. This community is set on a mission to address best practices, donor alignment, and in-country perspective. The DUC’s first focus is on ways data use can improve retention in HIV care and treatment. Join here |
| DHIS2 Community | The DHIS2 community provides a forum for discussion about DHIS2 as a data management platform, including support for implementation, software development, capacity building, user stories and best practices, and shared resources. Twitter: @DHIS_2 Join here |
| en-net | En-net is a free and open resource to help field practitioners working in nutrition and infant and young child feeding have access to prompt technical advice for operational challenges for which answers are not readily accessible. Join here |
| Essential Drugs (e-drug) | E-DRUG supports the concept of essential drugs by improving and speeding up communications between all health professionals working in the field of essential drugs. Twitter: @essential_drugs Join here |
| Sexo-spécificité & Évaluation | The Gender & Evaluation community was established by the Institute of Social Studies Trust and serves as a knowledge sharing hub for EvalGender+, a global partnership led by EvalPartners. The community contains blogs, event information, and a member discussion forum. Twitter: @feministeval Join here |
| Global Digital Health Network (GDHN) | The GDHN brings together individuals and groups working in digital health to share information, engage with the broader community, and provide leadership in digital health for global public health. Twitter: @The_GDHN Join here |
| Collaboration mondiale sur les connaissances en santé (GHKC) | GHKC contains more than 500 people from 60 countries and is open to individuals working on knowledge management activities in the context of global health and development. Twitter: @GH_Knowledge Join here |
| Healthcare Information for All (HIFA) | HIFA is a global campaign to improve the availability and use of reliable healthcare information in LMICs. HIFA’s 20,000 members interact on six discussion forums in four languages (Anglais, Français, Portugais, Espagnole). Twitter: @hifa_org |
| Healthcare Information for All en Español (HIFA-es) | HIFA-Español es un foro de encuentro en español con el objetivo de mejorar la disponibilidad y el uso de la información confiable en español sobre salud, dirigida al conjunto de actores interesados (profesionales, gestores, legisladores, ciudadanía). La Escuela Andaluza de Salud Pública ha aceptado la invitación de HIFA para desarrollar este foro en español. Join here |
| Healthy Newborn Network (HNN) | The HNN is an online community dedicated to addressing critical knowledge gaps in newborn health. Join here |
| Healthy Youth Subgroup | The Healthy Youth Subgroup is comprised of self-employed consultants, full-time working professionals, and youth advocates who work in the area of global adolescent health, including physical and mental health, social well-being, and reproductive health. A weekly listserv is provided on resources, éditions, webinaires, and employment opportunities. To join this community, please contact Paula Hollerbach at [email protected]. |
| IBP Network | IBP is a unique international partnership dedicated to scaling up what works in family planning and reproductive health. Twitter: @IBP_Network Join here |
| iHRIS Global Support Community | The iHRIS Global Support Community is a forum for iHRIS users, programmers, in-country implementers, and iHRIS champions. iHRIS is a free and open source human resource information system used by countries to track and manage their health workforce. The community is a place to ask questions, contribute to the development and direction of iHRIS, and get support from the core development team and our global community. Join here |
| Immunization Economics | This community is comprised of researchers, gestionnaires de programmes, praticiens, and other stakeholders interested in the data, dissemination, and application of evidence regarding the value, costing, financing, and efficiency of immunization programs. Twitter: @immeconomics Join here |
| Improving Community Health Outcomes through Research, Dialogue and Systems Strengthening (iCHORDS) Community of Practice | iCHORDS COP members will benefit from professional development opportunities, networking, knowledge dissemination, curated resources provided by research and programmatic partners and increased synergies across social and behavioural research. Avec plus de 120 members from over 20 pays, iCHORDS is open to social and behavioural sciences researchers, implementing partners, NTD program personnel, and students. Join here |
| Inter-Agency Working Group (IAWG) on Reproductive Health in Crises | This community is composed of individuals interested in and/or working in FP/RH in the context of humanitarian response. Join here |
| International Association of Public Health Logisticians (IAPHL) | IAPHL is a community dedicated to facilitating the exchange of professional experiences and innovations in the areas of public health logistics management and commodity security. Twitter: @HealthSCM Join here |
| International Consortium for Emergency Contraception (ICEC) | The ICEC community aims to expand access to and ensure safe and locally appropriate use of emergency contraception worldwide within the context of FP/RH programs. Join here |
| Interagency Gender Working Group (IGWG) | The IGWG promotes gender equity within global health programs with the goal of improving FP/RH, VIH/SIDA, la santé de la mère, santé des enfants, and nutrition outcomes, and fostering sustainable development. Join here |
| Kikundi CoP | Kikundi CoP provides a collaborative platform for Program Managers (PMs) working in Neglected Tropical Disease (NTDs) across Africa to share, learn, and work together on solving common NTD implementation and management challenges. The CoP is intended to foster professional development, pride and identity, community-based decision-making, access to technical expertise, et mise en réseau. Kikundi is open only for current and active Program Managers working on PC NTDs. Kikundi is a closed CoP and membership is reserved for current NTD PMs working on the five Preventable Chemotherapy NTDs. envoyez un email à [email protected] to join. |
| Medicines in Health Systems | The Medicines in Health Systems technical working group facilitates positive change in medicines availability, access, affordability, qualité, et l'utilisation, by informing and facilitating dialogue among different stakeholders in systems. Join here |
| Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Design Guide Community of Practice | USAID Advancing Nutrition launched a community of practice to foster learning and sharing of the Guide de conception d'une agriculture sensible à la nutrition. The CoP provides members with tailored technical assistance to support facilitation of the Designing Effective Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Activities Workshop and application of those concepts to programming. Twitter: @NutritionForDev Join here |
| Open Concept Lab (OCL) | OCL is an open-source terminology management system that provides real-time electronic access to terminological resources and straightforward integration with independent software platforms. @OpenConceptLab Join here |
| OpenHIE | OpenHIE is dedicated to improve the health of the underserved through open and collaborative, development and support of country driven, large scale health information sharing architectures. Goals include: 1) Enabling large scale health information interoperability; 2) Offering freely available standards-based approaches and reference technologies; 3) Supporting each other’s needs through peer technical assistance communities. @OpenHIE Join here |
| OpenLMIS | The OpenLMIS Community is a global community of software users, implementers, developers, and funders who share technical inputs to steer the direction of the open-source eLMIS software. To join this CoP, please send an email to [email protected]. |
| OpenMRS | The OpenMRS community is a worldwide network of volunteers from many different backgrounds including technology, health care, and international development. Members work together to build the world’s largest and most flexible technology platform to support delivery of health care in some of the most challenging environments on the planet. Twitter: @OpenMRS Join here |
| Postpartum Hemorrhage Community (PPH CoP) | The Postpartum Hemorrhage Community (PPH CoP) works alongside country partners to align the maternal, nouveau née, and child health community on the latest PPH strategies, mobilize support to spark action, and accelerate progress toward targets and key health system priorities. Join here |
| Prevention Collaborative | Prevention Collaborative is a global network of activists, practitioners and researchers working to prevent violence against women and children by applying research-based evidence and practice-based learning to the development, innovation, and adaptation of programs. Twitter: @Prevent_Collab Join here |
| Share-Net International | Share-Net International aims to share existing knowledge, generate new knowledge to address prioritized research gaps, and translate knowledge into formats appropriate for intended audiences so as to contribute to the development of better SRHR policy and practice. Twitter: @ShareNetIntl Join here |
| SuSanA (Sustainable Sanitation Alliance) | The Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA) is an informal network of organisations with a common vision on sustainable sanitation. They have an active online discussion forum on topics related to WASH (water, sanitation, hygiene). Join here |
| TheCollaborative | TheCollaborative is a coordination and technical support group that brings together those working on FP/RH in East Africa, including Ministries of Health, international and local NGOs, secteur privé, OSC, faith-based groups, academia and research institutions. The community strengthens networks, nurtures the generation of new knowledge, innovation, and knowledge sharing. Join here |
| Tuberculosis Public-Private Mix (TB-PPM) | The TB-PPM Learning Network is a platform to share ideas, projects, webinars and other resources to help countries and stakeholders ramp up efforts to engage with the private sector to end TB. Join here |
| Very Young Adolescents (VYA) Community of Practice | The VYA COP is global platform for learning and exchange for implementers, researchers, and policymakers working to improve the health and well-being of very young adolescents (10-14 ans). Join here |
| WHO Global Patient Safety Network | The Global Patient Safety Network is an online platform for key stakeholders to share and discuss ideas, des approches, tools and best practices from around the world, with the aim of improving patient safety. The network aims to stimulate dialogue, promote continuous learning and creates unique opportunities for contributing to improving patient safety globally. Join here |
Learn More about Communities of Practice
Online communities of practice have become increasingly popular within the global health and development sectors as vehicles for capturing knowledge to ensure public health preparedness, managing information more effectively, enabling global health professionals to work collaboratively in a virtual environment, and improving effectiveness in the face of dwindling resources. This Global Health eLearning (GHeL) course is intended for program managers who work in global health and development and would like to learn more about online CoPs and the potential for CoPs to help their teams, projects, and organizations achieve a shared goal.
