Final Report.CDR - National Institute of health and family welfare

Objectives and Overview of the Training
Programme
Dr. Poonam Khattar, Course Coordinator,
gave objectives and the overview of the
training course. She explained the process of
the development of the “Generic Modules”.
She mentioned that Population and
development (PPD) conducted a ‘Need
Assessment Study’ among the institutions involved in Capacity Building in
PPD Member States to document on their capacity building programmes,
the gaps and potentials. It was proposed by the experts to develop specific
generic modules on selected priority themes to be incorporated and
integrated into existing curriculum of Partner Institutions and to be utilized
through PPD's Capacity Building Programme. The experts developed the
following four modules:
• A Historical and Institutional Perspective on Population, ICPD Goals
and MDGs
• Population and Poverty
• Reproductive Health
• Increasing Human Capacity to Address Gender Equity in
Development
She highlighted that this training programme is an adaptation of the Generic
Module on “Increasing Human Capacity to Address Gender Equity in
Development”. Thereafter, she explained the objectives of the training,
course contents and evaluation of the training programme.
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