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Annex 11. Operational guidelines for Education and Research Fund
Education Fund:
The fund will be administered in line with the human resource development policy for the public
health sector.
1. Funding will be provided for both pre-service and in-service training
2. In-service training will be short term and long term training.
3. The training committee will be responsible for doing needs assessment and coming up with a
5 year training plan(in progress)
4. The training committee will be responsible for shortlisting candidates and submitting the list
to the selection committee
5. For short term trainings will be approved by the district management team .
6. The selection committee will have the following members:
a. 1 representative from ICEIDA
b. 1 representative from District council
c. 1 representative from the zonal health office
d. 1 representative from DHMT
7. Selection of trainees shall be based on equitable gender balance, geographical distribution
taking into account existing urban and rural inequities.
8. The candidates will be notified by the office of the DC and they will sign a bond of 3 years
with the district council. (see standard operating procedure an example of a bond. This same
one can be adopted)
9. The scholarship will include the tuition fees, book and upkeep allowance (this needs to be
discussed on the rates to be used. Selection will be done bi-annually for the long term
trainings and as required for the short term trainings.
10. There will be at least 5 beneficiaries at a point in time for long term trainings with funds
permitting.
11. See further standard operating procedures for more information
Research fund:
1. The research fund will fund for operational research and other research which will help to deal
with unresolved health problems in Mangochi
2. The number of research to be funded will be atleast 5 at a given period of time or depending on
availability of funds.
3. The research committee will be responsible for coordinating research to be done. The research
cpmmittee will be comprised of:
a. RESEARCH COORDINATOR
b. 2 MEMBERS FROM DHMT
c. 1 REPRESENTATIVE FROM COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
d. MONITORING AND EVALUATION OFFICER
e. REPRESENTATIVES FROM DEPARTMENTS:clinical,admin,nursing,environmental
f. Representative from DC’s office
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