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New HEAT Website goes Live!

I am very pleased to announce the launch of our new HEAT website at: http://www.open.ac.uk/heat. Please pass this link on to interested colleagues and institutions. The new look website will carry the latest information about the programme, keep you up to … Continue reading

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The Tigray Region Pilot

In early April the pilot for the Level-IV Health Extension Upgrading Programme started in the Tigray Region.  Since then the 44 students in the pilot cohort have completed the Antenatal Care (ANC) Module and are about to start their 15 days … Continue reading

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Nutrition Education and Training

The Open University and the University of Southampton are currently exploring a potential partnership, to create a nutrition programme for health workers, based on open educational resources that can be delivered as face to face, distance learning or e-learning in … Continue reading

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Final Tutor Training Workshop in Adama

Adama was the biggest of the four regional tutor training workshops, with over 60 participants from the Oromia Region.  The training was very well received, and there was lots of enthusiasm for the HEW Upgrading Programme.  However this is the largest of … Continue reading

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HEW Upgrading Programme in Dire Dawa

Tutor training for the Health Extension Worker (HEW) Upgrading Programme took place in Dire Dawa 1-4 February. Participants in the workshops were drawn from the Dire Dawa and Harar regions of Ethiopia and included tutors, supervisors and regional health bureau staff. Following the … Continue reading

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First Regional Tutor Training Workshop

The first Regional Tutor Training workshop in Bahar Dar Ethiopia has been a great success.   On Day 1 Mohammed Hussain, FMOH Programme Coordinator, introduced the Health Extension Upgrading Programme for the Federal Ministry of Health. On the second day Dr Basiro … Continue reading

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First HEAT Modules completed

The HEAT team have been working overtime to get the first HEAT Modules into structured content and sent to the Ministry of Health in Ethiopia as PDFs for printing. The modules on Antenatal Care, Labour and Delivery and Postnatal Care … Continue reading

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Writing workshops in Addis Ababa

Working in partnership with UNICEF, AMREF and the Federal Ministry of Health our aim is to help Ethiopia achieve the Millennium Development Goals for maternal and child health. From August to December this year, groups of OU staff from different departments and … Continue reading

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