• Initiated by WHO in 1979 as “The Network of Community oriented medical schools” • WHO social accountability project: “Towards Unity for Health” (2000) • → The Network: Towards Unity for Health Our story
• Established in 1979 as The Network of Community- Oriented Educational Institutions for Health Sciences • As of 1989, a NGO in official relationship with the World Health Organization • Merged in 2001 with WHO‘s Towards Unity for Health project • The office of the Secretariat is now located in Philadelphia in the United States of America History
The Network: TUFH is • A global network of individuals, institutions and organizations (network of networks) • Committed to improving the health of the people and their communities Who we are
• Contribute to equitable health systems • Support development of socially accountable education institutions • Build an international community of professionals, institutions, and students who share these goals Our mission
In Health Services • Encourage collaboration by educational institutions with communities, health services and related sectors to promote development of model health systems that lead to better health. Our goals
In Education • Align education curricula for health personnel with priority health needs of the community • Develop educational methods that enable students to learn in the community. Our goals
In Research • Identify and alleviate priority health problems of the community and evaluate effectiveness of health services. Our goals
• Convene educators and health systems stakeholders • Annual meeting in different WHO region each year • Keynote speakers, workshops, interactive poster sessions • “Conference on the move” • Community site visits What we do
• Share resources What we do
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• “in official relationship” with WHO • Global Health Workforce Network: Education Hub What we do
• Collaborate with WFME on accreditation • Social accountability and accreditation Taskforce What we do
• Create partnerships between academic health professions institutions and communities • “network of networks” What we do
• Community of practice • Members assist each other through consultations and resource sharing. • Annual meeting discount • warm, collegial atmosphere • different WHO region each year • opportunities for collaboration, new ideas Benefits
• Access to grants and competitions • Projects that Work • Innovations demonstrated to improve community health; sustained for three or more years • Student Projects for Health • Student initiated project to improve community health • Stella mini-grants • Small-scale community project, aiming to improve equitable health care • Newsletter and Alerts Benefits
• SNO is an independent organizing body within The Network: TUFH for students, run by students. • International network of students, associations and institutions to provide international experiences (GEMx-SNO International Exchange) as a complement to the training of future health workers, highlighting the importance of working in multidisciplinary and multicultural teams. Student Network Organization
▪ If you intersted in one of the taskforces, you can join and become an active member in that field! ▪ Women and Health ▪ Interprofessional education ▪ Social Accountability and Accreditation ▪ Integrating Medicine and Public Health ▪ Community-Based Care for the Elderly ▪ Scaling Up and Transforming Health Professional Education Taskforces
Each region has a regional representative ▪ Africa ▪ South East Asia ▪ Latin America ▪ Western Pacific ▪ North America ▪ Eastern Mediterranean ▪ Europe Regional representatives
• Education for Health (EfH) is the peer-reviewed, MEDLINE-indexed journal of The Network: TUFH, which is dedicated to the dissemination of work consistent with the organization’s mission and objectives in international health. Education for Health
• Fortaleza Declaration • Tunis Declaration Declarations
Annual international scientific and networking meeting held in different WHO regions since 1979 • … • 2005 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam • 2006 Ghent, Belgium • 2007 Kampala, Uganda • 2008 Bogotá, Colombia • 2009 Amman, Jordan • 2010 Kathmandu, Nepal • 2011 Graz, Austria • 2012 Thunder Bay, Canada • 2013 Ayutthaya, Thailand • 2014 Fortaleza, Brazil • 2015 Gauteng (Pretoria), South Africa • 2016 Shenyang, China • 2017 Tunis, Tunisia • 2018 Limerick, Ireland Conferences
• March 12 – Deadline for Abstract Submission • http://tufh2018.com/ #TUFH 2018
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• http://thenetworktufh.org/ • secretariat@thenetworktufh.org • @TheNetworkTUFH • @TheNetworkTUFH • newsletter@thenetworktufh.org • http://thenetworktufh.org/sno/ • sno.network@thenetworktufh.org • @StudentNetworkOrganization Contact
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