The Regional Committee,
Having considered the preliminary report on the assessment of postgraduate training resources in public health in the Region;*
Recalling the discussions held during the various intercountry workshops and conferences between 1989 and 1993;
Noting the continuing need for an effective structure to coordinate regional training activities in public health;
Noting further that public health problems of the Region need to be purposefully tackled while addressing country-specific issues;
Recognizing the major role WHO has played and continues to play in this field;
- URGES Member States:
- (1) to relate public health training curricula in their respective countries more closely to health workforce planning needs;
- (2) to encourage public health training institutions within their respective jurisdictions to develop collaborative arrangements with other national and regional institutions so as to enhance training capacities in the Region as a whole;
- (3) to provide comprehensive information on public health training institutions for inclusion in the World Directory of Schools of Public Health;
- REQUESTS the Regional Director:
- (1) to support further strengthening of regional institutions for training in public health;
- (2) to enhance the role of the Regional Office as the coordinating centre for the exchange of information on public health training, and research institutions in the Region;
- (3) to support the development of collaborative arrangements among regional public health training institutions in order to maximize regional resources in this area;
- (4) to collect and disseminate all available information on practical training opportunities relating to public health available in the Region.