OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to support health technology assessment (HTA) capacity building in Member States of the European Union with limited experience or without institutionalized HTA. The main output is a Handbook on HTA Capacity Building. METHODS The methods used were worldwide surveys of (i) HTA organizations, (ii) information management units, and (iii) HTA educational progra...

This study aims to analyze Islamic boarding schools’ institutional capacity building improve entrepreneurship among students. The method used is mixed. data were collected through in-depth interviews. Observations are made by observing the daily activities of school in carrying out its roles and functions. results this indicate that carried a long continuous. Normatively, it arranged vision mis...

The main aim of the program is to develop the institutional capacity for universities and research centres to carry out strategic research and to develop university training and capacity building programs that strengthen Endogenous Development for poverty reduction. Endogenous Development is development based mainly, but not exclusively, on locally available resources, local knowledge, culture ...

BACKGROUND Recent economic growth in Kazakhstan has been accompanied by slower improvements in population health and this has renewed impetus for health system reform. Strengthening strategic planning and policy-making capacity in the Ministry of Health has been identified as an important priority, particularly as the Ministry of Health is leading the health system reform process. CASE DESCRI...

'Capacity building' is the objective of many development programmes and a component of most others. However, satisfactory definitions continue to elude us, and it is widely suspected of being too broad a concept to be useful. Too often it becomes merely a euphemism referring to little more than training. This paper argues that it is more important to address systemic capacity building, identify...

The changing global socio-economic environment over the last two decades has had significant ramifications for the health and development of youth in lower- and middle-income countries. In the Pacific region, young people are exposed to similar causes of ill-health as their peers in developed countries. This paper describes the development, implementation and major findings of the Health Behavi...

OBJECTIVES This study was performed to assess the community capacity building ability of health promotion workers of public health centers and to identify influential factors to the ability. METHODS The subjects were 43 public officers from 16 public health centers in Busan Metropolitan City. Questionnaire was developed based on 'Community Capacity Building Tool' of Public Health Agency of Ca...