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COPASAH is a community where practitioners who share an interest and passion for the field of community monitoring for accountability in health interact regularly and engage in exchanging experiences and lessons; sharing resources, capacities and methods; in the production and dissemination of conceptual, methodological and practical outputs towards strengthening the field; and in networking and capacity building among member organizations. This Community of practitioners was established as result of a three day 'Practitioners Convening on Community Monitoring for Accountability in Health' organised by the Accountability and Monitoring in Health Initiative (AMHI) of the Open Society’s Public Health Program in July 2011 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Community Strengthening for a People Centered Primary Health Care System: The Case of Cassa Banana Community in Zimbabwe

The report highlights the use of Participation Reflection and Action (PRA) techniques to work with a representation of community members of Cassa Banana in Zimbabwe, who remain underserviced in terms of their right to health, clean water and sanitation, despite these rights being embedded in the new Zimbabwe Constitution. The PRA techniques were used with Casa Banana community members and health providers/authorities to explore and document the health challenges faced by the community and to formulate actions to solve these health challenges. Rounds of community meetings involving representatives from the community, the health facility and other stakeholders were held and PRA tools such as community mapping, ranking and scoring, focus groups discussions etc. were used  which led to resolve some of the health problems of the community.

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Announcement
Call for Photo Stories for 10th Edition of COPASAH Communique (Newsletter)
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Innovative Use of Technologies (ICTs) for Community Monitoring to Enhance Health Rights of the Community
A Workshop, January 8-10, 2015, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
Learning Exchange Visits
COPASAH India (states) Social Media
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COPASAH TamilNadu
COPASAH Karnataka
COPASAH Uttar Pradesh
COPASAH Madhya Pradesh
The workshop focuses upon the use of technology to strengthen Community Based Monitoring (CBM) in health and how to document evidences using technology in CBM and disseminate information through different platforms including   COPASAH practitioners from six states of India of Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. 

COPASAH at the 3rd Global Health Systems Research Symposium, 
Cape Town, South Africa - 30 September to 4 October 2014

Sessions by COPASAH
COPASAH had set up a table in the market place exhibiting the knowledge products and other publications.
Building People centred Health systems  through the social empowerment of marginalised populations: Moving from Theory to Practice

Issue Paper 

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Developing an Approach Towards Social Accountability of Private Healthcare Services - SATHI

Case Studies

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Community Based Monitoring and Planning in Maharashtra, India - SATHI
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Women in the Lead - Monitoring Health Services in Bangladesh - Naripokko and CHSJ
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Citizen Monitoring to Promote the Right to Health Care and Accountability - CARE and FOROSALUD

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Article 

Active Citizenship through Bottom up Knowledge Generation and Peer Learning - Dr Abhijit Das
The article by Dr Abhijit Das, CHSJ briefly surmises the overview of COPASAH member practitioners’ efforts towards Community based Accountability practices across several countries for increasing people’s participation including demand for public services, improving program efficiency as well as promoting public program accountability, through active citizenship and Peer Learning.
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COPASAH Communique -  9th Ed. (OCTOBER -DECEMBER 2014)

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