ealth indicators provide a good Hpicture of human development in a country. Its significance can be gauged by the fact that three of the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

the selected associates of LRH-II was focus on the achievement of health related organized. This was the first of the series of targets by 2015. The case of Pakistan is two regional training sessions and one interesting in this sense of development international training session being acumen. Despite a noticeably good track organized by LEAD Pakistan. The selected record of GDP growth, the health indicators cohort comprised of 32 new cohorts along such as infant, child, and maternal mortality with 12 LRH-I associates belonging to are still high even in comparison with other diverse backgrounds including doctors, countries of South Asia. Therefore, in the development sector professionals, current state of affairs, the probability of government o f f i ce rs and med ia achieving health related MDGs within the representatives. Due to large number of timeframe seems very low. It appears that participants, the cohort was divided in two unless serious steps are taken to address groups A and B. Four sessions were held the health issues in Pakistan, despite with both the groups.growth in the economy, the health

indicators will fall short of meeting the The training modules designed for this targets. project are aimed to train mid-to-senior level professionals from each district on reproductive health as a broader issue so that they can play an effective role in

Responding to the alarmingly deteriorating improving the reproductive health reproductive health indicators in our indicators in their respective districts. This country, LEAD Pakistan in collaboration with RTS s pe c i f i c a l l y a dd re s sed t he The David and Lucile Packard Foundation communication issues aimed at community initiated a two year project titled “Enabling focused side of the project. The advocacy Effective Leadership for Reproductive part will be separately addressed in the Health” covering two districts: Khairpur in next RTS.Sindh and Lodhran in Punjab Province. The project aims to address three major loopholes identified in the current health related interventions in Pakistan. These

The workshop began with an introductory gaps include the capacity gaps, the

session in which the overall agenda and governance gaps and the inter-sectoral

module contents of the workshop were gaps that are negatively affecting any

explained to the participants. After a initiatives that are taken to improve health

formal introduction, participants were situation in our country.

asked to fill out a pre-training assessment questionnaire in order to gauge existing

In order to fill the capacity gap, along with knowledge of the group regarding RH

the other capacity building activities, a issues. The assessment helped the

three-day regional training workshop for organizers to develop a benchmark against

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which the success of the address key leadership principles well-being starts and ends at the workshop would be determined f o r d e s i g n i n g s t r a t e g i c effectiveness of local leadership.at the end of the workshop. communication for RH. He

stressed upon managing RH After the pre-training assessment, communicat ion in i t i a t i ves each group was introduced to the (design, implement, monitor, concept of “Systems Thinking in evaluate) that respond to people's RH”. The facilitator, Dr. Babar needs in their district.Tasneem Sheikh, Assistant Professor, Program Director- MSc Kamyla Marvi Tapal who is the Health Policy & Management, Country Manager, Institute of Acting Head-Health Systems I n t e r n a t i o n a l E d u c a t i o n , D i v i s i o n , Depa r tmen t o f L ea d e r s h i p D eve l o p m e n t Community Health Sciences, Aga P r o g r a m f o r M o b i l i z i n g Khan University enlighten the Reproductive Health focused on participants on RH and how it “Leadership in RH.” During her encompasses the biological, socio sessions, she introduced the e c o n o m i c , a n d g e n d e r participants to the concept of perspectives of the larger leadership. She identified the healthcare system. Authentic skills set that leaders need to statistics were shared with the succeed.participants in order to enhance their knowledge regarding On the final day of the training, Systems Thinking in RH. the participants were awarded

Later, during the session on “Basic with certificates after evaluation. Concepts of Reproductive Health” Statistics for the overall evaluation Ms. Kanwal Qayyum, Programme for the five day workshop M a n a g e r I n s t i t u t i o n a l revealed that on the whole, Strengthening, World Population participants were content with Foundation attempt to enhance the overall structure of the the understanding and awareness module, the folder content was of participants regarding RH issues well-organized and the training so that they can help the people of curriculum would be beneficial in their districts for the cause of their professional lives. Results reproductive health. Each from the post training assessment group consecutively had a full day also showed a noticeable s e s s i o n o n “ S t r a t e g i c difference in the level of Communication for RH”. The knowledge and understanding resource person was Fayyaz gained about different concepts Ahmad Khan who is the Country especially social mobilization and Representative of Johns Hopkins its sub-components. LEAD expects Bloomberg School of Public that the training will not only Health, Center for Communication increase sensitization of local P r o g r a m s ( CC P ) Co u n t r y leaders on health issues but also Representative. He used multiple equip them with necessary skills techniques to enhance the to make reproductive health community mobilization skills of interventions more effective. No the cohorts, and enable them to doubt, the road to national social

List of Resource Persons

æDr Babar Tasneem Shaikh, Assistant Professor, Program Director- MSc Health Policy & Management, Acting Head-Health Systems Division, Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University.æFayyaz Ahmad Khan, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Center for Communication Programs (CCP) Country Representative.æKamyla Marvi Tapal, Country Manager, Institute of International Education, Leadership Development Program for Mobilizing Reproductive Health.æKanwal Qayyum,Programme Manager Institutional Strengthening, World Population Foundation.

æDr. Zubaida AbbassiæNaheed Akhtar æInayatullah JogiæKhadim Hussain MiraniæMehak Zahra NaqviæMuzaffer Hussain PanhweræNawaz Ali PhulpotoæRaana ShahæMazhar Uddin ShaikhæMuhammad Akram ShaikhæGounihiri BalochæBilquees Bardi Balouch æShahida Parveen BalouchæSahib Khan BhandæBushra BhangaræSafdar BhattiæManzoor Bugti æFarah Naz ChandioæDr. Zulfiqar DharejoæZulfiqar GilalæFozia HanifæNoor HussainæDr. Tasleem Akhtar KhamisaniæIkhtiar Hussain KhaskheliæAbdul Aziz KhuhroæAli Murad KulhoroæManzoor Hussain LarikæAbdul Waheed MallahæAumir Mangi æDr. Fazul Muhammad MemonæMohammad Iqbal MorejoæAgha NadiaæSanam NazæShabnam Naz,æMuhammad Ilyas SahtoæDr. Aijaz Ali SamoæSyed Inayat Ali Shah æRubina SharæAtta Hussain SolangæSarfraz Al SoomroæManzoor Hussain Ujjan

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