<div dir="ltr">os friends, <div><br></div><div>jane alaii shared this report of her work with me... <a href="https://malariajournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1475-2875-13-167" target="_blank" style="font-family:'Book Antiqua',serif;font-size:14.6667px">https://malariajournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1475-2875-13-167</a></div><div><br></div><div>i think some will be interested. while the good results and general findings about open space will be familiar to many, this kind of formal reporting and analysis of what happened is less common. maybe useful where you are...</div><div><br></div><div>michael</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div>Community mobilization for malaria elimination: application of an open space methodology in Ruhuha sector, Rwanda</div><div><br></div><div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div><div><div><div><div><div>Background</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div><div><div><div>Despite the significant reduction of malaria transmission in Rwanda, Ruhuha sector is still a highly endemic area for malaria. The objective of this activity was to explore and brainstorm the potential roles of various community stakeholders in malaria elimination.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div><div><div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div><div><div><div>Methods</div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div><div><div><div>Horizontal participatory approaches such as ‘open space’ have been deployed to explore local priorities, stimulate community contribution to project planning, and to promote local capacity to manage programmes. Two open space meetings were conducted with 62 and 82 participants in years 1 and 2, respectively. Participants included purposively selected community and local organizations’ representatives.</div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div>...</div><div><br></div><div>Conclusion<br></div></div></div></div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div><br></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Results from the present research show that open space, newly deployed in health-related research, yields interesting findings as other participatory approaches and can serve as a platform to gather more information from various members of the community, to formulate measures to be taken towards elimination and create motivation for key stakeholders to be involved in such a programme, all within a short period of time. Future work will involve discussions on how agreed-upon actions will be effectively put into practice for malaria elimination in the area. Based on this, ongoing follow up to evaluate whether knowledge gained and skills learnt are shared and sustained among communities will be conducted.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>--<br><br>Michael Herman<br>Michael Herman Associates</div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">312-280-7838 (mobile)</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><a href="http://MichaelHerman.com" target="_blank">http://MichaelHerman.com</a><br><a href="http://OpenSpaceWorld.org" target="_blank">http://OpenSpaceWorld.org</a></div><div><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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