KOICA conducts a training program "Health Policy Planning" for 18 participants from 9 countries as part of the Korean government's grant aid and technical cooperation program for 2010 as follows:

o Course Title : Health Policy Planning

o Duration : July 18 - July 7, 2010 (21 days)

o Venue : Seoul and Seongnam, Korea

o Number of Participants : 18 Participants from 9 countries

 - Ecuador 2, Ghana 2, Guatemala 2, Kazakhstan 3, Kyrgyzstan 1, Nigeria 2,

   Paraguay 3, Tanzania 2, Ukraine 1

o Training Institution : Korea Human Resource Development Institute for Health

   and Welfare (KHRDI)

o Training Participants

- Government official or Professional engaged in establishing or running the health

   policy planning

o Course Objectives

- To nurture specialists with technical and politic knowledge in making health policy

    based on healthcare statistics

- To nurture health policy planning and operation specialist in participating countries by

   sharing experience of national health policy planning and operation between the

   national and local governments

o The program consists of 3 parts ;

A. LECTURES

1.Korean Health Security System

2. Korean Healthcare System 

3. Korean Health Plan 2020

4. Korean Healthcare Policy

5. Policy on Communicable Disease Control in Korea

6. Cultural Exchange : Where to go in Seoul

7. Workshop for Health Policy Planning I~V

8. Health Policy & Integrated Health Program Evaluation

9. Traditional Korean Medicine Policy   

10. Status and Programs in a Public Health Center   

11. District Health Service Plan in a Public Health Center

12. "National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and Community Health Survey"

13. Health policy for students of Ministry of Education, Science and Technology

14. Health policy for workers of Ministry of Labor

15. Korean Reproductive Health and Family Planning

16. National TB Control Program

17. Introduction of Public Health Center Function  & District Health Service Plan

18. Rural Development and New Village Movement (SAE MAUL UNDONG) in Korea   

19. National Health Screening

B. COUNTRY REPORT PRESENTATION on

a) Report Major Issues & Policies of your interest related Health Policy and Program Planning

C. STUDY VISITS & CULTURAL EXCURSION

- KCDC, KNIH, Yangjucity Public Health center-Primary Healthcare Post, Seoul National

   University Hospital, etc

- POSCO, POSCO Museum, Gyeongju historical site, Hyundai Motors, Nakdong

   Estuary Eco Center

- Gyeong-bok Palace, The National Folk Museum of Korea, Cheongwadae Sarangchae

   Exhibition & Museum, N Seoul Tower, NANTA Performance, etc.