Calendar

Forthcoming meeting dates for your diary:

29th-31st May 2012 2012
Writing Workshop, Tunis
A writing workshop offering mentoring on how to polish drafts to publishable level. Led by Julia Critchley, and hosted by Habiba Ben Romdhane, Tunisia.

12th-13th June 2012
5th PMC/ProMAC meeting, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
A final meeting of the project will be held in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK which will revisit the aims of the MedCHAMPS project and the cross links with RESCAP MED.


18th-21st August 2012
World Congress of Cardiology Scientific Sessions 2012
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

The WCC is the official congress of the World Heart Federation and is held once every two years to advance the mission of the WHF: to unite its members and lead the global fight against heart disease and stroke, with a focus on low-and middle-income countries.
MedCHAMPS Abstracts submitted for consideration are:

1. Health system challenges for management of cardiovascular disease burden in the Mediterranean, based on qualitative data from policy makers and health documents analysis.
2. Cardiovascular trends and effective policies in the Mediterranean, based on quantitative epidemiological trends in cardiovascular disease burden in the focus countries, and using modeling to assess the most cost effective policies.

Deliverable and report deadlines:

D6.1, Month 36: (31 August 2012) Report on effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of chosen policies and interventions in each study country (Palestine, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey) - ICPH, occupied Palestinian territory.

D6.2, Month 42: (31 August 2012) Evaluation and implementations plans agreed, and approved in each country (Palestine, syria, Tunisia, Turkey) - ICPH, occupied Palestinian territory.

D7.2, Month 42: (31 August 2012) Report summarising similarities and differences in outcomes across study countries, and implications for generalisability - SCTS, Syria

D8.6a-d, Month 42: (31 August 2012) Agreement with key study country stakeholders to implement short-listed options. Development of evaluation and implementations plans for these - INSP, Tunisia

Completed meetings:

23rd-24th January 2012
4th Annual PMC/ProMAC held in London, UK, to discuss WP6 progress and outstanding topics, and preparation of final report.

28th November 2011
Telephone conference call of all partners to further update WP4, WP5 and WP6 progress and draft agenda for MedCHAMPS 4th PMC meeting in January 2012.

12th July 2011
Skype conference call of all partners to discuss WP5 paper framework and the integration model; WP6 salt reduction and beyond salt reduction progress of work.

17-19th April 2011
3rd PMC/PrOMAC meeting, held in Izmir, Turkey. Due to the political situation in Tunis in January, the 3rd PMC/ProMAC meeting was hosted by our Turkish Partner at the Dokuz Eylul University. Our thanks are noted, for the short-notice in arranging this meeting. There was also a workshop and discussion focussing on linking WP4, WP5 and WP6.

20th January 2011
A Skype call of all Partners to agree to the postponement of the 3rd Annual PMC/ProMAC meeting due to be held in Tunis on 26th-27th January. Meetings were scheduled for 26th and 27th January to update and discuss WP5 and WP6 progress and outstanding topics.

14th December 2010
A conference call of all PMC members, to update on progress of Work Packages, and preparations for the PMC/ProMAC and the WP4 and WP6 workshops in Tunis in January.

6th-10th December 2010
A follow-up workshop for WP4 modellers, to be held in Liverpool, UK. This is a further practical training of MedCHAMPS researchers on the CVD and diabetes models for their own countries, and will cover an update on data collection, identify any remaining data to be collected, and issues not yet resolved, and further training on the models for CHD, diabetes and stroke.

3rd November 2010
A conference call of all PMC members, to update on reports and deliverables due; to finalise details of the WP4 workshop; and to confirm the date and possible agenda for the annual PMC/ProMAC meeting in January.

22nd September 2010
A telephone conference call of all Partners prior to submission of Form C returns to EU; to review deliverables and reports due; and a follow up of WP5 and WP6 workshops and training.

13th-17th September 2010
Workshop on the analysis of WP5 data, Istanbul, Turkey
The programme includes the following elements: identification of codes and themes shared across Partner countries; how to deal with themes specific to certain countries only; intensive practice generating and using codes from interview transcripts and observational data; steps in developing analysis of qualitative data in a comparative cross-national study; implications of WP5 data for DM and CVD prevention/treatment, e.g. integration with WP2-4 findings, and what WP5 provides for WP6; structuring writing of reports.

24th-26th July 2010
WP6 Health Economics training workshop, Tunis, Tunisia.

18th-22nd July 2010
WP4 exchange visit for MedCHAMPS researchers working on the IMPACT CHD mortality and diabetes models, Tunis, Tunisia
The purpose of this exchange visit will be to advise and determine progress on data collection, and why these data are being collected; to demonstrate some of the practical issues; and to initiate mentoring with experts in the area.

14th July 2010
Teleconference call of all PMC members prior to WP4 and WP6 training in July.

20th-24th June 2010
Mentoring visit by Dr Shahaduz Zaman to SCTS, Aleppo, Syria, to support and advise on WP5 data collection.

9th-12th June 2010
Mentoring visit by Prof. Peter Phillimore to Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey, to support and advise on WP5 data collection.

6th-9th June 2010
Mentoring visit by Prof. Peter Phillimore to Birzeit University, Ramallah, OPT, to support and advise on WP5 data collection.

2nd June 2010
Teleconference call of all PMC members prior to WP4 and WP6 training in July, and to update on all Work Packages, policy briefing documents, the web site, the publications strategy and a financial update.

9th-12th May 2010
Mentoring visit by Dr Shahaduz Zaman to INSP Tunisia to support and advise on WP5 data collection.

26th April 2010
Teleconference call of all Partners to follow up 2nd PMC/ProMAC meeting.

19th April 2010
Teleconference of WP5 Partners to finalise third stage of fieldwork and data collection.

8th March 2010
'Monthly' teleconference call of all Partners to update on Work Package progress, web site and preparation of publication strategy

15th-19th January 2010
WP2 IMPACT training meeting, Izmir, Turkey

13th-14th January 2010
2nd MedCHAMPS ProMAC and PMC meeting, Izmir, Turkey

11th November 2009
DEU's introduction of MedCHAMPS to Turkish stakeholders

9th November 2009
Follow up teleconference call of all Partners for WP2 data collection

3rd-11th October 2009
WP5 "Qualitative methods for health policy and practices" workshop training, Aleppo, Syria, led by Professor Peter Phillimore and Dr Shahaduz Zaman of Newcastle University

10th August 2009
Teleconference call of all Mediterranean Partners to review the progress of WP2

21st-22nd April 2009
1st ProMAC and PMC meeting of all MedCHAMPS Partners, London, UK

9th March 2009
Teleconference call of all Partners to make introductions, and discuss agenda for 1st PMC/ProMAC meeting

Completed deliverables:

D4.1, Month 30: (31 August 2011) Evaluation reports on model data entry and data quality (Liverpool, Turkey, Syria, occupied Palestinian territories, INSP) - UoL, UK

D8.3, Month 24: (28 February 2011) Academic papers submitted in national, regional and international peer-reviewed journals (UK, Ireland, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey) - INSP, Tunisia

D5.1, Month 24:(28 March 2011) Report on current NCD policy initiatives in each country (Palestine, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey) - UNEW, UK

D5.2, Month 24: (28 March 2011) Rapid assessment of current health service provision in each country (Palestine, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey) - UNEW, UK

D2.1, Month 18: (31 July 2010) Recommendations for future data needs for monitoring CVD and diabetes in each study country - DEU, Turkey

D3.2, Month 18: (31 July 2010) IMPACT model adapted for use in Eastern Mediterranean region - UoL, UK

D7.1, Month 12: (31 March2010) Regular electronic newsletters, keeping all partners up to date with project developments - SCTS, Syria

D8.2, Month 12: (31 March 2010) Development and maintenance of a project website - All Partners, INSP, Tunisia

D9.1, Month 12: (31 March 2010) Strategy document on training and mentoring of junior researchers - TCD, Ireland

D1.2, Month 6: (31 January 2010) Methodological approaches and guidelines - UNEW, UK

D10.1, Month 2: (31 May 2009) Ethical oversight and management plan - UNEW, UK