SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union Feb 28 (PIA) – The Ilocos Training and Regional Medical Center (ITRMC) and the Development Academy of the Philippines-Graduate School of Public Development Management (DAP-GSPDM) inked a partnership through a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on the future of health in the Ilocos Region on February 2, here.
The signing of the MOA aims to create a Center for Health Systems and Development which is anchored on the Universal Health Care (UHC) Act, and to assist in the praxis of health systems and development through the establishment of ladderized programs and other development mechanisms of ITRMC.
According to ITRMC Medical Center Chief Dr. Eduardo Badua III, “This partnership will entail us to become a center for knowledge co-creation and innovations in health systems and development, which is the first of its kind in the country.”
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Graeme is Director of Research Strategy at the Gauteng City-Region Observatory (GCRO), a partnership between the Gauteng Provincial Government, University of the Witwatersrand, University of Johannesburg, and organised local government in Gauteng. Between 2005 and 2009, Graeme worked at the City of Johannesburg as a Specialist: Strategy & Policy in the Central Strategy Unit, Office of the Executive Mayor. There he developed a number of strategies including the 2006 Growth and Development Strategy and the 2007 Inner City Regeneration Charter. Before joining the City he was a consultant for four years, specialising in local government and urban development. During this period he was the principal author of the 2004 State of South African Cities Report. Between 1997 and 2001 he was a member of staff at the Graduate School of Public & Development Management (P&DM), University of the Witwatersrand, serving as Manager of the Local Government Programme, lecturer on the Masters of Management