title: [CESAMES, French-speaking international scheme for health managers].
abstract: A "Programme de création du Cycle d'Etudes Supérieures Africain en Management des Etablissements Sanitaires" (CESAMES, Plan for African hospital management senior course) was officially launched during the VIth International Hospital Events, organised in Libreville (Gabon) from November 21-23rd 2000. In the context of health systems reforms in African countries, priority is given to adapting and upgrading the qualifications of health care managers. Creating CESAMES is a major element within a general strategy aiming at supporting health systems and present reforms. The aim is to develop, from an African teaching body, a French-speaking pool of skills in order to increase the managers' expertise and to address the problem of critical mass of professionals for training within each country. Creating an international training pool will produce a human resources development and expansion tool in the area of health institutions management. This programme should ensure the transfer of know-how and capitalization between training centres. Beyond the training system, creating CESAMES should expand the documentation resources and ensure the creation of a French-speaking professional network of health institution managers.
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authors.lastname: Montserrat
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006270:Health Facility Administrators / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards / Q000600:supply & distribution; D006298:Health Services Administration; D007391:International Cooperation; D007802:Language; D011361:Professional Competence; D016730:Program Development; D013192:Staff Development