Training and Research Support Centre (TARSC) provides training, research and support services to state and civil society organisations. TARSC is a learning and knowledge organization, with a particular focus on skills building and methods to support community based work, and with a commitment to long term capacity building in the public sector and in civil society.

CALL FOR APPLICANTS FOR THE 2013 WINTER SCHOOL IN PUBLIC HEALTH: Call closes April 26 2013 at 1700 hrs The Training and Research Support Centre (TARSC), and the University of Zimbabwe Department of Community Medicine (UZ-DCM) are inviting applications for the Winter School Public Health short course-training programme to be held at UZ Health Sciences Building from 8-12 July 2013. Interested persons should contact The Programme Coordinator, Winter School Public Health Short Course Training Programme email tarsc@ai.co.zw and give full name, email, fax and physical contact information to obtain further details and the application form.

Equity Watch work in east and Southern Africa TARSC is the cluster lead in EQUINET for monitoring and analysis of equity in health in the Equity Watch, working with technical institutions, governments and civil society in east and southern Africa. To date Equity Watch reports have been produced in six countries, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania as well as at Regional level in 16 countries. The reports assess progress in a number of dimensions of equity in heath. The reports are available on this website and at EQUINET http://www.equinetafrica.org. They raise areas for action to ensure redistributive health systems and in wider policies to address the social determinants of health. The latest report from Tanzania can now be found on the EQUINET website.

Regional Health Literacy and participatory action research training TARSC has with Lusaka District Health Management Team and Ministry of Health Zambia finalised in 2012 a Zambia Health Literacy manual with Cordaid support and is piloting in 2013 training of health literacy facilitators. In Uganda after regional training workshop held in September 2012 with five civil society organisations (HEPS, CEHURD, AGHA, UNHCO and NAFOPHANU), a Uganda Health Literacy manual has been developed and district level activities are being implemented in 2013.