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MAURITIUS INSTITUTE OF HEALTH Annual Report \ Powder Miii-Pamplemousses Tel: (230) 2433n2, Fax: (230)2433270 Email: mihealth@intnet.mu Website: http://mih.govmu.org Contents Page Chairman's Message .. .... .

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RESEARCH ACTIVITIES International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project, Mauritius ............ .

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Evaluation of the Healthy School Canteen Project in Primary and Secondary Schools in the Republic of Mauritius ...... ............ ........ .... .... ... .

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Study on Use of Stable Isotopes Technique to Assess Body Composition in Children and Adolescents as a risk factorin the development of chronic disease .. Cancer Survival Study in Mauritius (Cancer African Registries Network) ..... 2 2 2 2 2-3 3 3 3-4 5 5 6 7 8 8 9 11-14 15-20 21-23 23 24-25 26-28 29-31 32 33 34 34 35 35 35 35 5.

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Terms of Reference ofthe Technical Sub-Committee Terms of Reference of the Finance Sub-Committee Terms of Reference of the Staff Sub-Committee Programme ofWork for 2015 Chairman's Message 1 am honoured to present the Annual Report of the Mauritius lnstitute of Health (MlH) for the year 2015.

1 would wish to put on record my thanks and appreciation for the excellent work peiformed by the Staff of the MlH and the Members of the Board.
Yours faithfully, ' Or K. · vaday, Chairperson Executive Board of the Mauritius Institute of Heallih Date: 27.

04.2016 1 INTRODUCTION THE MAURITIUS INSTITUTE OF HEALTH (M I H) The Mauritius Institute of Health (MIH) was established in 1989 by an Act of Parliament as a Parastatal Body under the aegis of the Ministry of Health and Quality of Life, to undertake training and research in the health sector.
( OPERATIONAL ORGANISATION ) The Institute operates through the following four units:- (a) (b) (c) (d) The Training Unit The Research Unit The Media Unit The Administrative Unit (oUR VISION J The Mauritius Institute of Health shall be a leading centre of excellence in health training and research.

( OUR MISSION J Our mission is to contribute to the promotion of health and quality of life of society through training and health systems research.
( OUR OBJECTIVES J As per the MIH Act of 1989, the Institute has the following objectives: (a) To organise the training of local health personnel, as well as overseas partici pants, in accordance with such programme as may be approved by the MIH Board; (b) (c) To carry out such health systems research as may be approved by the Board; To act as a focal point and resource centre for the production, exchange and 2 (d) (e) promotion of health learning and health information material; To provide advisory services in matters of healthcare; To conduct courses, hold examinations and grant certificates, diplomas and awards, acting on its own or jointly with any other educational institution.
(f) To co-operate with institutions, regional and international organisations in order to promote the above objects ( OUR CORE VALUES J The realisation of the vision, mission and objects of the Institute rests on the following core values: Academic excellence " Professionalism Integrity Accountability and transparency Fairness, equity and gender sensitivity Team work " Community centredness Partnership ( OURCUSTOMERS J Doctors, dentists, pharmacists, nurses, other health care and professional staff from the Ministry of Health and Quality of Life, staff from other Ministries and Government Departments, Parastatal Bodies, non-governmental organisations, public and private organisations, international and regional agencies.
( OUR SERVICES J The primary functions of the MIH are to carry out health training and research.
Our services include the following: (a) Provision of high quality training for medical, paramedical and other personnel in health and health related areas using modern educational technologies including distance learning; (b) Conduct of research, epidemiological and evaluative studies for decision making on health problems in the community and sustain efficient functioning of the health care system; 3 (c) Provision of high quality information, resources and IT support to facilitate learn ing, training and research; (d) Provision of evidence based advisory services to the Ministry of Health and Quality of life in matters of health care; (e) Partnership/cooperation with local, regional and international institutions in ar eas of training and research; (f) In line with the objectives, acting as an Awarding Body for training programmes on health and social studies conducted by Training Institutions which are regis tered and recognised by the Mauritius Qualifications Authority; (g) Design, development and implementation of software for health related projects; (h) Provision of continuous professional development programmes for medical and health care personnel through the virtual library and face to face conferences.
4 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE ( OVERVIEW J This report covers the activities at the Institute during the period January to December 2015, in line with the requirements of the Statutory Bodies Act.

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS).

The Mauritius Institute of Health is committed to implement the Good Corporate Governance Practices.
Its aim is to contribute to the promotion of health and quality of life of society through training and health systems research.

All its activities are conducted in accordance with Good Corporate Governance, namely discipline, transparency, independence, accountability, social responsibility and professionalism.

( MANAGEMENT OF THE MIH ) Functions of the Board The MIH functions as a Statutory Body, administered by a Board which is com posed as per provisions of Section 5 of the MIH Act- copy at Annex 1.
With a view to facilitate decision making, the Board has set up three advisory commit tees- the Technical Committee, the Finance Committee and the Staff Commit tee.

All matters relating to the training and research programmes conducted by the Institute; appointment, dismissal, discipline of employees and their condi tions of service; the development of physical infrastructure, the annual budget estimates and all financial transactions must be approved by the Board.
As provided for in the MIH (Amendment) Act No.

36 of 1989, the Board consists of:- (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (i) (ii) a Chairman designated by the Prime Minister; the Executive Director of the Institute; a representative of the Ministry of Health; a representative of the Prime Minister's Office; other members, not exceeding 7, appointed by the Prime Minister to represent- educational, training and vocational interests; bilateral or multilateral donor organisations.
The Act also specifies that the Chairperson shall be a Public Officer and that ap pointed members shall hold office for two years but are eligible for re-appointment.

5 COMPOSITION OF THE MIH BOARD DURING 2015 Designation Chairperson 1.

Member Member (Representative of the Prime Minister's Office) Members representing- (i) educational, training and vocational interests; 2.

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Table 1: Composition of the Board Occupation Dr K. Pauvaday [As from 28 April2015] Director-General Health Services, Ministry of Health and Quality of Life Mr G. GUNESH [From 11 March to 24 April Ministry of Health and Q]Iality of Life 2015] Senior Chief Executive, Mr A.N.
OOZEER [26 Dec 2014 to March 15] Ministry of Health and Quality of Life Senior Chief Executive, Dr (Mrs) G. DABY Executive Director, Mauritius Institute of Health Mrs P. JUGGESSUR- DABEEDYAL [as from June 2015] Higher Executive Officer Prime Minister's Office 4.

Dr (Mrs) P. PUGO- GUNSAM Associate Professor, Department of Health Sciences University of Mauritius Dr (Mrs) B. OOGARAH- PRATAP Associate Professor, Mauritius Institute of Education.

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PAD A CHI Head of School, School of Business, Management & Finance, University of Technology Mauritius Dr (Mrs) M. TIMOL [as from 17 April2014] Director Health Services Ministry of Health and Quality of Life Mr D. PERSAND Director of Nursing, Ministry of Health and Quality of Life Officer in Charge, World Health Organization Port Louis 9.
Mr A. NUNDOOCHAN (ii) bilateral or multilateral donor organisations 6 COMPOSITION OF ADVISORY COMMITTEES OF THE MIH BOARD TECHNICAL COMMITTEE Chairperson Members Or (Mrs) P. Pugo-Gunsam Or (Mrs) B. Oogarah-Pratap Or (Mrs) M. Timol Mr D. Persand FINANCE COMMITTEE Chairperson Member Or D.K.
Padachi Mr A. Nundoochan [Officer in Charge, World Health Organisation] Co-opted Members Mr J. Jeewooth [Manager Financial Operations, Ministry of Health and Quality of Life] and replaced by Mr U.Gobin as from 08 October 2015 Mr Alain S. Li Yuk Tong, Systems Analyst, Ministry of Health and Quality of Life as from 08 October 201 5 STAFF COMMITTEE The Staff Committee did not meet in Year 2015.
As a result, staff matters were taken up at the Board Level and Mr Persand was subsequently designated as Chairperson of the Staff Committee.

Chairperson Mr D. Persand Co-opted Member Mr Z. Bhugeloo [Manager, Human Resources as from September 2015 Ministry of Health and Quality of Life] The Terms of Reference of the Advisory Committees as approved by the MIH Board,are at Annexes 2, 3, and 4.
7 SITTINGS OF THE BOARD AND ITS ADVISORY COMMITTEES During the period under review the Board and its advisory committees met on 9 occasions as follows: - Table 2: Number of Meetings in 2015 Meeting Board Meeting Staff Committee Finance Committee Technical Committee Year 2015 5 0 3 1 [ REMUNERATION FOR YEAR 2015 J Fees paid to Board Members, the State Law Office and the National Audit Office for the period January to December 2015 are shown in the table below:- Table 3: Remuneration for the year 2015 Name Board Members and Advisory Committees Pauvaday Dr Keyvoobalan Designation Chairperson Oozeer Mr A.N Gunesh Mr G. Daby Dr (Mrs) Geeta Juggessur-Dabeedyal (Mrs) P .
Chairperson Chairperson Member Member Oogarah-Pratap Dr (Mrs) Brinda Member Padachi Dr K. Dambeegam Persand Mr Dhunrajsing Pugo Gunsam P. Dr (Mrs) Timol Dr (Mrs) Maryam Member Member Member Member GobinMrU.
Co-opted Member Li Yuk Tong Mr Alain Co-opted Member Sub Total 8 Fees (Rs) 230,850.00 57,000.00 26,661.29 5,100.00 2,550.00 3,690.00 9,430.00 5,800.00 3,980.00 4,950.00 1,990.00 1,990.00 353,991.29 Name Services from other officers/Institutions I Designation Fees (Rs) Services of the Assistant/Manager Human Resources of the Ministry of Health and Quality of Life: Mr T. Dunputh (AMHR) Jan- Aug 2015 Mr Z. Bhugeloo, MHR (as from September 2015) State Law Office National Audit Office 40,000 20,000 24,000 90,000 MAJOR DECISIONS OF THE BOARD Major decisions taken by the Board included the following:- • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Approval of Budget Estimates Overview of implementation and review of Programme of Work for the Year 2015 Follow up of Research and Training Activities Approval of Programme of Work for the Year 2016 MIH as an Awarding Body MIH Regulation (Fees) 2013 Revisiting of the MIH Act 1989 Partnership between UNFPA and the MIH Submissions to AUF for e-learning space Expression of Interest for preparation of project document - Implementation of m-tobacco Cessation programme Staff Matters - approval of courses, study leaves and release of officers.
Confirmation procedures for the filling of posts of Clerk/Word Processing Operator Disciplinary measures Training Needs of Health Sector 9 The advisory committees had several meetings to consider items as per their respective mandate:- Table 4: Mandate of Advisory Committees Staff Matters (were, exceptionally, raised directly at Board Level) Request for leave from staff (Study Leave with pay or without pay).

- - - - - Renewal of Contract of Employment of Training Managers.
Staff on Secondment from parent Ministry- Training Manager and General Workers Confirmation of staff Implementation of recommendations in the PRB/EOAC Report 2013; - MIH Submissions to Pay Research Bureau for Report 2016; - - Disciplinary measures; Re-structuring of the MIH Technical Matters Finance Matters - MIH as an Awarding Institution for Private Training Providers - - Agreement: Ministry of Health & Quality of Life/Central School of Nursing and the Mauritius Institute of Health re.MIH as Awarding Body for Central School of Nursing Review of Regulations for the MIH to claim fees as an Awarding Body - Mid Term Review of Programme of Activities for 2015 - Programme of Work for 2016.
- Virtual Health Services Library in the context of Continuing Professional Development - - - - - - - - - - - - Report of the National Audit Office on the MIH Financial Statements for year ended 31 December 2014; Review of Financial Situation of the MIH Verification of Final Accounts for Year 2014; Revision of Operational Costs for Programmes and Activities at the MIH (ongoing); Follow-up of Progress Report of Renovation Works at the MIH ; Follow-up of Electrical and water problems at the MIH; Overview of Purchases in general; Setting up of Board of Survey Repairs to photocopy machine Replacement of safety valve re water distribution.
Compliance with changes in Statutory Bodies (Accounts and Audit Act.

Budget Estimates for year 2016-2017 10 TRAINING ACTIVITES OVERVIEW OF TRAINING ACTIVITIES , cu > 0 > .5 Ill t.. cu .Q E :::J z 25 00 2000 15 00 1000 500 0 1964 633 Completed in 2015 Con t inu ing through 2016 Figure 1: Overview of Training Activities A total of 2597 Health Care Professionals (HCPs) participated in MIH training activities in 2015.

Activities were completed for 1964 participants in 2015.
For the remaining 633, training activities were programmed to continue through 2016.

These activities do not include development of new curricula, review or upgrading of existing curricula, which is discussed separately in this report.

Among training activities in which HCPs participated, 1205 were for award courses, i.e., programmes leading to an undergraduate Certificate or Diploma; Post Basic Diploma; or Postgraduate Specialisation Degree (latter awarded by University of Bordeaux).
For Non-Award programmes activities involved 1323 HCPs.

11 Award Courses Postgraduate Studies in Internal Medicine Tot>-Up Programme leading to National Pharmacy Technician Dit>lorna 32 Diplonle Universitaire de Soins et Medecine d'Urgence' 'e E ru ..... ~ Diploma in Diabetes Foot Care Q.
Nursing ( Conwlementary Training Programme} 0 E ~ 2nd Certificate Course in Dental (LI Assisting Physiotherapy Assistant Certificate Course (1st & 2nd) Certificate in Electro Encephalography· Students hip terminated • Completed in 2015 • Continuing through 2016 0 20 40 Numbers involved Figure 2: Award Programmes delivered by/at the MIH 12 Top-Up Programme Leading to National Diploma in Nursing(Rodrigues Batch 1) 1 Top -Up Programme Leadingto National Diploma in Nursing(Rodrigues Batch 2) Top -Up Programme Leading to National ~ Diploma in Nursing(Mauritius Batch 3) r... ::::J 0 u .... 0 CIJ E nl z National Diploma in Nursing(Batch 1} National Diploma in Nursing(Batch 2} National Diploma in Nursing (Batch 3) 503 • Completed in 2015 • Continuing through 2016 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 Number of trainees * 1 participant did not complete course requirements in 2014 and did so in 2015 Figure 3: Programmes for which MIH acted as the Awarding Body During the year 2015, the MIH acted as Awarding Body for programmes leading to the National Diploma in Nursing.
Three of the programmes were Top-Up Programmes for Nurses already in the service of the Ministry of Health and Quality of Life who possess the Certificate in General Nursing.The remaining three programmes were for the National Diploma in Nursing, which involves newly recruited student nurses of the Ministry of Health and Quality of Life.
As Awarding Body, the responsibilities of the Institute involved monitoring the delivery of training programmes, ensuring quality assurance, conducting assessment and certification.

(The actual delivery of these training programmes was effected by the Central School of Nursing of the Ministry of Health and Quality of Life).
13 Non-Award Courses End of Postiin g Ass essment for Pre-Registration Hou se Offi'ce rs) rainin g Course for Duty Mana ge rs in Hospita.ls ra 1inin g of M e ntors 'in Basic Peda go gy Gl E E ~ Distance Lear n!in g PopUIIation ~ 1i Gl E .Z.
Issues {DLPI ) { utodn g se rvices provid ed) Capacity BuHdin g for Dos mestication for Har m on i sed Polici es& .... 843 • Com,)leted in 2015 Two 2-day Workshops for Nu rs.in g Officers on Wound Mana gement Fiel d Ep i d em :iol o gy r a:in,ing Progra mme 25 0 200 400 600 800 1000 Numbers involved Figure 4: Non-Award Programmes delivered by/at the MIH 14 ( AWARD COURSES J POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL STUDIES 1.
Special isation in Internal Medicine (3rd batch) This is a four-year postgraduate training programme which started in 2012 with 8 serving Medical and Health Officers of the Ministry of Health and Quality of Life.
After three years of successful academic and clinical training in Mauritius, 5 students obtained their "Diplome Universitaire (DU)", and in November 2015, started their one-year training at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire of Bordeaux for the "Diplome de Formation Medicale Specialisee {DFMS) de Medecine In terne Genera le".
One postgraduate student did not obtain the DU and was out of the programme whilst the remaining two students were provisionally registered for the DFMS November 2016 to October 2017 subject to their obtaining the DU.

The final examinations for the DU would be held in 2016.

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Specialisation in Primary Health Care A draft of the 3-year programme was prepared and ready in September 2014.

The programme was awaiting approval by the 'Conseil de Faculte' of the Univer sity of Bordeaux.
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Gay and Professor F. Sztark, the Ministry would be sending a formal request to the University of Bordeaux for the implementation of this programme as a high priority project of the Ministry of Health and Quality of Life.

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Specialisat ion in Emergency Medicine (for Emergency Physicians and Medi cal & Health Officers/Senior Medical & Health Officers) The University of Reunion carried out a mission of prospection in January 2015.
The 3-year training programme obtained accreditation with the University of Reunion and approval of the Medical Council of Mauritius.

lt will be run in collaboration with the University of Reunion and University of Bordeaux.

lt is projected to train two batches as follows:- • 1st batch: 20 Emergency Physicians in post •.2nd batch: 25 participants to be selected from among eligible applicants.

15 The list of 117 eligible applicants had been received from the parent Ministry in December 2015.
The first stage of the selection process, namely the written examination was programmed for early January 2016.

Candidates scoring more than 50% were expected to undergo the second stage of the selection exercise through an interview panel.
DIPLOMA COURSES: PARAMEDICAL STUDIES Top Up Programme leading to the National Pharmacy Technician Diploma A one-year top programme leading to the National Pharmacy Technician Diploma was developed to enable about 200 serving Pharmacy Dispensers of the Ministry of Health to upgrade their Certificate to the Diploma Levei.The first course comprised of 32 candidates possessing the Certificate in Pharmacy Dispensing.
Of the 32 candidates, 30 were from the Ministry of Health and Quality of Life and 2 from the Mauritius Prisons Services.Training started on 10 February 2015 and ended on 17 December 2015. lt is to be noted that this programme obtained accreditation with the Mauritius Qualifications Authority in December 2014.

29 participants successfully completed the programme.

DIPLOMA COURSES: NURSING STUDIES 1.

Training in Emergency Medicine for Nurses [Diplome Universitaire (D.U .)
in Emergency Nursing (lnfirmiers Urgentistes)] 22 candidates were selected to follow the above training programme which started on 05 January 2015.

The course lasted fourteen months.

lt consisted of academic teaching blocks and one year of supervised practical tra ining in the SAMU Units, ICU, Accident and Emergency Department, Operating The atres, Cardiac ICU, Neonatal and Labour Wards.

The final examinations were scheduled for early January 2016.
Successful candidates would be awarded the "Diplome d'Universite Soins et Medecine d'Urgence".

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Diploma in Diabetes Foot Care Nursing 2.1 Diploma in Diabetes Foot Care Nursing (Duration 2 years) This programme aimed at training 20 Nursing Officers of the Ministry of Health and Quality of Life in Diabetes Foot Care Nursing.

lt comprised of 3 components: (i) Theoretical and practical training imparted through teaching missions by the University of Swansea from March 2013 to December 2014.
(ii) (iii) A 16-week online course.

A one-year theoretical and practical teaching programme run by the Mauritius Institute of Health from March 2015 to January 2016.

Participants who were successful in the first 2 components obtained a 'Foundation Certificate in Wound Healing' of the University of Cardiff and were eligible to follow the third component.

Those successful in all 3 components would be eligible for the Diploma in Diabetes Foot Care Nursing.
lt is to be noted that in line with the current policy of the MIH, accredita tion of the programme had been sought with the MOA.

2 .2 Diploma in Diabetes Foot Care Nursing (Duration 2 years) A two-year course has been developed for registered nurses of the Ministry of Health and Quality of Life with a minimum of 5 years service.

The curriculum has been sent to the MQA for accreditation.
17 AWARD OF QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE NURSING SECTOR In line with recommendations contained in the Pay Research Bureau for the upgrading of qualifications of nursing personnel from Certificate to Diploma level, the Ministry of Health and Quality of Life took measures to upgrade the training of all its nursing personnel .to the Diploma level.

The MIH acted as the Awarding Body and, as such, was responsible for the monitoring, supervision and assess ment of trainees.

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Top-Up Programme Leading to National Diploma in Nursing (Rodrigues - 1st Batch) The 1st batch for Rodrigues started on 2 June 2014 with 61 participants, 58 completed the course in December 2014; there were 2 drop-outs and 1 partici pant completed in October 2015.

The Award Ceremony was held in Rodrigues on Sunday 23 August 2015 and 58 participants received the Diploma.

One referred candidate successfully completed the course in December 2015.

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Top-Up Programme Leading to National Diploma in Nursing (Mauritius - 3rd Batch) The 3rd Batch for Mauritius started training on 22 September 2014 with 503 participants and ended in April 2015.

There were 16 drop-outs.

Out of 487 participants, 480 successfully completed the course.

7 candidates were unable to fulfil all the course requirements within the normal time frame and would do so subsequently.

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Top-Up Programme Leading to National Diploma in Nursing (Rodrigues - 2nd Batch) The course started on 25 February 2015 with 60 participants.

58 participants successfully completed the course in September 2015 and were eligible for award of the Diploma.

There were 2 drop-outs.

The Award Ceremony was due to be held in Rodrigues early in 2016.

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Assessment for the National Diploma in Nurs ing (New Recruits) Three batches, totalling 522 candidates were undergoing training as detailed in Table 4 below:- Table 5: Assessment for National Diploma in Nursing Batch Date Started/ End Date No.
of Trainees Batch 1 5 August 2013 I August 2016 129 Assessments Intermediate Final Pl&P2 Practical Pl&P2 24 Nov. 19 to 5 Dec. Nov. 2014 2014 *Nov. 2016 Batch 2 15 July 2014 /August 2017 238 Batch 3 9 March 2015 /March 2018 155 (20 from Rodrigues) 26 Oct. 2015 *Aug. 2016 4 to 26 January 2016 *Sept. 2016 * Tentative dates.

19 CERTIFICATE COURSES 1 .

Certificate Course tor Dental Assistants (2nd batch) This certificate course for 15 Dental Assistants started in May 2014 and will be completed by May 2016.
Training consists of 1 full-day of theoretical training per week at the MIH and 3 Y2 days of supervised practice in dental clinics of the Ministry of Health and Quality of Life.

The objective of the course is to provide dental professionals of the public sector with a body of well trained and qualified assistants to help them in daily activities in dental surgeries as well as in dental health promotion and community dental work.
The one-year certificate course is delivered over two calendar years in order to minimise disruption of clinical services.

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Certificate Course tor Physiotherapy Assistants The one-year certificate course for 21 Physiotherapy Assistants of the Ministry of Health and Quality of Life started on 4 March 2015 and is expected to end in March 2017 .

The main objective of the training programme is to assist physio therapy personnel in developing a solid knowledge base to improve practice .
Training consists of 2 full days of theoretical training per week at the MIH and 3 half-days of supervised practice in physiotherapy departments of regional hospi tals of the Ministry of Health and Quality of Life.

2 batches are being trained concurrently and are inclusive of two participants from Rodrigues .

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HIV Rap id Testing Training Programme The objective of this programme was to provide Non-Governmental Organisations involved in the fight against HIV/AIDS with personnel equipped with knowledge and skills to perform HIV rapid tests accurately and reliably within the commu nity.

This training programme consisted of face to face training, delivered over two days at the MIH and six months of field work.

The 1st batch of 14 trainees was expected to complete training in March 2016.
A second batch of training is scheduled for February I March 2016.

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Tra ining Course in Electro-Encephalograph y One temporary Electro-Encephalograhy (EEG) Technician started a six-month on the job training at the EEG Department, Brown Sequard Mental Health Care Centre, Beau Bassin on 1st June 2015, under the guidance and supervision of the Senior EEG Technician.

The candidate was expected to be awarded a certificate from the MIH upon successful completion of the training programme, 3.
End of Posting Assessment of Pre-Reg istration House Officers (PRHOs) The MIH provides the physical set-up as well as the administrative services for the organisation of the assessment of Pre-Registration House Officers.

Assess ment was held over 60 days.

The number of PRHOs assessed in 2015 was 843.

The graph on the next page shows the overall results: 21 176 178 200 180 160 140 120 60 80 "tt 100 ~ > 0 > c ·-Ill I.
~ 40 .Q E 20 ::::s z 0 I Pass • Fail Orthopaedics Pa ediatrics Obstetrics & Gynaecology General Surgery General Medicine Discipline in which assessed Figure s: End of Posting Assessment for Pre-Registration House Officers 5.

· Training Course for Duty Managers The Duty Manager is a senior doctor responsible for ensuring the smooth run ning of all hospital services after normal working hours.
At present t here is a pool of 30 senior Medical and Health Officers, Medical Superintendents and Emer,gency Physicians who assume the functions of Duty Manager on a roster basis.

They are responsible for the proper coordination of all clinical and admin istrative activities in the hospitals and health centres after normal working hours and on Sundays and public holidays .
At the request of the Ministry of Health and Quality of Life, the MIH prepared and delivered a training programme to enhance the capacity of duty managers for effective coordination of hospital activities for the delivery of high quality service to patients and to the community.
30 Duty Managers attended training sessions at MIH every Wednesday after noon for ten weeks and were able to engage in fruitful discussions with a wide range of key resource persons including Directors of Health Services, Regional Health Directors, Clinical Consultants, Hospital Administrators, and Human Re source Managers.

Training which started in October 2014, was completed on 28 January 201 5.

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Training of Mentors in Basic Pedagogy This programme started in 2014 and was aimed at training medical profession als of the Ministry of Health and Quality of Life in basic pedagogy with a view to enhancing their capacity to train other medical staff, especially pre-registration medical graduates.

In this context, the Mauritius Institute of Education (MIE), at the request of the MIH, conducted several workshops for Consultants and Specialists so as to provide them with basic knowledge in pedagogy.
Three more workshops were organised in 2015 for some 60 Consultants and Specialists/Senior Specialists.
[ CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR NURSES Diabetes Foot Care Workshop on Wound Management for Nursing Officers Two 2-day training workshops were organised in December 2015 to impart skills in basic diabetes wound management to nursing personnel working in the primary health care sector, in Orthopaedics Units and General Surgery Units at hospital levei.The need to train nursing personnel in this area was realised in the course of discussions between the Institute and the Ministry of Health and Quality of Life relating to the training programme in Diabetes Foot Care Nursing.
lt was felt that these staff should possess skills in basic wound management so as not to overload nursing personnel working in foot care clinics with patients that could be effectively managed at primary care level or in the orthopaedic and the general surgery units.

The services of Mr R. Deenoo, currently Team Leader, Central London Community Health Care NHS Trust, London, were retained for the delivery of the workshops.

69 Nursing Officers followed the programme.


23 REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMES 1.

Distance Learning Programmes on Population Issues (DLPI) Since 2005, the Institute collaborates with the United Nation Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) for the delivery of the "Distance Learning on Population Issues" programme.
In 2015 the MIH was responsible for tutoring the following five courses: Course 1 : Sexual and Reproductive Health Course 2: HIV/AIDS: Making a Difference Course 3: Gender Mainstreaming: Taking Action Getting Results Course 6: Reducing Maternal Deaths: Selecting Priorities, Tracking Progress Course 8: Population Poverty and Development A total of 140 UNFPA staff from different parts of the world was trained.

Table 6: DLPI Courses delivered in year 2015 Date Course No.

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2 March - 24 April Course 1 Nwnberof participants 11 No of participants per term 34 2015 (Spring Term) 2.

01June - 24 July 2015 (Summer Term) 3.

31 August- 23 October 2015 (Fall Term) Course 2 Course 3 Course 6 Course 8 Course 1 Course 2 Course 3 Course 6 Course 8 Course 1 Course 3 Course 6 Course 8 4.

30 November 2015 Course 1 - OS February 2016 Course 2 (Winter Term) Total no of participants Course 3 Course 6 Course 8 24 5 3 3 12 8 6 4 8 12 8 4 3 13 11 6 6 5 12 38 28 40 140 2.
Capacity Building for the Domestication of Harmonised Policies and Re gional Minimum Standards for HIV&AIDS in SADC Member States .

In April 2013, the MIH, after a competitive bid, signed a contract with the SADC Secretariat for the preparation and delivery of a regional training programme for the Domestication of the SADC Regional Minimum Standards on HIV Testing and Coun selling and Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV.
The programme was funded by the African Development Fund.Seven workshops were conducted in Member States during 2015.The project ended in December 2015.

Countries involved were South Africa, Mauritius, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Botswana and Namibia.

225 participants were trained.

Details are given in table 6:- Table 7: No of participants trained per member state.
Member Date Duration Venue Participants State South Africa 12 March 2015 1 day Mauritius 10-11 June 2015 2 days Zimbabwe 7-9 July 2015 3 days Lesotho 10-12August 2015 3 days Tanzania S-7 October 2015 3 days Botswana 15-16 October 2015 2 days Namibia 26-27 November 2015 2 days of Health Dept Pretoria Mauritius Institute of Health Rainbow Towers, Harare Avani Sun Hotel, Maseru Ledger Plaza Hotel, Dar es Salaam President Hotel, Gaborone Country Club, Windhoek 27 25 42 54 25 33 19 3.
Field Epidemiology Training Programme/Into Epi1 The Mauritius Institute of Health collaborates with the Indian Ocean Commission for the regional training of field epidemiologists with the objective of strengthen ing Communicable Diseases Surveillance in Comores, Madagascar, Mauritius and Seychelles.This training programme lasts two years.

Training for a third batch with 25 participants started in November 2015.

25 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACTIVITIES Development of Softwares and Databases 1 .
Development of surveillance software and outbreak databases for communicable diseases Surveillance of communicable disease is recognised as the cornerstone of public health decision-making and practice.

The epidemic outbreak of Chikungunya in 2006 and sporadic emergence of malaria over the past years confirm the vulner ability of Mauritius to infectious diseases.
Therefore, surveillance data is crucial for monitoring the health status of the population, detecting diseases and trig gering action to prevent further illness, and to contain public health problems.

As the momentum to scale up the global response to communicable diseases increases, public health practitioners need to constantly review their performance in detecting and responding to communicable diseases.
In this context, the MIH, further to a request from the Ministry of Health and Quality of Life, designed and developed the under mentioned programmes for the Communicable Disease Control Unit (CDCU) of the Ministry:- (i) A Disease Surveillance Software The Disease Surveillance Software was developed to facilitate electronic trans fer of public health surveillance data in the healthcare system quickly, securely and in an understandable form.
This enables health agencies to use information technology more effectively by developing patient-centered systems that help health departments identify issues such as co-morbidities that occur in the same individual over time.

(ii) A Food Borne Outbreak Database The food borne outbreak database was developed using the EPi lnfo Software and it captures national food borne outbreak data from local health departments.
The data is then analyzed to track and report the foods, germs and settings where outbreaks occur and increases our understanding of its impact on human health.

26 (iii) A Vector Borne Outbreak Database Similarly, the vector borne outbreak database was developed to capture vector borne outbreak data in Mauritius.

The data is then analysed to report the agents responsible for the outbreak and to determine its incubation period.
Following the development of the software and databases, a hands-on training workshop was organised with the objective of training 75 public health inspec torate cadres in the use of these tools for surveillance programmes, thus helping Mauritius achieve the implementation of International Health Regulations in Out break Investigation.

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Development of Master Certificate Register (MCR) Software As the training arm of the Ministry of Health and Quality of Life, the MIH offers award and non-award courses for which certificates have to be issued.

The current system for certificate record keeping is a manual one and involves keeping hard copies of certificates issued by the Institute in the respective project files.
This manual system leads to numerous difficulties as listed below: • Time consuming • Difficulty to access the certificates, especially several years after the award date; • Increased paper work; • Slow process; • Analysis of data has to be effected manually and is time consuming; and • Duplication of work; and subsequently leading to lack of efficiency in work processes.

Maximum use of Information and Communication Technology is made in this context to circumvent many of the problems listed above.
The MCR was de signed and developed by the IT Unit of the Institute.

The project was initiated in October 201 5 and a first version of the software was ready by December 2015.

Testing of software, training of staff in its use and implementation of the project is expected to take place in 2016.
27 The MCR is expected to include an automated computerised registry of digitised certificates for students who have successfully completed training programmes at the Institute; to provide details of the programmes run at the Institute and relevant data.
The MCR would be expected to offer the following additional benefits:- Accuracy Increased cost-effectiveness Easier data access High speed More reliable filing system Save time Simpler to use - information can be retrieved with one click, and Less paper work.

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Training in Information Techno logy Training in Information Technology was conducted as a component of programmes listed below:- i) Data Analysis with SPSS Training for Diploma in Foot Care for Nurses Programme- ( 1 0- 27 April)- 21 participants ii) Top-up programme leading to National Pharmacy Technician Diploma ( 1 2 Feb - 09 April)- 32 participants iii) Nursing research module for Diploma in Foot Care for Nurses Programme (22 June - 1 0 Aug)- 21 participants iv) Research methodology module for Top-Up programme leading to National Pharmacy Technician Diploma- ( 13 April - 31 July)- 32 participants v) Certificate course in Physiotherapy Assisting- (04 March - 13 May)- 21 participants in 2 batches vi) Evaluation Analysis for Pre-registration House Officers Orientation Course 28 CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT COMPLETED CURRICULA 1.
Diploma in Rad iation Therapy Techno logy A 3-year curriculum was developed and submitted to the Mauritius Qualifications Authority in December 2015 for accreditation purposes .

lt is expected that 10 participants will be trained for the Top-Up Programme.

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT UNDER PROCESS Curriculum development was under process for the following programmes:- 1.
Certificate in Health Care Technology Healthcare has become increasingly dependent on complex and sophisticated technologies with significant budgetary implications.

Medical and surgical equipment are the key armamentarium to effective treatment, diagno-sis, prevention and are.

They need to be maintained and cared for by a dedicated team in order to ensure safety and effective delivery of health care services .
In this backdrop, a one-year certificate course aimed at Surgical Technologists of the Ministry of Health and Quality of Life has been elaborated.

The objective of the training is to impart skills to incumbents in the management of medical and surgical equipment.
The curriculum development phase involved a wide consultative approach to meet the specific training needs of the surgical technologists, and was completed in December 2015.The next step is to obtain accreditation of the approved curriculum from the Mauritius Qualifications Authority.

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Diploma in Podo-Orthosis Given the high prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus in Mauritius and the high percentage of foot ulcers and other foot complications · leading to lower limb amputations in the population, the Ministry of Health and Quality of Life has taken a number of measures to improve the prevention and management of foot complications among diabetic and other patients.
29 In line with the above, the Ministry is setting up a fully equipped Podo-Orthosis Unit at the Orthopaedic Workshop in Beau Bassin and has requested the MIH to liaise with an institution from abroad in order to prepare a two-year full time certificate course in Podo-Orthosis for fifteen trainee 'Assistant Orthopaedic Technicians'.
In 2015, a Consultant from South Africa conducted a mission in Mauritius and made a number of recommendations regarding equipment and materials needed for the new Podo-Orthosis section and the essential components of the training curriculum.

Currently, the MIH is developing the full course curriculum in close collaboration with the Superintendent of the Orthopaedic Workshop, the Orthopaedic Techni cian and other resource persons.

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Medical Emergency Response Train ing for Fire Fighters The Mauritius Fire and Rescue Service is responsible for the prevention and suppression of fires and protection of life and property.

lt provides fire and emergency cover to the population at all times.

The Department keen to continuously update its staff on life saving measures, has made a request to the MIH for a training course in Medical Emergencies and Rescue Operations for all its staff.
For this programme, the MIH is working closely with the Ministry of Health and Quality of Life, especially the SAMU Unit, to develop a nine-month certificate course.

A training manual is also under preparation.

lt is expected that training will be delivered to batches of thirty participants.

Theoretical training will take place at the MIH and practical training with the SAMU Services.

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Diploma in Diabetes Foot Care Nursing Development of the curriculum for this 2-year programme was completed and the curriculum submitted to the Mauritius Qualifications Authority in August 2015 for accreditation.

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Comp lementary Programme for Diploma in Diabetes Foot Care Nursing The curriculum for the complementary programme was also submitted in August 2015 to the Mauritius Qualifications Authority for accreditation.

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Training in Swallowing Disorders This continuing professional development programme is aimed at health professionals engaged in care of patients with swallowing disorders.

lt will target Speech and Hearing Therapists, ENT Surgeons, Paediatricians, Physiotherapists and will require input from consultant overseas.

The MIH has been requested to work out a budget for the training.
lt is imperative to set up the curriculum committee to help design and determine the technical requirements of the course before the cost estimate can be worked out.

The Ministry has been informed accordingly.

The setting up of the curriculum committee is awaited.
31 RESEARCH ACTIVITIES INTERNATIONAL TOBACCO CONTROL POLICY EVALUATION PROJECT, MAURITIUS This collaborative project with the International Tobacco Control Policy Evalua tion Project (the ITC Project) based at University of Waterloo, Canada had the objective of evaluating the impact of tobacco control policies implemented un der the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC).

lt started in 2009 and Waves 1, 2 and 3 were completed in 2010, 2011 and 2012 respec tively.
Wave 4 of the project was planned in 2015 and was expected to be conducted in 2016 after the coming into circulation of a new set of pictorial health warnings on cigarette packs.

The ITC Mauritius Survey has become an integral part of the national tobacco control programme and provides the necessary evidence to scale up tobacco control policies to reduce morbidity and mortality caused by tobacco use.
Posters on the findings of the ITC Mauritius Surveys were presented at the 16th World Conference on Tobacco or Health held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emir ates, from 17 to 21 March 2015.

In the context of the World No Tobacco Day on 31 May 2015, the Non-Governmental Organization against tobacco use, ViSa, organized a workshop in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Quality of Life and the MIH, with the aim of discussing tobacco endgame strategies for Mauritius.
In July 2015, two workshops were held by ViSa, in collaboration with the MOHOL and the MIH, with the objective of training trainers for prevention of tobacco use.

During the 62nd East Central and Southern Africa (ECSA) Health Ministers Con ference held at the Intercontinental Resort 'Hotel, Mauritius, the Research Offic ers of the MIH made an oral presentation entitled "Developing the evidence base to support WHO-FCTC policies: Findings from the ITC Policy Evaluation Survey Mauritius".
The objective of the presentation was to showcase the Mauritian experience in tobacco control research for surveillance and control of NCDs.

32 mCESSA TION PROGRAMME .

Since the last several decades, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have raised major public health concerns in Mauritius.

Tobacco is the single most prevent able risk factor for all the NCDs and more than 40% of men smoke in Mauritius.
However, the majority of Mauritian smokers report a desire to quit and more than two-thirds of smokers have attempted to do so (International Tobacco Con trol Policy Evaluation Surveys, Mauritius 2009-2012).

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Telecommunica tions Union (ITU) have set up a global mobile health (mHealth) initiative focused on providing solutions for NCDs through mobile technologies.
In April 2014, Mauritius expressed its interest to join the WHO/ITU mHealth initiative and imple ment a mCessation programme for smokers wanting to quit.

mCessation is a promising innovative intervention using interactive features of mobile phones to deliver evidence-based information, strategies and behavioural support, for a period of 6 months, directly to smokers wishing to quit.
Given the widespread use of mobile phones in Mauritius, with 135.5 mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 inhabitants in 2015, the mCessation programme is expected to provide efficient, rapid and cheaper cessation services to smokers.

In October 2015, WHO identified the Mauritius Institute of Health (MIH) to assist the Ministry of Health and Quality of Life in the programme development process and in the writing up of the Project Implementation Document for the mCessation programme.Dr E.T.
d'Espagnet, Coordinator for Comprehensive Information Systems for Tobacco Control and Miss L. Chamas, Consultant Prevention of NCDs at WHO Geneva, visited Mauritius from 23rd to 26th November, 2015 to oversee the implementation of the mCessation programme.

They had various working sessions with the MIH research team and other stakeholders.

The MIH will also develop an evaluation plan to assess whether the mCessation programme meets its objectives, after a year of implementation.
33 EVALUATION OF THE HEAL THY SCHOOL CANTEEN PROJECT IN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN THE REPUBLIC OF MAURITIUS The Mauritius Institute of Health in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Quality of Life and the Ministry of Education and Human Resources developed a research proposal to evaluate the implementation of the Healthy School Canteen Project (as per the Food Act 2009) in primary and secondary schools in the Republic of Mauritius.

Ethical approval was sought and obtained in April 2014.
Funding requests for the implementation of the study were unsuccessful.

How ever, funding opportunities were still being explored as the study was expected to provide evidence to guide policymakers to promote healthy eating behaviour among students and counter the rise of risk factors for non communicable dis eases from early age in line with the Food Act 2009.
MAURITIUS BIRTH DEFECTS REGISTRY During the 63rd World Health Assembly in May 2010, the resolution was taken to establish appropriate surveillance systems for birth defects, especially in low and-middle income countries, in order to monitor the infant morbidity and mor tality attributable to birth defects.

In 2013, the Mauritius Birth Defects Registry (MBDR) was developed at the Mauritius Institute of Health (MIH).
The MBDR is managed by the MIH in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Quality of Life (MOHandQL) and the World Health Organization (WHO).

Active registra tion of birth defects cases from public hospitals and private clinics with mater nity services was ongoing throughout 2015.

The first MBDR (2013 Report) was produced in 2014, the second MBDR Report (2014 Report) was ready in April 2015, and the MBDR l3eport for 2015 is under way.
lt is to be noted that cases from Rodrigues Island will also be incorporated in the 2015 report thus attaining a population-based level for the Republic of Mauritius.

In September 2015, the MBDR Reports of 2013 and 2014 were disseminated in Rodrigues in order to sensitize the healthcare staff about the objectives and impor tance of the MBDR.

The staff was also trained to fill in the registration form in order to obtain quality and complete birth defects data from Rodrigues.
In November 2015, a dissemination meeting was held at the Ministry of Health and Quality of Life to present the MBDR 2014 Report to stakeholders.

34 STUDY ON KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, BELIEFS AND PRACTICE OF BREASTFEEDING IN THE ISLAND OF MAURITIUS .

Ethical clearance for the above study was obtained in 2014 and funding for implementation was made available in 2015 by the WHO.
However, the sam pling procedures of the study were hindered as the list of babies and their moth ers ' details at the Civil Status Office could not be accessed.

CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE SURVEY (2014 CPS) Dissemination workshops were held in 2015 for Mauritius and Rodrigues for the 2014 CPS which was conducted by the MIH with funding from the UNFPA.

The preliminary reports were ready in September 2015 and finalisation by the Tech nical Committee was awaited.
STUDY ON USE OF STABLE ISOTOPE TECHNIQUE TO ASSESS BODY COMPOSITION IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS AS A RISK FACTOR IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHRONIC DISEASES.

This study was carried out by the Biochemistry Section of the Central Health Laboratory with funding from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

The MIH acted as the Provider Institution for management of funds.

The project would be over by March 2016.


CANCER SURVIVAL STUDY IN MAURITIUS (CANCER AFRICAN REGISTRIES NETWORK) This was another study where the MIH acted as the Provider Institution for the management of funds for the Central Laboratory Services of the Ministry of Health and Quality of Life.

The project ended in January 2015.


35 DOCUMENTATION CENTRE ( OVERVIEW J One of the objects of the MIH is "to act as a focal point and resource centre for the production, exchange and promotion of health learning and health information materials".
In line with this it provides numerous services namely: • • • • • • • Loan of books and publications to MIH staff and students Bibliographical search and information retrieval User education Internet access points Technical support to users and students Loan of equipment and teaching aids Audio-visual support for training and research purposes.

HIGHLIGHTS FOR 2015 During the period under review, the Documentation Centre experienced continu ing and expanding interest in its services.
The following were recorded: • In addition to MIH students, 1000 health professionals visited the Docu- mentation Centre.

• A total number of 1 22 books and other publications were taken on loan by staff, students and resource persons.

• Bibliographical search and information retrieval were facilitated by staff upon request.

Manual as well as computer literature search facilities were pro vided.
• User education is another important service that is conducted for partici pants following courses at the MIH.

The policy of the MIH is to empower health care professionals to conduct their own documentation and literature searches.

In 2015, five training sessions were held for the different courses conducted at the MIH and 109 participants were trained.

• Library archive comprises mainly of journal back issues, reports on local health services, health statistics and other documents.
A collection of "Annual Health Report of Ministry of Health" dating as far back as 1935 ( 1935- 1980), was digitized to enable users to access information contained therein.

36 Digitization enables to preserve and avoid damaging the paper version of these documents containing invaluable information.

• The Internet connectivity was upgraded following revamping of the band width services of our Internet Service Provider, Mauritius Telecom.
The band width moved from 6 mbps to 30 mbps, which widely improved the quality of Internet access at the Institute.

The library and all lecture rooms were fully equipped with WiFi Internet access points to allow users to connect to the VHLM and the MIH E-Learning Space from their mobile devices.

• Users spent more than 4, 700 hours on the VHLM portal during the year, this averaged to about 7 hours per user.

A total of 650 users were registered on the portal in 201 5.
THE VIRTUAL HEALTH LIBRARY MAURITIUS (VHLM) PROJECT This project which aims at providing online access to health information to healthcare professionals took off in November 2013.

Online registration of medi cal staff continued in year 2015. lt was expected that all medical officers would have registered by the end of 2015.The objective of registration was to compile a database of potential users of the virtual library.
Internet connectivity at the MIH was also upgraded and the MIH was connected to the Fibre Optic Network.

Concurrently, the MIH worked on the development and setting up of the hosting platform, the creation, development and customization of the portal, the selection of the core contents for the portal and the technical management and monitoring of the platform.
The first phase of the VHLM Project saw the registration of 315 additional health care professionals (HCPs), bringing the cumulative total number of registered HCPs to 1036 at 31 December 2015.

Although this first phase of the projec targeted doctors only, requests for registration were made by other HCPs and acceded to.

Table 7 shows details of registration for 2015.


37 Table 8: Registration of HCPs on VHLM in year 2015 Grade Number registered in Specialists Registered/Senior Registered Medical Officers 1---- .

Nursmg Pharmacy Paramedical Pre-registration House Officers 2015 27 71 37 35 10 137 A 'how to' guide was created for users to enable them to access and make optimum use of the wide range of medical and health resources available on the portal.
Registration of users is an ongoing process and invitation to register is sent at regular intervals to heads of units and departments.

Phase 2 of this project aims at extending this service to nurses, paramedical staff and other departments in the public health sector.

The launching of phase 2 of the VHLM was scheduled for early January 2016.

Figure 6: Overview of use of VHLM from 1st January to 31st December 2015 Audience Overview Jan 1.

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201 5 0 All Users 11;) • )1"1' CNtrvitw :oo S$5:SICiO$ ?ag9'S 1 Seso::100 4,703 ---- ' - - 1.48 ------------ -------- 76.29% Users 3,588 Pa)&'o'l6'ns 6,939 ______,-- "---- ~ A...-g ~ssrt:!l'1 0Jt31Ct'l 00:00 :59 &"nee Rate 75.91% ------ -- 38 [ MIH E-LEARNING SPACE J The MIH E-Learning Space provides access to an online educational platform which has recently been installed to reach MIH staff, course participants and resource persons.
The platform is only accessible with a login at http:// els.mih.institute.

As a new initiative, this online educational tool is particularly being used to upload course materials like course presentations, handouts, train ing calendars, time-table and announcements.

lt has been noticed that 80% of the MIH students can connect to the MIH online services through their own mobile devices.
Besides facilitating access to educational material, the E-Learning Space project also contributes to the efforts of the Institute to reduce its consumption of paper in an effort not only to reduce costs but at the same time to contribute to global efforts to protect the environment.

39 THREE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLANNING YEARS 2013-2015 The M I H caters for training and research needs in the health sector, more specifically on health care provision to the population.
The activities deployed relate to the develop ment and delivery of educational programmes for health professionals; conduct of stud ies to assess the severity and magnitude of health problems in the community and to evaluate the remedial measures undertaken; to take initiatives that strengthen technical cooperation among countries of the region.
Following consultations, the Management and Staff have agreed on the following set of objectives to be achieved in the coming three years:- ~ To review, update and/or upgrade curricula and deliver training for Health Personnel in line with development and advances in the health care sector.

~ To design, develop and deliver post-basic training programmes for Nursing Personnel in specialised fields.
~ To undertake Research and Studies with a view to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of health care interventions and provision of services.

~ To strengthen Regional and International co-operation in Health Manpower Development.

~ To explore and develop distance learning as a means to expand access to the repertoire of training programmes offered by the Institute to a greater audience and increase cost effectiveness of training at all levels.
~ To function as an Awarding Body for National Certificate and Diploma Courses in Health and Social Sectors.

~ To participate in the implementation of the revised Pre-registration training programme of medical graduates, through programme development, monitoring of training activities and conduct of examinations.

40 ~ To be responsible for the organisation and coordination of educational programmes relating to Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
The MIH will make maximum use of Information Technology facilities for the delivery of these programmes.

~ To increase MIH capacity in order to respond adequately to meet these objectives.

The course of action to be taken to achieve these objectives, the relevant programme of activities [Programme of Work] and budgetary implications are worked out on an annual basis for approval by the MIH Executive Board before implementation.

A mid-term review is carried out each year to monitor progress.
The Programme of Work for Research and Training for year 2015, as approved by the MIH Executive Board at its 1 04th Meeting on 04 December 2014 is at Annex 5 41 BOA.RU !

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0 :::0 G) )> z -ln ~ -0 z )> I n I )> :::0 ~ STAFF MATTERS STAFFING PATTERN The staff structure at the MIH comprises a core group of 36 members, including 7 experienced professionals attached to the Training and Research Units.

They are assisted by a team of secretarial, administrative and support staff.
The Staff List as at December 2015 was as follows:- ( sTAFF LIST J MANAGEMENT Dr (Mrs) G. Daby Executive Director [as from 20 October 20141 PROFESSIONAL STAFF Dr K. Luchmaya Dr R. Ramyead Dr (Mrs) B.K.Didarally-Khodabocus To give assistance as Training Manager Training Manager [on contract) Training Manager [on contract) Mr P. Burhoo Mrs L. Moussa Mr R. Beebeejaun Mr R.A. Seesurrun SECRETARIAL STAFF Mrs S. Ancharuz Mrs I. Bholah Mrs S. Boodnah Mrs I. Jugroop Mrs K. Matar Mrs H.D.A Venkatachellum ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT STAFF Mr V .
Ghurburrun Miss N.lndoonundon MrS. Mogaul Mr S.S .

Pillai Mr N. Ramkurrun Mrs P. Seegoolam Mr S. Sohabul Mrs B.F. Sookun Mr T.Teeluck Mr R.Teepoo WORKMEN CADRE Mr P.D.

Bowaneedin Mr R. Bundhooa Mr V.Caunhye Mr R. Dhunsoo Mr H. Dookheea Mr K.Heeramun Mr A.S Moos Mr A .

Nowbuth Mr S.K Ramnarain .
Mr V Shibdoyal Mr D. Sookdharry Mr K. Takoordyal (on secondment as from 20 December 2013) Research Officer/Senior Research Officer Research Officer/Senior Research Officer IT Trainer To give assistance to Training Manager Executive Assistant Confidential Secretary Executive Assistant Executive Assistant Clerk/Word Processing Operator Executive Assistant Clerical Officer/Higher Clerical Officer Management Support Officer (on secondment from the MOH&OL) Printing and Publishing Officer Documentalist Executive Assistant (Personal) Management Support Officer (on secondment from the MOH&QL) Computer Officer Assistant Financial Officer Receptionist/Telephone Operator Clerical Assistant Cook Office Attendant General Worker (on secondment from MOH&QL as from 01 August 2014) Office Attendant (on leave without pay, resumed on 24 December 2014) Senior Office Attendant General Worker Driver General Worker Driver General Worker (on secondment from MOH&QL as from 01 August 20 14) Office Attendant Handyman 43 [ sTAFF TRAINING J Staff training for the period under consideration was as follows:- Table 9: Staff Training in 2015 Training Programme Dates and Organising Attended by Officer World Cancer Day Workshop on International Women's Day Institutions 5-6 February 2015 Ministry of Health and Quality of Life 2 March 2015 Ministry of Gender Equality, Child Development and Family Welfare 2 April2015 e-doceo Mauritius Mrs L. Moussa Research Officer/Senior Research Officer Dr (Mrs) B. K Didarally- Khodabocus Training Manager Mr S.S. Pillai Documentalist Dr K. Luchmaya Training Manager Conference e-doceo Presentation of e-learning services and launching of skill catch Half day seminar on Intellectual 24 April 2015 Property, Innovation and Technology Transfer Mauritius Research Council Half-day lecture introductory 7 May 2015 Dr (Mrs) G. Daby insights towards understanding Ministry of Finance and Executive Director emotional intelligence Economic Development Workshop for Policy on Science 13 May 2015 Dr K. Luchmaya and Technology Promotion Rajiv Gandhi Science Centre Training Manager Workshop on the occasion of 18 May 2015 Mr M.R.
Beebeejaun the World Telecommunications National Computer Board IT Trainer and Information Society Day Seminar on Occupational Safety 26 to 27 May 2015 MrS. S. Pillai and Health for Employees in the Parastatal Organisations Documentalist Ministry of Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment, Occupational Safety and Health Information and Training Centre Workshop No Tobacco Day 29 May 2015 2015 VISA Mr P. Burhoo and Mrs L. Moussa Research Officers/Senior Research Officers 44 Table 9: Staff Training in 2015 ( cond'd) Training Programme Atelier de formation a Dates and Organising Institutions Attended by Officer 8 -12 June 2015 MrS. Sohabul !
'application Blender-AUF Agence Universitaire de la Computer Officer Francophonie, Reduit Half day seminar Workshop on 19 June 2015 & 27 June 2015 Dr K. Luchmaya Workshop on Transplantation Ministry of Health and Quality Training Manager of Human Tissue of life Workshop on Access Control 30 June 2015 MrS. Sohabul and Identity Management National Computer Board Computer Officer Training of trainers workshop 22 July- 6 August 2015 on tobacco prevention VISA Workshop Contraceptive 6 & 9 July 2015 Mr P. Bu ~hoo Mrs l. Moussa Research Officer/Senior Research Officers Mr M.R.
Beebeejaun Prevalence Survey & World Ministry of Health and Quality IT Trainer Population Day 2015 of life Workshop: Action Plan for 13 July 2015 Dr R. Ramyead Tertiary Education Ministry of Education and Training Manager Human Resources, Tertiary Education and Scientific Research Advanced Secretarial Course for November 2014 to June 2015 Mrs lndira Bholah Confidential Secretaries Open University of Mauritius Confidential Secretary Salt toolkit and Development of 19-20 August 2015 a national multisectoral salt reduction strategy Half day Youth Networking 25 August 2015 World Health Organization Mr P. Burhoo Research Officer/Senior Research Officer Mr V. Ghurburrun Forum Independent Commission Management Support Officer Against Corruption (ICAC), Reduit Awareness Workshop- High 27 August 2015 Mr M.R Beebeejaun Performance Computing Mauritius Research Council IT Trainer Development of a Carbon 23 October 2015 Management Framework for Mauritius Research Council Dr K. luchmaya Training Manager the Tertiary Education Sector in Mauritius 45 MIH STAFF ACTING AS RESOURCE PERSON Table 10: MIH staff acting as resource person Training Programme Dates Officer Greenstone Digital Library Software Dissemination of Birth Defects Registry Reports 18-19 November 2015 Ministry of Education and Human Resources, Tertiary Education and Scientific Research 8 -11 September 2015 Rodrigues Dissemination of Contraceptive Prevalence Survey 2014 16 October 2015 Rodrigues Mr S.S. Pillai Documentalist Mrs L. Moussa Research Officer/Senior Research Officer Mr M. R. Beebeejaun IT Trainer or 46 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES/ WORKSHOPS Staff attended international conferences/workshops as per below:- Table 11: International Conferences/Workshops in 2015 International Conference/Workshop h World Conference on 161 Tobacco or Health Dates and Organising Institutions 17-21 March 2015 Abu Dhabi, UAE Attended by Officer Mr P. Burhoo Mrs L. Moussa Research Officer/Senior Research Officers Dr K. luchmaya Training Manager 2eme Comite de pilotage du pro jet
 Veille sanitaire 5-6 February 2015 Commission de I'Ocean lndien Reunion Island 9-13 March 2015 Pretoria, South Africa 15-17 April2015 6 to 10 July 2015 South African Development Dr K. luchmaya and Dr (Mrs) B. K Didarally- Khodabocus Training Managers Dr K. luchmaya and Dr (Mrs) B. K Didarally- Khodabocus Training Managers SADC Domestication of Harmonised Policies and Regional Minimal Standards for HIV &AIDS Consultative Meeting for Regional Training Institutions in Botswana the Domestication of Regional Minimum Standards for Communicable Diseases (SADC) SADC Domestication of Harmonised Policies and Regional Minimal Standards for Community Secretariat, HIV &AIDS National Training in Zimbabwe Workshop: SADC/ ADB Project 10 to12 August 2015 on Communicable Diseases HIV Southern African Development Dr (Mrs) B. K Didarally- Community Secretariat & AIDS Training in Lesotho lesotho 2,3 and 5 October 2015 Mauritius Family Planning & Welfare Association 16 October 2015 Rodrigues 5 - 9 October 2015 Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania Khodabocus Training Managers Dr (Mrs) B. K Didarally- Khodabocus Training Manager Mr. M.R Beebeejaun IT Trainer Dr K. luchmaya Training Manager Dr K. luchmaya and Dr (Mrs) B. K Didarally- Khodabocus Training Managers MFPWA Strategic Planning 2016-2022 Dr K. luchmaya and Zimbabwe Dissemination of Contraceptive Prevalence Survey 2014 SADC Domestication of Harmonised Policies and Regional Minimal Standards for HIV &AIDS National Training Workshop 47 Table 11: International Conferences/Workshops in 2015 ( cont'd) International Conference/Workshop Dates and Organising Institutions Attended by Officer 15-16 October 2015 Botswana SADC Domestication of Harmonised Policies and Regional Minimal Standards for Southern African Development HIV &AIDS National Training on HIV Symposium :- 3eme Journees de la veille sanitaire dans I' ocean indien Innovation Foundations in Enterprises 27, 29 and 30 October 2015 International Hotel, Balaclava 29 October 2015 Mauritius Research
 Council Community Secretariat Workshop on Examination Techniques & Student Assessment 62th ECSA-HC Health Ministers' Conference 30 October 2015 SSR Medical College Dr K. Luchmaya Training Manager Dr K. Luchmaya Training Manager Mr P. Burhoo Research Officer/Senior Research Officer Dr (Mrs) B. K Didarally- Khodabocus Training Manager Dr K. Luchmaya, Training Manager Mrs L. Moussa Research Officer/Senior Research Officers 29 November -1 December 2015 Ministry of Health and Quality Mr P. Burhoo and of Life Inter Continental Mauritius Resort Balaclava, Mauritius 25-26 November 2015 Southern African Development Dr (Mrs) B. K Didarally- Dr K. Luchmaya and SADC Domestication of Harmonised Policies and Regional Minimal Standards for Community Secretariat HIV &AIDS National Training Workshop Validation workshop- UN FPA Plan of Action Namibia 9 December 2015 Ministry of Health and Quality of Life Khodabocus Training Managers Dr (Mrs) B. K Didarally- Khodabocus Training Manager PART-TIME RESOURCE PERSONS For effective implementation of its training and research programmes, the MIH had recourse to expertise on a part-time session basis from health care and other professionals in Mauritius as well as foreign consultants as and when required.
48 FINANCE ( INCOME J The income of the institute is derived from the following sources:- a) Operationallncome Fees charged to National and International Agencies sponsoring courses; Other fees, including income derived from research projects and from services offered to other institutions/organisations.

b) Subsidy Annual grant from the Parent Ministry to run its training and research programmes.

c) Investment Income Interest on Deposits and Investment.
( PROVISIONS OF MIH ACT ) a) Section 9 of the MIH Act makes provision as follows:- The Institute shall set up a General Fund - into which all money received from any source by the Institute shall be paid, and out of which all payment made by the Institute shall be met.
Subject to Section 10 (2), the money deposited in the General Fund under sub section ( 1) shall be used and applied for the working of the Institute in such manner and for such purposes as, in the opinion of the Board, will best promote the interest of the Institute.
b) Section 10 (2) of the Act reads as follows:- Notwithstanding subsection ( 1 ), the Minister may direct the Board to refrain from incurring any particular expenditure which, in the opinion of the Minister, is unnecessary and the Board shall comply with the direction.

( BUDGET ESTIMATES ) The purpose of the budget -estimates is to set out the annual operating plan of the Institute in monetary amount.

lt also serves as a control device.


Management should not incur any expenditure in excess of the provision made in the estimates under a specific item.

lt is also used as a control mechanism for requesting the necessary funding from the parent Ministry.

49 The audited Financial Statements for the year ending December 2015 are attached.

( AUDITOR J As per its Act, the final accounts of the MIH are audited by the Director of Audit ( LEGALADVISER J The State Law Office acts as the Legal Adviser of the MIH.
50 NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF AUDIT TO THE BOARD OF THE MAURITIUS INSTITUTE OF HEALTH Report on tbe finan~ial staternent.41 ] b~tve audited the financial statements of the Mal!lri tius Institute of Health on pages 2 · 15 which compr.ise tbe statement of financial position a.~ uf 31 December 2015, and the statement of t1na:ncial pt..'Tfonnance; statement of changes in net assets/equity am1 sUUCJllCn( of ;:ash tlows for the year then ended and tlte notes to the 11nanc'ial statements compris.ing of a, summal)' of significant a<!Counring policies andl otber explanatory 1nformatioo.
ManagemeiU's resp(msibilily for the financial statements Management is responsible for the preparation and fair prcs.t-'11tation of these financial: statement" in accordance with the International Public Sector Acc-ounting Standards (JPSASs) and i:n compliance with the requiremen:u. of rhe Starutory Bodies (A(.
':(;'()tu\ls and Audit) .\et 1972, and for such internal cornmJ as the djrectors determine is necessary to enable the ;Jre;pamrion of financial statements that arc free from material mis.stateme.nt, whether dtte to fraud or enor.

Auditor,..'i respon..dbiUry My responsibilit)' is to expres.

an opinion on thcS0 financial statements based Oil my audit.
l conduc(ed my .audit in aocnrdance with lntemational Standards of Supreme Audit lnstirut.ions .. Those Stutdards require that I comply with e.thical requiremems and plan and perform the audil to obto · o, reas.onable assurance about w bcth.er the financial statemenls are free of material missrar.ernent.

All audit in.volves pertonning procedures (O obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financlcll statements.
The procedures sel,ected depend on the audiro.r s judgem.em, induding the assessment of the risk:s o material misstatement of the Hnandal statemellts, wbcll'let due to fraud or error.

In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers.

internal control relevant to the entity's prepa.rnti.on and fair presentation of rhe fillttncial stateme11ts in order to desjgn audit.
procedures that are appropriate in tho circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveneR.<> of tne entity's internal control.

An audit also iodudes evaluating the appropri:ueness of the accounting pri.ncipJcs used and th~ reasonableness of accounting estin1atcs made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presenmtion of !he financial !itatements.

- l!

::mntius 51 I believe that lh audit evid n reasonable b sis for my udit opinion ..
I h.a c uhtair1cd i suJtlcicru and appropriaw to ·provide ln my npiniun.

the finandal .

tatements .

pag s 2 to 15 give a true and fair positim of the Mau :tius lnslJtut of Health perlormancc and in; rash Hows for tht!

}'·ear then ended, in ac(;o:n lance with th Public Sect .r ctounun" Stmdard .
iew of the nancia · of 1 December 201 Sj and of il:i financial International Report on Olher Legal and Regulatory Requirements JWanagement 's responsibili'ty the man ia] &ta1ements In addition to the re.spon£ihility for th preparation ~md presentation ribed abov , m:mn,gem nt i also respon ible· fo ensurib; that lhc activilie3 financial d aansacUon and inform· uon reil ·led inlh ·financial.sratcmt:nts are in compli<uu;e with lhe la\\rs and auth · rities which go\'~m them.
:\prc an pinion on Lh • finan ·ial statemrmrs described In · addirion to the re ·pon ibilii abO\'t; my responsibility includ · ~,;xpressina un npioion on wheth r the a tiv ties, nancial trartsactions ilPd information~ .fl ted m tb ma cial stalement re, in aU o atcrial rcspccb, in com liance ~·irn the Jaw.s anu aul.buritics which govern Lhcm.

lO I believe that the audit ev:denc · or nl)' opinion.
have obtained is ufttci ~nt and .appropriate to 'P~O\idc a ba i~~ 0 · ·on Sttdut~ry B9die~ (Aummts mul Audit) Act lllav .

obtained aH L~ ·information and , ·xplanation.

T lmve mquir _xi fC'r the purpo ~ nf dl(' audit 1n m opinion io all mat•rinl respects, llill~ acti'l-·itic · 1inan ·i I tnmsadions aDd infQIJllation rcl1ccled in the financial ~tatem~;nts ar-e in compliance with the St tutory Bodie (Accounts attd udit) A t. 52 Public ProcuremeiJJ Ad The Mauritius Institute of Health is.
re p<H'ISible for the planning and conduct or its procuremenT.

h is als.<> respo111sihlc for defining and dmo.

ing the appropri~te method of proc:lllrerrx.11lt a.nd rontract type in accordance with the provision of t.he Act and rel.evam regulations.

My responsibilily is lO reporr uo whether ttu: prov~s.ions of ·part V of lhc Act regarding l:hc biddi.ng proce.'!l..

'i have llren rnmplied with~ In my opinion, t:hc ·provisions.

of Part V of the Acr have btcn comput.

'd \\l'ilh as l'ar as it llippt'ilrS.


fr()m my examination of the relevant records.
K.C.TSE \'UET CtrroNC (M.IIS) DiiC(tor of Audilt National Audit Office Le"·el l4, Air Mauritius Centre Pre.~id~nt John Kennedy Street POR'f LOUIS 27 September 2016 53 TABLE OF CONTEN TS CONTENTS Statement of F lnancfal Posit1on Statement ,of F inancial p,erformance Statement of Cha11ges in Ne Asset/Eqully Statement of Budgets, Actual Cash and Accrual Based Amounts Statement showing Reasons 1or Variances between Original and R~vised Budget Statement of Casih Fl;ows 2 3 5 6 '1 Notes to the Financial Statements 8 - IS 02- 'ep· l6 54 Mauritiu1 lustitute of Hea ltb Sta.tems.nt o[J!j.uaueiaJ PolitioD as at 31 Deg::mber 2015.
Nate1.

7 8 9 ·6 u 12 13 ASSJ!

!.TS Non-eurnnt aaets ln'>·c:stmcnts.

Property, plant andJ qu.ipm nr Intangible as.st:l'l> Cu~tnat •-ts Cash and ·cash equivalents Trade a11d other rccc:ivablc::s Prcpa)menJts ln'Venh)l)' TOfalnsetl LIABILITJES Current ll•bllltles Trade and other payables Noa<arrn.t li•biJity Employee be eftts Retirement benefits obligacion To~lllabilides Net iiuets NET ASSJl..TiEQUITY Gflleral iJ nd lOU Rs.

15.200.000 2,210,683 29..0m6· l '?

,439,699 ... 919,.81!8.


7,39.l,.Z57 J3.i,9SS 4J,J·29 ll,.494.,3S9 2(H4 Rs.

15,200,000 2,1 60,486 29,0117 l7.389.S73 .

•• t4(i,854 2.048,456 48,146 48,985 6,292,44 1 29~93.4,058 23~682,014 6,t48,ll3 4,348;,:540 8;843~46 ll~ll6.31l 8,353,663 6,?86,il;21C 23;107.785 1 9,4K9,Ct36 6.716,2.?3 4,192,9?8 6,726,273 4,192:,978 TOTAl NET ASSJ:TSIEQUITY NET ASSET/EQUITY 6,726.273· 4,19·2,978 The Llote on pages I· 14 form an integral part oftnese finan ial statement~.
55 .Mao ri.tius Institute of Health Statement of Financial Performance for year ended 31 December 2015 Operating reve-ue Training acti itles Research activitie!l Gran Otber operatin& nven11e: Bank interest ·rt:e ·ved Othc:c lncom lOIS lb.

H.7l6,898 580,120 JU97,0J8 I G49,4ol6 109,%2 2014 &.

9,409,405 14,.278,000 1,191,266 6:5.220 1,256,486 To1al •operatlnt nweruae Jl,.043,376 26,087,633 Open'tlil;t tllpeiUies 'Salarl.c:s and employee benefits Traini11g cos.IS Research costs O. h~:r operating cxpoo, .
i 4 15 16 Dep ciation lJt a litit:.~ Total operating e~ es 19,436727 7,ll.

579 177,434 l,79z.um 906,213 723,707 30,160,12.6 19,244,8 4 6,9:1[;682 1, 1 1 03 1,839,605 '941.210 8!

)3,714 3.0,922,:543 Surplus/(d.tfie.U) ror ·1be year 1.88:2,5SO (4 834;915) \ 3 56 Mauritius Iustitule of Health Stateme,nt of'Cbanees in N~t AlsetJIEguin for tb.e I!

:!K ende~ 31 December 201S lOIS lti.


4,191,978 6!0,745 As at 1 Jai'LUIV)' 20 15 Adjus1ment fur priorY car 10 Surplusl{defi it) fnr the: year As at 31 December 20 l 5 671 73 2014 Rs.
9,022,893 5,000 (4,834.915) 4,192,978 4 57 l\1aurttius lustitute or Healt.b Statement of Budge11 , actual and ac·cnutl based amounts for the year ended 31 lJe.cembe.r 2015 - Oria:i.aal bud~ .lb A-etl:lal llt«\ved/ paid Rs F•naocilli Statcmeat Its Rerl'enu~ T ra:in:ing and Res Grunt lnte~ Other rov r Tool Rev~n11e E:aptJidiiUif'£ P«10.11al iEmolumtnll of wh h B lixtm remuneration Allowmu:c:s W1d am:a:r 5lllary R.of cf'SI k IC11.¥ i<: saJa:ry End-of-ycar~bo.rnu JilvcU -g •nmspmt d NS'P 0 \•rl•m Employer pens FPS EmP'loy.ce b=DC'lJb:-passs,gc:, sick: lea.\•e.
- G:rulvit · (oo «~Dtract.)

Co.t1 of ulintla •Of whlth ·lee ' l 1111d ~ clw'p Telephone 1:' ucl <UJd oil \bintc!DII: ee.lin unn:ee of ·w'birb Veb· 01 10.: .

:qujpmenlwtd fumjrure Buildings lT -=q ipmcmt Offir.

:e t:I!IJfDIH ofwhldl p.Q~ u.tw ery of" it'll n11b P11blic notices/ad r:ttl cm -~~ Books and pc:riocr :aJs f'rcs ofwbir.

:b Cblrii'JICI'3011: wtd members of c:t:tcc!l F •s f~YJ tr.

i.~tJng.· no •~ Auditors mr.tboard o !

;llrvcylin .

oontrol l •ladv' Other Jtoodi lml fnir.


:ra.of1!rilieb l.Jn'ifonus · - 'ng (foods illl.d beverages) Ban !I: cbarses.

:1111d «~mml~sfcns SuUfw fare Othr.

:r u.dministrariv~ costs Fl..:~d •••m .

tluigilble Olliec cqllipmr:nt and furniture IT equipment · cacrun Buildin& - renovation \li'()flc$ 'l rainjog tmd rcsc:ard1 oo!lt~ -<Is clav"'IOfil Virtu hCi!l1lh library GRAND TOT Al.

1 of CPD 1;'190,000 n.Joo.ooo '1,000,000 12,297,011 l.s.ss6 .. 9.50 1,049,446 ___ ::;:.so:::.
:.ooo=- --~s::..!o:.t::,o~oc~J ---!.ll09~,9.

;:;:62~ __ '"!

':'"·~109~,962~-":-- 4M MOO ===27=,9=5=0"",9'""52-.

=~!

!lio3.i0!2 •04•3•3•76., !i 000,000 2.

~ooo .ooo 1,000 000 &.2M,S94 18,S86,9so 1,049<,446 s;Hpao® 12>000,000 20(),000 800,000 :500,000 800,000 l , 00,000 16:5,000 m,:H>O,OOO I, SQ,OOO 276,000 10,7111,.111" .o .2.27 941.445 772,881 3,3:57 '1 31,7.51 1.5l7.497 4':f.6,027 21·6,000 ID,71S,81.C 208.227 I 09 1,]9') 495.650 79l.~08 1,857,922 31,7Sl 1,5 ]7,497 2,396,878 2?6,00 ~00.
000 200,000 1 0.000 80,000 '\ • 00 25,000 100, 00 • 0 45,000 260,•000 :50,000 2:5,000 2 ,000 3:50 000 35,000 100000 24,000 so.ooo 3SO,OOO 5,000 0,000 4:5,000 .500,549 201 ,34'2 108,868 11.:5,261 89,2-61 26,834 103,690 56,lNI5 45,27.5 2:37, 1• 7 45,195 346;686 2 1 ~900 24,000 Sl,485 343,44:5 !1232 45.980 16,.181 :500)49 223,1SS IOII,R68 11 J67 89167 26,834 103 690 :56.015" 45,275 257,157 Sl,99•1 21,900 11)2000 loMOO .51,48:5 343,44:5 5,23.2 45;910 47;9Bm 50, 750,000 1, 00.

2.,100,000 50.000 1,9 o.


71 ,000 280,000 55(1 •1)1)0 250,000 ,000 I 85,000 140,000 :50.000 120,000 55,()00 J-,ooo 260,000 80,000 so.ooo Jj0,000 4S.O,OOO 300,000 100000 30,000 :50,000 4 0,000 5,000 SQ.QB .5,00 100,000 300.000 :5,000,000 1·~.

142 r 6.000.000 G G S 00,961 271.453 906,213 1 ,_: --'---~""- 7J.D2,013 200,00 200,000 s 58 Mauritius Institute of Health Sta.tement sltowing reasoDs for variances b.etween original and revised budget (or ye.!
: ended 31 Uecember· 2015 Pen oftil!l EmolumHtl of whkb Basic salaJ')' t:xmr rc:nlumc:n~ion ,o\JiowBJices and arrear srd&IY Rcf ui'Sick lt:a~·c Ettd.c,f·~>t:'llt·b<mi.IS T r:avcl!ling & trmsport: Ovtriimc l!mpl~ pension, FPS aod NSF f::mployec: bcnetm::-passage.

si~ !cllvc ... Gratu.if}• (on oordr3Ct) Cost of' udlitil!l ofM·IIIclt ~t;;Leciril:'it)' ~J~Jd gas.

clw~"tS Tclcphocc lr'llell!Jld ql l Mlinten.anceliBUU'IftCe or wll i.d V~l'iicles Office cquipmcru IIJ'Id fuffi•i!ufe Buildings iT llqUipillelll.
Oftlce apenlfl orwh~h, Posl:llge Office sumdries.

Cleaning o£ ofllcc pn:miseB Fublicatioon and ltatioa.cry c[ whitb Paper and matetials Pwlilllc oolimioovertisc:mern Books and periodie;a 11ns ofwllkh CbwiiJlCrliOil and members or~ Fa:s for uaini.ngfscrv·iCilS Aulli rm; f.Ce.iboud of survcy~'inCJ:mal control LepU udVisor Oilier good• a11d tel"'ita of w.liich Uniforms Cul!l'ins (fOOds :md beverages) Blink.

chBJp s.OO ~mlnis!iion..~ S~welf~R Olhet .m ini.


tcat.ivo a:;sa~ Find iiaitts • t1n:giblt Ofti~ equipmenl Md fu i l~1re IT equipment ltl:ac.flini aids Buildill~ • A:MVIIIjon worn Tl!lillillR.and rtSI.1Iltl:b oos C~m1ilm and dt:vclopmmt oi'CPD v· unJ h libtaey VirtuaJ Health l~hrllry CR.~ND T01'..t1 .
Original budget Rs Revised nclcet lU IS.SOO.OOO 5.541;1100 "'0,000 1,300,000 2,100,000 so.ooo ~.951i1.,000 775 .~ 2!10.000· 12.000.000 200,000 800,000 :5CJO,OOO 8{1(},000 1,:500,000 6$,000 1.500.000 1,l:50,000 276.000 soo,ooo :1;00,000 130,000 80,000 5:5,000 25,000 100,000 S·S,OOO 45.000 160,000 .50,000 2.51000 25,000 3:50,000 Js~uoo .100000 24,000 :50.000 350,000 5.000 ,1),000 4:5000 100,.000 100,000 .000,000 6 550,001!1 250.000 150.001J 8:5.000 140.000 :50,000 120,000 5:5.000 3:5,000 260',000 80,000 50,000 f:SO,OOO 450,000 00,000 100000 30,000 0,000 450,000 ~.ooo 56,000 35,000 200.000 200.000 5,000;0001 7,00<MJ00• 50fl,OOO' 40100 59 Commeatl (J.SOO,OOO} ) 200,000 ) ) 250,000 (2StM>OD)· ) ) ($00,001)).
(600,.000) } Vacanc"es not fl l I ;000 } } (•tSO.OOO) :515,000 ) (4,000) } (3-{),000) Sa\• ·· (.5U,tl00) Savings (10,.000) Sav'"ts (S,OOO) S;1wing,s (M.OOO) S avin~ (25,000) Sn\'ings (2.0,000) Sa.\• In 10,000 (30,000) Savinp {2 ,000) S01vings ( 125,000) Saving> (I Oet,OOO) Audit RW.

C"ttre bJVC nCJt J\n b£m.

(16:5,000} iirted (6,000) SavinB)I ( 100,000) ' avinGJl w,ooo ( 100,000) SaYin!lS 100,000 - V. or.k hns not yet smttd.

(1,000,000) Saw g.s -(300,000.)


SaYings (300,000~ Si!,..ing!i (6,750,000) Mauritius Institute of Healtb Statement of Ca"h Flow$ for the year ended 3 De~ember 1015 Cash flows from operatiq activities Sutplu for the _)'ear Adj'ustmeots for:: Deprectaticm Retirement benefits obligation 'Un5ef'\l·ioeablcf.Joss fi~td .assets lnlere.sl received lOHi .

IU.
IU.

1,882,550 ~rea.w(iqcrm ) in inven~t~ries {lnc.rease)ldecreMe in trad and other receivables lnc~~CM ~d ecr ease) in trade and tlter payables :S,6.sti (5,434.,610) ~89,2.6!

2()14 Rs .
941.210 404,96 1 34,63 1 (1,1'91 ,266) {4 645,319) (S.390) 1)60,5 8() 29,112 (4,923,501) ·C.ash llows £rum inl'rs1iq adivities Acqu1sition o fuu~d assets Proceeds from sale of investments lntcrcs JCQeivcd Ner cub (uJed la)llrom io,•atittt lkdivitrcs 'el decreue/ioaea l casb .a d ~sh ·eQulnlenu Cash and ·cash equivalents at slan Gfyeat (305.,!95) 743,1.51 772,964 Cub .11nd ca1h rqu.iv.alclltl at .end of year 4,9l9~18 (425,990 2:,921,2:82 1,1 91.266 3,6:86,558 (l J, 6,943) s 83,797 4,146,854 7 60 Mauri.tius Institute of Health .~ohs to ·the financialsfatemeats for the year ended 31 December 2015 1 GENERAL INFORMATION MAURITJUS INS'ITIUI'E OF HBAL 1H (~ "l~:~stltute") wu establish.
:~ in 198?

by 1111 Act of Partiammt as 11 parasta.tal body under the aegis of !he Ministry of H:ealth and.

Qu111ity of Life c:mpo~red 1:0 unden.ko mining 111\d reseucb in the- health sector and ~latcd di$Cipltn:es.

T he lnstitutc:'s rc:gistm:di Qftice is at Powder Mill, Pamplanousses.

Mauritius.

ne Objeelil'CS of tbe lattitllt~t an Ill fc:JUow:l: (J) To or~lze the wining oflocal as ·well as over~ health pei'S(lnn.el .

(ii) To carry out health systems ~~eh .


(iii) To act~ a focal point wd ruo1m:e <:enter for the producti.on, ·ChM~ and pro.mo~io of heallh learning and hcamtn information materiaL (iv) To priWidc advisory smices in matters of health care.

(v) To co-operate and esmblish links.

with otllet &lmllir instill:ltioM, re~unal and inlematio.naJ org;milation&.
l IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERN A TIO:NAL PUBLIC SECfOR ACCOUNTING :ST AND.UUlS (IPSAS) 'The ln:stitulc's financial statements is prepared in acomdam:e with lnc International Public s~ctor Ac.

:oun1ing Standards.

(fPSAS).

3 ACCOUNTING POUCIES The princlpaJ acoounting policies applied in lhc preparation oftbc:sc financialstatcmm:to;.arc ~(lilt bclo.w: (i) Buia: of preparation 1'he financial slatemenllli have been p!
'epared on an uccruiJI and going ooneem b11sis and tom.ply wilh 1he .requircrncnh of International Public Sc:ctar A~;t;ounting stantWds OPSAS) am:l in ae-c:ordaa:u;c with a~tmling, frame¥.

'(1rk for Statutory lktdic:s. (li) Reveuut Ree.otRitlon (a) Recutrent government grants.

~re rGcogni:ro on a cash ba~i~ IL!I ittcomc and am matched against the recurrent expenses of I he enlit)'.

(b) Interests and other income are reoognl~d on 311 accrual basis .. (ill) Dereornd la.come Assets are received a.~.
donailon mainly from bolh ovc:neas a.nd local fimd ing organimtion.

Th1: yearly depreclatio111 cb•ge on tbc:se assets is treated as dc:fcrrcd i.na:Jmc a.nd deducted from donations.

(il') EspenH!i rec:o~e.nUion All cx:pcmcs arc accounted far in lhc statement of Financial Performance on an accrual basis.

(v~ IJWen.1orles.

Jn.ventories are m.easured at the IG~W of c015t an.d n.et realizable value.

Cost is.

dl1tennined usirs~ the first in and ftnt out m.ethod .
Net .realizable value i.s the estimated selling pr"ce in the ordiiU.ry cou;.rse of businm, l.ess the estimated costs of completion a:nd selling expenses.

e 61 Mauritius I nstitute of Health No·tes to tbe financial !ltatements for the year e.nded 31 D~e.mb:er 201~ (vi) Property, pl.nt and equipme Property, ·pla.nt 11nd equipment arc stated .at lhistorical co5t or revaluauo11 leu .accumula~d depreeoiatlon.

Dcpreda.ticm is calculatrd using $tralght line method nva c C5tii1Ulttld ugfuJ cconooni~l liws.
The annual d preeiaa:ion l1ll.e:s are :as follows: Offi~:e furniture fittings and •cqu1pmcnt sil s and Qq ipm Kitc.h u Cump111.c1" equipment Computer software & lie se Motor vchiclc:s t ("ii) .Fiuncial instru.m~enb 1 (),OJo I ()Ptl!

:;!% 25% 2{1% Financial inslnlments cani~d on the Sw.emt:nt ·of nmm lal Position includ tra.de and other ri:(;Civalblca, QI.Sh md cash c uinlcnu, md trade and other payablc:s. The partie11lar reto.81lition methods adcptcd itre·dlstloscd.
in the individWll policy statements as.sociatcd with each hem.

(a} Tr•de and otber nc:eiVIble.t rad.c and other receivables are ~ at cost IC~~s impaannmt Ios (b) Cub and ~llb equinlrDts Cash and cash eq11ivalents ·comprise cam at bank a d in hand.

(c) Trade ·••tl other payablu Trade and ·Othe-T payabh:s an: stated 111 cD.sL {viii) Pro""siofl.ll A pro\o·i$ion is rccogni:ud when th it is probabl diat and rc:lil!h c :md a.(ijw.

ted to reflect tne cunent best estimate.


rrUC!Iive) as u n:suh of .11 past aoent, and 11 o ttlow f C5(1Urces embodying economic benefits will bt: n:quJred la settle: the obligation ·imato can be made ot' th amoum of ,tfle obligatioo.

Provi ions are tteviewed at cad!

rqMlnDng date t bligati :n (legal or eo is a p (i:c) Retir.ern~nt BeneJits 0 lilaCions Provisions fo.r retirement benefits lbr the enlity .arc made in acc(Jrdam:-e whh !he Statvt:ory Boti Pension Act 1978 amended.
The entity assets are manasc:d by S1COM Ltd. 'lbc ®St ofprovidin lhe aauarial valuati(ln undertaken every three y~.

the b_ otitis det.ennined iru,ooordante with (1) Cnau Grants means funds recei\o'ed from GO\'ernmcnt ot any Urltd patty to meet lhc recurrent cxpc:n~it\lrc' or fQT the acquisitio.n of an as.se , Government a sisWI c is action by go .. ·emmcnt dcsisncd to provade an roo11omic be t specific t.o entities quali.l}'ing under certain criteria.
The Insutule~~~~all recognize ul)vanmmtgn~~~ts as foHo1NS; Grant used to meet rrcurrcnl cxpc:nditun: 5hal be recognized in the Statement of Fin cial Pe.rfomances so to (a) match with the expenditure toward5.

which they 1\l'C intended to.

Grant used to acquire ~ets h.all b reJeased 10 the tatem.e.nt of Finandal Position 1tem ,IIJld e ammti.md o•cr (b) th useful Hves ofthe :ass.ets.. · (e) If the Government grant is.

made as a ~ntribution taw!~d.

cxprnditurc cm .a fixed asset.


tile grant &mount is · deferred a:r.td sh11ll be treated as deti::rrcd mcomc over the htctune ofth.c: wet.

9 62 ~tg tg the O!lanclwl stuemsmts rq:r the ven ended ll .Dtu.mber ZOJ5 (cl) Potentialllal!tilitics lt'i rep&)' gran~ cirhcr i.n whole or in part in spacified ciroumstances.

shall be p~oY ided far only to the extent thllt repayment is proba!)le.
The repaymefit of Oovermnent gilltil sl:tatU !be acciluntcd :or the setti n~ Qt'f the repayment agJJinst any unamortized deferred income retating to lhc gran Any excess shall be charged immediately to the:: Statement o.ffirrwn:ial Perfonnan~.

(:d) lntaaJible Assc1 ln1angible &.9!\Ct is taken at cost ofacquisitjon and any incidentQI costs to bring lo use lll\d it l111s bCCJJ amoi11zed at the rate of2S% with i!s useful life of4 years .

(1.ii) Impairment The carrying amounlll of the Institute's.
asset.s m: reviewed a1 each rnporting dale 10 dctennine whet~ th.e:rc ~s.

any indication Df impairment.

[f any such indic.ation c:xi!t.s, the asset's rcoo\o-erablc amount is e~timatcd.

An i mpairmt:~~t !CJs:s is rc:ccgniu.d.

whenevu the carrying amount of an s.s51Ct ox.cetds i1S recoverable 11mount Impairmc:n:t losses arc rccogni:ud in the Stll.t£nlcl!lt of financial Pc:rf(!nnanoo in th period in which lbc impairment is identified.

(.
(.

:ill) Rtldcd parfin for the pwpose of these financial statements, parties are con.sldered to !le related/ to the Jnslitu!c ifttitey lini!Ve the ability, directly or indirectly, to control the lnstitlite or e:<uc:ise signifl1!<1nl.

influc:m:c: over the.

Inslil1.rte un r.naking ftnancial and operating dec.isions, o vice versa., or wb.m tl\e lnstiMt· jj subj«.i to· eommDn GOntrol or IXIinmon signtficant im.tluence.
Related parties may be ind.i\'idtJ.als or othe• en.tlties, 4 CRU[CALACCOl;N·nNGJlJJX"';EMEl\i"I'SANDKEY SOURCES OF ESTIMATIONUNCI:RTA1VIY.

ln the pr~.

of appl)'ing the a~unting pclicies described in note 3, lhe directors have made Mtima:tes and judge1nents, that ma effect the reported IUllOI.lHts and disclJJSI!lfes, ln tlie fmmcial statements.

Ist:imat~ i.tid judgements are conlinuo11Siy evalu.ated.
and are l)ased _011 historical experience illlcl other fa~on;, including expectations and assu m~;ttions concerning future even~s th.at are believed to.

be reasonable under the circums•ance~.

Ac:tu I results may differ from 1he estimates.. (i) Detmnlaation of fuadicn,ll currency The d~nnination of 1\metlon.al c~~trrency of the fnstitute is criti.ca.l s·lt~ recording, oftran .clions iirtd e~cha ge differenocs ar·sing are dependent on the functional currency selected.
The directors h01ve ccns.idel'td ti\.O;se f~ors.

have d~ inedl that the functional curre.t1.cy oftbe It1st[t te i ~ MlauritiMt Rupees (Rs~.

5 FINA CIAL RISK FACTORS Tne I11Stirute's aclivitl.es e-:xpose it to· a variety of flnil.ll.CI.al riru, including; (1) Credit risk.

(ii) Liquidity risk This note ~resents information abmtC the lnstltute's exposure to cath of the above rl ·k:s, the lnstiwt::!s.

objcdh·cs, policies and processes for measttrlng and miUUlging risk.
Fuftlter quanlltative dlsclos~ .a;re included throughout.

these financial statemencs.

The Board of Dln:ckm; has ovemU rcsp=il>ility fer the cstabli!!hmmt.

and ovcrs.ight of th management framework.

Institute's.

risk Cmlit rillk The Institute's credit rislc is ptimatil}' altribmable to il$ ttade tceeivable ·.

he amoun!.

presented in the Statement of Flnat~.clal Poslllcn are net of aJioWilnl:es for doublful m:ciwbl~s.
estimated by the IIUilturo's managcm(flt based on pri.or ·experience and fhc cunent ccam.omic environm£DL l..iq:Pjdity ritik Prudent liqllidit ilde\j11atc: amount of cammit1ed crcdlt facilities.

ri~>lc m nagemenl implies maln.tainlng suffie.ient cash.

and the availability uf fundi11g thto!J8h the 10 63 Mauritius Institute of Health ~otes to tbe finaneial statements for they r ended 31 Deeember 2015 6 TRADt: ,\ND OTHER Rl!
:C'Kl V ABLES Sundcydebt Other rccdvables 7 !INVES'TMI:NT 2.015 Rs 7,H3.1S7 JSO.OOO 7,.39J,l5'7 2014 Jb_ 1,429,003 619,45 2,048,456 Depos.ii:S are held a.t 'the MCS Mutual Aid A socitltion Ltd for an amount o( R I S,1.

million only.

8 IPROPER.T\', PLANT AND EQUIPMENT Off, forni tq-re Offiee nttillpud Motor Kitchu Rs lU ent lU !

!!
!11 Rs 4,781 ,955 4,142 2,542,547 271,4 "3 (394,992} (634,010) (2.,428,958) 485,793 2,477.940 (601 ,606) 120,32'2 11698,705 1,684.200 15,596 (18,605) (4 1,786) 8,360 23,565 1,684,200 9,0 4,298 30. ,595 (t,on ,(;on (3,072.350) 614,475 5.,834,41 0 3,8~.05 1 28{),419 (394,992) 1,887,930 327,42>0 (634,010) 1,1 08,890 2.58.840 ~.941 3,193 (18,605) 6,9'23,81:2 869,1172 (1,047,607) (2,428,958) (601 ,606) (41,7&6) (3,()12,350) Ql.n AtJJ Deee ber 201• Additions Donations Dispo al Loss Zero valued items Revaluation increase A:t 31 Deumber lOtS Uepr«Utioa At 31 Dectmber l014 Ctw-gc fur lhc )'CIU Disposal Los Zero valued items At31 December lO l5 1,316,520 ·~9734 1,367,730 9,743 3,6?3,727 t'i et book nlge At 31 Dct!cmbcr l(U S 1,i61,4lfl 71li,97l 31&,470 U,823 1.,210,683 At 31 December 2.n4 921,004 ·6~4.
() 1 7 :575,310 8,65~ 2, 160,486 64 Mauri.tiut~~.

lnstirute of HeaUh No.tn:to the financiaLstatemeoJs for the year ended 31 December 20l5 9 lafanp;ible 1sset -Computer soflw11'11!'

Cmt At J Janu•ry 2015 Additions Zero valued items msposal Revaluation int.TCnc At Jl Dll!cember 2015 Depreri•tion At 1 JBDUIIt'Y :!015 Charges fo rhe year Disposal Zero valu~d itl!ms At 31 Dectmber2015 Net book value At n December 2015 AIJL December 2014 Z015 Rt.
3~5t744 (181;348) (19,167) 36.,270 1!>1.399 326,6S1 36,.341 (19,267) (tl1,348) 161,3!G 2:9.0Ui· 19.08'7 2014 IU.

SJ.4,15 I (179,107) )55,744 441,050 64,714 (179,107) l26,657 29,08:7 93,801 10 AWtJSTMJENT FOR PRIOR YEAR As tbe MIH itll:5 adopted the cost model, I!ISsets with :zero net book value n.eed to be.

re-ins.tatoo .

Thu~ illl Ul:llilunl of Rs 650, 74S.


l:w been adjusted to the MTH Aocumulatcd Fund, wflich rd'cl"l'(d to re\'alua1ion increase of tbe in ilia I cast of .serviceable BISse!s with zero· n~ bcolt vafue 10 the tune of 21)0.4, for a poriod o.f 5 yea.rs.
u TRADE AND OffiER PAYABLES Deferred inc-Ome Sundry creditors Adl.•am::e of motor car u EMPLOYEE BENEFITS Pmigc benefit cntillc:rncm Vatatton le.ve Side leave at bank :Z015 Hs %,483.976 3,3~4.157 JSI),OOO 6,148,133 2015 lb 1,212.223 J,9J2,42B 3.718,659 8,143,340 2014 R 2,166,935 I,S62,LS2 619,453 4,348,S4() 20 14 Rs 1,08:8,935 J.TJ4,102 ,jJ(),631 8 .. 1)3,66S 12 65 Mauritiu~ ln&titute of Health Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2015 13 Re'Ureme:nt be efUs obll a·fions UH' employee benefit obligation for l·ong-se:rvice pay:mcnrs under {I gpyer.rum:nt mandated plan j_, l:t4ml ·on a comprehen ive actuarial va:lua:r1on made by the State Insurance oompany ofMauritiUi as of31 Ococ:mbc:r 201 S Amounts neogoiud.
i:o statement of finandal position at end of yn:r.: t value of fimded obligaf n Pre ·iirlr Viduc ofpt illl assets 1Unrerognized actuaJial gainf(loss Liab lit,y recognWd 11.

• tate ent of Onanclal po.s tlon ou1Us.

rreeogniud in stl fe ent of flnancl I pmormant~e: Ourren!

service ~t !Emplo)•cc oontributions Fun<!


expenses Interest CO!ft Expected r•clum cm plan assets ctuarjaJ lo i{ga.in) To1al, i'lu:had~d :in 5t:illf coau MO'\It t1111J 'JI Hab.ility ru.G&:oiztd ia slliltmtDt orfin:andsl posif'Cili~ At stan of ycoar Total slillff eo t Gontril.nltion paid by mplo)'1 (Actuarial reserves trolltSfcrrcd in) At end of year ActuBI return on !Plan ~WttS: 1\fiJn at>tuarill A umptlo s .11 end of year.
Disw nt rate: Ex,pecled rate of retum on plan Future 5alary· incfr:-.se Future pensio.n inete.a.ses sets 201:5 Rs .5J,Il55,754 (lS.U5,601) 17.9UM:Sl U~M9J M40) 8,216,.312 1,482,855 (556,981) J8,UO J,273,;24l (1,829,563 S97~37 3,00!,•1!

'!~ (i, 716,828 J,005w419 (1,106,236) (369,699) 1,116,312 .331,199 7.50% 7.SO% ~.00% J.·OO~.

2014 ll]!
2014 ll]!

4M43,226 (24, 126,.564) 9.S16.66l (12,729,834) ·6,786.128 l,ll6,599 (S lO 947) 57,599 ,J!U.$98 (I ,.833 ,0 Ut) SS7,121 1~,1 ·9,667 6,3&1,867 2,919 667 (2.Sl4,706} 1,290,705 8.00% 8Jl0~.

5.!0% J~% The staff pension plan assets arc invested in funds managed by State Insurance eompmy of Mauri1Jus Lld; The The di5100unt :nue is detmnined by reference to market yields on bonds.

66 MJ!Utitius In~titute ofHealtb Notes to the fman.eial statemcmts for the year ended 3l Peeellltber 2015 14 Salaries.
tnd employee benefiu Basic saiary Compen!j;it!on 20U Refund of ~~k leave FAt<!

of y~r oonu.s Travelling allowm~ Passage ben-efits.

Unifmm al~wan= Employer oontributioJ1S • pension, FPS and NSF (1Jatuit)' - on contraet officcn Retirement obligation O.ber allowances and!

benefits l5 'frainl~~g costs Distant r-aamlnQJ programme&, on popl!ll&tioo iBSUeSI Ale ier into cp1 IEAE COOtdi:fisted n;;&ea rch 10tudy Sadc Project NetwQrk.
ror cancer !reatmen Mildlcal imag:ing tedmology Tra:ining · , basic pedagogy for mentors T® up JJrogramme • naticnal pharmacy tectmlcian diploma Cefti,ficate oowrn fw dentel A.Wf.tilllt$ Post graduate sludles.
in lnt · nal medeclne Induction course for Pre-Res~istraiio ouse office Tr nl g for cMy managet'$ Diploma in Radiation Therapy Tec:hn.olk:lgy Ttainino ·- emergerJ~;)' med~ine TralninQI course jn emergency ~eclne for n:urs.ln.g oftieel$ Diploma in diabetes foot care rusing Top up programme- natiC:II'llil diploma in numing Certrncate course for phyaiotheraw ass s1ants.
l tai nin91 or health pencnnel Spedallsa!lon i primary Ms care Surgicafi :echn ic:~an/ST A - tmi ng In ICLJ v tlla~ rai ni1'1QI for ECG tedmician Tra nlng programme on H IV rapid' es.tin51 Workhop for record pe sonnel Offlee supplie5 and' stationery Vinual health library expenses 20L5 Rs l0,7HI,814 208,227 495,.650 791,308 1,857'/)22 534,88.9 5 ,485 l ,5 1 7,4!

'7 276,000 1,429•,484 1,555,45 1 l 9.f36.127 .
lOJS RI 566,000 5 ',000 95,000 1,576,651 188,400 281,100 121,800• ,133,344 56,200 0,65() l,OOO 61.400 ,6.70,950 661 ,46l!J 514 235.458 279~855 131 .697 2014 Rs 11 ,168,427 467,137 366,643 1,478,7S4 5•16,1164 36,555 2,184,862 27. ,6(10 404,961 1;~16,821 2014 Rs 496,000.00 25.000 81'7,459.20 1.61-7.643.92 BO,BOO.OO <43,169.47 232,800.00 45600,00 11.433.451'.29 35700.00 88400.00 10,631 27.000.00 122<43.85 2S.SUO 1'49,972.. 0 145,592...37 A3.SOOOO 3,6.00 16,SOO 304,730 1,003,009 6.911.612 14 67 16 Ope.rational e:x:penset Kitche e~ · s.ef.
MIH comm ttees fees Maintenance o ~co mputer'$1'~Win18r.s SOftware and accessoi es lnsuJanoe for vehicles,.

offioe, a!ld i ,eq\.iipm :n .

I intena.nce of e u Malnte:nanoe of venicl'es Fuel ().
(IIMUmption Oftic.e suppliB.G ami sta lonelY Eledrical irem1 d repel"' Sundnes Maintenance of IBui er g P'os age se · ces Cleaning and la ndry services eg11 et1iner ell'$ Stallf~are A.dvernssement alld other expenses 0 tter administrative expenses aJnl g for staff inal aocountexpenses Writte off Ba cnar.ges an commiss· s 17 Ofh~tr inpu'ls from Go'l'ertJ.menl lOt~ lb 343-A45 353,991 51 ,817 45.316 69,416 7~6, 656 63,018 106,868 45,195 7.733 37,542 26,'834 56,085 257, 157 24,000 45980 47,981 21.900· 102,000 5,232 1.191.16_6 2014 Rs 24~Ul7 31ie,880 35,487 103,1.46 76,954 27,91 76,0&4 141,756 75,207 38,82:8 14,79:5 1.4,022 43.408 223,6n 24,000 38,<432 87,694 49,100 92,000 34,630 3,7:29 1n addition to gmnt, the Miniiitl)' of Health and Qual it}' ·Of Life rnadc ava.i Lab le the filcilitics, stated behw to J\.tlf-1 durmg the year 20 15.
These have no beell a.ecoun~d in the financial sl:lllements: Re 1t • fr~ buiJdi:nJS to· htt11$C ]l,.{fH.

2 ala<ric:s arwd allowances totaling lo Rs 1,697,06'9.

were incurrc:a lby c parent Ministry in respect ·of:5· dlicer.s wbo were :5C:CQJ1~ to the Institute.

· 8 C..omparati"l!

The current period figures are for twelve months period from January to 31 Doccmber 201:5, :same as JBSt )'eat 2014.

19 t:\o·ent after tbl!

npomn.


: date Then: have been ruJ material post e enlS afte.r the l'fiPOrti:ng ~c: which require dlsclo:s:ure Gr adjustn'J(flt to the 31 Dc:ccmbcr 20 I 5 fmancial :sla~ents.

15 68 The MIH (Amendment) Act of 1989 & The MIH (Amendment) Act of2003 ANNEX I THE MAURITIUS INSTfTUTE OF HEALTH (AMENDMEN'D ACf 1989 Act NoJ ' of 1989 I assent, 2..11 ~t- November !989 -- .J r---~ -r ~ <··c-'0 Governor-General ARRANGEMENT OF SECTlONS Stet!

on I.

Short title.

2.

Interpretation.

J.


Establishment of the Institute.

4.

Objects of the Institute.

5.

The Board.

6.

The Executive Director.

7.

Appointment of employees.

8.

Conditions of service of employees.

9.

Establishment of a General Fund.

I 0.

Powers of the M mister.

11.

Donations.

12.

Regulations.

1'3.

E~em ptions .

14.

Legal proceedings.

15.

Consequential amcn~ment .


An Act To establish the Mauritius Health Institute ENACTED by the Parliament of Mauritius, as follows- 1.

Short title.

This Act may be cited as the Mauritius Institute of Health Act 1989.

2.

Interpretation.
2.

Interpretation.

In this Act- " Board" means the Board of the [nstitute established under ec· tion 5; " Chairman " means the Chairman of the Board: " Executive Director" means the Executive Director of the Institute appointed as such under section 6; "employee" means any employee of the Institute; 69 I,_, 2 " Gen~ra l .'
Fund " me(;l..ns the General Fund set up under section 9; " Institute " means .the Mauritius Institute of Health established under see 1o~ 3; '' meniber "means a member of the Board and includes the Chairman; " Minis ter " means the Minister to whom responsibility fo r the sub j~ t qf health is assigned.

3.

Estab~is1uncnt of the Institute.

(1) There is esta~l ished.

for the purposes of this Act a Mauritius Institute of Health.

(2) The ' lnsti tutc shall be a body corporate. '

4.
4.

Objects of the Instilute.

The qje6ts of the Institute shall be- ( a) to organise the training of local health personnel , as well as over.

ea pat:t'cipants, in ccordance with such p rogramme ' as may be approved by the B ,ard · .

by the Board; ( bJ .to c· rry ou t such health systems research as may be approved · ( cJ1 to' .act as a f6cal point and resource centre~ r the production ·,, c xcj1ange and: :promotion of healtl learning and health in- ' .
(d/ to .provide · dvi ory services in 11atter of health care; (e) ' to perform ·such other functi ons not inconsistent wjth the 0bjects spccifi,ed above, as the M inister may refer to the Institute; · formation material; · (f) to co-operate with o ther similar institutions and regional and , international organisations in order to promote the objects ·pecined in par2,graph ( a) , (b) and ( c) . '

.

;_ ~The ·Board.
.

;_ ~The ·Board.

(l) The Institute shall be rnanaged by a Board which shall consist of- ' ( a) a Oh:1irman to be designated by the Prime Mini ter: (b )· the ExtJcutive Director of the Institute; { f) ·a ·fCpre.

entative of the Ministry of Health; ( d) (e ) I such other members, not exceeding 7, as may be appointed · .

.

by.

the Prime Minister to represent- r{iprescntntive of the Pri ne Minister's Office; .

, {i) ed cational, tra.ining :.


:.nd vocational in ercst ; (ii) bilateral or multilateral d onor organisations.

70 (2) The Chairman shall be a public off1cer.

(3) T he m ernbe s a ppointe d under subsec t ion (1) ( e) shall h o ld office for two .

years but shall be eligible for rc~appointment.

(4) The Board shall reg ulate its meetings and p roceedings in such m anner as i thinks fl t. (5) Five members shall constitute a quorum .

.

6.

The Executive Director.


(1) There shall be a n Executi e Director who shall be the Chief Executive of the J.nstitute a.nd be responsible to the Board for maintaining and p ro moting the p roper adnunistratio n of the lnstit te.

(2) The Executive D irector shall be appointed by the Prime Minister and hold office on suc h terms and conditions as t he Prime Minister may think fit.

7.

Appointment of employees.

(1) The Board may.


v.titll the app rova l of the Minister, app o int on s uch term a nd cond itions as i thinks fit such employees as it considers necessary for the proper discharge of its functions under this Act.

(2) E ery employee s all b e u nder the adm'nistrati e control of the Executive Director.

.8.

Conditions of service of employees.

The Board may.
The Board may.

wit h the approval of the M inister, make pro vision 10 govern the conditions of service of employees and, in particular, to deal with-· · ( a) the appointment, dism issal, discipline, p ay and leave of, and the security to be given by.

employees; ( b ) appea ls by employees agu.inst dismissal or any o t 1cr disci p lina ry measures; and ( c) the establishment and maintenance of provident or pension fund schemes.
the contributio ns p ayable to, and the benefits reco erab le from, those schemes.

9.

Establishment of n General Fund.

(1 ) The Institute shall set up a General F nd- ( a) into which all money received from a ny so urce b y the Ins titute shall be paid; and ( b) out o f which a ll pa m ent m· de by the Institu te shall be met.

71 4 (2) Subject to section 1 0(2) the money deposited in the G en~ral F und undet· subsccti n (!
)shall e use and a p pli ed for thy work tltc I nstitute in sucl manner and for such purposes as, ing f the in the o pini on of the Board, will best pro mote the interest In itute .

10.

Po·wc.rs of the :'.

Iinister.


1) T he Mini te may in re ation t o the exerci se by the· Board of the f the lnstitu tc under th1s Ac • gi c uch dire ~ lions of a :t= owcr general character to the Board no t incons1s tent with thi Act, a s he considers to be necessary in the public interest, and the Board sh 11 compJy w i 1 thc:.e direc i n .
(2) Notwi thstanding subsection I) , the Minister may direct the Board to r efrain fr rn mcurring any particula expendit ure which, in the opinion o th e M inister, is urmccessn.ry and the Boa rd shaH e o 11ply with the di r ection.

(3) Tl e lnst tute si all provide f'-c iliti to the 1in.ister for obtainin information with respect to its <lCtivitie a n d shall fu rnish h im with .

eh ocuments n.s he may ·el!uire.

11.

Donations.

Article 9 10 o f the Code Napoleon shall n t a pply to the Institute.
12. h.egulatiuns .. ·r e Board m a , wi lh he.

:: ap prova of t 1e lVl.intster make sud regula tions as it thinks fu for the purp ses of this A ct and, notwithstand ng the gener lny of this power, the regu ations ma ' prov ide for- ( a) a ny matter whic.

;;h is required by this Act to be prescribed; b) any procedu ral or other matter a s the Board may determine; and ( c) the lcvymg of charges and the taking of fees .

13.

E xemptions.
13.

E xemptions.

'othwithst· ndiJtg a ny oLl er enactmen- ( a ) the lnstitute hall be e xempt from payment of duty , rat~, charge, fet:, tax or licenc ~; ( b ) n o stamp du y or registration fee · shall be payable in respecl of any docu snent un er wl ich the lnstit ute is the sole ben ... • ficj · :y; and ( c) the nstiture may fran letters or postal packets, make remittances by money order or despa.

eh tele rams free of charge.

72 5 14.

Legal proceedings.

(1) The Institute shall act, sue and be.


sued, implead or be impleaded under its corporate name.

(2) Every deed, cheque .

o other document relating to the Institute shall be signed by two persons designattd by he Board.

15.

Consequential amendment.

(1) The Schedule to the Statutory Bodies Accounts and Audit) Act is 'amended in Part ll by add ing he following item~ Mauritius Institute of Health _ .
(~) The auditor to be appointed under section S(l) of the Statutory Bodies (Accounts and Audit) Act shall be the Director of Audit.

,, -: Passed b) tb.e Legislative Assembly on the twenty-first day of Novcrn· .· ber one thousand nine hundred and eighty-nine.

,\ .

.

I Vl \.-t\d \ALl _.-~ Clerk of fhejLegislalive ~Dbi1' / 73 T HE ~L U TIL" IN TITU E F HE.

TB ;\ T (A.l\ 1E.

ID \-fE-r\ Act No.

of200 I as e1 t I f ....... -1 n _003 · ' 3EMEN~ OF SECTI U 'S J.

Short title 2. lnterp.

t10:1 3.


- e IO:l 4 of pnDClp J Acl ar:lended m nd the :.Iauritius In titute f U hb .

.

et ~ CTED by tb Parliam nt of ~auri t]us; as follows - 1. hort tiHe Tlus A t may be caed as the Maurhus In titute of H~ th (Amendment) Act _003.

.., lnt r pr rati on +'h ... __ - r" ..a.W 74 ction ~ of principal .

et amended e" ion ~ ci th~ • · ·?a .

c ·s am :2 ·ea : m.:mbe:i:Jg (" ~ .. :s:L.g pro..-ision :!...
s:~bsec1:"' :1 ·: : ~- ad±g :~~ f Le :t.:L:lg :: ... •• · :':..4v _ct ion- (2 ) Fort e purp s~s f ··bse- :iC'n ) ) .a). "'

nsv · e ~ a t ·plomas 2.nd a :vards, actbg on its o• ·.

or j oint~.

may ccod c c ur es , ho d _xa.

:n:na io ns an certifica• s ~'"ith a:1y other educational instituti n. Pas~ed by the National Assemb'y on the twenty ftftb ~ay f I\1arch t\'\'O thousand and three.
75 Terms of Reference of the Technical Sub-Committee ANNEX2 Terms of Reference of the Technical Sub-Committee The composition of the Technical Sub-Committee is as follows: 1.

2.

3.

4.

Dr (Mrs) P. Pugo Gun sa m Dr (Mrs) M Timol Mr. D. Persand Dr (Mrs) B. Oogarah-Pratab- Chairperson Member Member Member In attendance 1.

2.

Dr (Mrs) G. Daby Mrs.
I. Bholah Member Secretary The main responsibilities ofthe Technical Sub Committee include: i) ii) To advise the Executive Board of the Mauritius Institute of Health (MIH) on research and training in line with priorities of the Ministry of Health and Quality of Life; To advise on problem-solving, epidemiological and action-oriented research programmes with a view to improve performance and the efficiency of the health systems; iii) To advise on training needs in the health sector with special emphasis on the following:- Basic training of different categories of health personnel; Post basic and postgraduate training for health professionals; Continuing education for all categories of health personnel; (a) (b) (c) (d) Orientation courses for health professionals joining the public health services; International courses on topics of regional interests; and (e) iv) To advise on ways and means for enhancing the role of the MIH as an Awarding Body for qualifications in the health sector.
76 Terms of Reference of the Finance Sub-Committee ANNEX3 Terms of Reference of the Finance Sub-Committee The composition of the Finance Sub-Committee is as follows: 1.

Dr D.K Padachi 2.

Mr. A Nundoochan Chairperson Member 3.

Mr. U. Gobin Co-opted Member 4.

Mr Alain Li Yuk Tong Co-opted Member In attendance 1.

Dr (Mrs) G. Daby 2.

Mrs. B.F. Sookun 3.

Mr. N. Ramkurrun 4.

Mrs.


I. Bholah Member Member Member Secretary The main responsibilities of the Finance Committee are to advise the Board on matters pertaining to the following:- i) All financial matters relating to the activities of the Institute; ii) Examination of budget estimates and Statement of Accounts; iii) Scrutiny of bid evaluation reports; and iv) Examination of reports (e.g.
Board of Survey, Internal Control, External Auditors, Financial Management Analyst of the Ministry) on the financial affairs of the Institute.

77 ANNEX4 Terms of Reference of the Staff Sub-Committee Terms of Reference of the Staff Sub-Committee The composition of the Staff Sub-Committee is as follows: 1.

Mr. D. Persand Chairperson 2.

Mrs P. Juggessur-Dabeedyal 3.

Mr. Z. Bhugeloo Member Member In attendance 1.

Dr (Mrs) G. Daby 2.

Mr. N. Ramkurrun 3.

Mrs.
I. Bholah Member Member Secretary The main responsibilities of the Staff Sub-Committee include: i) ii) To consider issues pertaining to Human Resources in line with the Personnel Management Manual and current rules and procedures; To recommend disciplinary action in accordance with current legislation and rules; iii) To advise the Executive Board on staff matters; and iv) To examine and ensure implementation of the recommendations of the Internal Control Report and other Reports such as the OPSG and PRB report regarding staffing issues.
78 F ROGRA.l\IME OF ' VORK.l01S TRADUN'G PROGRA...'\E\IES I PAR.,\MEDlCAL-S'fiiDIE'-8 Prugranrnes :andl Ckltrli'Ses- Thrget GruupJ 11. mental Assistant: ~ BafcfiJ 1!9 SeiVinQI Dental Assistamfs in 1he Ministrry of Heallh&O!..

of Life.

-......} \0 2.

IPha:mtac:y Techni'cian Trainees, ~rmel!ly 'Pharmacy Dispenser] llipiOm'a 'C'cnmstt nomina fed by ltle M'Jrilstry off Health & 0 .

of life & ll'op urp, fo11 2UOJ IPir.rrrnacy mis~ns:ers- only on MOIHI establishment: f unding/ Elln111issi0ning AIJJ!
'llCJ Mi:nisfry of lllealll11 & a .. of l ife Ministry o1f Healtfl1 & CL oflife Desaription --JIB m Ill lilT -.lli .... Dii "SEPr lEI!

a 1E ID& Cerlfficate oourse wifh1 re-ctmes; and demorrsfralfun al tm MIH and practiGalsm Dental Glini<ss.

~11 year· ~rtifJCate course spread mer-2' years} May 201 4. to May 2016 ~ --- -· ... - _, ---- -·---- j.. - -·- - ._,_, --- ·-·-- -- -·- ---· , _ -- _,....,.
a) CurrittJIUm ·developmel'lt ·fo!r 1iJipl'oma1 Cours-efo:rr accreditation by the MQ'A · ~~ ....- ~ = F.-.~ ~ =.-.- ~ ==-- = ;;-;::::o - r still fn p roCI:es!> wilt~ MQA r.e.. iiPiilelfation 'Natl o n aF .... .-.eo] ~- ~~~ :;;ii]...-"""l - o::;;: :;;:;; I :;::;;o ~ ..... + -- --- - ~- --- --- --- --- ~-- --- --- ~-... Ill Currittllllm development for Top-Up Pro.gramme for accredlfation by MQA.
[Boami App,nwal:: 0:4 December 2011:4] P.:ll ~ Vl lrognDRti8S- IComrses ~Group Fondingf Cbnmssilnirl!l Desm\lfion JAil fa 1111 :Ill llll'al Jllll 3. :Mf!dica1 Filst Respol\der's Ci>tuse; Fire F~:¥1ter.s 4.

Med1caJ lma,sing l ecl'snol'agist Trainees.

recruited 1by ihe· Minisflry of Health1 & 0~ of life ~ Minisbyoif li.

:Cl(;a] Government Mrnis1r)l' m llfeaftli1J &: Qi.


or ILif.e Training m F~ duriing Emeo_~er~Gies ~rn bafcttes-<lf ., Review· and update< of ~0} [2ndl Batch]] .... .. !11'1' Dt:'ll' - lE !DEi lWr'ricUIUmlfOI'' a1 l)ipiO!nal Course ., Trailn[ng oftrairnei!

'S ., TOF"ll;p training' ~ ·for .serving effi~rs ., DiplOOfal~ Tori l'l!eiUfrecrofts ., R~~ update: of 1raWng~pmgramme fGr a DiplomaJC~ mr acaedifatioo by tl'ile!MQA..

., lop'Up trainirng pragrarrvne for se1Ving R:HfJa.1ioni 1~.
., O:ipbnareburse· for newJ recruits.

I A\v.,aitimJ gnumligh:tfromMinistzy of1J,O€<cd '-Gavemment I I .final Mission Repod.

oj'£)11' er Moban aw.aited.

NO!

resoonse.· ta·remi11ders •.

I NJOI/Ii «H~Id'ron-sid'er ·oth-el' -avenue-s of·eooperation like lJcmkawt.OFUnivcrsitv oi'SoufhPifiiaz I ·Ctirlr1irufum under- 1nepnratf-mt fulr 5Ubmi5simlltn MQA I Students.

recruited filave been po.sted to· RT I.Jnilt, Victollia Hospita ll.

Woul €1lj~in the A.natomy·cmd IP'filysio logy Classes.
at the Centrra H Sc:llo oJI oii Nu 13ing fa r tile next Tntake· of N'ur.ses_ I I - Page·z 00 0 5.

Rad"mfian liflernpist Two·Trnin·ees; ~by~ M"misf!ly·(llf Healt:i1J&Q.

of Life M"m:IS'fl'y off 11-leaHh '& Q.

·of ll1fe witi'J assistance from l'ntemraoon.al Atomic Energ)' ~encypAEAJ [Bo:mll Approval:: M Deoem:ber'ZOJ].4] Progmnltles andl 'Courses!

Target liroup1 &.

fiDl Ra.pidlliesfing Parfi&ipanls li'mnNom- Governmenta] Organisations.
Funding/ Ebn~nissiJnin] ~OOC:J' Ministry of IHealttl '& Quality of ll.ife ii1 collatlorattmJI with Virology ILabor.afory.

Candos.

00 ........ 7~ lrl!alning for Physfoffrerapy Assis~ts Trainees from ·the M'm1sby of Heailh1 &: Ql Minlsbjlof !Health and Qualilj of ll.ife &.

Speech1 Therapy an dl Two trainees Aud iolo:g~ :Assistants fi'om the 1\IDlff&Ql Ministi}I"Gfi IH ealttr ami Qualiljof iLifeJ lilescr1ptim JINI lB IUJ[ IPI liD' .Jii .D.
lllii !B'I' Jm - 1JEI %DI!ii ' Two: ·days ll'airiing foUowed by 3-61 montl'ls fiei~Tk at the ootstatitmsi.

Successful participants; would be awarded a Certificate of Cempele.ncy by fhe VIrology UnitJMIH 2"1 batc.l11 in 20115 a] CurrTCtJfuml devel opment (completed!

b} Trail'lin§ Pr~ramme· ~J O'rm~year cer:1ifit:ate ·l!

:Gll~Se I Approv.a;l of MOitt fmrtr ai ni ng off2m~~ bakl11 I I .Awaitl ne: anD r.flval' ol!
t he MOH'&OIL I I .Awaitln£,appt evalloftil'l e MOlf&QIL f or a td'd ifion al recrrulli: I :s~ Sur,gical T'echn-oTog~ fou1r traJt:re-es ·frum MOH&.QIL W~ntwp :Assistants (STAsJ/S'enior· Sur·gical'lrecflnofog~ Workslrop AssiStants {~STAsJ [l'r.rtnfng in lC1!I ventilnforsJ M"mlsfry ·01 llfeafttl & Ql ·a] GUiirTCtJJllml devel0pment bl Training Programme Await ing ap prmva flof the MOH&QIL lFD1 che ck with BtabTi5hme nt ne exisfen G:e ofthls post l)Bmmll Appt o.var.
: 04 Deam:ber :m 14]1 P~J; D Nl1RS~ SRlDIES: Pmgranl1'11!5 and lhrr.ses TargetGmup 1_ National Diproma in Foot Cal'le :Nurs,ing Nli!rsing1 S181fof MimiSf!tv of Health & Quality oflll.ife 00 N 2'_ Emerg~n.cJ· Nursin-g Mimisby·of [l'nfirmiers Urgentist~)1 He-alth & Quality o~ ILife fer 25 Nursing!

Persoli!OOI Jiff JB m .Ill lilY DJ .D.

.lE ... IEI" - am: m& !

I MQA will!

not!

.muedit.


t raining ,given mr.-c;,spective~ Therefore· need w work mrt a full 1:--v,eM programme for 'irCm!dit!lmm by; MQA whkll woul!d ronsider entrvll"e®iremenm andl training: alreadv impllJted.

Descr1Jfiiln Funding/ CIIIIIJiSsiJning l.gencJ Minisfr,y of Hea'lth & Quality of Life!

University an dl Ga.Jidiff Two-year Diploma1·course- i:11 oollabo:rafiOn with Swansea1 Un:iversi't)t a}1 M I Has the AwardingJ Becf:Jr b}1 Curriculum!
de'ttel'epment of :2-year programme· leading to a1 National!

[)iplbma in Foot.

C-are: N'ur.sililg~ ton houl'S of -~oo:demit biiDGk ~t file· MlH followed by Ministr,y of Healtll&: Q:IJali"fv 'Qf Life 1 year practieal ii1 regiOnal hospitals ..

Selection of canatd'ate-s: (1 1 fn:Jm,JRodrig_ues ad 181 from Mauritius]~ foJr 31lf week of November 2()1114 Janl 21H5· .w.

... ._, _- ----- --- r------- F-·5 ~ W'""'l"""· --- - - _, .. ---· · ~ _.,.
(Boar:dl Approval: '0:4 December 200.4]1 P'a~4 m IRAI.NmGU~" ~II.DICRGRADUAliES ProgJmltllles and!

Cw:rsi!Si Targel &roup f. Pr~registration1 traini'ng MediGal Graduates, pnrvisfunally regjsteredlwilh Ule· Mediea~ CQunci] Funding/' fon111issioning ·Auetm:f Minlsbyof Health& Q'ualityefll.rre 00 w Des~rr"ti1111 Id Actiwities JM fiB 1QR IPI lQYi .IR .... lllii .... 11:1' NDY me: m& •• 1\nn ual Oata1 CblkfclKm m mumberofMedfual Graduates likely fo .sfarii fraining1 in the· ootriingJ year.

.. Training.
.. Training.

ef mentors .. End 9fpll5ting, assessment m 5 major· disciplines' 2 t8 frairrees): Ortlhopaeclies [6152] Paediatrics.

IS~ QbstJS'ynaecoloru-· [121~]1 Gmeral Med~rrn ~121~2] Gen-eral s~ [12152] [ ONI60 JNG; + --_, --~ ~-~ --- --- --- --- ---~ _,_, __ ___ _,_, r- --· [BoardApprovai::0:4December·2014] .Page S I \ IPOSTGRMliCA.TIJMJEmCAL SI'IlJiiiES ~ani &,grut iirmti lmningf ~ Cmrr!se& l. l nternallMedMilim I:!fll Batc!h] Comnissioni[g ~I!I'IC!
8SeMn,gr Medical Mlrijstey· e'f & HlealtJ r(i)lfiOOers Healtl9 & Jtmn flinls1ry·m -Qua!ily dU.iife, llfeal1tJ ,&_I~ ll!ordeaux :2,, ·o'fiUiJe O:trainees IJ\•il [proceedforifirnal Ul'iive:rSity:.

~arto !Bordeaux mtNo:v:2@16 Fr:et'ildh Doq~ .and trema1rnng bin m lNm' 2ill1 sUbject to meetJng arltbe ·examination :require!Tlel1ts .

,I/IN IlB IIIIM - IIH'f ,u ,.1111.

•• !R Del' NDJ IDir !DIS Academic.


tllocks !a't IMI111 an.d clinical eduCJatiefl in l!ilespitals [Ooc:20i12- [le.c~i1SJ +- -· --- -·-- --- ·-- - -- - -·--· --- ----- -·- ___ .,.

00 ~ .2.

~pec_clalisalion in Primar.N Cam Physician M .Me!.tical,_& -~ 'of l:lleai1!

'J rmlicers Health ·& Qwililyrdf lJife.

lhmlMnMy·of lll&:rtleaiF.

( 2. lrlfeal1fn &.rQuai'IW ,_of !We, rdMdedlin.

UniYarnlty .. batCiles.lOf J,(i) ta 4G.

Fret'ildh -Oooperation .. Duritk:ulum DeYBIQpmenf fora lfbree~ programme.
• lrqplemeFitatiorn ·ef traifiii ng progra:mme.. :l. ~e,ciaHsati on in .MirJ1slr¥ ,_af SeMrlg ;sAMU Health& Emergency !Medicine.

P~.aod Quality l(jf IUife, MHI~io'r forEmerg~y Bordea ux:2, flH.Qslfmm Physicians Ministry m He3l1h University .. &tQuallly mum .. .. ICll'tlcUII!Im t£ile'llel~pmentr(Rrot smtk lfmm ReJ!Uiikm tlslaTV4) lfi'rail'iiing programme iimplementa'lion l8e,portifillis5iond Prm;petttioolJw ~lBI!mard Ga;y ImmJRortleamt llMiver:.

!iity rf~ded'tO IMOHIIQ... - ~ofi.,._.


iftom~tmiw~ - ·- - Convention m'be;~rlloJilftma:.

'UI'titRDity/MilJJ \5elftltion ro.fmn6idate:s'Jilanm!d:ICKJianuary20JSifoMUH&Ql 'liinanciaf.~mfihmdJ:GcM:llWUllXlLs:~ ~provalraWiiitedrlfrom IMOHa.a·foriMission-of PriOSJM!Etion -b!v:PrOt Con1bes .in Jlanuary20156~ pil[fu;ipant5 +- ,-~ · = '- """""" -' L l"!!!!!"!'!!.

..!

- ~ I!

f- -·= · ..... __ L_ - - - - - - - L_ {BnaOO.Apprmr.:d:.
D4December :201:4] P.a~:6 V CONI INmNGPKOYESSHll'-.\L DEmOP.IJEIT PruwrammesiHHII tllll'5eS f"illr'IJI!tiliMJUPl 1_ Cont.inuing Profustonnll Development: Health!
PractitiOners, llnlivf Comms&urmg Agency Min iSirJ~~· oi Health- & Qllality uU:ITe 00 VI 2'.. Tr.aini:ng in 25 Casualty Medical M:anag,ement of ~T .Oiim ha1fday EmH9Jncies per weeK fur f:5·wee)B Quality un.ne M'inis1ryoj Health- g 3.. Trntnmg in BasiC hdapgyfbr Mentors ...-'350 Specialistsroorrsultmts Healfh g of the MOH&Ql Mii'riSbyof Qualify~ of lite lfescriPtinnl J»> RI .... JPR' m .Ill .a Jlli IEPT lET fiN DE la& a) Ql"'()rdinationl efCPD programmes currdbctedat regjuna1 & ~pe£ialised hospitalS.
b) Org~niSatiorn of 'leclures.

c) -Creation ofa vlrfual libraryat MIHL (a) PrasJ,amme: OevetiDpment {End IJoomtbel-2014) (,b)l Organisation of tralnirrg IXi)(]I'S~' 6 wt U]i 'MJrkshops oompJefedm :20'14 .. +-~ -·- _.

~ - - , __, ..... _ , _ ..... _ - -·- - -- -- - --·-- - ~-- - -·- _, __ , ·-- ~ --~ r -~-,..,-- --- --- -- __,-.

- -~~ l laurn:hing by Mlnfster J +- ~ --- ...... __ , · - ~~ __ ...., ~-- ~--- !->- -- ~ J~ 2011 ' --- -i Awaiting; approval ofMOH&QL I • --- --- .
-·-·--- -·--·· - - 4 w.mikshups remainirn~~ in 2ID~5: - - l}Bmnrd Approval:: 04 D'ecemlrelr2014]] F~7 Yil ~and Tavethp ICIDSI!S '1.11 TO.P.l!JP· pr,.ramme lleadjng·t& [!

)~pJoma iin INu~~S ing: [2n11 1batch] '1.2.

TOP-l!JP P,r.
TOP-l!JP P,r.

:o;gr,amme 220iSeM1i19 l'llwr:sing 'IJfficers IOf MiniStry 10f Health & Quality IOf uife ;SOOSeming l'llur:silg •OffiGerS dMO.H&QL lleading·to Nationa1 IDj<ploma iin IN u:r:S:i:n.,g' ~31'G batchJ lhl'le:e-year pqrmnme leadi"g r~ a Na.tiomll 1Dipli0111fa Miriistry df mN~g [~ 111 Batch] U~INew rreuruits by·Dm lfeatth & "Qualicy rgflife 00 0\ '2.1 ~u: 'lihJe--year 15B1New rreoruifs bytim prqpmnme-lead~g rto.

a Natio:mll IDiplonm Miriistry ,df mN~g 1{2JR'I IB~hl HteaH:h & :oua.1;cy lof Liife J .
rC:erltificate· Courses ~ toJ~oolli'SeS iirr IMQA p1'iva'te l ~ister:ed trairnln!l: InstitUtions.

iD~ imdimf IConr:riisSiai® lgmq Mirnistryd Hlealfh ,& •Quaiity;0f !Life 220 IGandidates have fmmat~e arnclsummat'ive assessment of trainees.

oorqpleled tl~eir IOjploma !fF<iinin,g 22 September:20H.
~o- J~pliil wn:Swilh mo parti~pants Mirnistry(Of Hlealfh,& •Quality df !Life Mirnistcy (Of tlleallb ,& rQuality of !Life &tmol otiNW'Siri!g m 'f31 Mew 1recrui1s 'Started Jreirir:aining al lfhe •Gerrlral Awg;ust :2013 ifm' mrll:ifioate IlOUJ'Se and aOOC!J:mmmiaied for·ttm Oiplmna.

[August:2013fu ye-ar 2m 6J 2:.,~ lbal.t:h ,of258- pa~ants :Sia:rted fueir "lra:irimJ llm 15.JUiy2m4_ [15 .~w ly .20I·4 to 2tJ11] Mirnisby,df Hlealfu r& Quality ot llifu 11.11 ,.

I NAY -JIN II!EI ,u Jll.


Alii :!~PT ID m liE :a [ .Award r~rem IJlrny ,a'iYa'ited ' ·--- -·- ·--- ·--- ··-- -- -· ·--- ~ - -·- ----· -- -· -·-- ___ , ·+ -· ---- -·--· -·- -·- ----·-- -.

---- -- -· ---- -·-·-- ---- -__ ..., +- · --- - -·- -- ·- --- -·-- -- -· ·--- --- ---·· --- - - ·-~ ... Green lljght ;aw aited from ~he [~Jar;en't Ministry I[BnamAppn:nr.a1:.

'04D.enemher:zDl4] P..agef8 '\:U !REGIONAL/la\'liERKATIOJ~h'\L IP1ROGR.

(\)DJIES Pnwnarnmes aHI Courses.


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