With this webinar, we invite you to join in the discussion on the post-Ebola strategy in West Africa. During the webinar four experts from different backgrounds will outline their view of the Ebola Crisis and most importantly share their vision on what needs to be done now, and post-Ebola, to ensure aversion of further food insecurity and social marginalization.
The spread of the Ebola virus disease has major consequences on the African countries it has hit the hardest: Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. The death toll from the disease and associated losses pose great economic consequences.
More than 2,600 people have died in West Africa. Transportation companies suspended their operations to the countries for fear of contamination even though the World Health Organisation advised against it. So far, the economies are experiencing adverse effects with escalating food insecurities.
Sierra Leone and Liberia, two of the most hit countries, recently came out of more than a decade of gruesome civil wars. Their institutions are still fragile and the deprivation from the Ebola crisis could trigger ever bigger problems.
The youth played a major role in both the Sierra Leone and Liberia conflicts as a result of economic and social marginalization. Without an effective strategy to assure young people a brighter future of economic and social stability, impact of the 2014 Ebola crisis on food insecurity and social livelihoods could trigger an even greater post-Ebola crises.
Agenda points:
Short term strategy: containment strategy & humanitarian aid
Long term strategy: improvement of (social) health care & international assistance
The importance of microprogrammes: Engagement, voicing the right people, AYM’s call for action**
MRC/HIVAN KZN AIDS Forum - 30/10/12 - Challenges and Opportunities for HIV/AI...info4africa
This presentation was given on 30/10/12 at the MRC/HIVAN KZN AIDS Forum.
Co-presented by Kwazi Mbatha (CEGAA Researcher/Trainer) and Mlungisi Vila kasi (TAC Community Mobiliser - uMgungundlovu), this talk was facilitated by Judith King (CEGAA Communications and Advocacy Manager).
For more information on CEGAA please visit their website: http://www.cegaa.org/
Presented by Clem Bezold and Trevor Thompson
Public health in each city and county in the United States works to ensure the conditions for all to be healthy. Public health investigates disease outbreaks, fosters health promotion and health equity, and assures that health care is available. And it typically focuses on the most vulnerable in the community. There are several forces changing public health—what it does and how it operates. The effects of climate change on local communities, other types of emergencies, future infectious diseases and their surveillance, optimal approaches to health promotion for communities, the role of health care providers in enhancing population health, the state of health equity or fairness—these are among the topics considered in the scenarios. The Institute for Alternative Futures, with funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Kresge Foundation, has developed a national project developing Public Health 2030 Scenarios. This session will present those results.
This document summarizes the presentation "Managing Social transitions for Health: The Experience from South Africa" by Charles Hongoro. It discusses how social changes globally and in South Africa have impacted health outcomes. It outlines the resulting demographic and epidemiological transitions in developing and developed countries. It then describes South Africa's experience in transforming its health system towards universal healthcare coverage, including establishing ward-based primary healthcare teams, integrated school health programs, and district clinical specialist support teams. The goals of universal health coverage in South Africa are also summarized.
There are numerous changes taking place in South Africa, in the economy, politics and health. All these are interdependent and embedded in a social milieu which brings a number of pressures on health services and systems. The major event in the medium to long term is the impact of the National Health Insurance. Other contextual factors of importance include the range of social determinants of health and disease, with the provision of water, sanitation, electricity and housing being the key services. South Africa will also be influenced in the future by the major diseases it harbours at present. This seminar provided some insight into how these factors will impact on the South African Health Services.
The purpose of this presentation is to equip audiences with the ability to:
Define universal health coverage (UHC) and understand the basic tenets of UHC
Identify how UHC fits in USAID’s health and poverty reduction strategies
Effectively communicate to country stakeholders how USAID can support a country’s progress towards UHC
Identify relevant UHC resources within the Office of Health Systems and USAID
The presentation is part of the “UHC Toolkit” and accompanies Universal Health Coverage: An Annotated Bibliography, and Universal Health Coverage: Frequently Asked Questions.
Olamide Okulaja_Creating synergy for PPP_PPP Conference2019Atinuke Akande
At the health policy dialogue organised by PharmAccess Foundation and Nigeria Health Watch on the 11th April 2019, Olamide Okulaja discussed Creating Synergy for public-private partnership in Nigeria.
Strengthening India’s Public Health Workforce: A Landscape Analysis of Initia...HFG Project
Resource Type: Analysis/Report
Authors: Amit Paliwal, Marc Luoma and Carlos Avila
Published: July 31, 2014
Resource Description:
For India’s public health system to deliver effectively, it is imperative that policymakers place strategic focus on tackling persistent HRH issues such as chronic shortage of health workers, unbalanced skill mix in the existing health workforce, and inequitable urban-rural distribution of health workers. Taking optimal health care to the farthest corners of the country is critical to the vision of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare for comprehensive and integrated health services. The National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) has made substantive efforts to place doctors and other health workers in rural and remote areas through a vast network of health sub-centers, and primary and community health centers. However, persistent shortage and maldistribution of qualified health providers continue to adversely affect the quality and efficiency of public health services, especially in rural areas.
Decentralization of health services in Nigeria by Dr Daniel Gobgab, CHANachapkenya
Nigeria has a population of 173 million people governed across 36 states and 774 local government areas. Health services are decentralized across three levels of government - federal, state, and local. The new National Health Act aims to improve healthcare access and quality through a basic healthcare provision fund and universal health coverage. Key challenges to decentralization include a lack of political will, limited local capacity and resources, and inequities in service distribution across areas.
The document discusses health financing issues in post-conflict settings based on a research program called ReBuild. It finds that most post-conflict countries rely more on informal payments and donor funding for health care. A Sierra Leone study found the Free Health Care Initiative increased some maternal health services, especially in rural areas, but the impact was disappointing due to continued costs and medicine shortages. A Uganda study found no significant changes in self-reported health or health care use after displaced people returned home, but saw increased food expenditures. Overall the literature on post-conflict health financing is limited due to varied contexts and data availability.
Each year, the OHE sponsors a lecture that explores a timely issue in medicine or health economics. At the 22nd Annual Lecture, the issues and challenges of universal health care coverage in low- and middle-income countries were presented by Professor Anne Mills of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
The audio of this lecture now is available at http://news.ohe.org/2014/08/19/annual-lecture-2014-universal-health-coverage/
Understanding the concept of Universal Health CoverageHFG Project
Presented during Day One of the 2016 Nigeria Health Care Financing Training Workshop. Presented by Dr. Elaine Baruwa. More: https://www.hfgproject.org/hcf-training-nigeria
INDIA : TOWARDS UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGEDevesh Shukla
Challenges of Universal Health provision
Urban – Rural Divide Statistics
Current state of Healthcare in India
Change in consumer mindset
Milestones in Independent India
Way Forward in Health care
Preparing for future shocks: Building resilient health systemsHFG Project
Presentation at USAID's Global Health Mini-University on Friday, March 4, 2016.
Preparing for Future Shocks: Building Resilient Health Systems
Kate Greene (HFG), Bob Emrey (USAID/GH/OHS), Jodi Charles (USAID/GH/OHS), Temitayo Ifafore, (USAID/GH/OHS)
After the recent Ebola outbreak, global health experts have turned to resilience frameworks used by other fields such as agriculture and engineering to understand how to build health systems that can withstand shocks, including infectious disease outbreaks, natural disasters, and political conflict. Speakers will first briefly outline each of the five key elements of the Resilience Framework, adapted from the Rockefeller Foundation and presented in a Lancet article in 2015, that can be applied to health systems. Participants will then work in small groups to discuss which health systems interventions should be pursued in response to a one-page description of an unnamed country. Speakers will then reveal what real-world interventions they designed for the country example and answer questions.
Team KHIFA'S 5 presented on universalizing access to quality primary healthcare in India. India's current healthcare system paints a dismal picture with low government expenditure, poor infrastructure like a shortage of hospitals and doctors, and high private spending. The team proposed several strategic interventions like increasing funding, improving rural health infrastructure with ambulances and mobile clinics, providing health education in schools, training local quacks, and increasing healthcare staffing and resources to help reduce costs and ensure equitable access to healthcare across India.
This document analyzes whether universal health coverage (UHC) adequately captures the principles of the human right to health. It identifies seven principles underpinning the right to health - progressive realization, non-discrimination, cost-effectiveness, participatory decision-making, prioritizing the vulnerable, minimum core obligations, and shared responsibility. The document finds that UHC embraces some principles like progressive realization and non-discrimination focused on financial exclusion, but does not clearly encompass participatory decision-making, prioritizing the vulnerable, minimum core obligations, or shared responsibility. It concludes that while UHC moves in the right direction, it does not fully express all norms inherent in the right to health.
This document proposes a plan to universalize access to quality primary healthcare in India. It discusses some of the key problems in healthcare access such as poor rural facilities, malnutrition, and high infant mortality. It then outlines a proposed biennial door-to-door health inspection program led by teams consisting of doctors, nurses, and municipal representatives. The program would check sanitation, nutrition, and provide basic medical aid and awareness. Implementing such inspections through a dedicated body in each block could help ensure even underprivileged communities receive quality primary care. Challenges to the plan include funding, staffing, and ensuring standards are uniformly applied.
Health financing strategies uhc 27 09 12Vikash Keshri
This document discusses health financing strategies for universal health coverage. It begins by defining universal health coverage and providing historical perspectives. It then discusses the current state of health financing in India, including low public spending, high private out-of-pocket expenditures, and variations between states. The document outlines that achieving universal health coverage requires raising sufficient funds, removing financial barriers, and using resources efficiently. It examines strategies for generating more health resources, utilizing resources effectively to prevent waste, and proposes the key recommendations of India's High Level Expert Group on universalizing access to affordable healthcare.
The document discusses health systems and financing. It begins by defining a health system as all actors, institutions, and resources that undertake health actions, with the primary intent of improving health. Not all policies that influence health are part of the health system. The document then discusses the goals of health systems, including improving health and ensuring financial contribution. It outlines the key functions of health systems as stewardship, financing, resource generation, and service delivery. The document emphasizes the importance of aligning financing with national health plans to avoid fragmentation. It also discusses concepts of coverage, effectiveness, and factors that influence health outcomes.
The global coverage of the Ebola crises is slowly quieting down but this by no means entails the disease is quieting down too.
According to the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, 8,371 people have fallen victims to the disease in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone since the start of the Ebola outbreak last year. This is an outrageous number and, the sad thing is, the impact of disease does not stop at the deceased.
The virus is not only causing the high number of victims in West-Africa, but it is also posing a great threat to economic and political stability in the affected countries and region. In our upcoming Webinar, we are focusing on the role of Corruption in the on-going Ebola crises.
Wednesday 14th of January – 1pm EST
Our three high-level speakers will discuss “How Corruption and Lack of Trust in West Africa Have fueled the Ebola Crisis.”
Agenda Points:
Transparent Use of Funds – addressed by Simon Eyram Tsike-Sossah - head of ACIPP Consulting and the Executive Director of ACIPP West Africa in the Netherlands.
Governance Accountability – addressed by Joshua N. Ruxin – Assistant Clinical Professor of Public Health, Columbia University and Executive Director, www.globalhealthbuilders.org
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This document provides information about an exhibition at the Porter Butts Gallery at the University of Wisconsin from February 28 to March 30, 2003. It featured artwork by Sierra Leonean artists documenting the atrocities of the civil war in Sierra Leone through graphic mediums like paintings, drawings, and batiks. The exhibition catalog includes biographies and artworks of 14 Sierra Leonean artists with mediums ranging from pen and ink drawings, watercolors, oils, and batiks depicting violent war scenes and their impacts on communities and individuals.
EBOLA hit Sierra Leone at its most vulnerable time and exposed the systemic failures of the nation’s healthcare system. Could generations of government have done something to avert major health crises and at least minimize the enduring impact of EBOLA? Without further retrospection, Sierra Leone needs a better way forward. Sierra Leone must set its priorities right.
The United Brethren in Christ (UBC) Mattru Jong hospital is an outstanding landmark and, at one time, one of the best hospitals in terms of structure and services in Sierra Leone. In its hay days, the UBC hospital in Mattru Jong was probably second to none in Sierra Leone.
That legacy is no more. But it does not have to be so. The Missionaries - God bless their heart - gave it their all and the hospital took care of the people of Mattru Jong, Bonthe District and beyond.
Today, the hospital is in a state ruin, like everything about Sierra Leone's healthcare, it is a state of disrepute. EBOLA has finally exposed one of our major national deficiencies and we need to do something about it - real fast and soon!
Late Dr. Martin Salia, EBOLA victim and surgeon, hailed as hero around the world, was once a Doctor at the UBC Hospital in Mattru Jong.
The hospital needs lots of attention and help. I don’t know where to start but, for anyone out there that might feel moved to help, I’d suggest contacting the UBC Parent Mission:
Church of the United Brethren in Christ, USA
302 Lake St. Huntington, IN 46750
Phone: (260) 356-2312
http://ub.org/
This document discusses financing health programs for AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria in Africa. It outlines the large disease burden from these illnesses, especially in southern and central Africa. While international funding has helped control epidemics, resources are uncertain and domestic financing must increase. The document recommends that countries invest at least 15% of budgets in health as pledged. It also suggests innovative domestic funding strategies and emphasizing health's economic benefits to policymakers. Overall, more data and political will are needed to establish sustainable, long-term health financing plans tailored to each country's resources and priorities.
This document discusses financing health programs for AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria in Africa. It outlines the large disease burden from these illnesses, especially in southern and central Africa. While international funding has helped control epidemics, resources are uncertain and domestic financing must increase. The document recommends that countries invest at least 15% of budgets in health as pledged. It also suggests innovative domestic financing strategies and emphasizing health's economic benefits to policymakers. Overall, more data and political will are needed to establish sustainable, long-term health funding mixes of domestic and international support tailored to each country.
A health system, also sometimes referred to as health care system, is the organization of people, institutions, and resources that deliver health care services to meet the health needs of target populations.
Health systems are responsible for delivering services that improve, maintain or restore the health of individuals and their communities.
Common elements in virtually all health systems are primary healthcare and public health measures.
Paul Mikov, MA, Vice President of Institutional Partnerships with Catholic Medical Mission Board shares how CMMB partners with a variety of organizations to deliver care and strengthen health systems, including a program involving care by Catholic nuns.
The Solomon Islands HiT determines that the country’s health system has significant weaknesses but also considerable strengths. Despite the range and difficulty of issues facing policy-makers in the Solomon Islands, there have been significant achievements in health, including considerable progress in advancing population health status. The performance of the health system is positive, achieving high coverage, high satisfaction levels, and steady progress on health outcomes. Nonetheless, the country faces important health challenges that could undermine development gains made to date
James Sengwe completed an industrial attachment at Population Service International Zimbabwe (PSI/ZIM) to fulfill requirements for his BSc in Statistics. PSI/ZIM is a global health organization in Zimbabwe focused on improving health through family planning, HIV/AIDS prevention, and addressing other issues. It uses marketing strategies and partnerships with local organizations to develop sustainable health solutions. PSI/ZIM's core business areas include HIV prevention and treatment, tuberculosis screening and treatment, contraception provision, non-communicable diseases like diabetes, and malaria prevention through insecticide-treated nets and rapid testing.
Presented on July 19th, 2016 at the Cracking the Nut Health Conference.
In 2014-2015, the Ebola epidemic underscored an urgent need for greater attention to the needs of local frontline health workers in West Africa and worldwide. Although not oriented as an emergency response advocacy alliance, the FHWC membership mobilized to simultaneously spotlight local frontline health workers needs in West Africa and call for greater attention to the centrality of well trained and supported frontline health workers to building resilient health systems from the community level.
The session, reviewed lessons learned in adjusting the planned activities of an existing advocacy partnership—the FHWC —to raise attention to the needs and impact of frontline heath workers in building resilient health systems.
Maximizing the Impact Of Global Fund Investments by Improving the Health of W...theglobalfight
Dr. Viviana Mangiaterra, Senior Technical Coordinator for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health and Health Systems Strengthening at the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, discusses service delivery integration for the three diseases, Global Fund partnerships and strengthened training and representation of women in Country Coordinating Mechanisms.
Tuberculosis Infection Control Symposia, presented at Hôpital Sacré Coeur in Milot, Haiti, 2011.
CRUDEM’s Education Committee (a subcommittee of the Board of Directors) sponsors one-week medical symposia on specific medical topics, i.e. diabetes, infectious disease. The classes are held at Hôpital Sacré Coeur and doctors and nurses come from all over Haiti to attend.
The document discusses health systems strengthening and primary healthcare. It provides context on the evolution of primary healthcare from the Alma Ata declaration in 1978 to the present day. Key points include the changing goals and focus of primary healthcare over time from comprehensive care to selective interventions. It also notes the demographic, epidemiological, socio-cultural, and economic challenges facing health systems in implementing primary healthcare.
Primary health care in Malawi is implemented through the Essential Health Package program, which provides basic preventive, promotive, curative and rehabilitative services. This has led to reductions in maternal mortality, child mortality, and communicable diseases like HIV, malaria, and tuberculosis. However, challenges remain such as shortages of drugs, health personnel, and equipment in facilities. Continued efforts are needed to further reduce malnutrition and improve quality of care.
Community based COVID preparedness (CBCP) 25082021Sudhanshu39
The coronavirus pandemic has shown us a new world where the status quo no longer exists.
•‘The world has seen many crises over the past 30 years, including the Global Financial Crisis of 2007-09. Each has hit human development hard but, overall, development gains accrued globally year-on-year. COVID-19, with its triple hit to health, education, and income, may change this trend.’ UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner
• But the pandemic also shows us the wisdom of what is already inherent in the SDGs; the challenges we face cannot be dealt with in isolation or by a piecemeal approach.
• WHO COVID-19 Strategic Response and Preparedness Plan 2021 also highlights the need for coordinated response to plot a course out of the pandemic.
This document summarizes the AIDS epidemic in Eastern and Southern Africa and progress towards meeting international targets on HIV/AIDS. Some key points:
1) There are 34 million people living with HIV globally in 2011, with 1.2 million new infections in Eastern and Southern Africa. Several countries have reduced new infections by over 50% since 2001.
2) Coverage of prevention of mother-to-child transmission services was 72% in 2011 in the region. 5.2 million people were receiving antiretroviral treatment out of 8.1 million estimated to be eligible.
3) Reducing sexual transmission by 50% and reaching 15 million people on HIV treatment by 2015 are among key global targets, but
The document outlines India's national health policy. It notes that while India has made progress on health outcomes, gaps remain between states and communities. It analyzes India's disease burden, health system challenges, and the growth of private healthcare. The policy aims to improve health systems, promote universal access to quality care without financial hardship, and leverage partnerships across sectors to achieve health equity and inclusion. It establishes principles of equity, universality, patient-centered care, inclusive partnerships, pluralism, and subsidiarity to guide the health system transition.
it is short overview of health system in cuba .where it is considered as efficient public health system in the world with lowest levels of mortality and morbidity .
The Cuban health system provides universal healthcare that is free at the point of service. It has high levels of access and health outcomes relative to its economic resources. The system is organized into three levels - primary care through family doctors and polyclinics, secondary specialty care at outpatient clinics and hospitals, and tertiary care at specialty hospitals. Through this structured public system and emphasis on prevention, Cuba has largely eradicated infectious diseases and achieved health outcomes on par with developed nations. However, it faces challenges of an aging infrastructure, shortage of resources, and lack of choice for citizens and medical professionals.
Never Again: Building resilient health systems and learning from the Ebola crisis.
I hope you may find this of help.
From our friends at Oxfam. Thank you!
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The crux of the workshop was that we need to work on behviours rather then providing a huge subsidy with no results as the pioneer of CLTS Dr Kamal Kar also advocating for the same and accepted around the Globe, now it is needed to work on behaviours from Top to bottom that includes Govt, Politician, INGOs, NGOs,Communities each and every single stakeholders have to realize that it is needed to work on behaviors,.
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What does gender-affirming care look like on a daily basis? The media and political discourse focus on the illusory danger of impulsive medical care; but in truth, accessing gender-affirming care is a far more nuanced experience for LGBTQ+ youth. The Free to Be Youth Project's (FYP) upcoming docuseries, "Priceless" explores the nuances of gender-affirming care from the perspective of unhoused and at-risk LGBTQ+ youth and legal advocates in NYC.
Gender-affirming care supports gender identity and expression holistically, addressing gender dysphoria and safety concerns for LGBTQ+ youth through medical procedures, legal support, and social transition. However, financial, social, and political barriers disenfranchise unhoused, street-involved, and at-risk youth from accessing the proven benefits of this care.
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2. Agenda Points
• Short term strategy: containment strategy &
humanitarian aid - Speaker
• Long term strategy: improvement of (social)
health care & international assistance - Speaker
Rachel Glennerster, Executive Director of the
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) and
Researcher at International Growth Center
• The importance of micro programmes:
Engagement, voicing the right people, AYM’s call
for action - Speaker: Zeinab Camara, Global Lead
on Ebola at Africa2.0 and Tutu Fellow
3. Planning for Post Ebola in West Africa
Rachel Glennerster
Executive Director, Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, MIT
Lead Academic for Sierra Leone, International Growth Center
October 22, 2014
4. Planning under uncertainty
• Planning is challenging given enormous uncertainty
about:
– The final extent of the outbreak and timing of its conclusion
– The economic damage caused by the knock on effects of Ebola
– The status the health care system will be in by end of outbreak
• Reliable information has been a casualty of the
outbreak
– Health facilities are overwhelmed and travel is restricted
– Incentives are skewed for individuals, journalists, and agencies
5. Overview
• Some evidence on economic impacts and importance of
restoring confidence
• Challenges in rebuilding the post Ebola health care system
including coping with weaknesses in the pre Ebola system
• Caveat: I have worked on Sierra Leone for 10 years but I
don’t have data or experience in Liberia or Guinea
6. The economic cost of fear
• Most economic costs will be indirect: people putting off
purchases, investment, activity that involves meeting others
Number of Traders of Domestic Rice in 2012 and 2014
Source: Glennerster and Suri, 2014 www.theigc/country/sierra-leone
7. Restoring economic confidence is key
• Govt can support this by improving reliability and
transparency in government pronouncement and actions
• Macroeconomic stability, esp exchange rate stability,
essential to restoring confidence
• Government expenditures can help prime the pump
– Reduce payment delays for govt purchases relieves credit shortages
– Big announcements followed by delays undermines confidence
• Ebola has exposed the costs of low trust in government
– Medium term objective needs to be more transparent and
accountable government
9. Challenges in rebuilding the health care system
• Immediate: restoring confidence in/utilization of health
system
– Getting children immunized, mothers delivering in clinics etc
• Short run: recruiting and training new health workers
• Medium: Limited budget means making difficult choices
– Investments that have most impact on health might not be those
that would have prevented Ebola
– There may be a short run influx of donor money for “rebuilding”
health systems but need to plan for a realistic medium term
• Medium to long run: Improving accountability
10. Immediate: Judicious use of nudge incentives
• Substantial evidence that small nudges (incentives) can have
big impact on behavior, including preventative health
• Small incentives linked to immunization in other contexts to
increase immunization rates dramatically
• More cost effective to have nurse at clinic with incentive
than have the nurse do outreach to remote communities
– Mothers willing to walk to get child immunized for small incentive
• This is particularly true when health workers are in short
supply, as is tragically the case in West Africa post Ebola
11. Recruiting and training health workers
• Need to experiment with new ways to recruit, train and
utilize health workers to fill a large gap rapidly
– What roles don’t need a fully qualified nurse?
– What can be done by someone carefully trained on a narrow set
of protocols?
• Recruitment is key
– Zambia experiment with different ways to recruit health workers
– Those attracted by potential for a career were better educated
and worked much harder
– Recruiting the right people had big impacts on the quality of
service delivered. (Ashraf, Bandiera and Lee, 2014)
12. Difficult tradeoffs
• In 2013 SL government spent $40million on health i.e $7 per capita per year. (WB
estimates $20 public, $80 private)
• Local public clinics are focused almost entirely on maternal and child health and
preventative health
– Most cost effective investments in health esp for a poor country
– But clinics not seen as place for men or nonchild bearing women
• Investments that would have helped reduce severity of outbreak (more diagnostic labs
and inpatient facilities) not the most cost effective in a nonEbola world
• Important not to fight the last war
• Only one RCT in South Asia not Africa
• Program conducted by NGO not government
13. Accountability
• Health care workers are experiencing the largest toll from
Ebola. They are working under enormous stress in difficult
conditions and are the heroes of this crisis
• However, part of the medium term challenge is improving
accountability in the health care system
– Although malaria treatment is meant to be free, 60% of people
who received malaria treatment at public clinic reported paying
– In 2008 survey, 18% of clinics were closed despite prior warning
– 44% of health workers on roster were absent
• Improved accountability is essential to improve trust and
ensure investment in rebuilding is used effectively
14. ZeroEbola-Ntondi
Africa 2.0 Global Response on EBOLA
Micro Level programs in Post-Ebola Strategy
African Youth Movement
Webinar
22 October 2014
15. OVERVIEW
• The 2014 outbreak of Ebola is the largest in history. As of today, more than 9000 cases with more than
4000 deaths ( half are women and the youth).
• The Center for Disease Control predicts s as many as 1.4 million case by January 2015, with 10 000
cases a week in the affected countries.
• Countries will lose 13 billions USD in revenue and feel the impact of Ebola for the next 10 years (UNDP)
• Multinational companies are reducing their footprint in affected countries, farmers are leaving their
farms to go to unaffected areas , creating more unemployment, and a revenue gap in the countries
GDPs, predicted food shortages and many more.
• The social-economic and political impact have been enormous. The notion of African unity has been
damaged by several African states closing their borders to the affected countries, isolation a large
number of the African Youth, women.
• The crisis, as we know, will last long after Ebola is contained, because the affected countries social and
economic fabric will be decimated. The Communities have been the most hit by the crisis
• All efforts are made to contain the disease, few reflection are been done to look ahead and define the
post-Ebola Strategy.
• Post-Ebola Healthcare Strategy- Community Based-approach- Strategic plan for more resilient
communities?
16. Guinea Country Response Strategy
• Inter-ministerial Committee to oversee all the crisis committee activities.
• Crisis Committee established by the Government of Guinea, with the UN agencies under the leadership of the
World Health Organisation, the EU, Embassies, Doctors without Borders, the Red Cross and other partners. A
country Strategy was developed with key components:
• In order to oversee all the partners efforts, a Presidential decree was published which established a National
Coordination Unit to oversee actions on the ground.
Communication
Sensibilisation
Media
Engagement
Follow
contacts
Monitoring &
Evaluation
Prevention Community
Involvement
Healthcare
Mgts
National
Coordination
Early prevention
Management of
corpses
Treatment centres
Logistic
mobilisation
Nutritional
assistance
Traditional leaders
Community healthcare
professionals
Inter-ministerial
Crisis
Committee
National
Coordination
Unit
CDC
GoG
Unicef
International
NGOs
MSF
Red Cross
CDC
UNFPA
WFP
Red Cross
Religious Leaders
Local authorities
Committee
National
Coordination
Unit
WHO
CDC
GoG
• Sierra Leone- Liberia: decisive measures taken cases are still increasing
• All the management structures in place- increase number of cases- Containment not prevention
• All agree that we should adopt Community- based approach to contain and prevent more cases
• Social mobilisation helped to contain cases in some areas: Success story Telimele
17. Guinea Healthcare System
1. State Led healthcare System (9% National Budget), health structure every 5 km (objective)
2. Decentralised system: University Hospital, Regional Hospitals, Community Hospitals, District Health centres,
local health clinics
3. Well distributed healthcare infrastructures in the country
Why not functional:
1. Failure of Communication channel
2. Resources (financial, human, equipment)
3. Governance
Ministry of Health
University Hospitals
Regional Hospitals
Community Hospitals
District Health centres
Local health centres
Doctors/ Professors
Regional Hospital Director
Community Hospital
Director
District Healthcare
Workers
Community Healthcare
Agents
Local
Health and
hygiene
Committee
18. Post-Ebola Strategy
• Re-enforce Healthcare system
• Capacity building of local structures
• More investment in Infrastructures in rural areas
• Decentralized healthcare system
• Good Governance
• Increase revenues for better healthcare services (minimise traditional healers)
• Country Brand restructuration
• Improve and Re-enforcement of existing Health Systems
• Education
• Decentralisation (more revenues to Local Structures)
• Increase investment in R&D
• Information Management System
M
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M
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Community Based
Approach
Regional
Govt
Capacity Building
Increase revenue
Good Governance
Improved Communication channel
Training and Education
Specialisation
Regulation
R&D
19. Conclusion- Resilient Communities
• Ebola could have been controlled by a more resilient Community
• Capacity Building needed for a resilient Community to be able to absorb shocks and pandemic
• Community based Approach for a better and improved Healthcare System
• More Investment in local healthcare structures
• Social structures empowered in the decision-making of their health and communities
Improved
Resources
More
confidence
in the
system
More
revenues to
reinvest in
the system
Better
healthcare
service
Better
health of
population
20. ZeroEbola N’TODI Campaign
• Africa2.0 positioning:
Local Civil Society Partner of Choice for the execution of the Social Mobilisation Strategy working with the
Government and Key Partners. Our approach will be based on 4 axes:
1. Prevention: distribution of preventive kits and equipment
2. Communication: Sensibilisation and awareness campaign
3. Logistics: facilitation and coordination of donations from the Diaspora
• The campaign will be conducted in: GUINEA, SIERRA LEONE, LIBERIA, CONGO DRC, ANGOLA, MOROCCO AND BENIN.
• Community Based Approach
Government
United Nations Agencies-
UNICEF/UNFPA/WFP
Orange
Diaspora
International NGOs
Communication &
Sensibilisation
Distribution & Logistics
Regional Awareness
Youth
Women
Community Healthcare
Professionals
Civil Society
Local Media
Women
Youth
Community healthcare
Professionals
Media
Execution-Community
based NGOs
Beneficiaries
Local Partner-
ZeroEbola Ntondi-
Af2.0
Partners
Schools
Orphanages
Local healthcare centres
21. Contact
Zeinab Camara- AF2.0 Global Lead on Ebola
camarazeinab@hotmail.com
www.africa2point0.org
www.wimguinee.org
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Twitter: @zero_ebola
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