Domestic financing needed for health
More than 200 representatives from 47 World Health Organisation (WHO) member states attended a conference in Windhoek last week.
A forum on strengthening health systems for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Universal Health Coverage (UHC) has highlighted the importance of sustainable domestic financing for health systems to ensure interventions towards SDGs are achieved.
The two-day forum, which ended in Windhoek last week, was aimed at providing a platform for policymakers at governmental health agencies to review, discuss and coordinate inter-country health systems.
It also looked at ways to strengthen efforts towards attaining the health SDGs.
Permanent secretary in the health ministry Andreas Mwoombola said during the closing of the meeting that the proposed measures are adapted to every country setting while aiming to address the weakest link in the countries' health systems.
“Health system strengthening is indispensable to ensure equitable access to essential and good quality health service to all those who need it,” he said.
The forum discussed three major framework areas which will help to indicate the basis for sustainable investment.
These include giving a series of options that countries need to consider as they operationally strategise towards SDGs and UHC and to establish a monitoring and evaluation framework to monitor progress and make necessary adjustments.
The outcome and recommendations of the forum will be tabled before a regional committee in August 2017, which will culminate in a resolution to guide countries in addressing health systems' needs.
Over 200 representatives from 47 World Health Organisation (WHO) member states attended the event.
The SDGs were adopted by UN member states in September 2015 and build on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that the world had targeted to achieve by 2015. The MDGs aimed to combat poverty, hunger, disease, gender inequality, and access to water and sanitation.
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The two-day forum, which ended in Windhoek last week, was aimed at providing a platform for policymakers at governmental health agencies to review, discuss and coordinate inter-country health systems.
It also looked at ways to strengthen efforts towards attaining the health SDGs.
Permanent secretary in the health ministry Andreas Mwoombola said during the closing of the meeting that the proposed measures are adapted to every country setting while aiming to address the weakest link in the countries' health systems.
“Health system strengthening is indispensable to ensure equitable access to essential and good quality health service to all those who need it,” he said.
The forum discussed three major framework areas which will help to indicate the basis for sustainable investment.
These include giving a series of options that countries need to consider as they operationally strategise towards SDGs and UHC and to establish a monitoring and evaluation framework to monitor progress and make necessary adjustments.
The outcome and recommendations of the forum will be tabled before a regional committee in August 2017, which will culminate in a resolution to guide countries in addressing health systems' needs.
Over 200 representatives from 47 World Health Organisation (WHO) member states attended the event.
The SDGs were adopted by UN member states in September 2015 and build on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that the world had targeted to achieve by 2015. The MDGs aimed to combat poverty, hunger, disease, gender inequality, and access to water and sanitation.
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