AHOPlatform on Health Systems and Policies

AHOP Country Health Systems and Services Profiles provide an in-depth examination of the organisation, financing, and delivery of a country's health services. For policymakers, analysts, funders and communicators, the profiles provide evidence and insights for: 🗣 Dissemination of information on health systems 🔄 Exchange of experiences of reform strategies in different countries 🔎 In-depth comparative health policy analyses More: https://lnkd.in/evkcq5uJ

Write an AHOP blog on climate change & health in Africa ✍🏿 The AHOP team are working on a policy brief on existing policies in Africa that mitigate the negative impacts of climate change on health systems. We want to leverage the expertise of the AHOP community to supplement the policy brief with case studies from across the continent. We are commissioning blogs that analyse existing policies on climate change and health in Africa and assess what can be learned from the design and implementation of these policies. If you would like to contribute a blog, here are your next steps: 1️⃣ Review our concept note for our full guidelines. 2️⃣ Submit a 250-word blog outline and CV by 2 August. Selected blogs will be published on the AHOP blog and credited to the authors. If this is not your area of expertise, here’s how else you can help us: 1️⃣ Forward the call for blogs to your colleagues, peers or students. 2️⃣ Share the call for blogs on social media (templates below). 3️⃣ Connect us to your communications team to help us promote it. Full details: https://lnkd.in/eX_PWSFi #climatechange #healthsystems #development

The latest issue of the #WHO Bulletin is on health system performance assessment, guest edited by the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, an AHOP technical partner. It includes insights on primary care dashboards in #Ethiopia & attitudes to health systems in #Kenya & #Nigeria. Read the full issue: https://lnkd.in/erHJKmu6 #healthsystems

Can task-shifting solve Africa's critical surgical healthcare workforce shortages? African health policy-makers proposed 6️⃣ strategies to create effective task-shifting programmes at our recent policy dialogue in Addis Ababa. 1⃣ Implement tailored task-shifting regulations 2⃣ Facilitate inter-sectoral collaboration 3⃣ Improve financing mechanisms & investment in technology 4⃣ Invest in data, research & evaluation 5⃣ Strengthen staff satisfaction 6⃣ Expand healthcare access Download the policy dialogue report: https://lnkd.in/gpuEVKAC

The African region is the only WHO region in which health worker shortages are projected to increase by 2030. This poses an enormous challenge for health equity and the attainment of universal health care in Africa. The continent, which is already disproportionately affected by the global disease burden, risks falling further behind in health outcomes. Existing health worker shortages are exacerbated by the significant volume of emigration of health professionals, giving rise to a continuous brain drain on the continent, as discussed at our recent policy dialogue. At a recent meeting in Namibia, African governments and other health sector stakeholders took decisive action to address health worker shortages. They launched a new African Health Workforce Investment Charter, which sets a bold target of halving the African region’s critical 6.1-million health workforce shortage by 2030. Announcing the Charter, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa, said, "By investing in the health workforce, we not only address the challenges within the sector but also generate dividends in education, employment and gender equality.” https://lnkd.in/ecC8KbTe

At the recent Assembly of #ECOWAS Health Ministers, Nigeria's Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, urged states to build climate-resilient health systems. Our upcoming policy brief will support this effort by providing policymakers with evidence & insights from existing policies on #climatechange & #health in Africa.

🇳🇬 A week in Abuja 🇳🇬 The AHOP partners enjoyed a productive series of meetings in Abuja last week. We reviewed our achievements so far, established timelines for upcoming publications and hosted a policy dialogue on brain drain in Africa. The meeting was co-sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. #healthsystems #healthpolicy

📸 Day 1 in Abuja 📸 Our Annual Meeting is underway in Abuja. Beyond the formal agenda, it's a chance for colleagues from across Africa to meet in-person and share their experiences of researching health systems and working with policymakers. #healthsystems #healthpolicy

📸 Photos from last week's policy dialogue in #Ethiopia 📸 Last week in Addis Ababa, AHOP hosted a policy dialogue on private sector engagement in Ethiopia’s tertiary health care service delivery. The dialogue was hosted at the Addis Ababa University College of Health Sciences, the home of AHOP’s Ethiopia National Centre, in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health Ethiopia, the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa and the WHO Country Office for Ethiopia. The dialogue, designed to inform the Ministry of Health's National Strategy on Private Sector Engagement, provided national and regional perspectives on private sector engagement in health care delivery from policymakers, practitioners, and researchers. Read more: https://lnkd.in/e63kW78b #healthpolicy #healthsystems #healthworkforce

New policy brief! #Rwanda introduced a home-based care model in 2020 to respond to the #COVID-19 pandemic, where community health workers were trained in the management of mild cases. In 2021, medical doctors were integrated into home-based care teams, which strengthened the response. Read about how this approach can be improved to strengthen the resilience of the health system in our first policy brief from the Rwanda National Centre (School of Public Health, University of Rwanda). The full brief and summary documents are accessible in English and French, here: https://lnkd.in/dEsRUGg8