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Documentation: Geneva, 22nd May 2008,
5.30-7.00 p.m.
Technical Meeting at the World Health Assembly
Venue: Salle XXII, UN Palais des Nations
Contracting experiences between
non-governmental health
facilities and the public health sector in sub-Saharan
Africa
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“Contracting is like a
starting train.
If you do not catch it, you will remain in the station.” |
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“It is
one thing putting contracts on paper,
but implementing is another thing.” |

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Medicus Mundi International
(MMI) is an international, pluralistic Non-Governmental
Organization (NGO). It groups a dozen different NGOs specialized
in the field of Primary Health Care (PHC) and district
health systems. One of its strategic priorities is the
promotion of the integration of private not for profit
(PNFP) health facilities in national health systems.
MMI has been strongly advocating
the development of contractual arrangements between
private not for profit facilities and Ministries of Health.
In order to promote this approach, MMI organized, on 19th
May 1999, a meeting on “Contracting NGOs for Health”
as a side event to the 52th World Health Assembly.
In May 2003, the World Health
Assembly adopted a resolution on “The role
of contractual arrangements in improving health systems’
performance” (WHA 56.25) promoted by MMI.
Five years later, MMI invited
to a technical meeting on contracting experiences.
As a side event to the 61st World Health Assembly, the
meeting allowed interested WHA delegates and other participants
to obtain an insight into some experiences of private
not for profit health facilities with contractual arrangements
and to discuss technical and political implications of
these experiences for the future.
Program
Carissa F. Étienne,
WHO Assistant Director-General Health Systems and
Services |
Welcome |
| Jean Perrot, WHO Health Systems
Financing |
Contracting NGOs for health |
Bart Criel and Delphine Boulenger
Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp |
Presentation of the results
of a MMI study on contracting experiences between
faith-based district hospitals and the public health
sector in sub-Saharan Africa |
Yves Sossou, AMCES, Benin
Member of Medicus Mundi International |
Policy implications of
the study in terms of contracting. An NGO point of
view |
| Edson Friday Agaba, Principal
Medical Officer, Ministry of Health, Uganda |
Discussion of findings
and policy implications:
A Government point of view |
| Bart Criel, ITM Antwerp (moderator)
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Roundtable discussion |
| Guus Eskens, Medicus Mundi International |
Closure |
Information and Documentation
| INPUTS |
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| Jean
Perrot, OMS: La contractualisation dans le secteur
de la santé |
PPT |
Delphine Boulenger,
Basile Keugong & Bart Criel, Département
de Santé Publique, Institut de Médecine
Tropicale, Anvers: Expériences contractuelles
entre hôpitaux confessionnels dedistrict et
le secteur public en Afrique sub-saharienne Un bilan
mitigé. Quelles leçons pour le futur?
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PPT |
Delphine Boulenger,
Basile Keugong & Bart Criel, Departement of Public
health
Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp: Contractual
experiences between Faith-Based hospitals at district
level and the public sector in sub-Saharan Africa
A balanced picture. What lessons for the future?
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PPT |
Yves Sossou,
Directeur du BEC/AMCES: Evaluation des expériences
contractuelles: Point de vue de l’AMCES en tant
qu’ONG
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PPT |
| OTHER
DOCUMENTS |
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| Flyer |
PDF |
| Invitation and
program |
PDF |
| Resolution of
the World Health Assembly: "The role of contractual
arrangements in improving health systems’ performance"
(WHA 56.25, 28 May 2003) |
PDF |
| Résolution
de l'Assemblée Mondiale de la Santé:
"Le rôle de la contractualisation dans
l’amélioration de la performance des
systèmes de santé" (WHA 56.25,
28 mai 2003) |
PDF |
| World Health Assembly:
Documents and Guide |
Website |
| NEW: A collection
of photos |
Website |
| Cette page en
français - this page in French |
Website |
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