Contracting experiences between non-governmental health facilities and the public health sector in sub-Saharan Africa
Geneva, 22nd May 2008, Technical Meeting at the
World Health Assembly
Introduction
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) | Roundtable discussion |
| Guus Eskens, Medicus Mundi International | Closure |
Documentation
| Presentations |
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| Jean Perrot, OMS: La contractualisation dans le secteur de la santé | |
| Delphine Boulenger, Basile Keugong & Bart Criel, Département de Santé
Publique, Institut de Médecine Tropicale, Anvers: Expériences contractuelles
entre hôpitaux confessionnels de district et le secteur public en Afrique
sub-saharienne. Un bilan mitigé. Quelles leçons pour le futur? |
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| 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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| Yves Sossou, Directeur du BEC/AMCES: Evaluation des expériences contractuelles:
Point de vue de l’AMCES en tant qu’ONG |
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| Other Documents |
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| Flyer | |
| Invitation and program | |
| Resolution of the World Health Assembly: "The role of contractual arrangements in improving health systems’ performance" (WHA 56.25, 28 May 2003) | |
| 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) |
