Community participation and private sector engagement are fundamental to achieving universal health coverage and health security in Africa: reflections from the second Africa health forum
Posted on 2019-11-12 - 05:03
Abstract Background Inadequate access to quality health care services due to weak health systems and recurrent public health emergencies are impediments to the attainment of Universal Health Coverage and health security in Africa. To discuss these challenges and deliberate on plausible solutions, the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, in collaboration with the Government of Cabo Verde, convened the second Africa Health Forum in Praia, Cabo Verde on 26–28 March 2019, under the theme Achieving Universal Health Coverage and Health Security: The Africa We Want to See. Methods The Forum was conducted through technical sessions consisting of high-level, moderated panel discussions on specific themes, some of them preceded by keynote addresses. There were booth exhibitions by Member States, World Health Organization and other organizations to facilitate information exchanges. A Communiqué highlighting the recommendations of the Forum was issued during the closing ceremony. More than 750 participants attended. Relevant information from the report of the Forum and notes by the authors were extracted and synthesized into these proceedings. Conclusions The Forum participants agreed that the role of community engagement and participation in the attainment of Universal Health Coverage, health security and ultimately the Sustainable Development Goals cannot be overemphasized. The public sector of Africa alone cannot achieve these three interrelated goals; other partners, such as the private sector, must be engaged. Technological innovations will be a key driver of the attainment of these goals; hence, there is need to harness the comparative advantages that they offer. Attainment of the three goals is also intertwined – achieving one paves the way for achieving the others. Thus, there is need for integrated public health approaches in the planning and implementation of interventions aimed at achieving them. Recommendations To ensure that the recommendations of this Forum are translated into concrete actions in a sustainable manner, we call on African Ministers of Health to ensure their integration into national health sector policies and strategic documents and to provide the necessary leadership required for their implementation. We also call on partners to mainstream these recommendations into their ongoing support to World Health Organization African Member States.
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Olu, Olushayo; Drameh-Avognon, Pamela; Asamoah-Odei, Emil; Kasolo, Francis; Valdez, Thomas; Kabaniha, Grace; et al. (2019). Community participation and private sector engagement are fundamental to achieving universal health coverage and health security in Africa: reflections from the second Africa health forum. figshare. Collection. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4734360.v1
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AUTHORS (17)
OO
Olushayo Olu
PD
Pamela Drameh-Avognon
EA
Emil Asamoah-Odei
FK
Francis Kasolo
TV
Thomas Valdez
GK
Grace Kabaniha
HK
Humphrey Karamagi
SG
Suvajee Good
HO
Helena O’Malley
ZY
Zabulon Yoti
NR
Nirina Razakazoa
EM
Etienne Minkoulou
JD
Jean-Marie Dangou
SM
Symplice Mbola Mbassi
MC
Mariano Castellon
JC
Joseph Cabore
MM
Matshidiso Moeti