my presentation to health ministers 16 april 2015
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My Presentation to African Ministers of Health today - 16 April 2015TRANSCRIPT
Resilient Health Systems Lessons from Ebola
DÉSIRÉ ASSOGBAVI Head of Oxfam Liaison Office to the African Union 16 April 2014
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About Oxfam
Leyla, 76, working in her rice field, Malawi.Credit: Abbie Trayler-Smith/Oxfam
Our vision is a just
world without
poverty.
We want a world
where people are
valued and treated
equally, enjoy their
rights as full
citizens, and can
influence decisions
affecting their lives.
Scoop of my Presentation
About Oxfam
Why do we need a Strong Healthcare System?
The 6 Essential Elements of a resilient Health
System
Finance a resilient Healthcare System?: by Save
the Children…
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Oxfam is About • Finding practical & innovative ways for people to lift themselves out
of poverty and to end injustices that cause it
• Work with citizens, communities, governments and intergovernmental bodies to ensure that poor people can improve their lives and livelihood and participate in decisions that affect them
• We are a global confederation working together with partners in
more than 90 countries including 38 in Africa – 10,000 Staff
• We spend more than 1 Billion USD annually on humanitarian, development programs, research, campaign and advocacy
• Our response to Ebola: $35 Million = Liberia, Sierra Leone… Over 1.1 Million covered = WatSan + Hygiene Material
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Why do we need a resilient
Healthcare System?
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„When Ebola came,
one woman was
having her baby at
home. It died
because there was
nowhere to go, no
hospital. We need a
hospital here. We
need a health
system.‟
Elizabeth Cuffy, Fundaye
Community, New Kru
Town, Liberia.
Credit: Renata Rendón/Oxfam
Why Do We Need a Strong & Resilient Health Care System?
Weak Health Care system gives easy way to outbreaks such
as Ebola
Universal access to healthcare will reduce the threat from
Outbreak and epidemics and other to spread so quickly
The best defense against such killer diseases is a Resilient
Healthcare
UHC, vital to improve health outcome and Prevent
thousands of unnecessary deaths each year
The risk of having Ebola back is 30% in 1 year & 50% in 2
years
For a more equal society we need Health not Wealth
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The 6 Essential Elements of a resilient Health System
Adequate number of trained health workers + non-clinical
Staff +Community health Workers
Available Medical Supplies (medicine, diagnostics and
vaccines) : through changing the global system for
stimulating research and development to ensure
incentives beyond those based on intellectual property, and
through building functioning drug supply chains.
Robust Health Information System: Need to provide
evidence for health planning, resource allocation and
impact assessment.
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“Before, people would do their own medicine at home.
Now people come to us to hear about other sicknesses
like cholera and malaria, and we talk to them about
immunisations for the children to keep good health.”
Moses, Community Health Volunteer
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Betty Kruah (pink top), Moses Dahn, Helena Dahn are community health volunteers in rural
Nimba county in eastern Liberia.
Credit: Melanie Kramers/Oxfam
The 6 Essential Elements. Cont
Adequate number of well equipped and accessible Health
facilities including access to clean water and sanitation:
Geographical access, capacity for quality service, connection
to functioning referral facilities, WASH
A Strong Public Sector for an Equitable & Quality Service
Adequate Financing… : Examples (Oxfam): Universal
Primary Care in Sierra Leone = $419 M/year - Liberia =
$279M/year – Guinea Bissau = $132M/year – FFD ?
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A one-room clinic providing health care to 11,000 people in Nimba, Liberia
Credit/Melanie Kramers/Oxfam
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