The Malawian Vice President Dr Saulos Chilima officially opened a Health Reform Stakeholder Forum on 15 Dec 2015 jointly organized by the Ministry of Health, P4H CD and Network members, in which he expressed ‘an overflow of political will’ to Malawi’s UHC agenda.
Participants included the VP, representatives from various ministries (MoH, MoF, MoJ,…), the Parliamentary Committee on Health, Central Hospitals, Christian Health Association of Malawi, District Health Officers, CSOs, as well as development partners (WHO/WR, World Bank, ILO, GIZ, USAID, Abt. Assoc., UNICEF, UNAIDS, CHAI, MSF, Oxfam, etc.)
The event served as a kick-off event and launch of the activities planned under the P4H joint support plan with the following objectives:
- To foster a common understanding of health reform areas and to inform stakeholders about the expected results of the proposed analytical work on health financing in the context of UHC;
- To generate broader interest and support for the planned work by facilitating multi-sectoral and high level policy dialogue;
- To launch an open support process for the UHC agenda, which includes a platform and space for stakeholder involvement, collaboration and networking.
Presentations:
MoH presentation on status of health reforms and way forward: MoH – overall health reform agenda
P4H CD: Introduction and context of concept note (CN) for joint support: P4H CD – overview context joint support plan
Presentations of CN work packages by MoH, the World Bank and GIZ:
- GIZ -National Health Insurance
- WBG – Health Fund
- MoH – CHAM MOU
- MoH – Decentralizing the Health System
Media coverage: http://malawivoice.com/malawi-to-achieve-uhc-by-address-inefficiency-wastage-of-public-resources/
