CoP technical workshop Nov 2011, Bamako, Mali.

CoP technical workshop Nov 2011, Bamako, Mali.

FAHS CoP held technical workshopon the benefits package for maternal health fee exemptions in November 2011 in Bamako, Mali

Across Africa, countries are putting in place fee exemptions for maternal health services in a laudable effort to reduce the continent’s high maternal mortality. The scope and content of the benefits package covered varies widely, however, with some countries covering Caesarian sections only, while others aim to cover a more comprehensive set of maternal health services. Countries are at different stages of implementation, where practitioners on the front line of these policies are confronting challenges.  Available evidence on the impact of these policies raises questions about efficiency and equity. In the context of limited resources, the financing and sustainability of these policies also poses a challenge.

 

Résumé pour l’atelier de Bamako

Date

Du 17 au 19 novembre 2011, s’est tenu à Bamako (Mali) le premier atelier technique de la CdP AFSS sur « le paquet de soins pour les politiques d’exemption pour les services de santé maternelle »

Objectifs principaux de l’atelier :

  • Partager les expériences pays en matière de formulation de la politique et analyser les critères de choix qui ont conduit au choix du paquet de soins couverts par la politique (preuves scientifiques, choix politique national, pression des bailleurs,…)
  • Partager les expériences pays en matière de mise en œuvre et analyser les facteurs expliquant la différence entre ce qui a été planifié et ce qui a été réellement mis en œuvre.
  • Produire des recommandations par pays sur le contenu du paquet couvert par la politique et sur sa mise en œuvre 
  • Lancer une dynamique régionale durable d’échange de connaissances sur la problématique d’intérêt, en mettant les praticiens au cœur de la dynamique de réseau.

 

Participants
Six pays francophones (Bénin, Burkina, Mali, Maroc, Niger, Sénégal) et 4 pays anglophones (Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone) soit au total dix pays ont pris part à cet atelier.

L’atelier a regroupé au total 70 participants parmi lesquelles des techniciens du niveau central, des prestataires de soins, des chercheurs, des représentants de la société civile, des PTF.

 

Déroulement
L’atelier s’est déroulé en trois phases :

Les participants ont d’abord discuté de la formulation des politiques d’exemption des soins dans les différents pays représentés le premier jour. Une présentation sur la CdP AFSS a été en fin de journée et a permis aux participants de mieux appréhender le concept de communauté de pratique qui restait encore assez abstrait chez la plupart des participants (ci-joint présentations du Jour 1).

Le deuxième jour a été consacré à la mise en œuvre des politiques de gratuité en matière de santé maternelle dans les différents pays (ci-joint présentations du jour 2).

Les participants se sont enfin penchés sur les stratégies de consolidation des politiques au troisième jour (ci-joint présentations du Jour 3).

Le déroulement de l’atelier a combiné divers méthodes de travail : présentations ppt, discussions en panel, discussions en pays pairs, discussions sous forme d’aquarium ou fishbowl (voir agenda de l’atelier ci-joint).

 

Résultats 

Les objectifs de l’atelier ont été pleinement atteints. Les participants de profils divers (techniciens / chercheurs /  PTF ; francophones / anglophones) ont pu échangés entre eux. Les pays ont partagé leurs expériences en matière de formulation, de mise en œuvre et de consolidation des politiques d’exemption pour les services de santé maternelle.

Un rapport reprenant toute la quintessence des présentations, des échanges, des discussions sera produit.

Un rapport technique sera également élaboré et sera mis à la disposition des pays pour qu’ils s’en servent comme un outil de plaidoyer pour améliorer les politiques d’exemption pour les services de santé maternelle dans les différents pays.

Les participants ont également produit un plan d’action prioritaire qu’ils s’engageront à mettre en œuvre à leur retour dans leurs pays respectifs.

 

Perspectives

La CdP AFSS s’engage à aider les pays dans le suivi de la réalisation des plans d’actions prioritaires des pays pour l’amélioration de la mise en œuvre de leur politique de gratuité en matière de santé maternelle.

Elle envisage également l’organisation de deux ateliers techniques en 2012 (l’un en collaboration avec HELP/ECHO sur une thématique qui reste à préciser et l’autre sur comment couvrir « les indigents » au Maroc).

 

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The first CoP-organized technical workshop on the topic of maternal health benefits packages for fee exemptions workshop was held November 17-19, 2011. The workshop addressed operational issues and brought together about 70 people working on the issue of maternal health and its financing from more than 10 African countries: national experts from Ministries of Health, maternal health care providers, researchers, civil society representatives, technicians and partners working on the topic, as well as members of the CoP. Six francophone countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Morocco, Niger, and Senegal) and four anglophone countries (Ghana Kenya, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone) were represented. The workshop had the following objectives:

  1. Share country experiences in policy formulation and analyze the selection criteria that led to the choice of the benefits package covered by the policy (scientific evidence, national policy choice, donor pressure...)
  2. Share country experiences in terms of implementation and analyze factors explaining the difference between what was planned and what was actually implemented.
  3. Produce recommendations by country on the package contents covered by the policy and its implementation
  4. Launch a regional sustainable dynamic of knowledge exchange on issues interest, placing practitioners in the heart of the network dynamic.

 

The workshop took place in three phases:


The focus of Day One’s discussion was on the process of formulating fee exemption policies for maternal health services in different countries. A presentation on the FAHS CoP later that afternoon allowed participants to better understand the concept of the community of practice that may have hitherto been abstract for most participants.


The second day was devoted to the implementation of policies of maternal health fee exemptions in different countries. On the final day, participants focused on strategies to consolidate and make sustainable fee exemption policies.


The workshop combined various methods to maximize participation interaction and exchange: panel discussions, “deep dives” in country pairs, fishbowl discussions, with a minimum of didactic methods (see the workshop agenda attached).


Results
The workshop objectives were fully achieved. Participants from diverse backgrounds (technicians / researchers / development partners, French / English) exchanged their knowledge and experiences on the formulation, implementation and consolidation of fee exemption policies for maternal health services. A report containing the quintessence of presentations and discussions will be produced.
A technical note will also be developed and will be available for countries to use it as an advocacy tool to improve fee exemption policies for maternal health services.
Participants also produced a set of priority actions they will plan to implement when they return to their countries.


Next steps

FAHS CoP agreed to assist countries pursue the implementation of their action plans.
It also plans to organize two technical workshops in 2012 (one in collaboration with HELP / ECHO on an issue that remains to be clarified and the other on covering "the poor" which is likely to be held in Morocco).



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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