Luanda, 13 Could 2024– The World Well being Group (WHO) participated in a workshop on Financing for the Sustainability of the Nationwide Well being Service. The occasion was organised by the Angolan Ministry of Well being (MINSA) and noticed the participation of senior officers and technicians from MINSA, hospital managers, technical workers from the Ministry of Finance, and lecturers from the School of Economics.
The WHO supplied technical help and contributed to the workshop by sharing world data and finest practices. The collaboration between WHO and UNICEF Angola was highlighted, providing beneficial insights into well being coverage financing with a concentrate on classes discovered and examples from different worldwide contexts.
Throughout the opening ceremony, the Minister of Well being, Dr Sílvia Lutucuta, emphasised the significance of diversified funding for the Nationwide Well being Service. She clarified that, along with the allocation from the Basic State Finances (OGE), 3.5% of the funding comes from donations, with the rest from co-payments. Dr Lutucuta additionally introduced {that a} multi-sectoral examine is underway, involving the Ministries of Finance, Planning and Social Motion, Household and Girls’s Promotion, the School of Economics at Agostinho Neto College, the WHO, UNICEF, and the World Financial institution. The goal is to determine new financing fashions for the Nationwide Well being Service.
Throughout the workshop, hospital managers have been briefed on the rules of the examine undertaking on hospital prices in Angola. They performed an in depth evaluation of hospital prices for decision-making and administration of operational prices within the well being sector.
Hospital managers had the chance to be skilled in affected person price willpower inside Hospital Price Administration.
This workshop bolstered WHO’s dedication to supporting Angola in strengthening its well being system, offering technical help, and sharing efficient suggestions that may be tailor-made to native wants.