The World Well being Group Nation Workplace in Sierra Leone and the Ministry of Well being and Sanitation have accomplished a 3-day quarterly assembly in Freetown to collectively assessment progress of the 2022-2023 Biennial Workplan implementation. The well being officers additionally initiated discussions for precedence setting for the following biennium 2024-2025.
The retreat attracted the participation of administrators, Managers and technical officers of the Ministry of Well being and Sanitation, who along with their counterpart in WHO evaluated the implementation standing of the key priorities of the 2022-2023 biennial workplan that have been collectively developed by the 2 entities in October 2021. The retreat was additionally a possibility to assessment the achievements and challenges encountered in the course of the implementation of the Nation Cooperation Technique 2017-2022 and determine priorities for the brand new one being developed.
Whereas making his opening assertion, Dr Steven Shongwe, WHO Consultant in Sierra Leone emphasised that the intent and goal of the train weren’t simply to assessment and develop new paperwork, however to deal with accelerating implementation of nationwide well being priorities to enhance the well being of the inhabitants in Sierra Leone.
“I need to say that we’ve no scarcity of strategic coverage paperwork. Nevertheless, what we want collectively – WHO, MOHS and Companions – is to speed up implementation of those insurance policies to attain the purpose and imaginative and prescient which have been set within the Nationwide Well being Sector Strategic Plan, that ‘All individuals in Sierra Leone have entry to reasonably priced high quality well being care companies and well being safety with out struggling undue monetary hardship’. Our common engagements, like this one, is a chance for us to judge progress, determine gaps to enhance our interventions according to the nationwide well being priorities”, mentioned Dr. Shongwe. He additional mentioned the Nation Cooperation Technique (CCS) will likely be aligned with the present WHO Basic Programme of Work (GPW13) and that it is going to be knowledgeable by the nationwide strategic paperwork. The CCS, he mentioned, will articulate how WHO will help the federal government via the Ministry of Well being and Sanitation to attain nationwide priorities and goals.
In his remarks, Dr. Mustapha S. Kabba, Deputy Chief Medical Officer – Scientific Providers of the Ministry of Well being and Sanitation, harassed the necessity for the continued partnership and joint planning for a standard purpose. “I can’t stress sufficient how necessary it’s for us to enhance the standing of our hospitals. That’s why I’m calling on our companions in improvement and organizations to deal with the secondary and tertiary hospitals” mentioned Dr. Kabba. He additionally reiterated that the MoHS precedence is concentrated on Implementing the Life Levels Mannequin of Service Supply method.
The retreat featured a number of displays together with on the achievements and priorities of the Ministry of well being and Sanitation; precedence illnesses, situations and occasions; the SDG, GPW13 consequence indicators and KPIs, procedures in WHO funds and operations, assets administration and administration; in addition to on Preventing and Responding to Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment (PRSEAH). The PRSEAH is a zero tolerance coverage at WHO for any type of sexual misconduct by its workforce which the Group can also be promulgating to its companions together with authorities counterparts and different companies or organizations that implement actions with funds offered by or via WHO. The 5 focus areas for GPW13 extension have been offered and guided the discussions on the precedence areas which WHO and MoHS partnership will deal with in the course of the two extra years of the prolonged GPW13.
On the finish of the three days deliberations, an inventory of precedence outputs and suggestions for the 2024-2025 biennial workplan have been proposed for the consideration of the management of WHO Nation Workplace and the MoHS.