Afrigather The World Well being Group (WHO) Ethiopia Nation Workplace has taken important steps in the direction of decentralizing its public well being actions by offering intensive hands-on coaching to newly recruited regional hub coordinators and administrative assistants.
The initiative comes within the wake of the implementation of the permitted useful evaluation, the following institution of six regional hubs, and the employees recruitment for the newly established regional hubs.
The coaching additionally adopted approval by the Regional Director for opening financial institution and eImprest accounts for these regional hubs and the sub-delegation of authority to the regional hub coordinators for programmatic and operational oversight of WHO actions of their respective protection areas.
Strategically positioned to coordinate WHO’s operations in particular geographic areas, the regional hubs are in Addis Ababa (masking Oromia and Addis Ababa), Jijiga (serving Somali, Harari, and Dire Dawa), Mekelle (overseeing Tigray and Afar), Bahr Dar (managing Amhara and Benishangul Gumuz areas), Hawassa (for Sidama, Central, and South Ethiopia Areas), and Gambella (masking Gambella and the Southwest areas).
These regional hubs coordinate all WHO applications inside their jurisdictions, guaranteeing synergy and optimum useful resource utilization.
To totally implement its new construction and handle the day-to-day operations of the hubs, the nation workplace has recruited regional coordinators, area hub coordinators, surveillance officers, administrative assistants, and help employees.
The coaching, which passed off from twenty seventh November to sixth December 2023, centered on monetary and eImprest administration, and normal working procedures (SOPs) masking programmatic and operational areas for regional hubs to reinforce the autonomy of the regional hubs consistent with the continued decentralization efforts of the nation workplace.
The SOPs coaching particularly centered on inside controls and processes associated to programmatic, monetary, and administrative administration, together with delegation of authority, mounted property administration, stock and provides, human assets, procurement, safety threat administration, and compliance, amongst a number of others.
“The delegation of authority to regional hub coordinators necessitated complete coaching to make sure their understanding of economic and eImprest administration and adherence to SOPs for environment friendly hub operations,” Dr. Nonhlanhla Dlamini, WHO Ethiopia Consultant a.i., indicated.
The delegation of authority contains oversight of all human and bodily assets within the respective hubs.
“The coaching seeks to equip the regional hub coordinators and administrative assistants with the data required to run hub operations effectively, following value-for-money rules, guaranteeing compliance with WHO guidelines and laws, together with moral codes and insurance policies towards fraud, corruption, and Stopping and Responding to Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Harassment.” Dr. Dlamini added.
WHO’s transfer in the direction of regional decentralization underscores the necessity for coordinated planning, harmonized implementation, and holistic reporting of all actions inside every regional hub, guaranteeing duty for outcomes and value-for-money oversight.
The hands-on coaching and SOP implementation will fortify the regional hubs by making a framework for environment friendly, efficient, and autonomous WHO operations on the subnational stage.
