Establishing the Middle East and North Africa Chapter of Health Systems Governance Collaborative
Overall goals
The mandate of the RHSGC is to support countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region in generating and transferring knowledge to action concerning different relevant governance approaches to advance towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC). In doing so, the RHSGC will take in account regional, national, subnational and local contexts, for example UHC relevant functions and health systems recovery arrangements from different types of shocks and changes including decentralization, economic crises, and geopolitical, demographic and epidemiological changes.
Key UK Colleagues and Partners
Goran Zangana
International Partners
WHO
UNDP
American University of Beirut
Sustainable development goals
- SDG 3 - Good health and well-being
- SDG 6 - Clean water and sanitation
- SDG 10 - Reduced inequalities
- SDG 17 - Partnerships for the goals
Funding source
WHO
Changes
The RHSGC in EMR engages in the following suggested domains:
Reviewing UHC policies and governance interventions and providing policy advice;Documenting and exchanging country practices and lessons learned in EMR;Developing the know-how and supportive tools for the identified priority governance approaches;Facilitating capacity building activities to strengthen the stewardship and regulatory role of the Ministry of Health in different contexts; andPromoting the engagement of health and non-health stakeholders to advance towards Universal health coverage.
Policy and Health Planning unit at WHO/EMRO hosts the RHSGC.
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For more information email EM RGO/HSD/PHP emrgophp@who.int
Project aims
Health policy, health systems, governance