Establishing the Middle East and North Africa Chapter of Health Systems Governance Collaborative

Year established 2018
Activity Public Health (Including prevention)
Sectors Other
Country Iraq

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

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