International Conference on PHC Agenda with session timings
Collaborate with the global health community for the best PHC outcomes
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16:00 - 18:00
Welcome to Day 1 of the International Conference on Primary Health Care! Begin by completing your registration at the designated area and collect your badges . After, join fellow attendees for a networking session, a great opportunity to connect and exchange insights. Later, join us at the reception to unwind and engage in meaningful discussions.
- Skylight Hotel
- Ballroom 4 & 5
All Participants
Resilient Primary Health Care: The Foundation of Universal Health Coverage
In The Era of Sustainable Development Goals
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15:45-16:45 Interactive round table sessions
15:45-16:45
CHOOSE
Share recent seminal publications from the Alliance for HPSR and the Special Programme on PHC at WHO. The discussion will then focus on making the most of these resources, reaching target audiences, what further work is needed to fill in gaps in resources, etc.
Join us for an insightful session as we share Burkina's experience in successfully implementing a free healthcare system. This engaging presentation will showcase the results of the comprehensive analysis conducted to assess the sustainability of the free healthcare program. Delve into the key reforms and recommendations that have emerged from this pioneering initiative, offering valuable lessons and inspiration for other nations striving to achieve equitable healthcare access for all
Explore Kenya's innovative approach to primary health care (PHC) policy implementation and financing. Discover how they effectively disseminate policies and bridge implementation gaps using a hub and spoke model. Learn from their experiences in establishing primary care networks, investing in human resources, and reorganizing funding. This session contributes to global discourse on innovative PHC policy implementation. Don't miss the insights and lessons learned. Join us!
The University of Queensland (UQ) in Australia and the International Institute for Primary Health Care- Ethiopia (IPHC-E) have been implementing a twinning partnership program, with the support of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation through the American International Health Alliance (AIHA), since January 2022. The purpose of this twinning partnership program is to capacitate the Institute (and its hubs) so that it becomes a centre of excellence and a World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) collaborating centre in primary health care (PHC). We have learned several lessons for effective and sustainable twinning program to strengthen institutional capacity for PHC. The objective of this session is to provide an overview of the twinning partnership program, including its strategies, activities and achievements, and summarize the lessons learned towards an effective and sustainable technical assistance program.
Global health security is predicated on a robust primary health care system that reduces fragmentation in health service delivery and advances universal health coverage. This roundtable discussion brings together top minds driving programmatic decision making on Global Health Security at USAID and project implementers. Participants will be asked to share their country case study experiences to add to the global discussion on best practices and future directions.
The World Health Organization collaborating center (WHOCC) is an institution designated by the Director-General of WHO to form part of an international collaborative network set up by WHO to support its programme at the country, inter-country, regional, inter-regional and global levels in line with the WHO policy and strategy of technical cooperation. A WHOCC also contributes to strengthening country resources, in terms of information, services, research and training in support of national health development . Currently, more than 800 WHOCCs in over 80 member states are working with the WHO on areas (nursing, occupation health, communicable disease, nutrition, mental health, chronic diseases and health technologies). This session will focus on how WHO currently configures its WHOCCs on PHC, their distribution, focus subjects, activities and objectives, as PHC has been progressively redefined. It seeks to understand how these WHOCCs complement the evolution of PHC in the 21st century, and what is needed to shape its future development.
- Skylight
- Ballroom 4
Alliance for HPSR
Pierre Yameongo Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene Burkina Faso
Melissa Wanda- PATH
Dr Yibeltal Assefa Alemu - AIHA
Palladium
Dr. Eskinder Wolka - International institute for primary health care
15:45-16:45
BUILD
Despite Zambia ratifying to implement the World Health Organization PeaCe health approach, its implementation has been limited. Attributable to the non-availability of the Integrated People at the Center of Health Services (IPCHCS) guidelines and the limited understanding of this approach among community members and health care workers; this session will share lessons on the implementation of the WHO IPCHS model in improving SRMNCAH in Zambia.
PATH created the NCD Navigator, a visual analytics system for ministry NCD leads and partners to guide resource allocation, strategy development and implementation, and stakeholder coordination. Discover how the NCD Navigator is improving data quality for a more focused, better resourced NCD response in Kenya and Ghana.
PATH and the Vietnam Ministry of Education partnered to address these behaviors through NCD prevention and education during the adolescent years. Explore how to leverage digital technologies to build a dynamic PHC system with effective-youth friendly primary prevention for NCDs.
Community health volunteers (CHVs) are essential in delivering critical messages and services as part of primary health care. PATH and Siaya County Health Management Team (CHMT) conducted a human centered design (HCD) activity to understand the experiences of CHVs and to co-create solutions to improve their quality of work.
To this end JSI is supporting the Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health’s (FMoH) effort in scaling up eCHIS with CIFF funding and assessed progress in population registration and provision of essential MCH service on eCHIS platform in 20 woredas.
The Government of Ethiopia has put strengthening the PHC system at the core of its strategy to achieve UHC. However, key bottlenecks - including, budget constraints and financial management issues - impact PHC service delivery.
Digital health interventions have played a key role in tackling key maternal and newborn health issues in low- and middle-income countries. As part of the Saving Mothers Giving Life 2.0 (SMGL 2.0) project in Kaduna state, Nigeria, the project has employed digital health strategies to improve access and quality of maternal and newborn care services to support the Kaduna State Ministry of Health (KDMOH) to reach the state’s MNH goals.
Our session aims to illuminate the pivotal role of Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) within primary health care settings, enriched by our recent data-driven insights. Leveraging the newly developed Africa CDC IPC Assessment Tool for PHC level, we have gathered comprehensive data from over 900 PHC facilities across Africa. This data provides an unprecedented look into the current state of IPC practices, challenges faced, and opportunities for enhancement. Alongside this, we explore the transformative power of community participation in reinforcing IPC measures. The session also emphasizes the necessity of intersectoral coordination, championing a cooperative approach across various sectors for an encompassing infection control strategy. Furthermore, the potential of cutting-edge technologies in amplifying IPC implementation will be discussed. The conversation culminates by spotlighting the crucial support mechanisms, offering a roadmap for holistic and data-informed IPC integration in primary health care.
- Skylight
- Ballroom 3
Caroline Mangani-CHAI
Dr. Angel Mwiche
Dominic Muthai -PATH
Thuong Nguyen Hai -PATH
Beatrice Oyugi -CHAI
JSI
CHAI
Paulina Akanet - athfinder International
Africa CDC
15:45-16:45 Lightning paper Talks
15:45-16:45
BUILD
Lightning paper Talks
To achieve the goal of universal health coverage, the Government of India has rolled out a comprehensive primary healthcare strategy in the country. In alignment with GoI priorities, PATH has adopted a district saturation approach for demonstration of PHC in India. To understand behavioral barriers faced by the demand and supply side, a behavior science and human-centered design (HCD) approach was implemented across all elements of health systems for reimagining primary healthcare delivery.
There is an increasing gap in the global footprint of technological advances and innovations which remains dominated by global north countries.In 2022 Concern Sierra Leone partnered with Autohealth (SL) Limited, a tech startup founded by medical students with a drive to solve key issues in the health system. They developed a Safe Blood Management Information System (SBMIS) – LifeBlood - as well as a ‘Community Mobile App’. The LifeBlood platform digitizes current paper forms and working documents of the National Safe Blood Service and automates the various work streams and creates donor to transfusion tracking. Whereas the app aims to increase the number of voluntary blood donations in Sierra Leone. This collaboration is an example of local solutions for primary health service delivery gaps and evidence to support increased investment in local start up technology companies to provide sustainable solutions to key primary health and development obstacles.
Gaps in the ability to forecast for the demand of medicines cause challenges for everyone from the government decision makers to patients. In response to this need, the Coalition for Access to NCD Medicines & Products developed an NCD Forecasting Tool for Essential Medicines and Products and accompanying toolkit, in partnership with the ministries of health in Kenya and Uganda. During this session, multisectoral members from the Coalition will explain why they developed the NCD forecasting program, lessons learned from its pilot, and its impact, both in country and globally.
To address challenges related to the current fee-for-service provider payment modality, the EHIS with support from CHAI piloted capitation over two years. This study outlines the considerations made and lessons learned in designing a fit-for-context capitation model. The aim is to compare the performance of the two alternative designs of capitation based on accuracy, and suitability for scale-up.
Background: Primary health care (PHC) has been affected by conflict in northern Amhara Region, Ethiopia. Conflict also affects early childhood development (ECD) and maternal mental health (MMH). As part of PHC rebuilding, facility-level providers were trained at 18 health centers and 81 health posts in six woredas. A multifaceted approach to integrate ECD and MMH into post-conflict PHC rebuilding is feasible and can improve key mental health and development outcomes.
Explore the evolution of COVID-19 testing methodologies in "Enhancing Uptake of COVID-19 Self-Testing." Discover insights from a Human-Centered Design approach that delves into barriers and enablers of self-testing adoption. Uncover factors shaping accessibility, user experience, and interventions for improved uptake. Join this session for a concise analysis of COVID-19 testing dynamics and strategies to enhance public health responses.
- Skylight
- Ballroom 2
Ajay Patle- -PATH
Sarah Cundy- -Concern Worldwide
Dominic Muthai- - PATH
Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI)
Nesibu Agonafir - PATH
Mayank Sharma- PATH
16:45- 17:15 Poster sessions
16:15- 17:00
Poster sessions
Discover a groundbreaking approach in Zambia aimed at tackling the persistent issue of attrition among trained peer educators in adolescent health services. The session delves into an ingenious strategy initiated by the Ministry of Health, supported by funding from Sweden and technical expertise from the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI). Learn how facility-based training of health care workers as peer educator trainers is revolutionizing the landscape, optimizing resources, and ensuring sustainable adolescent health services. Preliminary results showcase the impact, with significant numbers trained using minimal resources. Join us to explore this transformative model that promises to bridge the attrition gap and create a robust peer educator network for a healthier adolescent population.
- Skylight
- Building Foyer
Mr Malombo Haswell - Ministry of Health Zambia
16:15- 17:00
Poster sessions
Unveil Malaysia's PHC Vital Signs Profile, a dynamic collaboration with the Primary Health Care Performance Initiative. This session offers a concise yet insightful glimpse into Malaysia's PHC system. Developed on the PHCPI Conceptual Framework, the profile assesses finance, capacity, performance, and equity domains. Quantitative insights from 2018 and a 2021 capacity assessment using a progression model spotlight the system's dynamics. Discover strengths in drug supplies, funds management, infrastructure, and more. Challenges in population empanelment and a robust access index are explored. Be part of decoding the VSP's revelations, shaping policy actions for Malaysia's PHC journey.
- Skylight
- Building Foyer
Dr RACHEL KOSHY- MINISTRY OF HEALTH MALAYSIA
16:15- 17:00
Poster sessions
Embark on a journey through Uganda's innovative approach to enhancing community data reporting and utilization. This session uncovers the evolution from low reporting rates to a dynamic transformation achieved through collaboration between Uganda Health Systems Strengthening Project (UHSS) and the Ministry of Health (MoH). Witness the unveiling of a groundbreaking solution – the Community Health Dashboard and Community Scorecard within DHIS2. Delve into how these tools empower decision-makers with data-driven insights, fostering evidence-based actions for improved community health. Explore remarkable achievements, including a substantial surge in national reporting rates from 35% to 71%, catalyzed by the community dashboard's power. This session showcases the instrumental role of data visualization in igniting performance discussions and propelling national health system enhancement.
- Skylight
- Building Foyer
Mr Steven Kikomeko- USAID UGANDA
16:15- 17:00
Poster sessions
To introduce the approach and advocate at national and international level for its scale up.
- Skylight
- Building Foyer
Mrs Ayalnesh Megra -
16:15- 17:00
Poster sessions
To evaluate CBT’s impact on improving the reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health (RMNCH) knowledge and practice of WDA leaders and their network members.
- Skylight
- Building Foyer
Dr Biruhtesfa Shiferaw - - JSI
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Resilient Primary Health Care: The Foundation of Universal Health Coverage
In The Era of Sustainable Development Goals
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11:15- 12:00 Interactive roundtable Sessions
EMPOWER
11:15- 12:00
Interactive roundtable Sessions
Join us as we explore dynamic strategies and innovative practices that amplify women's contributions and leadership within PHC and community settings. We will delve into sharing best practices from various organizations and local setups that uniquely incorporate women in PHC. Our session will highlight the imperative of women's leadership across all levels of healthcare service delivery and the benefits of fostering strong networks and mentorship programs to nurture women leaders. Moreover, our conversation will address how women in health leadership roles can leverage their positions to advocate for policies and initiatives promoting gender equality, diversity, and improved healthcare outcomes. We will conclude by focusing on effective approaches to inclusively prioritize vulnerable groups, ensuring that healthcare efforts leave no one behind. Through this comprehensive discussion, our participants will gain valuable insights into forging a path towards more equitable and effective healthcare systems driven by empowered women leaders.
Health workforce is critical for health systems to function optimally towards universal health coverage. In Ethiopia, community health workers legitimately known as health extension workers (HEWs) have been deployed at the community level since 2003 with the aim of ensuring the attainment of the right to health. However, the mere availability of HEWs may not be sufficient to achieve universal health coverage in the country. For this, several forms of capacity building interventions have been developed since the establishment of health extension program in Ethiopia. In this paper we will present a review finding on the outcome/impact of interventions aimed at building the capacity of HEWs in Ethiopia.
Burkina Faso has experienced a humanitarian crisis born of armed conflicts since 2015, coupled with the 2019 Covid-19 outbreak straining the functioning of the health system. Community participation contributed to extend PHC coverage and successful ground health education to meet population immunization needs in fragile settings.
Lack of community awareness on disease danger signs is one of the biggest challenges to effective delivery of PHC services. PATH, in partnership with Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Ifakara Health Research Institute, and government of Tanzania, directly engaged CHWs to lead community sensitization strategies toward enhanced caregiver understanding of signs of severe illness and improvement in their engagement with health care services.
“Three Delays" model proposes that pregnancy-related mortality is overwhelmingly due to delays in: (1) deciding to seek appropriate medical help for an obstetric emergency; (2) reaching an appropriate obstetric facility; and (3) receiving adequate care when a facility is reached. To address the three delays, Pathfinder international, is implementing the Saving Mothers Giving Life 2.0 (SMGL 2.0) project in Kaduna state, Nigeria with the goal of contributing to the state government’s efforts to reduce maternal and perinatal mortality within the state.
Ethiopia has recently made substantial gains in increasing coverage of childhood vaccination. Between 2000 and 2019, proportion of children who received all the routine antigens increased from 15 to 44%, and that of measles-containing vaccine 1 (MCV-1) doubled from 32 to 59%. Yet, important challenges remain unaddressed. In 2019, 23% of children 12-23 months of age were zero-dose and 39% under- immunized. Among GAVI-supported countries, Ethiopia is ranked fourth based on burden of zero-dose immunization. Other outstanding challenges include high dropout, and geographic and social inequality. The recent political unrest and Covid-19 pandemic have also threatened to revert the hard-fought gains.This project aimed at identifying and mapping clusters of missed communities and zero-dose children in Ethiopia, also explored demand and supply barriers, including gender and socio-cultural constraints, and generated evidence to inform policy and practice towards reaching zero-dose and under-immunized children in Ethiopia. Therefore, the objective of this session is to provide an overview of magnitude of zero dose and under immunized children in Remote and underserved populations of Ethiopia and recommend different strategies, to address those challenges, and summarize the lessons learned towards an effective and sustainable technical program assistance.
This program aimed to improve health facility infection prevention and control (IPC) performance and health worker behavior to reduce health worker infections.
Implementing community-based strategies brings low-cost and quality healthcare closer to the people, vital to strengthen health systems. The United States President Malaria Initiative for States project supports the Ebonyi State government to implement the Community Health Influencers, Promoters, and Services (CHIPS) program to improve access to life-saving maternal and child health (MCH) services in hard-to-reach areas.
Embark on a transformative journey through the milestones and accomplishments of the Leadership Incubation Program for Health (LIP-H) in Ethiopia. The Leadership Incubation Program for Health is a collaborative initiative by the Ministry of Health, IPHC-E, and AIHA, designed to nurture and empower leaders of the health sector.Objective: Describes the various components of LIP-H, including Coaching, Shadowing, leadership courses, networking, Psychometric assessment, and strategic problem-solving projects plus LIP-H program success factor, Implementation challenges, lessons learned, and how the LIP-H is influencing the future of healthcare leadership in Ethiopia will be discussed.
The Global PHC Program is one of the thematic area that the institute is working. The Program offers capacity building support to low-and middle-income countries across the world with the aim of creating or strengthening PHC systems. This session will focus on how the program is contributing to strengthening the countries’ PHC system and the different efforts that the program is running to address the aim. It will also create an opportunity for future collaboration with different stakeholders to different PHC System strengthening projects.
- Skylight Hotel
- Ballroom 4
Sitra Nuredin - Women In Global Health
Tigist Astale (MPH) International Institute for Primary Health Care (IPHC-E)
Noel Kabore - JSI Research and Training Institute
Dr. Deusdedit Mjungu- PATH
Ene Odu- Pathfinder International
Prof. Gashaw Andargie - Project HOPE The People to People Health Foundation inc
Arone Mebrhatu Haile - Resolve to Save Lives
Iseghohimen Eguavon- Management Sciences for Health (MSH)
Selahadin Seid - IPHC-E/ AIHA
Tirsit Mehari - International Institute for Primary Health Care
ALIGN
11:15- 12:00
Interactive roundtable Sessions
This session demonstrates cross-cutting Benin PHC reforms like creating health sector regulatory, national council for PHC, operational structure etc. This session demonstrates cross-cutting Benin PHC reforms like creating health sector regulatory, national council for PHC, operational structure etc.
This session is the live example of making health equity into reality by collaborating with local NGOs, community partnership in Timbuktu, Mali.
This session emphasizes on the importance of the private partnership with government for quality improvement, emergency services and insurance schemes using a total market approach in Kaduna state, Nigeria.
This session aimed to discuss on the stakeholder alignment to map the stockout of the things required for maternal, reproductive, and child health which leads to enhance the collaborative intervention for budget planning, and financial support to procure all RMNCH commodities
This session get us on track for SDG3 by investing in the health faith based organizations that strengthen the local health system and improve the service delivery.
- Skylight Hotel
- Ballroom 4
Dr.Rodrigue Kohun - Ministry of Health Benin
Moussa Sako - JSI
Paulina Akanet - Pathfinder International
inSupply Health Ltd.
Dennis Cherian- CORUS INERNATIONA
11:15- 12:00 Lightning Sessions
EMPOWER
11:15- 12:00
Lightning Sessions
HCD methods were applied to understand supply- and demand-side challenges of building a model Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centers (AB-HWC) in Maharashtra. We explored the behavioral barriers and enablers in implementation of AB-HWC guidelines through stakeholder interviews with policy makers, providers, and end users.
Explore the nexus of healthcare professionals' skills, training, and patient outcomes in "Building Sustainable Primary Health Care." Addressing the imperative for robust primary healthcare during COVID-19, this session advocates for integrated systems and digital solutions. Delve into Botswana's Health Information Exchange (HIE), harnessing data from EMRs and iHRIS. Discover IAHSPO, a methodology correlating professionals' attributes with patient outcomes, identifying training needs. Uncover how IAHSPO collects, integrates, and analyzes data to formulate evidence-based solutions for optimized healthcare delivery. Join this session to unravel the pivotal connection between healthcare workforce and sustainable primary health care, shaping resilient healthcare systems.
- Skylight Hotel
Mayank Sharma - PATH
Patrick Gichuki, Tumisang Kolaaganoand Mavis Motshegwa - Palladium Group
ALIGN
Maternal and newborn healthcare is essential for the better health outcomes. This session highlights the significance of strategic health purchasing pilot program in Indonesia which provided the platform to collaborate with various stakeholder for the informed decision making.
This session shed a light on significance of using innovative tools like District Implementation Plan Action Tracker to improve the implementation of District plan in Malawi.
This session will shed a light on actual and normative cost for delivering primary healthcare services through essential health service package in Ethiopia
- Skylight Hotel
- Ballroom 2
Inraini Syah - Result 4 Development
Dalitso Laviwa- CHAI
Engida Abdella - Breakthrough International Consultancy
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Resilient Primary Health Care: The Foundation of Universal Health Coverage
In The Era of Sustainable Development Goals
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