Recent developments and the future of health planning in African countries

• Autor(a) principal: Dovlo, Delanyo
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: C. Karamagi, Humphrey, Ousman, Kevin, Ekekemonono, Martin
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://anaisihmt.com/index.php/ihmt/article/view/11

The health status in the African Region has increased in the past 15 years, though still faced with many challenges and threats. To move forward, improvements in the health planning process are needed as part of the effort to strengthen health governance. The history of health planning is rich in effort, and shows evolution with the prevailing paradigm of health management at each point in time. As a result, with the advent of SDGs as health security preparedness needs, it is imperative that the heath planning process be realigned with the governance needs and expectations of countries. Recognizing persisting planning challenges relating to poor policy dialogues, uneven prioritization capacity, rigid processes, poor linkages of planning tools and with inter-sectoral actions and implementation guidance, the WHO regional office is proposing adoption of a comprehensive planning framework and process that takes cognizance of these challenges. It defines the respective tools and processes needed for effective health planning, including their relationships and linkages. Adoption of a comprehensive planning process will support attainment of health objectives, and guide movement towards SDGs in countries. Appropriate tools, and procedures will be developed in line with the comprehensive planning process to facilitate its application in countries.