Overview of the ESTHER Hospital Twinning Partnership Model Farid LAMARA – European ESTHER Alliance Secretariat Dublin, IFGH 2012, February 2

I - ESTHER Background, Evolutions and Modus Operandi

Background “Together for a Networked Hospital therapeutic Solidarity” Launched by MoH and MFA Part of the French bilateral Development Cooperation in Health North and South hospitals twinning partnerships GIP ESTHER set up in 2002

European ESTHER Alliance 12 member States 2002: France, Italy, Luxembourg, Spain 2004: Austria, Belgium, Germany, Portugal 2006: Greece 2008: Norway 2011: Switzerland 2012: Ireland Secretariat in Paris

Background ESTHER Initial mandate (2002): Capacity building for quality care, treatment and support of PLWHIV/Aids and related diseases North/South Coop. and Exchanges (hospital partnerships) Training on site and in European hospitals, lab equipments (including CD4 and other machines), ARV buffer stock, drugs for Ois Project approach: Site to site partnerships through hospital twinnings and CSOs partnerships, in agreement with national authorities

EVOLUTIONS Situation in 2012 Health focus far beyond HIV/AIDS and associated diseases: hygiene, patient and professional safety, MCH, operational research, handicap, blood bank... Various modes of action: multi-level partnerships strategy (hospitals, research centers, CSOs, IOs etc.), TA, E-learning, South/South partnerships, advocacy and Communication. Partnerships activities focus: training on site and in European hospitals, OR, M&E, Psychosocial Support (PSC), specific programs (MARPs: prisoners, IDUs, MSM ; PMTCT). HSS approach: Decentralization of Care, National health policies, M&E, DPSM, HRH Capacity building (Task Shifting for Paramedics), lab Capacity Dev., PMTCT integration in reproductive health etc.

ESTHER Model hospital twinning partnership as the main pillar for ESTHER programs Additional & complementary approaches for comprehensive care and health system strengthening Integration in the national health strategies

and Geographic Coverage II – ESTHER Networks and Geographic Coverage Two examples

50 French hospitals mobilised 2011 : mobilization of the Caribbean Hospitals involved in the ESTHER programme

19 country partners End 2010 166 hospital partners 142 CSOs partners Morocco Asia Mali Niger Chad Senegal Burkina Faso Benin Ghana Cote d’Ivoire Togo Central African Republic Liberia Cameroon Africa Cambodia Laos Vietnam Gabon Burundi 2011 : Haïti End 2010 166 hospital partners 142 CSOs partners

10 Spanish hospitals mobilised 7 partner countries 49 sites supported

2002 to 2011 : more than 40 country partners South-East Europe: Albania Middle East: Syria Latin America: Colombia Costa Rica Ecuador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua El Salvador Asia: -Cambodia Laos Nepal India Vietnam Africa: Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Senegal, Soudan, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda. Portuguese speaking countries in progress (Capo Verde, Angola).

Some figures (period 2002–2011) More than 120 hospital twinning partnerships 270 Health facilities beneficiaries 40.000 professionals trained

III - ESTHER contribution to face Health Human Resources Crisis in country partners Some Figures and Outcomes from the ESTHER France experience

Number of people trained by country partners CAPACITY BUILDING / TRAINING 4038 Health Professionals Trained in 2010 (more than 25.000 from 2002 to 2010) Number of people trained by country partners

Training beneficiaries - 2010

Capacity Building Areas - 2010 Thematic repartition Workshops and Mentorships Missions Prise en charge Biologie Accompagnement psychosocial Hygiène hospitalière et AES PTME - Pédiatrie

IV - ESTHER Twinning Partnerships Model Lessons Learnt and Conclusions

ESTHER Model: Lessons Learnt and Conclusions ESTHER twinning partnerships enable Sustainable Development of HRH ESTHER twinning partnerships enable capacity building programs implementation combining MDGs 4, 5 and 6 ESTHER Model adapted for HSS interventions Quality of partnership key for success EEA Charter for QoP as a guiding document for technical partners to implement quality interventions and increase their impact

Quality of Partnership Principles based on the following 8 AXES Adherence to national policies and strategies Agreement between partner institutions Reciprocity Joint and Equal Responsibility Capability Equity and Respect Transparency Ethics

THANK YOU www. esther. eu European ESTHER Alliance Secretariat farid THANK YOU www.esther.eu European ESTHER Alliance Secretariat farid.lamara@esther.fr