Lessons Learned in Social Protection in health Group 8

Priority Elements 1. Implementation of evidence-based standards, guidelines and interventions for effective MCH care 2. Increase access e.g. new health/centres, upgrading of health facilities

Priority elements cont’d 3. Essential/emergency obstetric, neonatal and child care and neonatal and child care and the use of quality MCH services the use of quality MCH services

Priority elements cont’d 4. Monitoring, surveillance and evaluation systems for MCH evaluation systems for MCH programmes programmes 5. Good management of MCH health programmes. programmes.

Priority elements cont’d 6. Legal framework surrounding safe motherhood and neonatal care. motherhood and neonatal care. 7. Educate the Population on their rights rights

Priority elements cont’d 8. Political and financial commitment thru advocacy and effective partnerships in order to strengthen MCH programmes

Lessons learned Health policies should be NATIONAL policies (i.e. should not change when government changes, but should be evaluated and changed independent of politics) Health policies should be NATIONAL policies (i.e. should not change when government changes, but should be evaluated and changed independent of politics) Involvement of all stakeholders is essential to successful interventions (community, media, NGO’s Gov. Agencies, service users). This helps to reduce cost and avoid duplication. Involvement of all stakeholders is essential to successful interventions (community, media, NGO’s Gov. Agencies, service users). This helps to reduce cost and avoid duplication.

Lessons cont’d Funds needed for sustained services and should be allocated based on needs Funds needed for sustained services and should be allocated based on needs Integration of services ensures continuity and improves quality Integration of services ensures continuity and improves quality

Next Steps Define policies where there are no existing policies Define policies where there are no existing policies Re-evaluate, strengthen and enforce existing national policies Re-evaluate, strengthen and enforce existing national policies Have policies, protocols and manuals available Have policies, protocols and manuals available

Next Steps cont’d Strengthen health systems through trained human resources, adequate funding, equipment, facilities, resource, material Strengthen health systems through trained human resources, adequate funding, equipment, facilities, resource, material Strengthen the management of MCH prog. Strengthen the management of MCH prog. Situational analysis of the social protection Situational analysis of the social protection Advocacy and social marketing for social protection in health Advocacy and social marketing for social protection in health

Strategies To increase the quantity and quality of staff – Recruit, Train, Re-train and Retain To increase the quantity and quality of staff – Recruit, Train, Re-train and Retain Tech. cooperation between countries sharing of best practices Tech. cooperation between countries sharing of best practices Partnership between private and public health systems Partnership between private and public health systems

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