Using iSIKHNAS for Budget Advocacy 3.4 Using disease costs and benefits for budget advocacy

Objectives for this session On completion of this session the participants should be able to: – Develop a simple case for budget advocacy for an animal health activity

Review Losses due to disease: – Direct losses – Indirect losses – Non-financial losses To estimate losses due to disease: – Obtain information about the affected production system – Calculate the unit loss from disease for each affected farm or animal – Estimate the number of affected farms (or animals) – Calculate the total annual loss Undertake a sensitivity analysis

Review (2) Costs of animal health programs: – Fixed and variable costs – Surveillance activities – Control activities – Operational costs – Program management – Farmer costs – Communications Benefits of animal health programs – Disease losses without program – disease losses with program

Using economic analyses for budget advocacy Identify the problem: – what is the disease/problem of concern? Why is it a problem (is it important)? – Estimate cost of disease How would you fix it? – Identify a proposed response to reduce the impact Is it worth doing? – Estimate costs and benefits of the program Other issues to consider: – Non-financial impacts, competing priorities, budget constraints Propose a case for funding to go to your superiors – What will it cost? who will pay? who will benefit? what are the risks?

Session summary Budget advocacy needs to consider economic analysis as part of broader issues in budget planning Other issues include: – Budget availability – Social/political factors – Non-financial impacts – Competing priorities – Risks of failure Proposal needs to identify and address these issues

Discussion and questions?

Exercise In groups of 4-5: Each group (for 45 min): – outline a case for a proposed animal health activity (one of following diseases) for a Kabupaten: HPAI control program, helminthiasis, haemorrhagic septicaemia, brucellosis, Others? – Estimates of current costs of disease (no program) – Broad outline of a proposed program – Estimates of costs and benefits of proposed program – How would you present the case for budget to implement the program? – Are there competing priorities? If so how might you address these? – Are there risks that might affect the ability to deliver the program successfully? groups report back and discuss (after break)

Discussion and questions? For each group: have they: – identified why the disease is a problem? – Estimated losses experienced due to disease? – Estimated losses costs and benefits of control? Is the disease worth controlling? Have they presented a good argument for their proposal? Have they identified and addressed other issues and priorities or risks that might affect ability to deliver?

Session summary Budget advocacy for animal health activities has multiple components: – Losses due to disease – Outline of program – Costs and benefits of program – Identification and response to other issues Budget availability Social/political factors Non-financial impacts Competing priorities Risks of failure