‘Harmonization for Health in Africa’ initiative
Harmonization for Health in Africa: an action framework
Tackling barriers to scaling up health interventions in Africa
Authors:
; WHO
Publisher:
World Health Organization , 2007
This paper sets out an initiative by African Development Bank, UNAIDS, UNFPA, UNICEF, WHO and the World Bank that aims to tackle barriers to scaling up health in Africa. The ‘Harmonisation for Health in Africa’ initiative HHA is a regional mechanism through which collaborating partners agree to focus on providing support to the countries in the African region for reaching health MDGs.
The HHA initiative aims to:
- support countries to identify, plan and address health systems constraints to improve health related outcomes
- develop national capacity through training, planning, costing and budgeting, harmonisation and stimulating peer exchange
- promote the generation and dissemination of knowledge, guidance and tools for specific technical areas including strengthening health service delivery and monitoring health systems performance
- support countries to leverage predictable and sustained resources for the health sector
- ensure accountability and assist in monitoring performance, of national health systems, aid effectiveness and the performance of the International Health Partnership
- enhance coordination to support nationally owned plans and implementation process, helping countries to address the country level bottlenecks arising from constraints within international agencies
