PHM Africa Learning Space

The 69th session of the WHO/ AFRO RC meets from 19-23 August 2019 in Brazzaville, Congo.  The Provisional Agenda, the Statement of the chairperson of the Programme subcommittee to the sixty-ninth session of the regional committee and Informational documents are already published.  See  https://who-track. phmovement.org/afro-69  . Please contribute to the AFRO69 Watch by reviewing the Provisional Agenda and identifying items that inspire you or are close to what you are working on or where you have expertise or experience. Please choose your item(s) and contribute to develop commentaries.  T here are a few items on the agenda that are important and require our response. Drafting a commentary on major items and sending this  to the country delegates attending   will be an important advocacy tool for all of us. You can also mobilize (at country and regional level) around items that are relevant for you. Please share it with your group or anybody interested or willing to contribute.

Hassan from PHM Djibouti in Casablanca for the ECOSOCC conference. In the photo he poses with the Deputy Mayor of the city of Casablanca Mrs. Hakima Fasly. He will also meet with PHM circle of Morocco coordinated by Mr Aziz.

Join PHMSA's public meeting on CHWs this August in Cape Town South Africa. For more information contact Tinashe 078 831 5809 tinashe@phm-sa.org

An interesting link to a paper Danny Gotto authored with colleagues and will be presenting APHA Annual Meeting Expo Nov 2-6th in Philadelphia USA:  https://apha.confex.com/apha/ 2019/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/ 439754   Experience from Western Uganda with CHWs and Performance-Based Incentives: Making Rural Women’s Right to Contraception Real    Abstract Background:  Ugandan women have a high unmet need for contraception and high levels of unintended pregnancy and unsafe abortion. Community health workers (CHWs) can expand access to family planning by delivering services and linking communities to primary care. This study evaluates a project in which CHWs received performance-based incentives (PBIs) for providing short-term contraception to rural community members, and for referring them to health centers for long-acting or permanent methods (LAPMs). Methods:  We retrospectively collected service delivery data from 10 program and 10 control health centers for 18 months prio