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PHM Uganda attends a Special Consultation on Governance for Health in Africa JULY 2019

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Michael Ssemakula and Danny Gotto (PHM Uganda) and David Sanders (PHM Global Co-Chair) participated in the Special Consultation on Governance for Health in Africa;
Lessons learnt since independence to inform the future from 16 to 18 July 2019 in Uganda. PHM Uganda efforts were on Human Resources for Health (HRH). David Sanders moderated the session on Governance for Health in Africa

It was convened by: ACHEST, African Platform on Human Resources For Health and Ashgovnet

Items for discussion were as follows:
1.Historical perspective of health in Africa: Impact of African history on African mind set.

2 Global Health Governance and Africa
Perspectives on: where we came from, where we are and what next
Dying for Economic Growth; story of mismatched solutions.
Historical contribution of WHO to Health in Africa.
Coordinating the Regional Effort at the East, Central and Southern African Health Community.
Coordinating the Regional Effort at the West African Health Organization
Preparedness and response to emergencies; building national institutions – experience from Uganda

3.Perspective from Professional Associations and CSOs
Articulating the New "Indigenization" in Health: Engaging the Paradigmatic and Constitutive Rules of the Game.
What have professional Associations Contributed? The story of the Association of Surgeons of East Africa (ASEA) and College of Surgeons of East Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA).
Contribution of Faith based services providers: the case of Mengo Hospital
The Perspective from African Civil Society Organizations; opportunities and challenges of partnership with government.
The Global Nursing Now Campaign; what do we expect from the 2020 the Year of
the Nurse?

4.Global HWF Crisis:
Where did we come from and where are we going?
Education and Training; tracing our history and lessons learnt.
Health Workforce Planning, Retention, Migration and Financing in Africa.
Health Research in Africa; past, present and future; Contribution of Uganda Virus
Research Institute.
Global Perspective; working together.

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