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CHRISTIAN CHRISTIAN CONNECTIONS FOR CONNECTIONS FOR
INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL HEALTH ANNUAL HEALTH ANNUAL
CONFERENCECONFERENCE
Washington DC Washington DC
2626thth to 28 to 28thth May 2007 May 2007
Partnerships for Health and Wholeness
African Christian Health Associations
Outline of presentationOutline of presentation
• What are they?What are they?• Why do they exist?Why do they exist?• What good do they do?What good do they do?• How do they partnership?How do they partnership?• How to they collaborate?How to they collaborate?• All about CSSCAll about CSSC
CHAs - What are they?CHAs - What are they?
• Organized groups of Christian Organized groups of Christian religion/faith complementarily religion/faith complementarily providing health services between providing health services between 30% and 60% in African Countries. 30% and 60% in African Countries.
Why do CHAs exists?Why do CHAs exists?• To provide health services in the To provide health services in the
fulfillment of Christ directivefulfillment of Christ directive
• To complement the efforts of To complement the efforts of governments governments
• To reach rural remote areas and To reach rural remote areas and poorest of the poorpoorest of the poor
• To To collaborate with Education to collaborate with Education to promote universal educationpromote universal education
CHAs - What good do they CHAs - What good do they do?do?
• CHAs complement governments in CHAs complement governments in achieving the health for its population and achieving the health for its population and MDGs MDGs
• CHAs have built health facilities, deployed CHAs have built health facilities, deployed health personnel for providing health health personnel for providing health servicesservices
• Technical Working Groups to coordinate Technical Working Groups to coordinate policies for specific areas, e.g., HRHpolicies for specific areas, e.g., HRH
CHAs Partnership CHAs Partnership FunctionsFunctions
• Advocacy and lobbyingAdvocacy and lobbying• Interdenominational coordinationInterdenominational coordination• Human Resource Development & TrainingHuman Resource Development & Training• Recruitment & Retention schemesRecruitment & Retention schemes• Pharmaceutical mgmt & quality Pharmaceutical mgmt & quality
assuranceassurance• Joint planning and monitoringJoint planning and monitoring• Co-managing health services with govtCo-managing health services with govt• Managing umbrella projectManaging umbrella project• ResearchResearch
Examples of CHA Examples of CHA collaboration collaboration
Weekly newsletter, HOTLINE HRH and Weekly newsletter, HOTLINE HRH and Web portalWeb portal
- - 200 documents shared online200 documents shared online
All about CSSCAll about CSSC
• CSSC includes 85 dioceses and churches CSSC includes 85 dioceses and churches with 88 hospitals and 733 other health with 88 hospitals and 733 other health facilities. This includes 2 consultant and facilities. This includes 2 consultant and teaching hospitals, more than 22 teaching hospitals, more than 22 paramedical training schoolsparamedical training schools
• CSSC manages 35% of health facilities CSSC manages 35% of health facilities
and human resources and 56% for rural and human resources and 56% for rural health services, with 41.5% of beds and health services, with 41.5% of beds and 17.7% of total nr of health facilities in 17.7% of total nr of health facilities in Tanzania.Tanzania.
CSSC collaborate with . . .CSSC collaborate with . . .• Government partners-Government partners-
– Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoH & SW), Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoH & SW), Ministry of Education and Culture, Prime Minister Ministry of Education and Culture, Prime Minister Regional Administration and Local Government Regional Administration and Local Government (PMORALG) (PMORALG)
• Development partners and UN Agencies-Development partners and UN Agencies-– UNICEF, WHO, UNFPA, USAID, DFID, Misserieor, EED, UNICEF, WHO, UNFPA, USAID, DFID, Misserieor, EED,
KfW, GTZ, CORDAID, WCC, ICCO, IICD, I.M.A, Capacity KfW, GTZ, CORDAID, WCC, ICCO, IICD, I.M.A, Capacity Project, ACCESS, JHPIEGO, CCIH, GHC and Embassies Project, ACCESS, JHPIEGO, CCIH, GHC and Embassies
• Other Faith-Based organizations–Other Faith-Based organizations– – Professional Associations, Associations of Non Professional Associations, Associations of Non
Governmental Organizations and Faith Based Governmental Organizations and Faith Based Organizations (FBOs) including Islamic, Hindus, Ismailia Organizations (FBOs) including Islamic, Hindus, Ismailia and other Faithand other Faith
Mapping CSS Health CareMapping CSS Health Care
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