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Financing Health Promotion: WHO Africa Region Perspective.TRANSCRIPT
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Financing Health Promotion: WHO African Region perspective
Dr Davison MUNODAWAFA, Coordinator,
Determinants & Risk Factors (DRF), Health Promotion
Cluster, WHO Regional Office for Africa, Brazzaville,
Congo
E-mail: [email protected]
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Outline
Introduction – Health promotion definition and Functions
Current Situation - Major risk factors and key determinants (tobacco, alcohol and key determinants) and
Opportunities
Challenges
Required actions
Way forward and Conclusion
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HEALTH PROMOTION DEFINITION
A PROCESS OF ENABLING PEOPLE TO INCREASE CONTROL OVER THEIR HEALTH AND ITS DETERMINANTS, THEREBY IMPROVE THEIR HEALTH. (OTTAWA CHARTER, 1986).
IT IS A SOCIAL AND JUST INVESTMENT;
IT INVOLVES VARIOUS PLAYERS TO ADDRESS HEALTH RISK FACTORS AND THE DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH USING A MULTISECTORAL APPROACH.
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The Health Promotion Foundation
Manage and coordinate funds;
Ensure adequate and sustainable financing arrangements;
Increase awareness about health gains;
Produce country-specific evidence;
Create the demand for health promotion;
Ensure broad participation and commitment; and
Providing effective stewardship.
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Current Situation
Risk Factors
Key Determinants
Health Promotion Funding sources in the WHO African region and world
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Tobacco use in the African region*
Prevalence among adults: 6%-36%;
1 in 10 adolescents use tobacco;
1 in 2 adolescents is exposed to tobacco smoke in public places;
1 in 5 adolescents is influenced by tobacco advertising.
* WHO Report on the Global
Tobacco Epidemic, 2008 and 2009
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The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco
Control (WHO FCTC)
In the African Region 41 countries have ratified the treaty;
Full implementation of the Convention is an obligation including:
– Comprehensive legislation: taxation; smoke-free places; advertising; health warnings; protection of public health policies from tobacco industry interference; awareness raising;
– Coordination mechanism: multi-sectoral committee, action plan;
– Monitoring and evaluation: data dissemination and use.
Mobilisation of resources and partnership
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Alcohol Consumption and Consequences
Drinkers drink at a markedly higher level (average of 37L pure alcohol/per person /per yr)
Highest prevalence of heavy episodic drinking in the world (25% of drinkers engage in harmful drinking)
Most of the alcohol-related deaths are attributable to injuries (43%)
7 out of 10 adults in the region abstain from alcohol;
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The key determinants of health requiring Health promotion: The Factors that Produce Disease, Disability and Premature Deaths
Upstream Intermediate Downstream
Education system
Welfare state
Labor market
Political system
Economic system
Living conditions
Working conditions
Individual and collective behavior
Health and social care
Distribution of power, money and resources
Structural Determinants of
Health
Intermediary
Determinants of Health
Gender
Socioeconomic
Ethnicity
Social cohesion
Literacy
Social Structure Individual’s social status Intermediary Factors
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Health Promotion Financing experiences
Social protection schemes (Education, nutrition
Social health insurance
Earmarking or special levy through Act of Parliament (Zimbabwe AIDS Fund 3% of taxable income set aside for HIV/AIDS)
South-East Asia (Thailand, India, Nepal); Western Pacicific Region (Australia, New Zealand,Tonga, Mongolia, Malaysia); Europe and United State States
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Opportunities for Health Promotion Fund
1. Strengthen national capacity and leadership for health promotion;
2. Supporting health systems based on the PHC approach;
3. Putting the health of mothers and children first;
4. Accelerate actions for communicable and noncommunicable diseases prevention;
5. Accelerate response to addressing the key determinants of health;
6. Support attainment of national goals e.g., MDGs and immunization etc.,
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Challenges to establishing a Health Promotion Fund
Organized opposition or resistance from outside and within health sector including competing interests;
Leadership for multisectoral and interdisciplinary actions e. g., civil society, NGOs, health experts, private sector;
Participation of all stakeholders including communities
Funding to implement agreed actions; e.g. FCTC, global alcohol strategy, etc
Documentation, monitoring and evaluation of HPR fund actions (accountability, transparency and value for money)
Integration of HPR fund activities into national priorities, plans and systems.
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Required Actions for financing Health promotion
Fair financing of health promotion actions
Market responsibilities
Empowerment of individuals and communities
Gender equity
Good governance
Health equity in all policies
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Way Forward – Convergence of Actions
Price and tax measures to reduce demand for
tobacco and alcohol
Ban sales of tobacco and alcohol products to and by minors
Ban on tobacco and alcohol advertising, promotion and sponsorship
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Conclusion
A national social dialogue on establishing Health Promotion
Foundation using tobacco and alcohol tax should be convened at all levels. This debate should take place at the political and decision-making levels, civil society and with parliamentarians focusing on legislative action, policy options and innovative financing respectively.
Who shall floss between the fangs of cobra?
There is need for a strong leadership and collective solidarity among various players ( A coalition of the willing).
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