Strengthening Local Capacity for Health Equity Reform in the Philippines

CSIH has just begun implementing a 30 month project, funded by CIDA’s Partnership Branch, in the Philippines province of Capiz. The Strengthening Local Capacity for Health Equity Reform project will contribute to strengthened capacity for resource allocation decision-making for equitable health care services planning and delivery at a decentralized level in the Philippines.

CSIH is working with a local training foundation, the Gerry Roxas Foundation (GRF), to design and implement a series of training activities.

The objectives of this project are to:
· Increase capacity of the Gerry Roxas Foundation to play a leadership training role related to resource allocation decision-making.
· Increase resource allocation decision capacities within Filipino organizations (government, NGO, and educational)
· Facilitate the development of partnerships among local Filipino organizations (government, NGO, and educational) in their efforts to increase knowledge and influence resource allocation decisions
· Strengthen capacity of CSIH project partners in project management

The main activities will include:
· Environmental scan of the existing resource allocation process capacities, and donor activities, and donor activities in Capiz Province.
· Training of GRF trainers to utilize and provide support for decision support tools for resource allocation
· Monitoring of uptake, integration and implementation of the population health framework into equity-based decision-making processes and decision support tools for planning and resource allocation
· Training of leaders, educational and NGO partners on concepts of health equity resource allocation decision making, and current indicators
· Training of representatives of leaders, academic and NGO partners, on the use, application and appropriate adaptation of available decision support tools to resource allocation planning and decision-making cycles.
· Training of local community groups (educational and NGO) to advocate for and participate in the public health system

It is our hope that the Strengthening Local Capacity for Health Equity Reform project will increase capacities of Filipino government (national, regional, provincial, municipal), educational, and civil society to work together for improved quality of and access to health care services based on use of appropriate resource allocation decision tools within the project sites.
 

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