Let’s combine the powers of the private sector and health worker testimonies to advance universal health coverage!
At a United Nations General Assembly side session in New York City last week, IntraHealth International joined Novartis Foundation and others to discuss how the private sector can team up with governments and development partners to improve access to high-quality primary health care services and make faster progress toward universal health coverage.
Vince Blaser (above left), senior advocacy and policy advisor at IntraHealth and director of the Frontline Health Workers Coalition (FHWC), called on participants to join FHWC in collectively advocating for three distinct points:
Engage private-sector companies to bring their expertise to address the most acute gaps in access to high-quality primary health services
Create and prioritize country-led investment frameworks with private-sector components that focus on delivering primary health services to communities with the least access
Encourage and amplify the voices of frontline health workers to enable greater and more strategic investments in the health workforce.
Rosaura Polanco (above right), a promotora (community health worker) with Grameen PrimaCare in The Bronx in New York City, then shared her experience as a provider for immigrant women in her community and as an advocate for increased investment in frontline health workers around the world. IntraHealth partnered with Medtronic Foundation last year to train Rosaura and other health workers around the world in storytelling for advocacy. Rosaura has since shared her story about delivering primary services in her underserved area to hundreds of global health policy-makers and influencers.
Rosaura’s presence—and her story—at this UNGA event further amplified the voice of the health worker and illustrated the power of advocacy and partnerships.
You can join FHWC in this call to action by following @FHWCoalition on Twitter and retweeting the call, which looks like this:
Photo of Vince and Rosaura above courtesy of Novartis Foundation
IntraHealth International’s CEO Pape Gaye explains how partnering with the private sector can help reach our global health goals.
Gaye presented early results from IntraHealth’s partnership with Novartis Foundation on the Better Hearts Better Cities initiative in Dakar, Senegal, during a United Nations General Assembly side session called Innovative Partnerships to Advance Universal Health Coverage in Cities.
In Senegal, uncontrolled hypertension—the most common noncommunicable disease—is now the fifth leading cause of death. Around 30% of Senegalese 18 to 69 years old have hypertension, yet only 28% of those men and women are aware of their condition and have their blood pressure under control.
The work of Better Hearts Better Cities Dakar contributes to improved cardiovascular health outcomes among the urban population by addressing hypertension at all levels of the continuum of care, from primary prevention through treatment at referral health centers. Gaye highlighted how IntraHealth successfully advocated for a national policy shift to enable community health workers to provide hypertension services, expanding access to care. Now nurses and community health district supervisors in Dakar are collaborating to train and equip community health workers to conduct blood pressure screening and referrals.
Keep an eye out for more results and news on this public-private partnership!
Back From UNGA73 - Buhari & Wife Arrives Abuja Today
Back From UNGA73 – Buhari & Wife Arrives Abuja Today
Back From UNGA73 – The 73rd Session of United Nation Assembly ends yesterday September 29, 2018
Buhari & Aisha Back from UNGA73 – UNGA73 which spans a period of 7 days which brought together world leaders tagged as “Making the United Nations relevant to all People: Global Leadership and Shared Responsibilities for Peaceful, Equitable and Sustainable Societies.”
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President Buhari In UNGA73 : Seeks Global Action against Corruption
President Buhari In UNGA73 : Seeks Global Action against Corruption
Earlier this week, NPBS reported about the departure of President Muhammadu Buhari and his wife to New York for the 73rd Session of United Nation’s General Assembly, TAGGED President Buhari in UNGA73.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in New York called for global action on corruption, security and UN reforms, in his address to world leaders at the ongoing 73rd session of the UN General…
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