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The African Centre for Global Health and Social Transformation (ACHEST) is an initiative promoted by a network of African and international leaders in health and development. It is an independent Think Tank and a network. There is now abundant evidence to show that past and current efforts at identifying and implementing solutions that are handed down from outside and are not rooted in the history and culture of Africa have faced some difficulties. Ownership of these solutions by African countries and populations has repeatedly failed to take root and as the result such solutions have not achieved their full potential and, in some cases, they have done more harm than good. At continental and country level, ACHEST aspires to strategically promote and advocate for the use of well grounded knowledge and evidence to strengthen professionals and build institutional capacity that will provide transformational leadership to African communities, countries and the world. ACHEST applies constructive and targeted strategic communication at all levels to catalyze the needed behavior change that will result in stronger ownership and implementation capacity for proven interventions and better health for Africa’s people. To achieve this, ACHEST will forge strategic alliances and partnerships with individuals and organizations within Africa and around the world. |
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ASHGOVNET holds second congress on Health Systems Governance.
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 Opening ceremony The congress, themed: modeling a sustained approach for strengthening health governance and stewardship in low income countries, carried out an in-depth analysis of health systems governance topics which had been discussed by members in a group e-mail and published in Africa Health journal and other media outlets in the past two years. The participants received and discussed reports of studies on mapping of Health Group photo of delegates. It was further recommended that the reports be disseminated on a continuous basis. Resources should be mobilized to implement the recommendations of the reports in each country. The mapping tool is to be modified and made available for other countries to conduct the mapping. ASHGOVNET was created in 2009 as part of the recommendations of a study: “Strong Ministries for Strong Health Systems” conducted by ACHEST Executive Director, Prof. Francis Omaswa and the President of New York Academy of Medicine, Dr. Jo Boufford. The Network has been active virtually and has discussed many topical issues through the group e-mail, the internet and a newsletter which is published every two months. The two day event was opened by WHO country representative in Uganda Dr. Joaquim Saweka and Dr Olajide Ademola from the African Union Commission. It was hosted by ACHEST and financially supported by Rockefeller Foundation and NORAD. |
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