Rapid Evaluation of the of the Implementation of Free Health Care for Women of Childbearing Age and Children Aged 0 to 5 in the Dosso Region
November 2022
In July 2022, the High Commission for State Modernization (HCME), in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Health, Population and Social Action (MSP/P/AS), decided to conduct a rapid evaluation of this measure in the Dosso region.
The objective of this rapid evaluation of the free health care initiative is to report on the uptake of the beneficiaries and actors of the implementation of the free health care policy. This exercise allows us to determine to what extent the free health care policy has achieved its primary objectives of:
(1) improving access to health care;
(2) reduce child mortality;
(3) strengthening partners to provide quality health services
(4) improve the efficiency and effectiveness of free health care delivery approaches;
(5) identify operational policy barriers and new/revised policies adopted and implemented
(6) support local actors, civil society, service providers, and local governments in promoting free health care policy
(7) document and disseminate lessons learned from adaptation and implementation processes and experiences; and
(8) identify and coordinate the needs of partners and national drug management committees. This rapid assessment, led by the Government of Niger, complements the rapid assessment efforts already undertaken by other partners.
This report on the rapid evaluation of the implementation of the free health care for women of childbearing age and children aged 0 to 5 years is structured in five (4) chapters. The first chapter describes the measure and its rationale. The second chapter presents the objectives of the rapid assessment and the methodological approach adopted. Chapter 3 presents the results and Chapter 4 is devoted to recommendations.
Rapport de l’évaluation de la mise en oeuvre de la mesure de gratuité des soins aux femmes en âge de procréer et aux enfants de 0 à 5 ans dans la région de Maradi
Novembre 2022
L’objectif de cette évaluation est de rendre compte de l’appréciation par les bénéficiaires et acteurs de la mise en oeuvre de de la mesure de gratuité. Cet exercice permet de déterminer dans quelle mesure la politique de gratuité des soins a atteint ses objectifs primordiaux de :
(1) améliorer l’accès aux soins ;
(2) réduire la mortalité des enfants ;
(3) renforcer les partenaires pour fournir des services de santé de qualité ;
(4) améliorer l’efficience et l’efficacité des approches de prestation de gratuité;
(5) identifier les obstacles politiques opérationnels et les politiques nouvelles/révisées adoptées et mises en oeuvre ;
(6) soutenir les acteurs locaux, la société civile, les prestataires de services, les collectivités territoriales dans la promotion de la politique de gratuité des soins (7) documenter et diffuser les enseignements tirés des processus et expériences d’adaptation et de mise en oeuvre ; et
(8) identifier et coordonner les besoins des partenaires et des comités nationaux de gestion des médicaments. Cette évaluation, conduite par le Gouvernement du Niger, vient compléter les études déjà faites sur la gratuité avec les appuis d’autres partenaires.
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Interrogating Leadership Paradigms Using a Public Sector lens – Presentation
September 2022
A presentation by Philip Browne at the 2022 SAMEA Conference. This presentation looked at the role of leadership in Public Sector monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL).