PATHS Final programme report: "Togetherness in Health" the Enugu ...

PATHS Final programme report: "Togetherness in Health" the Enugu ... PATHS Final programme report: "Togetherness in Health" the Enugu ...

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the 56 Executive Secretaries of Local Health Authorities. The Boards and Authorities created their ownsupport networks in order to learn from what worked or did not work well in each district or healthDHS StructureCommissioner for HealthState HealthBoard (SHB)Policy Development andPlanning DirectorateDistrict HealthBoards (7 DHBs)Local HealthAuthorities (56 LHAs)Map Showing Enugu State District Health Boardwith Health Facilities as at February, 2006 Igb o -Eze-N orthIgb o-Eze-So uth U den u Nsu kkaIsi-UzoU zo -Uwan i Ig bo -Etiti En ug u EastU di Ezeag u Enu gu N orth En u gu So uth N kanu W est N kanu East Oji-River Aw gu An in ri LGA boundariesPublic Health FacilitiesPrivate Health FacilitiesDistrict Health BoardEnugu MetroUdiAwguNsukkaIsi-UzoEnugu EzikeAgbani26 PATHS Final Programme Report

authority catchment area. This helped ensure that the Boards and Authorities had a united voice whenadvocating for changes within the DHS.The implementation of the DHS required a fundamental shift in the roles, responsibilities, andapproaches of all the constituent bodies. To facilitate these changes PATHS provided support in thefollowing areas:•The framing of the required legislation to introduce the District Health System;• The establishment of the constituent bodies i.e. the Policy Development and Planning Directorate(PDPD), the State Health Board (SHB), the seven District Health Boards (DHB) and 56 Local HealthAuthorities (LHA);• The establishment of District Headquarters;• Extensive capacity building for 776 members of the constituent bodies to orientate them to theirrevised roles and responsibilities;• Design, development and implementation of the underpinning systems for financialmanagement, human resource management, health management information and drug revolvingfunds, all adapted to reflect the new structure;• Development of business plans and budgets for each of the constituent bodies and the workinginterfaces between them;• Engagement and advocacy aimed at Local Government to improve their knowledge andunderstanding of the new system;• Strengthening the new management lines of accountability to support the shift away from LocalGovernment control of primary care;• Encouragement of reporting channels within and between the constituent bodies;• A study tour to learn from the Ghana District Health System.A newly constructed DHB Headquarters for Enugu Metropolitan District Health BoardConsiderable technical assistance was provided from 2003 onwards in all the above areas. Overtime, increasing responsibility for implementation of the various reform initiatives shifted to the State“Togetherness in Health” the Enugu Experience in Health Sector Reform, 2002-2008 27

<strong>the</strong> 56 Executive Secretaries of Local Health Authorities. The Boards and Authorities created <strong>the</strong>ir ownsupport networks <strong>in</strong> order to learn from what worked or did not work well <strong>in</strong> each district or healthDHS StructureCommissioner for HealthState HealthBoard (SHB)Policy Development andPlann<strong>in</strong>g DirectorateDistrict HealthBoards (7 DHBs)Local HealthAuthorities (56 LHAs)Map Show<strong>in</strong>g <strong>Enugu</strong> State District Health Boardwith Health Facilities as at February, 2006 Igb o -Eze-N orthIgb o-Eze-So uth U den u Nsu kkaIsi-UzoU zo -Uwan i Ig bo -Etiti En ug u EastU di Ezeag u Enu gu N orth En u gu So uth N kanu W est N kanu East Oji-River Aw gu An <strong>in</strong> ri LGA boundariesPublic Health FacilitiesPrivate Health FacilitiesDistrict Health Board<strong>Enugu</strong> MetroUdiAwguNsukkaIsi-Uzo<strong>Enugu</strong> EzikeAgbani26 <strong>PATHS</strong> <strong>F<strong>in</strong>al</strong> Programme Report

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