The 78th performance-based financing (PBF) course took place from Monday, April 1st to Saturday, April 13th 2019, in Mombasa, Kenya. Twenty-six participants attended the course: 14 from Nigeria, 7 from Ethiopia, 2 from Cameroon, and 2 from the Netherlands.
Hereby, the course report
The Nigeria team consisted of fourteen participants from the Ministries of Health in Adamawa, Borno, Kebbi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Ondo, and Yobe States. The Ethiopia team included three participants from the federal Ministry of Health and four from a PBF pilot in Borona Zone, Oromia Region. The two participants from Cameroon were from the North West region. We welcomed one participant from CAR and two from the Netherlands – one working at CORDAID head office in The Hague, and the other a senior general practitioner in Holland.
The “Village 78” authorities included the Village Chief, Dr. Omar IBRAHIM; the Deputy Village Chief, Flora KWIZERA; the timekeeper, Buzinel Gudisa Mijena; the Finance Ministers, Kinyuy Margaret Gham and Kees Melcherts; and the Energizers, Baba Laminu, Abubakar Abana, and Mekdelawit Mengesha.
They actively supported the facilitation process and contributed to a congenial atmosphere while maintaining “order” in the village.
Evaluation of the course venue and the course
Twenty-six participants took the final exam. The average test score was 67%, with six certificates of distinction and six certificates of attendance.
This was the third course in the 4-star Traveler’s Hotel, which provided a professional and pleasant ambiance. This justified the higher full board tuition fee.
The daily evaluations yielded scores of 85%, 1.6% above the previous 24 English courses and 6% above the previous French-spoken course. Methods and facilitation scored 87,5% (the same as the previous courses). Participation scored 87.2% (the same as the previous courses). Organization scored 86.6% (0,3% above the average of the previous courses). The subject of timekeeping scored 78,8% (6,2% above the average of the previous courses).
The final evaluation indicated that 88% of participants felt the course content related well to their regular professional activities. Yet, only 52% said they were well informed in advance about the course, and some indicated that the course book should have been distributed 1-2 weeks before the course. The fact that some participants’ names were only known a week before the course began contributed to this score. Participants were satisfied with the methodology and the organization. In October 2018, 43% of participants thought the course was too short, and no one thought it was too long. For this course, we added one day (Saturday) to the course duration, which helped reduce the time pressure to finalize the action plans and the course modules.
SUMMARY OF THE ACTION PLANS OF THE COURSE GROUPS
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