{"id":2510,"date":"2015-10-31T13:11:02","date_gmt":"2015-10-31T12:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sina-health.com\/?p=2510"},"modified":"2026-09-29T21:53:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T19:53:15","slug":"recommendations-50th-pbf-course-in-cotonou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sina-health.com\/?p=2510","title":{"rendered":"The 50th PBF course in Cotonou, October 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"attachment_2512\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sina-health.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cours-50-Cotonou-e1446400004136.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2512\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2512\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sina-health.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cours-50-Cotonou-e1446400004136.jpg\" alt=\"Les participants du cours PBF de Benin\" width=\"400\" height=\"283\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2512\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 39 course participants of the Cotonou course<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The 50th\u00a0PBF course was held in Cotonou from October 12 to 23, 2015 with thirty-nine participants from Chad (16) Niger (10x), Haiti (4x) Cameroon (3x), DRC (2), Comoros (2x), Ivory Coast (1x) and Benin (1x). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Six participants received a certificate of distinction with a score of 90% or more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here is the course report <strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">(<a style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sina-health.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/RapCoursPBFCotonouV011115.pdf\">rapport<\/a>)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>COUNTRY ANALYSIS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><u>Benin<\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>Strategies to strengthen the health system and the RBF in Benin:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Integrate other MOH departments in the consultation about the PBF;<\/li>\n<li>Obtain the government&#8217;s commitment to maintain an appropriate level of governance to ensure the success of the RBF, including progress towards decentralization;<\/li>\n<li>Provide more autonomy to health facilities to purchase essential drugs, equipment and recruit staff;<\/li>\n<li>Ensure that the innovative initiatives (community RBF, quality improvement bonuses, involvement of the private health sector, &#8230;) are not diverted into vertical programs, but retain their cross-cutting nature;<\/li>\n<li>UNICEF, through its mission to the realization of the rights of children in accordance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), is part of this process in Benin not only to strengthen the acquired high-impact package at community level but also at health facility level to fight against child, maternal, and neonatal mortality.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>Cameroon<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Advocate for derogations for the PBF structures and regulatory authorities.<\/li>\n<li>Recruit\u00a0more quality staff for the Regional CDV Agencies<\/li>\n<li>Advocate for the inclusion of bonuses for vulnerable regions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_2514\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sina-health.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Les-sculptures-de-Benin-e1446400150541.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2514\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2514\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sina-health.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Les-sculptures-de-Benin-e1446400150541.jpg\" alt=\"Les sculptures de Benin\" width=\"400\" height=\"277\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2514\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The sculptures of Benin<\/p><\/div>\n<p><u>Comoros<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Conduct a feedback meeting within the MOH on the PBF training<\/li>\n<li>Conduct a restitution with other stakeholders, such as the Ministry of Finance, AFD, Gavi, UNICEF, UNFPA, CCM, the Ministry of Education, FENAMUSAC, MAEECHA, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Organize the external review of the current pilot PBF Project;<\/li>\n<li>Implement the recommendations of this review;<\/li>\n<li>Mobilize additional resources;<\/li>\n<li>Scale up the PBF program.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>Ivory Coast<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Ivory Coast is scaling up PBF, which is considered an effective instrument to improve health system performance and a precursor to radical health system reforms. The Ministry and other stakeholders already own and support the PBF.<\/p>\n<p><u>Niger<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Assign staff to the\u00a0PBF unit\u00a0required for its operation<\/li>\n<li>Organize a round table of partners to mobilize funds to ensure PBF<\/li>\n<li>Advocate for the opening of a PBF line in the national budget<\/li>\n<li>Integrate\u00a0private health facilities in PBF<\/li>\n<li>Train and supervise community workers on the PBF indicator &#8220;Household Visit&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>Chad<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Organize meetings at national and regional levels on\u00a0the 50th PBF course<\/li>\n<li>Organize a high-level advocacy meeting and training on PBF<\/li>\n<li>Establish a pool of trainers in PBF<\/li>\n<li>Advocate within the MSP for more\u00a0autonomy at health facility level to procure essential drugs\u00a0at accredited\u00a0wholesale organizations outside central medical stores;<\/li>\n<li>Provide a budget line for the PBF investment units at health facility level<\/li>\n<li>Conduct the rationalization of the health facilities in the PBF\u00a0project area<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>Haiti<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sina-health.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Le-voyage-PBF-sous-supervision-du-chef-de-village-e1446400093320.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2513\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sina-health.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Le-voyage-PBF-sous-supervision-du-chef-de-village-e1446400093320.jpg\" alt=\"Le voyage PBF sous supervision du chef de village\" width=\"400\" height=\"316\" \/><\/a>Include 3 indicators on HIV \/ AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis in the PBF package;<\/li>\n<li>Brief the contracting team responsible for the implementation of the International Strategy on the PBF course;<\/li>\n<li>Revise the\u00a0indicators;<\/li>\n<li>Propose inserting the Investment Units.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>Democratic Republic of Congo<\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>Difficulties<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Low budget allocated to the health sector;<\/li>\n<li>Strong centralization of the health system resources;<\/li>\n<li>Poor resource management: corruption and lack of accountability.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 50th\u00a0PBF course was held in Cotonou from October 12 to 23, 2015 with thirty-nine participants from Chad (16) Niger (10x), Haiti (4x) Cameroon (3x), DRC (2), Comoros (2x), Ivory Coast (1x) and Benin (1x). Six participants received a certificate of distinction with a score of 90% or more. 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