Enhancing mutual accountability for results

18 May 2010, Geneva -- Representatives from many International Health Partnership (IHP+) signatories attended an IHP+ partners technical meeting during the World Health Assembly to review progress on improving mutual accountability.

Dr Victor Makwenge Kaput, Minister of Health, Democratic Republic of Congo and meeting co-chair Dr Stephen Karengera, Director of Planning and Policy, Rwanda reported on the approaches used in their own countries, and some of the results. For example, Minister Makwenge Kaput pointed to reduced transaction costs after 2010, and highlighted the continued shift in recent years of donor funding allocation to health districts. The independent consortium IHP+ Results provided additional perspectives from their first round of monitoring progress against IHP+ Compact commitments. This was followed by wide-ranging discussion and comments from developing country, bilateral donor and international agency partners.

Country and agency representatives from the following were among the more than 60 people attending: Australia, Belgium, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, European Commission, GAVI, Global Fund, Kenya, International Labour Organization, Italy, Mali, Netherlands, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Spain, Togo, Uganda, UNAIDS, UNICEF, United Kingdom, WHO and World Bank.

The IHP+Results Update May 2010 / Le point sur l’Assemblée de la santé mondiale en 2010 independent report (and Annex 1 / Annexe 1 version française) was launched the same day.

Technical meeting presentations:

Democratic Republic of Congo

IHP+Results