Title PageMillennium Development Goals:

Challenges

www.midego.com

Elvira Beracochea, MD. MPH.

President

elvira@midego.com

Adapted from a presentation given at

APHA Annual conference 2012

SAN FRANCISCO

Learning objectives

1. Discuss how to accelerate the achievement of the MDGs

2. Propose ways to make global health projects more effective

Helping the helpers

• Innovation and improvement to public health systems in developing countries is essential to achieve MDGs 4 and 5 and most of the other MDGs.

• Most of the innovation is funded by foreign donors through global health aid programs. Countries pay for health staff salaries and operating costs and do not invest in innovation, staff development or continuous improvement programs.

• The involvement of local health professionals in the forefront of any intervention is essential to sustain results.

• the support they get through these programs is still limited and piecemeal leading to unsustainable results in many cases.

Helping the helpers

Three effective ways:

1.Country Leadership,

2.Career Development

3.Organizational Development

Effective help

1. Country leaders: 1.How can I help you?2.Credit is to be shared 80/20

2. Career development1. What do you want to achieve in your career?2. Here is how you can plan your career to achieve

your goals…3. Organizational Development:

1.Patient flow2.Jointly set new performance standards to deliver

better healthcare

What is an effective global health project?

1. Focused on measurable results

2. Accountable for progress towards those results

3. Respects country ownership by design

4. Simplifies interventions to strengthen systems

5. Sets the pace of change

6. Sets the example in taking action

7. Consistently transfers knowledge, activities and responsibility to country’s institutions and organizations

Thank you

For more information, visit www.midego.com

To start to effectively implement global health projects, visit our website and download: “The Integrated Global Health Starter Program”

REFERENCES

• Dr. Elvira Beracochea, Health for All NOW, MIDEGO 2008

• Beracochea E. , Evans D, Weinstein C. Rights Based Approaches to Public Health, Springer 2010