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MINISTRY OF HEALTH. Health Impact Assessment Royal Government of Cambodia. Presentation by Cambodian Participants. Phuket, Thailand 13-14 February 2012. Reason for HIA in Cambodia. HIA in Cambodia. HIA POLICY. Objectives. Strategic Interventions. HIA Procedures. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Presentation by Cambodian Participants
Phuket, Thailand
13-14 February 2012
Health Impact Assessment Health Impact Assessment Royal Government of CambodiaRoyal Government of Cambodia
Using tools for decision makers
Providing structure and process to improve health outcomes
Promoting cross-sectoral working by promoting partnerships and sharing of responsibilities for health
Prospective assessments of impacts in the early planning stages
Protecting the most vulnerable people, who may be at risk from proposed developments
Encouraging practices good governance with transparent procedures utilizing identified and public participation
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HIA POLICY
Aims:
To guide decisions on policy, procedures, planning and projects to enhance the positive health impacts and mitigate the negative.
General Objective:
To provide a strategic framework whereby the right to good health, poverty alleviation, reduction of social inequity and sustainability of development in the RCG that can be enhanced through the timely identification of adverse health effects of policies ,plans, projects, and programs.
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Objectives To facilitate the selection of criteria and procedures
that ensure best practices in health impact assessments in
Cambodia. To define the essential functions required to support
adequate and cost-effective health impact assessment
procedures in line with international standards. To define the roles and responsibilities linked to these
essential functions, of policy or project proponents, or
all relevant stakeholders in the public and private sector. To facilitate the establishment of institutional arrangements
between the different public and private sector stakeholders
in support of an efficient health impact assessment process
that is effectively coordinated with other impact assessment
processes.
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Strategic Interventions
Encourage and assist as required the development of an Association of HIA professionals within the country to further enhance capacity building.
Implement measures that ensure public participation in the HIA process including full access to relevant information.
Ensure wider reaching collaboration of HIA practitioners within the region.
Ensure institutional regulation and compliance of the HIA process.
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HIA Procedures
Apply screening criteria to the policy, program, project or plan. Determine whether an HIA is required.
Scoping will involve setting out the parameters of the HIA. Establishing the Steering committee, choosing the appropriate
level of HIA and agreeing on the Terms of Reference. Select the appropriate assessor. Undertake the HIA with a Health Impact Statement (HIA report)
and recommendations for Health Risk Management (HRM). Appraisal of HIA statement. Negotiation with final choice of options for health risk
management. Change project, plan, program or policy as required. Undertake monitoring and evaluation on the process, impacts
and outcomes.
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HIA policy not approve yet by the National Committee for Environment and Health.
Need advocacy with relevant Ministries and stakeholders.
RGC not realize as priority issue.
The institution response on HIA undecided.
Neediness capacity on HIA among health professionals.
The procedures of the EIA is not include HIA.
Socio-economic growth within Cambodia can have both positive and negative impacts on the environmental and social determinants of health.
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Initially assisted by WHO Country office: Draft Policy (2006)
Via National Committee for Environment and Health (NCEH)
as National Steering Committee (all ministries “Minister of
MoH as Chair”, Secretaries/Under-Secretaries of State of all
ministries, and Director-General/Deputy Director General
of national committee) to discuss and debate the HIA draft
for consideration and adoption.
Assisted by NCEH Secretariat (Preventive Medicine
Department, MOH)
HIA guideline(s), procedure(s) …is/are to be developed and
consulted with stakeholders and development partners…,
then it/they will be endorsed by NCEH.
COUNTRYPolitical CommitmentInstitutional Coordination and CollaborationHuman Resource Development and AllocationLogistic SupportsCommunity ParticipationRegional and International consideration
ASEANNetwork Coordination and ParticipationPromoting Sharing Information and Best PracticesCapacity BuildingFinancial Assistances
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