Community Involvement

The focus is on:

• Contributing in developing community health policies and strategies to promote communities' ownership and participation in the health system
• Contributing in building institutional and individual capacities in countries for community participation, organisation and management of the health system
• Contributing in institutionalizing monitoring of community-based health activities
• Increasing awareness of countries and advocate for mainstreaming community ownership and participation in national health policies and health strategic plans
• Supporting countries to strengthen coordination of and collaboration with civil society organizations particularly community-based organizations and NGOs in community health development.

The Regional Office is advocating to countries for the implementation of the Addis Ababa Declaration on Community Health in the African Region. An effort is being made to strengthen the capacity of the HPS Programme in this area through staff recruitment.