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Policy and advocacy

Policy and advocacy. Feedback. What are policy issues that we want to advocate on?. Health care workers for maternal and child health 2) Infrastructure improvements to improve health 3) Support coherence in health systems

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Policy and advocacy

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  1. Policy and advocacy Feedback

  2. What are policy issues that we want to advocate on? • Health care workers for maternal and child health 2) Infrastructure improvements to improve health 3) Support coherence in health systems 4) Expanded access for women and girls to access reproductive health services 5) Quality improvement and patient safety 6) Raise awareness among community of health policies (and rights) 7) Foreign aid for health

  3. Principles for advocacy? • Base our advocacy on research and evidence and our expertise as a small nation • Use community system strengthening to support communities to advocate on issues important to them (bottom up approach) • Involve media to give a voice and to educate the general public

  4. What added value can IFGH bring? • Stronger collectively • Used an umbrella increases profile of IFGH and makes individual events more visible • Forum can be prepared for upcoming events / activities so that advocacy messages are prepared in advance • Individual’s work as a small part of something much larger • Help move policy and research into action • Identify synergies between groups and individuals – help them identify policy makers and channels to influence change • Academics tend to be conservative in terms of political and media statements – may be more efficient coming through the forum. • Forum can facilitate advocacy day/events around a specific themes • Invite people who have been successful using different methods of advocacy • Explore use of website and social media to connect people more

  5. What do we want to be doing? • What are policy issues that we want to do advocacy on? 1) Health care workers for maternal and child health • Have a good record of Irish health professionals working abroad • Irish workforce planning • Conflict – recruiting foreign workers but Irish Aid supporting training of health workers abroad • NGO infrastructure exists in Ireland e.g. Indian and Philipino nurses groups 2) Infrastructure improvements to improve health • Health policy makers needed a lot of convincing • Among health community tend to focus on health issues and health solutions ignoring social and infrastructure solutions 3) Support coherence in health systems • Three 1s – one national policy, one action plan, one m&E system

  6. 4) Expanded access for women and girls to access reproductive health services • High needs, poor access to services, inequity • Empowering women and key part of HIV agenda 5) Quality improvement and patient safety • Health systems strengthening • Ensure access to quality services 6) Raise awareness among community of health policies (and rights) • Empower communities to do health advocacy • Currently often driven by donors • Training of health care managers

  7. Principles for advocacy? • Base our advocacy on research and evidence and our expertise as a small nation • Use community system strengthening to support communities to advocate on issues important to them (bottom up approach) • Influencing policy makers • How to get into the system – network could share these opportunities • Involve media to give a voice and to educate the general public

  8. Building advocacy skills • Many different skills required for advocacy depending on what you want to achieve • Advocacy day/events around a specific theme • Invite people who have been successful using different methods of advocacy • Start with the issue, design advocacy strategy, advocacy plan, fund advocacy as part of programme plan

  9. What added value can IFGH bring? • Stronger collectively • Used an umbrella increases profile of IFGH and makes individual events more visible • Support and provide linkages around certain key research issues • List of key upcoming events / activities so that advocacy messages are prepared in advance • People can see their work as a small part of something much larger • Identify synergies in work (beyond just research but moving policy and research to action) • Academics tend to be conservative in terms of political and media statements – may be more efficient coming through the forum.

  10. Other issues discussed • Focus is on scaling up – need to resist quick wins in favour of meeting longer term objectives (donor pressure) • How do we do development? Does it need to be done differently? • Issues and processes – lead to different types of policies • Agreement around actual changes we want to see • Many different skills required for advocacy depending on what you want to achieve • Start with the issue, design advocacy strategy, advocacy plan, fund advocacy as part of programme plan

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