region Sub-Saharan Africa


chapter Chapters

Burundi

Cameroon

Benin

Cote d'Ivoire

Democratic Republic of Congo

Ethiopia

Ghana Kenya

Liberia

Mauritius

Sierra Leone

Senegal

Rwanda

Nigeria

Niger

Mozambique

Mali

Malawi

Madagascar South Africa Togo Uganda Zambia

Zimbabwe


research Research

November 2019

Transparency and Accountability in Kenya’s Health Financing Models

Chapter: Kenya

Transparency and accountability on processes in the health sector in Kenya has been waning. In 2017, for instance, the health sector witnessed major challenges ranging from internal turmoil caused by health practitioners over corruption to poor service delivery leading to wastage of public funds. The U.S. Embassy in Kenya announced the suspension of approximately $21…

View Research Paper Overview

November 2019

Corruption and its Socio-Economic Impacts on the Healthcare Sector (Tsaboy Ny Gasy Project)

Chapter: Madagascar

The Tsaboy ny Gasy Project advocates for citizens' social and economic rights mainly by fighting corruption in the health sector in Madagascar. To inform the project, TI-Madagascar conducted an assessment to identify how different types of corruption impacted different types of health services. This involved a study of the legislative environment; a literature review on…

View Research Paper Overview

project Projects

November 2021

Enhancing Equitable Access of COVID-19 Vaccines

The delivery of COVID-19 vaccines is conducted in an equitable and transparent manner, ensuring that the right people are vaccinated, and there is no corruption in the delivery of the vaccine.

Behaviour Change:

Anti-Corruption Activism

Community Action

Seeking Redress Against Corruption

July 2020

Advocacy for budget for health sector

In order to efficiently combat Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), ANCE-Togo advocated for an increase of the health sector budget in Togo between July and September 2014.

ANCE-TOGO's continuous efforts incentivised the Togo government to increase the health sector budget for 2015.

Our teams also started a campaign that actively targeted the minister’s council and the national assembly to increase the health sector budget for 2018. As part of this campaign, parts of the ANCE-TOGO team met with several ministers, including the minister of health, the minister of economy and finance, and several permanent secretaries. They also met with several Members of Parliaments (MPs).

Policy & Insititutional Change:

Policy Adoption & Amendment

Behaviour Change:

Anti-Corruption Activism

July 2020

Supporting the implementation of drug control policies

The main objective of this project is to promote public health through the prevention and fight against illegal drugs, alcohol abuse and tobacco consumption in communities. It aims to create community-based anti-drugs coalitions to inform, educate and sensitize adolescents and young people about disorders related to the use of psychoactive substances. To date, we count 7 coalitions in Lomé .

Policy & Insititutional Change:

Improved enforcement of policies

Behaviour Change:

Community Action

July 2020

Supporting the implementation of the WHO Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC)

The project aims to improve public health through strengthening the Togolese Tobacco Control Law. The main objective is to achieve the integration of a 100% smoke-free policy and graphic pictorial health warning in the law in line with the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC).

Policy & Insititutional Change:

Improved enforcement of policies

Policy Adoption & Amendment

July 2020

Response to COVID-19

Policy & Insititutional Change:

Improved enforcement of policies

Behaviour Change:

Anti-Corruption Activism

July 2020

Response to COVID-19

Policy & Insititutional Change:

Better Institutional Processes

Behaviour Change:

Anti-Corruption Activism

July 2020

Response to COVID-19

Policy & Insititutional Change:

Better Institutional Processes

Behaviour Change:

Anti-Corruption Activism

May 2020

Health Accountability Project-HAP

The accountability initiatives were aimed at promoting effective and substantive civic engagement and civilian oversight to ensure adequate access to essential drugs and medicines within the public health facilities in Elgeyo Marakwet county.

Policy & Insititutional Change:

Improved enforcement of policies

Better Institutional Processes

Behaviour Change:

Anti-Corruption Activism

Community Action

May 2020

Action For Transparency

The project is aimed at empowering citizens to monitor the usage of public resources in the health sector and to report any misappropriation through ICT platforms including a mobile application and website.

Behaviour Change:

Anti-Corruption Activism

Seeking Redress Against Corruption

May 2020

Mobile Drug Tracking System (MDTS)

The main objective of the Mobile Drug Tracking System (MDTS) was to increase citizens' participation in anti-corruption efforts by assisting them in tracking pharmaceutical commodities in their local health facilities. It specifically allows citizens, community health workers and hospital management committees to scan and monitor stocks. Additionally, it empowers citizens to hold the governing institutions accountable with the information and knowledge gained through the tool.

Policy & Insititutional Change:

Better Institutional Processes

Behaviour Change:

Anti-Corruption Activism

Community Action

May 2020

Pharmaceutical Procurement

This project involved the creation of the Forum for Transparency and Accountability in Pharmaceutical Procurement which brings together various stakeholders in the health sector including the Ministry of Health, CSOs, the Public Procurement Authority and others, with the objective of monitoring pharmaceutical procurement and supply chain management and improving transparency and accountability in the health sector. It also involved the development of a Mobile Drug Tracking System and the Drug Price Index to support pharmaceutical procurement monitoring.

Policy & Insititutional Change:

Policy Adoption & Amendment

Better Institutional Processes

Behaviour Change:

Anti-Corruption Activism

May 2020

Increasing Participation, Accountability, Responsiveness and Transparency (PART): focus on the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) and other MDG-related interventions in the health sector in Ghana’

The central aim is to enhance transparency and accountability in the flow and utilisation of NHIS financial resources which is aimed to lead to improved health service delivery in selected marginalised districts by December 2014. The original project was focused on three regions and was financially supported by STAR-Ghana, a multi-donor agency.

Policy & Insititutional Change:

Improved enforcement of policies

Better Institutional Processes

Behaviour Change:

Community Action

November 2019

Improving Basic Healthcare Service Delivery in Cameroon by Promoting Innovative Whistle-blowing Techniques

The project aimed to reinforce transparency, accountability, participation and integrity in public hospitals in Cameroon by raising awareness of healthcare rights amongst the patients and providing an independent mechanism to report instances of corruption.

Behaviour Change:

Community Action

Seeking Redress Against Corruption

November 2019

Fight against Illicit Trade of Pharmaceutical Products.

The aim was to raise public awareness for the impact of sub-standard and falsified medicines (SFM) on patients' health and to advocate for law enforcement operations to promote the seizure of SFM.

Policy & Insititutional Change:

Improved enforcement of policies

Behaviour Change:

Anti-Corruption Activism

Community Action

Seeking Redress Against Corruption

November 2019

Community and Health Provider-driven Social Accountability Intervention (CaPSAI)

The aim of the CaPSAI project is two-fold:
- Describe and examine how social accountability processes are implemented and operationalized with a focus on understanding behaviours, decision-making processes, and the barriers and enablers of change, with a view to generalizability;
- Develop more responsive quantitative measures for social accountability and show the relationship between social accountability and uptake of contraceptives and use of other family planning measures.

Policy & Insititutional Change:

Better Institutional Processes

Behaviour Change:

Community Action


partner Partners

Global Partners:
European Union GlaxoSmithKline Plc. World Health Organisation (WHO) Novartis FOJO UNDP
Regional Partners:

Governmental Institution

NGO or Civil Society Organisation

Community

District health officers

District level task forces

District local government

Individuals or general public

Ministry of Health

Village Health Teams

International Agency

Media

Business

Hospital Health Management Committees

Regional Delegation of Public Health

Population Council