GAVI Health Services Strengthening Task Team Meeting
HSAN members, Lee-Nah Hsu, Frank Nyonator, and Alexa Khan participated in the GAVI Health Services Strengthening Task Team Meeting in Geneva, Switzerland 12-15 September 2006. The first day of consultation focused on learning from country processes to date with a deliberation on technical assistance. The next day, the group followed with a concentration on two questions:
- What are current partner activities on HSS?
- How can HS be strengthened and what approaches will warrant effective coordination and harmonization at the country level?
HSAN was one of many organizations represented in this discussion. Others included Health Workforce Alliance (HWA), Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria (GFATM), the World Bank (WB), Stop TB, Scaling Up for Better Health, GAVI secretariat and the Health Metrics Network (HMN).
In conclusion, the GAVI Health Systems Strengthening Task Team appreciated HSAN’s participation in the meeting and recommended that HSAN link up with Alliance for Health Policy and Research to reduce overlap in supporting the GAVI HSS initiative. The GAVI HSS TT also invited HSAN to be part of the action points to involve civil society organizations. A complete summary of the meeting is available in Report on GAVI Health Services Strengthening Task Team Meeting.