Togo: World Health Organization holds a workshop to train African experts on ways to produce more reliable health data

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Tuesday, 24 September 2019 17:07
Togo: World Health Organization holds a workshop to train African experts on ways to produce more reliable health data

(Togo First) - Various experts of health economy and finance, from 11 African countries, including Togo, are currently holding a meeting in Lomé. The meeting which began on Sept. 23 will last five days and focuses on the quality control of health finances and means to finance this sector across the continent.

The theme of the event which is organized by the World Health Organization (WHO) is "Health accounts quality control: Producing reliable data to build a performant health system."

Experts regrouped will in effect assess errors and inconsistencies in data made available in health accounts. They will be reviewing actions, at the country level, for better management of resources allocated to the sector and improved performances. 

The decision to hold this meeting, says Dr. Fatoumata Binta Diallo, WHO's representative in Togo and chairperson for the event, comes after many errors were found while processing health-related data. These, according to the representative, prevents appropriate decision-taking in the sector.

Experts present will thus be equipped with adequate tools to produce reliable data which can be used in the decision-making process as well as to better serve patients. "Each and everyone, regardless of their social standing, should have access to health services of quality, yet affordable," said Dr. Binta Diallo. 

The eleven countries represented at the meeting are Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, and Togo.  

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