http://blogs.dfid.gov.uk/2008/12/do-donors-respond-to-national-priorities-or-try-to-set-them/ Tales from the front line of our work to eradicate poverty worldwide. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:54:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blogs.dfid.gov.uk/2008/12/do-donors-respond-to-national-priorities-or-try-to-set-them/comment-page-1/#comment-852 Egidio Vaz Raposo Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:42:00 +0000 http://blogs.dfid.gov.uk/?p=659#comment-852 Good discussion here. But would need more time to read the pdfs. Will get back to you both. Best Egidio Good discussion here. But would need more time to read the pdfs. Will get back to you both.
Best
Egidio

]]> http://blogs.dfid.gov.uk/2008/12/do-donors-respond-to-national-priorities-or-try-to-set-them/comment-page-1/#comment-827 Neil Squires Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:31:47 +0000 http://blogs.dfid.gov.uk/?p=659#comment-827 Dear Diogo, I very much agree with you, changing the way that development partners do business is going to take time, but I think Mozambique, through strong leadership, has made good progress. In my <a href="http://blogs.dfid.gov.uk/2008/11/health-related-progress-in-mozambique/" rel="nofollow">blog of 28 November</a> I posted the advocacy pamphlet that the Ministry of Health developmed for the UN High Level Summit in New York in September, which highlighted the huge challenge that Mozambique has to scale up its health workforce. There is a big price tag on the cost of scaling up the health workforce, but the additional resources needed have to be mobilised if progress towards the Millennium Development Goals is to continue. The challenge of improving infrastructure is almost as large. One of the problems faced by development agencies, is that it is easier to mobilise funds for very specific issues, or for particular diseases, such as HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria than it is to mobilise funds to build health systems, to strengthen the workforce and to build and maintain a strong health infrastructure. The challenge at the country level is for governments to and their partners to ensure that the welcome additional funding that instruments like the Global Fund have helped to mobilise, are used in ways which not only tackle the immediate problems of buying drugs to prevent or treat illness - but that the funds are also used to build and sustain health systems which can grow and develop over time to more fully meet all of the populations health and healthcare needs. I am really looking forward to continuing working with you and other committed colleagues of the Government of Mozambique, to help Mozambique realise its objectives of reducing poverty and improving health and well being for all its population, particularly the poorest and most vulnerable. Lets makes sure that teh donor community increasingly talks about and acts to address some of these real challenges. Dear Diogo, I very much agree with you, changing the way that development partners do business is going to take time, but I think Mozambique, through strong leadership, has made good progress. In my blog of 28 November I posted the advocacy pamphlet that the Ministry of Health developmed for the UN High Level Summit in New York in September, which highlighted the huge challenge that Mozambique has to scale up its health workforce. There is a big price tag on the cost of scaling up the health workforce, but the additional resources needed have to be mobilised if progress towards the Millennium Development Goals is to continue. The challenge of improving infrastructure is almost as large. One of the problems faced by development agencies, is that it is easier to mobilise funds for very specific issues, or for particular diseases, such as HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria than it is to mobilise funds to build health systems, to strengthen the workforce and to build and maintain a strong health infrastructure. The challenge at the country level is for governments to and their partners to ensure that the welcome additional funding that instruments like the Global Fund have helped to mobilise, are used in ways which not only tackle the immediate problems of buying drugs to prevent or treat illness - but that the funds are also used to build and sustain health systems which can grow and develop over time to more fully meet all of the populations health and healthcare needs. I am really looking forward to continuing working with you and other committed colleagues of the Government of Mozambique, to help Mozambique realise its objectives of reducing poverty and improving health and well being for all its population, particularly the poorest and most vulnerable. Lets makes sure that teh donor community increasingly talks about and acts to address some of these real challenges.

]]> http://blogs.dfid.gov.uk/2008/12/do-donors-respond-to-national-priorities-or-try-to-set-them/comment-page-1/#comment-521 Diogo Milagre Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:40:43 +0000 http://blogs.dfid.gov.uk/?p=659#comment-521 Dear Neil, I really appreciate your comments to my interview with OXFAM and the report you have joined here for those like me who are very much interested and engaged in development issues. I agree that things have changed but would very much like to see donor support going into areas that make a real difference in our lives. For examples, we have not yet tackled the issue of human resurces and health infrastructure in a comprehensive and sustainable manner. And my feeling is that the donor community although knowing extensively the problem does not like to talk about it really.... Dear Neil, I really appreciate your comments to my interview with OXFAM and the report you have joined here for those like me who are very much interested and engaged in development issues. I agree that things have changed but would very much like to see donor support going into areas that make a real difference in our lives. For examples, we have not yet tackled the issue of human resurces and health infrastructure in a comprehensive and sustainable manner. And my feeling is that the donor community although knowing extensively the problem does not like to talk about it really....

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