Pacific NCD Partnership for a Multi-sector Approach to Prevent and Control NCDs (Pacific NCD Partnership)
Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)
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Description
Implementation Methodologies (How will this partnership be achieved?):Of particular note is the NCD Roadmap developed by the Quintilateral group (Australia, NZ, SPC, WB and WHO) which has been recently approved by the Joint Forum Economic and Pacific Health Ministers and Forum Leaders. A key objective is the use of the Roadmap to broaden and strengthen existing NCD responses at country level, ensuring they are multi-sectoral and focused on practical and cost effective interventions in prevention and control of NCDs. The Partnership expects to mobilise and coordinate support provided through existing partners and programs to countries, ensuring that support is targeted and responsive to the local context, and building on existing similar Pacific Partnership approaches. The Pacific NCD Roadmap and associated commitments of the Pacific Ministers of Economics and Health will provide the guiding policy directives for developing a collaborative approach by partners. Once National NCD Roadmaps are developed these too will provide guidance for partner support at country level in particular. It is envisaged that strengthened consultation at Regional level will facilitate better co-ordination and accountability at country level. Stronger national plans for NCDs, with robust monitoring and evaluation frameworks are in turn likely to attract more resources from partners. Donor partners will be encouraged to follow aid effectiveness principles in their bilateral and regional support, including through provision of long-term, predictable support aligned to national plans and budget. NCDs is now a standing agenda item on the FEMM and the Partnership will play an important role reporting on progress at country level on NCD prevention and control, including implementation of the four best buys, to the annual Pacific Heads of Health Meeting and Economic and Health Ministers and Leaders as appropriate. It could also contribute significantly to reporting on the progress of key priorities in the SAMOA Pathway outcomes document and into the reporting to global levels and High Level Political Forum (HLPF) on the progress of SDGs and the Post 2015 Development Framework.
Capacity building and supplementation approaches need to be innovative in small administrations with limited resources as is inherent in most of the SIDS of the Pacific. Sharing of experiences across countries and partners should also help to maximise outcomes and best practice roll out in the Pacific and potentially other SIDS regions. Capacity building is the core business of the technical agencies serving the Pacific Region; the Partnership will facilitate co-ordination between them. As articulated above the whole partnership is about pulling together the necessary capacity and skill sets available to support PICTs. It may also help to facilitate cross-country sharing of experiences, best practice and peer to peer capacity support where practicable.Start date (e.g.30 July, 2014): Date of Completion (e.g. First phase end of 2017, mid point 2020, Key milestones 2025):
Coordination Mechanisms:The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) in collaboration with WHO and other organisations, development partners and stakeholders as arranged/necessary expect to form the core of the partnerships capacity to support countries. The Partnership is designed to serve all PICTs in the region who have endorsed the NCD Roadmap and Tobacco Free Pacific 2025 initiative. The Partnership does not seek to create a new organisation or new programme of work within an existing organisation, but rather a better networked alliance of the necessary stakeholders to address this issue in a comprehensive way. It plans to facilitate coordination, cooperation and collaboration through cost effective and virtual means of regular communications, consultation and report to each other and country representatives as deemed appropriate. It will support, in particular, reporting to existing Forum Economic and Pacific Health Ministers Meetings and Forum Leaders meetings as appropriate.SPC plans to provide Secretariat services to the Partnership in its first year of operation – with review of this arrangement following the inception meeting of the Partnership.Each Partner would agree to a Terms of Reference (TOR) establishing the Partnership. This will articulate, amongst other things:-the objectives of the Partnership:-the list of Partners and PICTs; -some principles of membership that relate to NCD support (particularly for potential private sector engagement or funding strategies);-a list of the comparative advantage and resources each partner brings to the table; -the collective capacity of the Partnership to support PICTs;-accountability arrangements (reporting and how it takes guidance from PICTs);-contact points in each partner;-the TOR is also expected to cover role delineation where necessary.
SDGS & Targets
Goal 3
Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
3.1
3.1.1
Maternal mortality ratio
3.1.2
Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel
3.2
3.2.1
Under-five mortality rate
3.2.2
Neonatal mortality rate
3.3
By 2030, end the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical diseases and combat hepatitis, water-borne diseases and other communicable diseases
3.3.1
Number of new HIV infections per 1,000 uninfected population, by sex, age and key populations
3.3.2
Tuberculosis incidence per 100,000 population
3.3.3
Malaria incidence per 1,000 population
3.3.4
Hepatitis B incidence per 100,000 population
3.3.5
Number of people requiring interventions against neglected tropical diseases
3.4
3.4.1
Mortality rate attributed to cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory disease
3.4.2
Suicide mortality rate
3.5
Strengthen the prevention and treatment of substance abuse, including narcotic drug abuse and harmful use of alcohol
3.5.1
Coverage of treatment interventions (pharmacological, psychosocial and rehabilitation and aftercare services) for substance use disorders
3.5.2
Alcohol per capita consumption (aged 15 years and older) within a calendar year in litres of pure alcohol
3.6
3.6.1
Death rate due to road traffic injuries
3.7
By 2030, ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services, including for family planning, information and education, and the integration of reproductive health into national strategies and programmes
3.7.1
Proportion of women of reproductive age (aged 15-49 years) who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern methods
3.7.2
Adolescent birth rate (aged 10-14 years; aged 15-19 years) per 1,000 women in that age group
3.8
Achieve universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential health-care services and access to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all
3.8.1
Coverage of essential health services
3.8.2
Proportion of population with large household expenditures on health as a share of total household expenditure or income
3.9
3.9.1
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution
3.9.2
Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (exposure to unsafe Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for All (WASH) services)
3.9.3
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning
3.a
3.a.1
Age-standardized prevalence of current tobacco use among persons aged 15 years and older
3.b
Support the research and development of vaccines and medicines for the communicable and non-communicable diseases that primarily affect developing countries, provide access to affordable essential medicines and vaccines, in accordance with the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health, which affirms the right of developing countries to use to the full the provisions in the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights regarding flexibilities to protect public health, and, in particular, provide access to medicines for all
3.b.1
Proportion of the target population covered by all vaccines included in their national programme
3.b.2
3.b.3
Proportion of health facilities that have a core set of relevant essential medicines available and affordable on a sustainable basis
3.c
3.c.1
Health worker density and distribution
3.d
Strengthen the capacity of all countries, in particular developing countries, for early warning, risk reduction and management of national and global health risks
3.d.1
International Health Regulations (IHR) capacity and health emergency preparedness
3.d.2
Percentage of bloodstream infections due to selected antimicrobial-resistant organisms
SDG 14 targets covered
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SDGs
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- Asia and Pacific
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Contact Information
Dr. Colin Tukuitonga, Director General, Secretariat of the Pacific Community