Transforming South-South technical support to fight noncommunicable diseases

Aaron D.A. Shakow; Gene Bukhman; Olumuyiwa Adebona; Jeremy Greene; Jean De Dieu Ngirabega; Agns Binagwaho

doi:10.1016/j.gheart.2012.01.009

Transforming South-South technical support to fight noncommunicable diseases

Aaron D.A. Shakow, Gene Bukhman, Olumuyiwa Adebona, Jeremy Greene, Jean De Dieu Ngirabega, Agns Binagwaho

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Abstract

At the UN High-Level Meeting on non-communicable diseases (NCD) in September 2011, each member state was challenged to create a multisectoral national policy and plan for the prevention and control of non-communicable disease by 2013. Few low-income countries, however, currently have such plans. Their governments are likely to turn for assistance in drafting and implementation to multilateral agencies and Contract Technical Support Organizations recommended by development partners. Yet because many NCD seen in the lowest-income countries differ significantly from those prevalent elsewhere, existing providers of external technical support may lack the necessary experience to support strategic planning for NCD interventions in these settings. This article reviews currently available mechanisms of technical support for health sector planning. It places them in the broader historical context of post- World War II international development assistance and the more recent campaigns for horizontal "South-South" cooperation and aid effectiveness. It proposes bilateral technical assistance by low income-countries themselves as the natural evolution of development assistance in health. Such programs, it argues, may be able to improve the quality of technical support to low-income countries for strategic planning in the NCD area while directing resources to the regions where they are most needed.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	35-45
Number of pages	11
Journal	Global Heart
Volume	7
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gheart.2012.01.009
State	Published - Mar 2012
Externally published	Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Epidemiology
Community and Home Care
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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