Literature review and develop guidelines on sexual and reproductive health rights services for your young persons with disabilities

Member of the Proposal design team. Application for ATscale Program Management, Coordination, and Support of the government of Ethiopia for the implementation of a joint vision and hearing program for school-aged children (2024 - 2027)

A key component underlying the mandate of the ANN pertains to People Power which demands that services and programs are co-created and respond directly to the comprehensive needs of people through robust meaningful involvement with communities and all relevant stakeholders. To operationalize the human-rights based approach to achieving People Power, the ANN, through participation in the development of the NCD Alliance’s Global Charter on Meaningful Involvement of People Living with NCDs, developed an African Regional Advocacy Agenda of People living with NCDs and subsequently engaged in consultations leading to the development of the WHO Framework on Meaningful Involvement of People Living with NCDs and Mental Health and Neurological conditions. The three aligned Tools represent a powerful collective which must be leveraged by the ANN and Country Alliances to advance the People Power agenda through engagement with governments, African Regional Bodies including WHO AFRO and Africa CDC as well as other stakeholders to domesticate and institutionalize meaningful involvement of communities within the African Region.This Report reviews and analyses the process of development and content of the three Tools and by demonstrating their relevance to global guiding documents on NCDs as well as to the NCD Agendas of the WHO and Africa CDC, sets out a Roadmap comprising five (5) key actions. These actions aim to effectively advance the agenda to harmonize and leverage existing meaningful involvement frameworks and develop a strategy for their implementation as well as follow up of their implementation by relevant stakeholders in the African Region.

Managed the Directorate: NCDs, Disability and Rehabilitation, Older Persons, Eye Health, and Palliative Care. Contributed to development of Regulations: Taxation on Sugar Sweetened Beverages (SSBs), April 2017, Reduction of sodium in foods, July 2012, amended 2016, Appointment of Ministerial Advisory Committee on the Prevention and Control of Cancer, 2012; Compulsory Registration of Cancer, 2010. Led development of National Strategic Plan on the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases, 2022-2027, National Cancer Strategic Framework 2017 – 2022, National Policy Framework and Strategy on Palliative Care 2017 – 2022. Participated in development of: Lung Cancer Policy and Guidelines 2023, Revised Adult Primary Care APC 2023, User Guide and Guidelines on Palliative Care (in process), NCD Training Module for CHWs 2022, Breast Cancer Policy 2017, Cervical Cancer Policy 2017. Monitored, evaluated, and supported implementation of sub programs in provinces, including development of Indicators of the National Information Data System and District Health Information System, Explored development of an appropriate M&E framework on NCD surveillance. Promoted and contributed to development of innovative models of integrated care at all levels and funding mechanisms including Integrated Clinical Services Management Model at PHC level, CHWs screening for NCDs and linkage to care, Utilization of Treasury allocated funding from taxation on SSBs for NCD service improvement. Meaningfully engaged stakeholders, in particular Civil Society and Patient Organizations (Pos) and persons with disabilities, Implemented governance arrangements for Civil Society and POs representation on NDoH Advisory structures. Ministerial representative on Regulatory and other Structures on HR and Medicines. Participated in National and Regional levels and Global engagement, writing of Resolutions, Reports and Research including with WHO SA, WHA, BRICS, CDC Africa.

Exposure to the functioning of an international agency with a focus on NCDs and opportunity to share with WHO initiatives on NCDs from health and development perspectives within a LMIC context.

• Managed the Disability and Rehabilitation Program at a Provincial level. • Engaged Academic institutions on Training of Rehabilitation Workers, • Expanded service coverage by multi-disciplinary teams, • Meaningfully engaged persons with disabilities, their families and care givers as well as Civil Society Organizations to improve quality of services as well as to offer training and employment opportunities.

• Planned and developed Rehabilitation multi-disciplinary rehabilitation services at a community level. • Meaningfully engaged people with disabilities, their families or care givers and civil society during all processes.• Contributed to the planning and establishment of the then only, public sector comprehensive Rehabilitation Center and Spinal Unit to serve as a point of referral from the community.