IPNEWS-Monrovia- Ministry of Health (MOH) through the Family Health Program (FHP) in collaboration with the Institute for Population Studies (IPS-UL) convened with the Global Financing Facility (GFF) in the Nimba Hall at Corina Hotel in Sinkor to share preliminary results from the Reproductive Maternal Newborn Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) investment case and identify key recommendations from the study get feedback from the technical committee for the wellbeing of women, children, and adolescents in Liberia.
The technical committee evaluation meeting was facilitated by the University of Liberia through the Institute for Population Study IPS-UL to review the investment case for a better understanding of the relationship between objectives, targets, interventions, and proposed costs and discuss strategies for improving the countryโs limited coverage of RMNCAH+N interventions.
In attendance were Representatives from One UN, Jipaigo, Liberia GFF, CSOs Working Group, National Advocates for Health (NA4H), and Liberia Youths Champions for Universal Health Coverage (NYC4UHC).
The Reproductive Maternal Newborn Child and Adolescents Health investment case of Liberia was conducted by the Institute for Population Studies at the University of Liberia (IPS-UL) and the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), with support from the Family Health Program ministry of health.
The expected result of this technical committee meeting on Reproductive Maternal Neonatal and Adolescent Health plus Nutrition (RMNCAH+N) is to identify key recommendations from the study and get feedback from the technical committee on the RMNCAH+N investment case evaluation which was done recently.
The Ministry of Health of the Republic of Liberia in collaboration with partners has developed an integratedย reproductive, maternal, newborn child, and adolescent health and Nutrition (RMNCAH+N) investment case that seeks to improve six major health system constraints to the implementation of RMNCAH+N services in the country. These services include emergency obstetrics and neonatal care, and prevention of unwanted pregnancies through the delivery of family planning services in public and private facilities for women, adolescents, and young people.
The investment case is a result of an analysis of the countryโs policy document and proposals for quality improvement of health services provision in the country.
The Government of Liberia has prioritized the Reproductive, Maternal, New-Born, Child, and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) agenda, while concomitantly recovering from 14 years of civil war and the largest Ebola Viral Disease outbreak recorded to date. The Republic of Liberia is a signatory to every Woman, Every Child initiative with a commitment to spend at least 10% of the health sector allotment on RMNCAH.
In addition, Liberia is a signatory to the United Nationsโ Sustainable Development Goals 2030 (SDGs), Family Planning 2020, African Health Strategy, Paris Declaration, Maputo Call to Action, and the UN Secretary Generalโs Global Strategy for RMNCH Accountability and results.
Liberiaโs Vision 2030 set goals and a level of development for the country to strive towards. Within the health sector, the government has developed a series of strategies to ensure that the RMNCAH is a priority area for investment. Those include the National Health Policy and Plan (2011โ2021), Investment Plan for Building a Resilient Health System (2015โ 2021), National Sexual, Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal, Child and Adolescent Health (SRMNCAH) Policy and Plan, July 2015, Essential Package of Health Services (EPHS), National HIV & AIDS Strategic Plan 2015โ2020, Essential Drug List, National Human Resource Strategy, Child Survival Strategy, Decentralization Strategy, National Fistula Guidelines, National Adolescent Reproductive Health Strategy, Reproductive Health Commodity Security Strategy, Maternal and New-born Death Surveillance and Response Guideline July 2015, and the National Health and Social Welfare Financing Policy & Plan (2011โ2021).
