Health planning and economics

tl l\ r R .ii,4 ,,..^,,\ Erom: I,Iarc Ls BazLn Prograrrme Djrector No. 17/eo MEMoB4lrpgIr To: All Chiefs of Units Serrices and Sectors Date: JO Septenber 1!80 Hea.lth Plannjrre and. &ononrics rt is at the E\:ropean Office of the worrd Bank in paris that the surtrner semjrrar on Health Planning and Economics in Africa, organized. und.er the sponsorship of the Programre by the International Develop- nent studies and Besearch centre (cmlr) of clermont r university, trhance, end.ed. on 2J September. Thirteen senior African civil servants with responsibilities for health pxograrnmes and policies, as werl as specialists and. r.miversity professors with field. experi-ence, particirpated in this serninar which had started on 1 September in Clemont-Fe:rand.. Its principal objectives were to analyse the filrd.amentalproblens of health policy in developing counf,ries with special refe:r- ence to African counf,riesr and to outline the major planning techniques appropriate for use in this context. Papers taking i:rto consid.eration the d.iscussions that followed thepresentation of the various topics considered. will be published by CtrRDI. JCP ts Reports on the socio-economic development in the Progranrne area, tobe presented. at the JCP meeting in Yanoussor:kro in November, have been received. froro Ghana, I1a1i and Niger. They are being sent to HQ for trans-lation and. reprod.uction. Other d.ocuments to be presented. at the JCP meeting were reviewed. by the Comrni ttee of Sponsoring Agencies at its meetilg in HQ on 15 Septemblr.ftrose include the draft provisional agend.a for the first session of the committee, the progress report of the MIO for 1980, the draft pran ofAction and Budget for 1981, the report of the &cpert Atlvisoql comitteefollowing its first meeting from ! to 12 Septemberr artd the interim reportof the Ind.ependent Commiss.ion. It was noted that ttre i-nterim report oithe Senegal River Sasin Feasibility Study would not be availab'1e for review urtil October. oc: Dr C.A.A. Qrenun, RDO/ffB.O Dr Dr A.O. Lucas, TXR/HQ Dr}r J. Hamon, WC/gq Dr Dr T. lepbs, I'{AP/HQ Dr Dr A. Davis, PIF/iiQ Mr Mr C. lviorro.*, INF/HQ plr IvIr A. Groenend.ijk, BFI/HQ Ivlr Mr C. Vignes, LW/Hq Mr nr F. Grant, Af,RO I4r Dr F. Ivlartin-Salnos, ',,IPC/Ouaga lqTDr K. Ward-kew, NV/C/Accra Ift Dr F. Silou, lvPC/Cotonou J.J. d.tAlmeid.a, lvlC/Banatco l. Atayi, i'/PC/Abidjan J. Wright, ttl^tC/Nianey A.K. MrBayer'v{PC/Lom6 B. A1isbah, World 3ar:k J. Peberdy, !/orld Bank S. Deruting, Wor1d. Bank C.H. Sonte-trhiedhein, FAO C.G. Groom, FAO M. Doo Kingu6, UNDP S. NrDiaye, UNDP 30 September 1980 -2- Reqe.a.IS:h By memo on 24 septeraber Dr IuI. Karam reported. on his visits i.:: trbance and IIK to research laboratories working on the selection of rnetabolic antigens of 0. v-olvulus, Such antigens axe necessary to meet or:r needs for an ffi;i@-test ruhich courd be used. for the d.iagnosis of early and. light infections in areas r.rhere transnrission has been interrrrpted. for some time. Dr Karan also met wj-th Ir Denhan, Lond.on schoor of rropicat Med.icine, invorved. in d.nrg screening. Ebid emioloaica1 EValuaticn Now that the rairry" season is drawing to its end. plans are being made to resume the epid.emiological evaluation. Both ned.ical teans w111tlepart this week. Team f will visit the villages of Darrkanal Wa6ie1 and Bokor in the Gaoua area in Upper Volta, where the initiai evaluation was ca^r"ried out in September and October t975. Team Ir wil1 visit the villages of Kabale, Koumbala, Keleni- and Kokotana, in the Sikasso areain I4aIi. The initial evaluation took place j:r Jarruary lg75 in Kabale and Koumabala and. in November the same year in Kerini and Kokotana. Financ Lng - Second Phase We have received. confirrnation that by letter of agreement signed. on2! Ar:g'ast 1980 the US AID obligated for the Programme a total of $z millionfor 1!80, and confi-:med its support for the period 19so-1985 for a total aoount of $15.4 roiIlion. R. Helmtrolz { EreEIIDIIUNE FOR TITE 22 - 26 SPTE\tsm. l-980 Actual kchange Rate: 1 US $ = 208 francs CFA 415 francs MaIiZ.lJ Ced,Ls Ghana, The amount ot $145r0J1 represents Z,p/o of the total of $t5r 41Zr@1,including extension, approved bud.get for 1!BO. The cr.rrmlative erpenditure forbhe first J! weeks of the year when conrpared. with the. erpend.itr:re for the same period, in 1979, reflects an increase of 4B.L%. LOCAL CURRENCY CURNE]SI r,rmK($) CUMULATf\E 19Bo ($) EQ Ongadougou Aeria1 Operations(inctuaing' fuel) Sectors Samako Sobo-Diou].asso Bouake fema-(a16 Natitingou Tarnale 158,418 51682r)lg 52r755 21222r128 irs Mali frs. CFA 2r6261710 5r1L4 1,580 984 1,110 115 54,55L 461297 96,951 511224 56rO5O t9,779 il ll ll ll ll il 149,15e 201, r85 25OrB4g 211850 GH/ Sec. cLerk on d.uty travel Salaries (weeIcly estimates) Progr"a.rnme area AFRo/HQ toSrBgS 5, Boo 4rL55r92O 255r2OO Total expend iture 22-26 September 1!80 145,O71 Cumulative e:qpend.iture for previous JB weeks t2r1O7 r27O Total cr:ruulative e:q>endi- ture for J! weeks L2r652r14L CUMIITJATfVE 1e7e ($) 2r4901915 trBB2r77B 12r714 1r1541 ttzrr1g 17,966 45rg1T t51221 1r5241516 265r2OO 8,54]-1109 .t J a I Sr o I I IIGI .Etl C}I {l u HIfrI EI ',t6l otltl I@t ,e It' t6 5 U6 =tnltd =6 -C' a9uG J tn - .t6 rUIoa, atu(-) <) ue F() UJF 3 u,() U Ie.(t oEL o E ze E F E uE fr(9 c, E J EtI ah6 .( i3 t,,o6 *o .! 3T Ss o EEEOpie?9!AO -! €-o 1'taU)t| Oa "E .E it o