Transcript Malaria and Other Parasitic Diseases: Mission

Rwanda Biomedical Center:
Sustaining current programmatic achievements
and making health sector self-sustainable
May 2013
Back ground
• RBC established by law on 25th January 2011
• Merged 11 former institutions
• Merged functions:
– HR management
– Procurement and logistics management
– Financial management
– Coordination of research
– Coordination of Planning, M&E
RBC core principles
Vision
Mission
Making health in Rwanda the best that it can be, and then better
RBC is an implementing agency for national health policy and goals. We serve
the health sector and the people of Rwanda by:
− Developing state-of-the-art standards in all areas of health, with strong
community involvement
− Enabling their application in health facilities and communities for the
benefit of all
− Monitoring outcomes and providing support for improvement
In addition, we operate health enterprises of national strategic importance in the
areas of medical research and health commodities with the goal of developing
them as engines of Rwandan prosperity.
Values
• Committed to the greater good of the people of Rwanda through evidence
based interventions
• Collaborative and professional with all stakeholders
• Meeting highest standards of ethics and integrity for the resources in our care
Where are we now?
• High coverage of prevention and treatment services for
communicable diseases
– Reduced infectious disease burden (prevalence and
Incidence)
– Towards elimination of Malaria, E-MTCT
– Effective integrated disease surveillance and response
• However,
– Above gains fragile, mainly supported by external funding
and in decline mode
– Growing burden of NCDs
– Insufficient internal revenues and cash flow
Where do we want to go?
Making health in Rwanda the best that it can
be, and then better
Sustaining current programmatic
achievements and making health sector selfsustainable
How do we get there?
• Increase internal revenues
– Investment in pharmaceutical industry (Cadila, Local
production of infusions with ex-Labophar, Local LLINs
production farm)
– Research grant writing and attracting investors in clinical
trials
– Services production (Printing, Blood, Medical procurement
distribution, Advanced lab tests,…)
• Cut programs’ expenses
– Decentralization and Integration of programs and services
– Financial and operational analysis to stop wastage and
inefficiencies
Infrastructure and equipment future plans
• Improve procurement of medical equipment
– Standardize brands and type of medical equipment
purchased to easy maintenance cost
• Strengthen capacity of District Hospitals, enabling them to
purchase and maintain medical equipment
– Establish District equipment maintenance fund
• Build new Hospitals, rehabilitate and reallocate Hospitals
Infrastructure and equipment future plans
• Improve the equipment and infrastructures for the new
provincial and referral hospitals
• Strengthen PPCP in Hospital and health post construction