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The Poverty Reduction and Regional
Integration Project
Research Question One
Pro-Poor Practices in the Southern African Development
Community
PRARI Stakeholder Workshop
14 September 2015
Jan Smuts House, Johannesburg
In this presentation
Research Question
Project context and background
Methodology
Fieldwork – SADC, Swaziland and Zambia
Fieldwork Findings
• SADC Secretariat
• Swaziland
• Zambia
• Recommendations
• Conclusion and Feedback
Research Question
Does SADC have a committed pro-poor focus in its health
policy regarding access to healthcare, as indicated by policy
agendas, policy development processes and resourcing?
SADC region, SADC Secretariat = coordinator and facilitator
(broker)
Context
PRARI project – ESRC funding
Partnership with OU, FLACSO, SAIIA and UNU-CRIS
Regionalism
Access to healthcare and medicines
Comparative element – UNASUR
Toolkit development (UNU-CRIS)
Methodology
Fieldwork questionnaire
Organisations involved in health, civil society and
government departments (NERCHA, UNAIDS, UNDP,
TALC)
Fieldwork in Swaziland, Zambia and at SADC Secretariat
Fieldwork
Organisations interviewed in Swaziland
Organisations interviewed in Zambia
SADC Secretariat
Findings
SADC Secretariat
Swaziland
Zambia
SADC presence/purpose
Recommendations
Medicines, commodities, TRIPS
Civil society
Health diplomacy
Role in the Global South
Feedback
Swaziland stakeholders
Zambia stakeholders
SADC stakeholders