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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