Campaign

In 2006

a ‘Best-

Practice in HTM’ Campaign

was conducted

AKT Consult for Management, Training and Technologies

and

the

HTM Programme at the University of Cape Town

supported

by the

German Church Development Servic

(EED)

and

Bread

for

the World

The

ampaign aim

(i)

collect, analyse and publish HTM-

related experiences and “stories”

from the African Region

and (ii) promote

awareness of

HTM Best-Practice through

the

use of a

generic

HTM Framework

and related

Advocacy

Pack

(

onsist

ing

of a

HTM Best-Practice

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details

ssemination of

the

Advocacy materials

would support the

shared

experiences

in suggesting

appropriate and

sustainable

HTM

interventions

and strategies

in a variety of resource-poor

environments

Decision makers

from various levels of the

healthcare system,

including hospital

managers,

planners,

procurement officers,

engineers and

technicians were the

target group for th

Campaign

As part of the

ampaign, a

Competition

was held inviting

submissions of HTM

Slogans

and

Case Studie

The template

used for the Competition can be seen

here

For the Case Study

component we encouraged the submission of failures as well

as successes, on the grounds that much can be learnt from

incorrect practices and failed implementations.

Selected Case

Studies will be published in due

course.

We believe that t

e Campaign

has

achiev

ed its

goal of

creating

greater

awareness

of HT

est-

ractice

thereby

contribut

ing

improved quality and

sustainability

healthcare

delivery in

the

African Region

and beyond

CASE STUDY COMPETITION

The joint winning entries were submitted
by:
Charles Njike, Deputy Assistant Director
for Maintenance, Ministry of Health,
Yaoundé, Cameroon and
Niagia Santuah, a Communications
Consultant with the Population Council,
Regional Office for sub-Saharan Africa
in Accra, Ghana.

Winning Entries: Study 1 Study 2

Incidentally, Mr Njike submitted the
following slogan which received special
mention from the judges: "Only what
gets monitored gets done."

Both winners have kindly donated their
prizes to charities of their choice.

SLOGAN COMPETITION

The winning entry was: "Technology Decisions
– Medical Decisions – Management Decisions:
the Authoritative Triangle for the Support of a
Sustainable Healthcare System" submitted by
Andre Mboule, an independent consultant
from Cameroon (he has also kindly donated
his prize to a charity of his choice).

Judge's comment: ' Even though this entry
did not score highly for Conciseness it best
underlined the challenge posed in many
environments, both in terms of current
constraints and in terms of the way forward.'

Runner-up was Zephania Senkaali, a technician
based at the Central Medical Equipment Work-
shop in Kampala, Uganda who submitted the
following entry: "Better healthcare technologies
for safe and effective healthcare delivery".