Incorporating Social Accountability to Improve Equity and Address Social Determinants of Health
Public-Facing Webcasts & Symposiums
About the Event
Family planning remains susceptible to inequities and these inequities hinder access to family planning information, services, and methods for women, men, and other gender-diverse people across socioeconomic statuses. Addressing social determinants of health is a widely recognized primary approach to achieving health equity. Without adequately considering and addressing the social determinants of health, individuals, couples, and families will not be able to anticipate and attain their desired number of children and the spacing and timing of their pregnancies.
This webinar will focus on social accountability as a critical process that can be further leveraged across social and behavior change (SBC) programming to address equity and social determinants of health to shape and influence family planning and reproductive health outcomes. It will include a discussion on how social accountability approaches can address both inequities in the quality of service delivery and power dynamics between different actors, including health facility staff and community members. The webinar will also cover how such approaches have been used in the past, in what areas of health and development, and with what effects, while also examining challenges and gaps in social accountability processes such as measurement.
The webinar will be offered in English with simultaneous interpretation into French.
ISSUE OVERVIEW
How can incorporating social accountability into SBC improve equity and address social determinants of health?
- Télesphore Kaboré, Lead Advisor, Community Health, Breakthrough ACTION, Save the Children
FEATURED PANELISTS
- Alice Monyo, Director of Programs, Sikika—Quality Health Service for All, Tanzania
- Helen Mwale, International Consultant, Malawi
- Peter Waiswa, Associate Professor, Makerere University School of Public Health and Karolinska Institutet, Leader, Makerere University Centre of Excellence for Maternal Newborn and Child Health, Uganda
- Thumbiko Msiska, Technical Director, CARE International, Malawi
MODERATOR
- Rachel Taylor, Senior Advisor, Global Health and Health Systems Strengthening, Save the Children
