An advocacy tool to empower current and future policymakers, and global health advocates in Sub-Saharan Africa and beyond.
The EU Facility SOCIEUX+, which brings European expertise to countries around the world at the request of partner institutions, has been responding to a high demand for technical cooperation requests from Sub-Saharan Africa on social protection for health. Based on this interest, and considering the challenges regarding impoverishment due to health expenditures, SOCIEUX+ has developed an e-course to support (future) policy makers, and anyone interested to address these crucial issues. It aims to provide knowledge, tools, the mindset and communication skills to guide decisive action, and a space for collective knowledge sharing. The course focuses on equity, an important value that is often overlooked in the design of social health protection. It deals with concepts related to equity, the development of a common vision and legislative framework, equity in health care funding, equity in (non-financial) access to healthcare, the necessary institutional reforms and the use of indicators.