[Frailty, dependence, and unwanted loneliness in elderly. A review of the health plans]. / Fragilidad, dependencia y soledad no deseada en personas mayores. Una revisión de planes de salud.

OBJECTIVE: The health plan is a guiding tool for territorial health planning where the proposed objectives and measures should prioritize vulnerable groups. The aim of this study was to identify if the Regional Government health plans in Spain included measures related to frailty, dependence and unwanted loneliness aimed at elderly. METHODS: Institutional websites were scanned to identify the most recent health plan of each Regional Government. Information concerning the diagnosis, objectives, specific programs and types of measures on the three domains: frailty, dependence and loneliness was extracted manually. The search was performed on 10 July 2023. RESULTS: Sixteen health plans published between 2010 and 2023 were identified. Twelve of these had incorporated intervention measures on frailty, fourteen on dependence and eight on loneliness, with a considerable heterogeneity. Only eight Regional Governments provide for measures to detect and assess frailty. Aragón, Castilla-La Mancha, Cataluña, Extremadura, País Vasco, Principado de Asturias, Comunidad Foral de Navarra and Comunitat Valenciana were the Regional Governments that presented objectives in the three domains. CONCLUSIONS: The measures proposed by the Regional Governments on frailty, dependence and unwanted loneliness are highly heterogeneous. In the same manner that exists for frailty, it is recommended to stablish a consensus including dependency and unwanted loneliness. Surprisingly, the measures focus more on late stages (dependence) than on prevention (frailty). This study could serve the Regional Governments to in-depth review their health plans, and to examine the actions carried out in other regions to improve the quality of their proposals.

OBJECTIVE: El plan de salud es el instrumento director de la planificación en salud de un territorio, donde los objetivos y medidas planteados deben priorizar a los colectivos más vulnerables. El objetivo de este estudio fue conocer si se incluían medidas sobre la fragilidad, dependencia y soledad no deseada en los planes de salud dirigidos a personas mayores de las comunidades autónomas (CC. AA.) españolas. METHODS: Se realizó una búsqueda en los sitios web institucionales para identificar el plan de salud más reciente de cada comunidad autónoma. Se extrajo manualmente la información sobre el diagnóstico, los objetivos, los programas específicos y los tipos de medidas en tres ámbitos: fragilidad, dependencia y soledad. La búsqueda se completó el 10 de julio de 2023. RESULTS: Se localizaron dieciséis planes de salud publicados entre los años 2010 y 2023. De ellos, doce incorporaban medidas de intervención en fragilidad, catorce en dependencia y ocho en soledad no deseada, observándose mucha heterogeneidad entre ellos. Solo ocho CC. AA. contemplan medidas de detección y valoración de la fragilidad. Las CC. AA. con objetivos en los tres ámbitos fueron Aragón, Castilla-La Mancha, Cataluña, Extremadura, País Vasco, el Principado de Asturias, Comunidad Foral de Navarra y la Comunitat Valenciana. CONCLUSIONS: Las medidas relacionadas con fragilidad, dependencia y soledad no deseada son heterogéneas entre CC. AA. De la misma forma que existe en fragilidad, se recomienda establecer un consenso que incluya dependencia y soledad no deseada. Sorprende que las medidas inciden más en fases tardías (dependencia) que en prevención (fragilidad). Este estudio puede ayudar a las CC. AA. a hacer una profunda revisión de su plan de salud, así como consultar las acciones realizadas en otros territorios para mejorar la calidad de sus propuestas.

Any better? A follow-up content analysis of adolescent sexual and reproductive health inclusion in Global Financing Facility country planning documents.

BACKGROUND: The Global Financing Facility (GFF) supports national reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, adolescent health, and nutrition needs. Previous analysis examined how adolescent sexual and reproductive health was represented in GFF national planning documents for 11 GFF partner countries. OBJECTIVES: This paper furthers that analysis for 16 GFF partner countries as part of a Special Series. METHODS: Content analysis was conducted on publicly available GFF planning documents for Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, CAR, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Haiti, Indonesia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tajikistan, Vietnam. Analysis considered adolescent health content (mindset), indicators (measure) and funding (money) relative to adolescent sexual and reproductive health needs, using a tracer indicator. RESULTS: Countries with higher rates of adolescent pregnancy had more content relating to adolescent reproductive health, with exceptions in fragile contexts. Investment cases had more adolescent content than project appraisal documents. Content gradually weakened from mindset to measures to money. Related conditions, such as fistula, abortion, and mental health, were insufficiently addressed. Documents from Burkina Faso and Malawi demonstrated it is possible to include adolescent programming even within a context of shifting or selective priorities. CONCLUSION: Tracing prioritisation and translation of commitments into plans provides a foundation for discussing global funding for adolescents. We highlight positive aspects of programming and areas for strengthening and suggest broadening the perspective of adolescent health beyond the reproductive health to encompass issues, such as mental health. This paper forms part of a growing body of accountability literature, supporting advocacy work for adolescent programming and funding.

Main findings: Adolescent health content is inconsistently included in the Global Financing Facility country documents, and despite strong or positive examples, the content is stronger in investment cases than project appraisal documents, and diminishes when comparing content, indicators and financing.Added knowledge: Although adolescent health content is generally strongest in countries with the highest proportion of births before age 18, there are exceptions in fragile contexts and gaps in addressing important issues related to adolescent health.Global health impact for policy and action: Adolescent health programming supported by the Global Financing Facility should build on examples of strong country plans, be more consistent in addressing adolescent health, and be accompanied by public transparency to facilitate accountability work such as this.

[Operational planning of health services: How do we make it possible?] / Planificación operativa en servicios sanitarios: ¿cómo lo hacemos posible?

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE: The Catalan Health Service carries out the operational planning of service delivery and organization. The goal is to describe the methodology and procedure followed to perform these functions. METHODS: The process of operational planning in healthcare services (OPHS) is continuous, dynamic, participatory, objective, and adaptable. OPHS can be divided into three stages prior to implementation and evaluation: Service delivery planning, Organization of healthcare resources, and Procurement planning. RESULTS: Three examples of projects are presented following the POSS framework. It is essential to adapt the process to the characteristics of each project. CONCLUSIONS: The proposed framework is useful to achieve high quality and equity in access to services.

Sistema de planificación de actividades del Ministerio de Salud Pública e impacto en el trabajo gerencial / The Ministry of Public Health's Activities Planning System and Its Impact on Management Work

Introducción: El Ministerio de Salud Pública emplea recursos materiales, humanos, organizativos y de tiempo en la ejecución y seguimiento del sistema de planificación de actividades, por lo que se asume que hayan contribuido a la materialización de mejoras en la capacidad administrativa de todas las instituciones del sector y acortar con respuestas rápidas, integrales y evidenciadas a las demandas de los diferentes niveles de gobierno y de la población. Objetivo: Caracterizar el funcionamiento del actual procedimiento de planificación de actividades del Ministerio de Salud Pública y sus efectos en los procesos administrativos. Métodos: Se realizó una investigación cualitativa de tipo fenomenológica con enfoque gerencial, durante el período de enero de 2011 a diciembre de 2021. A partir de la aplicación de técnicas de diagrama de afinidad, emergieron categorías que se emplearon como unidades de análisis. Se organizaron los discursos desde el punto de vista de grandes efectos, efectos intermedios y causas con vistas a encontrar los efectos dominantes, se realizó la catalogación de las fallas expresadas en los discursos vistas como brechas y de esta manera darles una connotación de impacto sobre la concepción y ejecución del sistema de planificación. Resultados: Se obtuvo una caracterización evidenciada de cómo funciona el procedimiento de planificación de actividades del Ministerio de Salud Pública, sus efectos en los procesos administrativos y qué decisiones deben tomarse al efecto. Conclusiones: El procedimiento para la planificación de actividades del Ministerio de Salud Pública no logra beneficios en la eficiencia y efectividad de los procesos administrativos en el organismo y sus dependencias(AU)

Introduction: The Ministry of Public Health uses material, human, organizational and time resources in the execution and monitoring of the activities planning system, so it is assumed that they have contributed to the materialization of improvements in the administrative capacity of all the institutions of the sector and shorten with rapid, comprehensive and evidenced responses to the demands of the different levels of government and the population. Objective: To characterize the functioning of the current activity planning procedure of the Ministry of Public Health and its effects on administrative processes. Methods: A qualitative phenomenological research with a managerial approach was carried out during the period from January 2011 to December 2021. From the application of affinity diagramming techniques, categories emerged that were used as units of analysis. The discourses were organized from the point of view of large effects, intermediate effects and causes with a view to finding the dominant effects. The flaws expressed in the discourses seen as gaps were catalogued and thus given a connotation of impact on the conception and execution of the planning system. Results: It was achieved an evidence-based characterization of how the Ministry of Public Health's activities planning procedure works, its effects on administrative processes, and what decisions should be made to this end. Conclusions: The procedure for planning activities of the Ministry of Public Health does not achieve benefits in the efficiency and effectiveness of administrative processes in the agency and its dependencies(AU)

Guia de planejamento da gestão do trabalho e da educação na saúde no âmbito estadual e municipal do sistema único de saúde (SUS) / Work management and health education planning guide at the state and municipal levels of the unified health system health (SUS)

O planejamento no SUS é um requisito legal e essencial para garantir a direção da gestão e organização das ações e serviços de saúde, bem como a alocação de recursos necessários para enfrentar os problemas do sistema de saúde e melhorar sua capacidade de resposta às demandas da população. A Secretaria de Gestão do Trabalho e da Educação na Saúde (SGTES) do Ministério da Saúde busca apoiar gestores, técnicos e conselheiros de saúde na elaboração do Plano Estadual de Gestão do Trabalho e da Educação na Saúde (PEGTES). O plano proposto será desenvolvido pelas equipes estaduais vinculadas ao setor, com oficinas regionais e encontros mensais, visando à identificação, classificação, priorização e análise dos problemas e necessidades da área de Gestão do Trabalho e da Educação na Saúde. O objetivo é alcançar metas e ações estratégicas para o período 2024-2027, fortalecendo a gestão descentralizada e participativa do SUS e melhorando as condições de trabalho e a qualidade da atenção prestada à população. A metodologia proposta inclui a elaboração de matrizes de análise e planejamento para subsidiar o processo de construção do plano estadual. O resultado esperado é que até o final do ano, cada estado tenha seu PEGTES legitimado nas instâncias de gestão e controle social do SUS.

Planning within the Unified Health System (SUS) is not only a legal requirement but also a relevant mechanism to ensure the direction of management and organization of actions and services, as well as the identification and allocation of resources needed to address and overcome health system issues, thereby improving its responsiveness to the population's health demands and needs. Through this publication, the Ministry of Health's Secretariat for Health Workforce and Education (SGTES) aims to support health managers, technicians, and health councilors in developing the State Plan for Health Workforce and Education (PEGTES). The plan will be developed by state teams linked to the Health Workforce and Education Management sector (GTES) in the 26 State Health Departments (SES), with technical support from the SGTES team, from June to November 2023. It presents a proposal for organizing the planning process, as well as the theoretical and methodological content that will underpin the development of PEGTES, including concepts, methods, and tools for identifying, classifying, prioritizing, and analyzing GTES-related problems and needs. These form the basis for setting objectives and goals to be achieved during the 2024-2027 period, through the implementation of corresponding strategic actions within each specific objective of the "operational modules" of PEGTES, along with their respective responsible parties, necessary resources, and indicators for monitoring and periodic evaluation. The PEGTES development process, based on the proposed methodology, will begin with regional workshops in June 2023, followed by monthly meetings of state teams with the national coordination, where partial products (chapters of the Plan) will be presented, simultaneously shared with the respective sectors responsible for developing the State Health Plan in each SES. Thus, it is expected that by the end of the current year, each SES will have its PEGTES, legitimized in the SUS management and social control instances of each state, i.e., in the Bipartite Intermanager Commission (CIB) and the State Health Council (CES). With this initiative, they believe in strengthening the decentralized and participatory management of SUS, with a special focus on constructing policies, plans, and projects that contribute to addressing GTES-related issues, aiming at rationalizing and improving the working conditions and adapting the professional profiles of SUS workers to the system's needs, and enhancing the quality of care provided to the population.

El planeamiento en el Sistema Único de Salud (SUS), además de ser un requisito legal, es también uno de los mecanismos relevantes para asegurar la dirección de la gestión y organización de acciones y servicios, así como la identificación y asignación de recursos necesarios para enfrentar y superar los problemas del sistema de salud, mejorando su capacidad de respuesta a las demandas y necesidades de salud de la población. A través de esta publicación, la Secretaría de Gestión del Trabajo y la Educación en Salud (SGTES) del Ministerio de Salud (MS) pretende apoyar a gestores, técnicos y consejeros de salud en la elaboración del Plan Estatal de Gestión del Trabajo y la Educación en Salud (PEGTES). El plan será desarrollado por equipos estatales vinculados al sector de Gestión del Trabajo y la Educación en Salud (GTES) en las 26 Secretarías Estatales de Salud (SES), con apoyo técnico del equipo de SGTES, de junio a noviembre de 2023. Se presenta una propuesta para la organización del proceso de planificación, así como el contenido teórico-metodológico que respaldará el desarrollo de PEGTES, incluyendo conceptos, métodos e instrumentos para la identificación, clasificación, priorización y análisis de los problemas y necesidades del área de GTES, que constituyen la base para establecer objetivos y metas a ser alcanzados durante el período 2024-2027, mediante la ejecución de acciones estratégicas correspondientes a cada objetivo específico de los "módulos operativos" del PEGTES, con sus respectivos responsables, recursos necesarios e indicadores para el seguimiento y evaluación periódica. El proceso de desarrollo de PEGTES, basado en la metodología propuesta, comenzará con talleres regionales en junio de 2023, seguidos de reuniones mensuales de los equipos estatales con la coordinación nacional del proceso, donde se presentarán productos parciales (capítulos del Plan) y se compartirán con los respectivos sectores responsables de desarrollar el Plan Estatal de Salud en cada SES. Se espera que, al finalizar el presente año, cada SES cuente con su PEGTES, legitimado en las instancias de gestión y control social del SUS en cada estado, es decir, en la Comisión Intergestores Bipartita (CIB) y el Consejo Estatal de Salud (CES). Con esto, se busca fortalecer la gestión descentralizada y participativa del SUS, con énfasis especial en la construcción de políticas, planes y proyectos que contribuyan a abordar los problemas del área de GTES, con el objetivo de racionalizar y mejorar las condiciones de trabajo y adaptar los perfiles profesionales del personal de salud del SUS a las necesidades del sistema y mejorar la calidad de la atención prestada a la población.

Educação permanente em Saúde: Design Thinking para planejamento e construção de diretrizes / Educación permanente en salud: Design Thinking para planificar y construir lineamientos / Permanent education in health: Design Thinking for planning and constructing guidelines

Resumo Objetivo analisar o percurso do planejamento e construção de diretrizes de Educação Permanente em Saúde em uma regional de saúde. Método pesquisa participativa, desenvolvida pelo Design Thinking como estratégia colaborativa para o planejamento e construção de diretrizes de Educação Permanente em Saúde em uma Regional de Saúde do estado do Paraná-Brasil. Participaram gestores municipais, profissionais de saúde e representantes da Regional de Saúde, totalizando 32 participantes. Realizaram-se análise documental, grupos focais e formulários online para coleta de dados, que foram analisados segundo a Política Nacional de Educação Permanente em Saúde e a concepção dialógica problematizadora do percurso colaborativo. Resultados apontaram que o planejamento regional descreve ações de educação em saúde majoritariamente generalistas e quantificáveis, e que suscitaram inquietudes quando refletidas coletivamente. A atividade colaborativa oportunizou espaços de problematização do planejamento de Educação Permanente em Saúde, relações dialógicas, construção de conhecimento ancorado na ressignificação das práticas e elaboração coparticipativa de diretrizes qualitativas de educação permanente pautadas na reflexão da realidade vivenciada. Considerações finais implicações para prática o Design Thinking promoveu protagonismo e transformação de saberes e gestão por meio do diálogo emancipatório. O estudo corrobora de forma significativa a adoção do planejamento coparticipativo e regional de Educação Permanente em Saúde pela ressignificação das práticas.

Resumen Objetivo analizar el curso de planificación y construcción de directrices para la Educación Permanente en Salud en una regional de salud. Método investigación participativa, desarrollada por Design Thinking como estrategia colaborativa para la planificación y construcción de directrices para la Educación Permanente en Salud en una Regional de Salud del estado de Paraná, Brasil. Participaron gestores municipales, profesionales de la salud y representantes de la Región Sanitaria, totalizando 32 participantes. Se realizaron análisis documentales, grupos focales y formularios en línea para la recolección de datos, los cuales fueron analizados de acuerdo con la Política Nacional de Educación Permanente en Salud y la concepción dialógica problematizadora del camino colaborativo. Resultados señalaron que la planificación regional describe mayoritariamente acciones de educación en salud generalistas y cuantificables, y que suscitó preocupación cuando se reflexiona colectivamente. La actividad colaborativa brindó espacios para cuestionar la planificación de la Educación Permanente en Salud, las relaciones dialógicas, la construcción de saberes anclados en la redefinición de prácticas y la elaboración coparticipativa de lineamientos cualitativos para la educación permanente a partir del reflejo de la realidad vivida. Consideraciones finales e implicaciones para la práctica el Design Thinking promovió el protagonismo y la transformación del conocimiento y la gestión a través del diálogo emancipador. El estudio corrobora significativamente la adopción de la planificación coparticipativa y regional para la Educación Permanente en Salud por medio de la redefinición de prácticas.

Abstract Objective to analyze the course of planning and construction of guidelines for Permanent Education in Health in a health regional. Method participatory research, developed by Design Thinking as a collaborative strategy for the planning and construction of guidelines for Permanent Education in Health in a Health Region in the state of Paraná, Brazil. Municipal managers, health professionals, and representatives of the Health Region participated, totaling 32 participants. Documentary analysis, focus groups and online forms for data collection were carried out, which were analyzed according to the Brazilian National Policy on Permanent Education in Health and the problematizing dialogic conception of collaborative path. Results they pointed out that regional planning describes mostly generalist and quantifiable health education actions, and that raised concerns when collectively reflected. The collaborative activity provided spaces for questioning the planning of Permanent Health Education, dialogical relationships, construction of knowledge anchored in the re-signification of practices and co-participatory elaboration of qualitative Permanent Health Education guidelines based on the reflection of experienced reality. Final considerations and implications for practice Design Thinking promoted leading role and transformation of knowledge and management through emancipatory dialogue. The study significantly corroborates the adoption of co-participatory and regional planning for Permanent Education in Health by redefining practices.

Avaliação de resultados: informações básicas para atores do planejamento / Evaluation of results: Basic information for planning actors

É fundamental oferecer subsídios para que os atores do planejamento em saúde possam aprimorar o monitoramento e avaliação dos resultados das metas pactuadas nos instrumentos de planejamento. Partindo-se deste princípio, esta cartilha tem por objetivo auxiliar na sistematização desta prática visando qualificar a gestão de resultados.

Como elaborar metas: informações básicas para atores do planejamento / How to elaborate goals: basic information for planning actors

A elaboração de metas pelo poder executivo municipal significa, antes de tudo, investir no aperfeiçoamento da administração pública, na sua modernização democrática e na busca pela eficiência e qualidade dos serviços prestados à população. Metas são expressões quantitativas para alcance de um objetivo. Elas concretizam o objetivo no tempo, esclarecem e quantificam o que vai ser feito, para quem vai ser feito e quando vai ser feito. As metas são um dos elementos que diferenciam os objetivos de outros elementos de planejamento, que posteriormente podem ser detalhados, como políticas, diretrizes 6 e ações. PLANO MUNICIPAL DE SAÚDE (PMS) O Plano de Saúde (PS) é instrumento central de planejamento para definição e implementação de todas as iniciativas no âmbito da saúde de cada esfera da gestão do SUS para o período de quatro anos, portanto é composto por etapas: análise situacional e elaboração de objetivos, diretrizes, metas e indicadores

Promising practices for the collaborative planning of integrated health campaigns from a synthesis of case studies.

A combination of public health campaigns and routine primary healthcare services are used in many countries to maximise the number of people reached with interventions to prevent, control, eliminate or eradicate diseases. Health campaigns have historically been organised within vertical (disease-specific) programmes, which are often funded, planned and implemented independently from one another and from routinely offered primary healthcare services. Global health agencies have voiced support for enhancing campaign effectiveness, including campaign efficiency and equity, through collaboration among vertical programmes. However, limited guidance is available to country-level campaign planners and implementers about how to effectively integrate campaigns. Planning is critical to the implementation of effective health campaigns, including those related to neglected tropical diseases, malaria, vitamin A supplementation and vaccine-preventable diseases, including polio, measles and meningitis. However, promising approaches to planning integrated health campaigns have not been sufficiently documented. This manuscript highlights promising practices for the collaborative planning of integrated health campaigns that emerged from the experiences of eight project teams working in three WHO regions. Adoption of the promising practices described in this paper could lead to enhanced collaboration among campaign stakeholders, increased agreement about the need for and anticipated benefits of campaign integration, and enhanced understanding of effective planning of integrated health campaigns.

Understanding the role of village fund and administrative capacity in stunting reduction: Empirical evidence from Indonesia.

The Indonesian government launched various programs to handle stunting cases, including village funds. This paper examined the effects of village fund programs and village apparatuses' capacities to combat stunting based on aggregate data at the district level in Indonesia. Using descriptive data analysis and fixed effect panel regression, we observed that village fund programs could significantly reduce Indonesia's stunting prevalence, especially outside Java. It also revealed that the increasing education of regional leaders does not necessarily positively impact leaders' skills in handling stunting. At the same time, the number of village officials has a statistically significant influence on reducing stunting prevalence. It advised that the village budget fund can support national priorities in tackling the prevalence of stunting. Furthermore, it is essential to build the capacity of the village head for increasing awareness of health activities, especially early prevention of stunting, in addition to an adequate number of officials.

Territorio Covid: un análisis desde la determinación social / Covid territory: an analysis from the social determination

El presente trabajo persigue los siguientes objetivos: a) Problematizar el concepto de territorio en la pandemia de COVID-19 a partir de la perspectiva de la determinación social. b) Describir socio-históricamente el territorio de atención de la salud en México. c) Establecer líneas de análisis de las expresiones del territorio de atención de la salud en México de acuerdo a los niveles estructurales macro, d) meso y e) micro. Los efectos de la infección biológica de un virus tienen una determinación social que a su vez reconfiguran un territorio covid que resalta los efectos tardíos de las políticas estructurales neoliberales encrudeciendo las desigualdades e inequidades socio históricas. El macro territorio Covid es complejo en sus determinaciones, estructurado a partir de la trama de actores de la implementación de las políticas donde sería preciso indagar la relación entre política sanitaria y territorio refiriéndonos a la singularidad de lo "sectorial" y a sus diferencias con otras lógicas como la "territorial", a fin de conformar un territorio-salud considerando los nudos críticos de desigualdades estructurales.

This paper has the following objectives: a) Problematize the concept of territory in the COVID-19 pandemic from the perspective of social determination. b) Describe socio-historically the territory of health care in Mexico. c) Establish lines of analysis of the expressions of the territory of health care in Mexico according to the macro, d) meso and e) micro structural levels. The effects of the biological infection of a virus have a social determination that in turn reconfigures a COVID territory that highlights the late effects of neoliberal structural policies, starving socio-historical inequalities and inequities.

Rebuilding a US Federal Data Strategy After the End of the "Community Health Status Indicators".

For nearly 2 decades, the Community Health Status Indicators tool reliably supplied communities with standardized, local health data and the capacity for peer-community comparisons. At the same time, it created a large community of users who shared learning in addressing local health needs. The tool survived a transition from the Health Resources and Services Administration to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention before being shuttered in 2017. While new community data tools have come online, nothing has replaced Community Health Status Indicators, and many stakeholders continue to clamor for something new that will enable local health needs assessments, peer comparisons, and creation of a community of solutions. The National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics heard from many stakeholders that they still need a replacement data source. (Am J Public Health. 2021;111(10):1865-1873. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306437).

Transformation of Cancer Care during and after the COVID Pandemic, a point of no return. The Experience of Italy.

Policymakers everywhere struggle to introduce therapeutic innovation while controlling costs, a particular challenge for the universal Italian National Healthcare System (SSN), which spends only 8.8% of GDP to care for one of the world's oldest populations. Oncology provides a telling example, where innovation has dramatically improved care and survival, transforming cancer into a chronic condition. However, innovation has also increased therapy duration, adverse event management, and service demand. The SSN risks collapse unless centralized cancer planning changes gear, particularly with Covid-19 causing treatment delays, worsening patient prognosis and straining capacity. In view of the 750 billion Euro "Next Generation EU", released by the European Union to relieve Member States hit by the pandemic, the SSN tapped a multidisciplinary research team to identify key strategies for equitable uptake of innovations in treatment and delivery, with emphasis on data-driven technological and managerial advancements - and lessons from Covid-19.

Scenario modelling as planning evidence to improve access to emergency obstetric care in eastern Indonesia.

The rate of maternal deaths in remote areas in eastern Indonesia-where geographic conditions are difficult and the standard of infrastructure is poor-is high. Long travel times needed to reach emergency obstetric care (EMOC) is one cause of maternal death. District governments in eastern Indonesia need effective planning to improve access to EMOC. The aim of this study was to develop a scenario modelling tool to be used in planning to improve access to EMOC in eastern Indonesia. The scenario model was developed using the geographic information system tool in NetLogo. This model has two inputs: the location of the EMOC facility (PONED) and the travel cost of moving across geographical features in the rainy and dry seasons. We added a cost-benefit analysis to the model: cost is the budget for building the infrastructure; benefit is the number of people who can travel to the EMOC in less than 1 hour if the planned infrastructure is built. We introduced the tool to representative midwives from all districts of Nusa Tenggara Timur province and to staff of Kupang district planning agency. We found that the tool can model accessibility to EMOC based on weather conditions; compare alternative infrastructure planning scenarios based on cost-benefit analysis; enable users to identify and mark poor infrastructure; and model travel across the ocean. Lay people can easily use the tool through interactive scenario modelling: midwives can use it for evidence to support planning proposals to improve access to EMOC in their district; district planning agencies can use it to choose the best plan to improve access to EMOC. Scenario modelling has potential for use in evidence-based planning to improve access to EMOC in low-income and lower-middle-income countries with poor infrastructure, difficult geography conditions, limited budgets and lack of trained personnel.