Algeria
Algeria is a North African country with a Mediterranean coastline and Saharan desert interior. It has a population of 39 million people, GDP per capita USD 13,707 PPP, GDP of USD 210 billion and life expectancy of 70.88 years (2013).
In 2002, Algeria had inadequate numbers of physicians (1.13 per 1,000 people), nurses (2.23 per 1,000 people), and dentists (0.31 per 1,000 people). Access to “improved water sources” was limited to 92% of the population in urban areas and 80% of the population in the rural areas. Some 99% of Algerians living in urban areas, but only 82% of those living in rural areas, had access to “improved sanitation”. According to the World Bank, Algeria is making progress toward its goal of “reducing by half the number of people without sustainable access to improved drinking water and basic sanitation by 2015”. Given Algeria’s young population, policy favours preventive health care and clinics over hospitals. In keeping with this policy, the government maintains an immunization program. However, poor sanitation and unclean water still cause tuberculosis, hepatitis, measles, typhoid fever, cholera and dysentery. The poor generally receive health care free of charge.
AHO PRIORITIES FOR HEALTH DELIVERY PLAN IN ALGERIA
- To develop competencies with regard to equity in health, including the improvement of health information and surveillance systems, the analysis and quality of the data, and research; and to engage in activities to promote linkage, aimed at reducing inequalities in health.
- To develop inter-sectoral work strategies, mobilise technical, scientific, political, and financial resources to advance health promotion, and establish technical, political, and social support network at all levels.
- To improve strategies and activities aimed at promoting and developing healthy lifestyles and living environments, with emphasis on priority groups such as children, adolescents, workers, indigenous populations, and women, with a special focus on the accident and violence prevention, as well as other aspects related to mental health.
- To strengthen national regulatory and oversight capacity for exercising leadership and providing technical assistance in matters related to health, and to develop local means of action necessary for the operation and maintenance of health systems and services.
- To reduce the burden of disease and mortality among the poor and other vulnerable population groups, as well as their risk factors, strengthening the prevention and control of communicable and noncommunicable diseases, with emphasis on emerging and re-emerging diseases as well as national capacity for their detection and surveillance.
- To improve the performance of the health system to increase equity in benefits, efficiency, and the effectiveness of services to meet the health needs of the population.
- To strengthen information, communication, and training strategies, prioritizing both the development and systematization of mechanisms for the dissemination and production of scientific and technical information and
- Training in public health and epidemiology, with a focus on health workers and the population in general.
- To strengthen the development of institutions with regard to the prevention, mitigation, and response to natural disasters in order to reduce the health risks to vulnerable populations.
- To strengthen capacity to develop a comprehensive, effective approach that will improve the health of vulnerable populations.
- To develop capacity in areas linked with environmental health and sustainable development, and develop methods and technologies suited to local needs.
- To support the institutional development of organisations and agencies in charge of administering resources for health, education, agriculture, and the environment, even at the local level, to reduce the existing gaps among the different groups and regions.
PROGRAMMES & PROJECTS
1. HEALTH DEVELOPMENT
PURPOSE
To optimise the management and coordination of the delivery health programme in Algeria
EXPECTED RESULTS
- Technical Cooperation Programme effectively managed, coordinated, and executed.
- Technical and administrative capacity of staff in the office improved to facilitate execution of the cooperation program.
- National participation strengthened in compliance with regional and sub-regional agreements, treaties, and initiatives.
- Enhanced AHO presence in interinstitutional forums and in dealings with other cooperation agencies.
- Emerging initiatives.
- National capacity for the design and implementation of projects strengthened.
2. SITUATION INFORMATION AND ANALYSIS
PURPOSE
To increase capacity for information analysis and health-situation monitoring, with emphasis on the search for equity in health
EXPECTED RESULTS
- Health information system strengthened by the end of 2030, through the improvement of data entry and analysis systems and their use in policy-making; the promotion of training and research on health-related inequalities.
- Methodological proposal prepared to show gender and intercultural inequities and those of other neglected groups, to generate national and sectoral policies, through cooperation, to reduce inequalities for the principal vulnerable groups.
- Strategy in place, aimed at strengthening the dissemination of public information and health-related communications.
- Institutional strengthening of research and transfer of health technologies.
RESOURCES (USD)
AHO ALGERIA BUDGET 2020 (USD million) *
SO |
BUDGET ITEM |
AMOUNT* |
1 |
Combating communicable diseases |
400 |
2 |
Tackling non communicable diseases |
500 |
3 |
Addressing determinants of health & risk factors |
300 |
4 |
Modernising health system and health service |
800 |
5 |
Improving preparedness, surveillance and response |
200 |
6 |
Providing high quality care for all |
400 |
7 |
Improving nutrition, food safety & food security |
500 |
8 |
Building a skilled health workforce |
300 |
9 |
Improving access to medical products & technologies |
400 |
10 |
Developing good governance & corporate services |
100 |
Total |
3,900 |
AHO estimates that it needs to spend at least USD100 per capita on health to meet the basic health needs of the people in Africa. This is too far below developed countries e.g. in UK it is US$1,300 per capita (2018)