Pacific MANA
Monitoring Alliance for NCD Action
Briefing and Consultation
March 2014
Dr Ilisapeci Kubuabola-Samisonir
Non Communicable Disease Monitoring – what is it?
‘The collection, management and analysis of country data on
the four main NCDs.
The translation of findings into information to inform action
and policy.
Pacific MANA
Pacific Health Ministers have called for “a regional and national NCD
accountability mechanism to monitor, review and propose remedial action
to ensure progress towards the NCD goals and targets.”
Pacific MANA is the proposed ‘umbrella’ under which PICTS and partners will
form a sustainable, collaborative Pacific NCD monitoring platform.
Pacific MANA is an alliance of existing partners, NOT a new organisation.
The aim is to coordinate and strengthen country capacity, regional expertise
and resources, and innovation and accountability to improve NCD
monitoring for action.
Pacific MANA Goals by 2025
1
2
3
All Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) will have
quality, integrated monitoring mechanisms for their nationally
prioritised indicators and targets for the prevention and control
of NCDs.
A strong regional coordinated network of expertise and data
systems will operate to support capacity building and
knowledge exchange to monitor NCD action.
A regional platform will stimulate action and innovation for
reducing NCDs in the Pacific, and mutual accountability for
progress towards NCD reduction targets.
Pacific MANA Strategic
Objectives
In-country support (goal 1)
Strengthening and extending, coordinating and synchronising on-going
initiatives.
Regional public goods (goal 1 & 2)
Boost current levels of available expertise (people & systems).
Innovation and accountability platform (goal 3)
Share technical resources and stimulate innovation in NCD monitoring
and the translation of knowledge into action.
Build a strengthened, aligned, mutual accountability framework as a
basis for tracking progress and adjusting actions/strategies to remain
focused on reducing NCD prevalence.
Alliance Member Roles & Responsibilities
For PICTS
Provide local political leadership.
Mobilise resources for NCD monitoring and coordination
(e.g. with Health Information Systems).
Commit to an agreed innovation and accountability
framework.
For Partners
Strengthen support for NCD monitoring.
Provide regional strategic leadership.
Host and coordinate regional public goods.
Contribute to innovation and accountability systems.
MANA Operation
Governance
The steering role: Ministers / Secretaries of Health?
‘Light touch’ governance/management (e.g. the Pacific Public Health Systems
Network, PPHSN, model).
Coordination
A secretariat body to coordinate strategic objectives/governance processes.
Hosting options include:
• Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) similar to PPHSN model
• SPC/WHO
• Pacific Research Center for the Prevention of Obesity and NCDs (C-POND) at Fiji
National University (with the view to establishing a WHO Collaborating Center).
• PICT on a rotational basis
Funding
2015-2020 will be fully costed for proposal.
Funding will be sought - multi-lateral and bilateral donors and international agencies.
Pacific MANA will be designed to be as self-sustainable as possible in the long term.
Briefing and Consultation Documents
Your feedback is crucial!
There is an accompanying Consultation Document containing more
information.
The evolving proposal will be discussed at the Pacific Secretaries Meeting
in Nadi in April 2014 and, potentially, at the Ministers of Health meeting mid
year.
Please send feedback to Dr Hilary Tolley
(hc.tolley@auckland.ac.nz) by 24 March 2014