Faith Based Organizations

1

• Faith Based Organizations
• Partnership with
• Public and Private Health Services in
• Health Care Technical Services
• (Dr.A.Kimambo,R .Fritz and Dr.O.M.E.Kisanga)

2

• The Christian Social Services Commission (CSSC)
• an ecumenical body established1992
• by
• Tanzania Episcopal Conference (TEC)
• and
• Christian Council of Tanzania (CCT)
• facilitates provision of social services
• by church institutions in Tz.

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Vision

• An enlightened and well educated community that
  is enjoying quality life and is free from
  diseases of poverty.

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Mission

• Support delivery of social services through
• partnerships,
• lobbying and
• advocacy ensuring
• transparency, quality ,equity,
• availability and accessibility
  with
• compassion and love of Christ.

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Health Care Technical Services

• Part of the Joint Churches and
• Government Programme
• Supported by the German Government

6
Zonal Approach

• 8 HCTS workshops contrywide
• MBEHOMA, Mbeya
• TGPSH GTZ, Tanga
• TGPSH GDS, Mtwara
• ELCT, Moshi
• KAMTES, Bukoba Supported by CSSC
• NMEA, Mwanza Supported by CSSC
• SHHOMA, Peramiho Supported by CSSC
• ZHCTS Dar es Salaam, at CCBRT Hospital Supported
  by CSSC
• 50 Supported by CSSC.

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Why Zonal HCTS Approach

• Wide improvement of quality and efficiency of
  health services.
• Provide maintenance services to all health
  facilities in a geographic (economic gain)
• Enables regular maintenance services
• Reduces equipment breakdowns -equipment can be
  used much longer
• thus saving scare investment costs.
• TA to owners and operators of health facilities
  in equipment management.

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Conditions for successful hospital operation

• Good management and planning
• Financial resources
• Staffing
• Maintenance (buildings and equipment)

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PPM and repair

• Ensuring the operability of medical equipment
  requires
• -inspection
• -regular service as cleaning, disinfection or
  sterilization
• -assurance of necessary supplies
• - reception of new equipment
• -training users and maintenance staff
• -managing maintenance services and workshops
• -repair
• -providing and maintaining technical information
• -Use technical information in planning in CCHP.

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Financing of the ZHCTS

• The ZHCTS set up budgets annually
• The Budget contains all costs (depreciation,
  staff, ..)
• The Budget shows as well the income side of the
• ZHCTS, how the costs are financed!
• The Budget has to be approved by the Annual
  General
• Meetings!
• (the member health facilities have to budget
  according to the Policy Guideline of the MoH.)

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Health Care Technical Services

• NATIONAL HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGY
• POLICY GUIDELINE
• 4.3 Budget for Maintenance and Repair
• The annual plan and budget should provide for
  maintenance of technology. Facilities should
  allocate around 5-6 of stock value per year for
  health technology, 2-3 of construction cost for
  building per year and 3-4 of purchase and
  installation costs per year for utility services
  and plans.

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Health Care Technical Services
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Staffing

• Minimum requirements
• 1 engineer (biomedical electrical, electronics)
• 1 technician
• With these staff approx. 10 13 hospitals can be
  served. In case of more clients the number of
  staff has to be increased.

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PPP in HCTS

• All health facilities are welcome and served as
  customers and members of the ZHCTS, independently
  from the ownership of the health facilities.
• For example SHHOMA serves facilities in Ruvuma
  and Iringa Regions owned by churches,private and
  the District Councils e.g.Tunduru DH, Mbinga DH,
  Songea RH and Songea DH