Improve access to affordable, sustainable and equitable quality health services taking into account people’s needs in an effective health

The Basic Health Care Support program implemented by WBVHA coordinates the functioning of 5 NGO-forums in 5 different districts, all together bringing together 40 local NGO’s. They work with a network of Village Health Workers in different villages. The program aims at: Closing the gaps: making people aware of the services that exist and how they can access them; making people aware of their right to healthcare and how they can organize themselves to claim for what is not provided for. Influence policy: by facilitating the implementation of the national health policy (“testing it”) and documenting the process, problems and obstacles, the program proposes change so that policy corresponds better to the needs. Stimulating strategic and functional partnerships that are needed at every level to influence policy, from community up to policy level. The program has evolved throughout the years from a directing logic (what to do) to a coaching logic (how to do it) and is now scaling up and documenting the experiences that can influence policy.