Commonwealth Health Professions Alliance




Commonwealth Health Professions Alliance In 2009, the health professional associations accredited to the Commonwealth formed the Commonwealth Health Professions Alliance (CHPA). The CHPA consider that by working together they can more efficiently and effectively represent and support health professionals in Commonwealth countries and promote high standards of care and equity in access to care for Commonwealth peoples. CHPA Contact Commonwealth Health Professions Alliance Secretariat: Commonwealth Association of Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition (CAPGAN) Email: secretary@chpa.co	2018 Commonwealth Civil Society Policy Forum: May 2018 The CHPA hosted a civil society policy forum in Geneva, Saturday 19 May 2018, on the eve of the 30th Commonwealth Health Ministers' meeting. The forum, titled Universal health coverage: holding countries to account built on the session the CHPA hosted at the Commonwealth People's Forum in April. An online civil society survey was conducted seeking input into the proposed recommendations to be presented to Commonwealth Health Ministers' meeting the following day. CCSPF 2018 Program Final CHPA recommendations to 2018 CHMM Joe Kutzin UHC financing Tony Nelson UHC financing Jim Campbell UHC and the health workforce Jim Buchan UHC and the health workforce Sangeeta Shashikant UHC and access to medicines Salome Meyer UHC and access to medicines	2018 Commonwealth People's Forum: April 2018 Three eminent speakers examined universal health coverage from the perspectives of financing, health workforce, and access, and asked how civil society can hold countries to account on universal health coverage. Financing: Dr Ravindra Rannan-Eliya Health workforce: Professor James Buchan Access: Ms Rosemary Mburu CHPA April 2018 Flyer and Program Recommendations Ravi Rannan-Eliya Tony Nelson Jim Buchan Victoria Rutter Jill Iliffe Rosemary Mburu Judith Diment