Communities are actively engaged in promoting accountability and transforming health systems towards the realization of social justice.
Mission
Our mission is to nurture, strengthen and promote collective knowledge, skills and capacity of community-oriented organisations and health activists - primarily from Africa, Asia and Latin America - working in the field of accountability and social action in health, for promoting active citizenship to make health systems responsive, equitable and people-centred.
Values
COPASAH believes that in order to make our vision a reality, community monitoring for accountability in health must
enable communities facing inequities to assert their rights and to participate in concrete actions to bring about changes in health services and equitable distribution of resources
give voice to peoples’ perspectives
be an empowering process where actors related to the health system are encouraged to address power imbalances that affect people’s health
be linked to an action or advocacy plan which aims to influence or change health policies and programs.
Strategies
Nurturing a community of practitioners will be done through the cross pollination of ideas, experiences and resources
Facilitate systematic exchange of knowledge and practice
Create opportunities for interaction between practitioners
Collection, collation and production of appropriate conceptual and operational