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African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), in collaboration with Palladium, University of Botswana, conducted a USAID Funded PROPEL HEALTH Training Workshop on Policy, Advocacy and Governance in Health Financing in Botswana, 26 -30 June 2023, Francis Town, Botswana. The training had 19 participants from the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Health Policy Research and Development (HPRD), Health Services Management (HSM) Departments, NAHPA and University of Botswana Department of Family Medicine and Public Health.

The aim of the training was to facilitate: sharing of global experiences in policy, advocacy and governance in health financing; skills and experiences on how to improve intersectoral collaboration in policy and governance; identification and analysis of challenges in policymaking; identification of policy, governance and advocacy opportunities for advancing UHC; skills for initiating policy dialogue between the Ministry of Health and various government and private sector agencies (including writing policy briefs. The facilitators included: AERC (Dr. Martine Oleche, Department of Economic, Population and Development Studies, University of Nairobi; Dr. Naomi Setshegetso, Department of Economics, University of Botswana, and Dr. Scholastica Odhiambo, African Economic Research Consortium); Palladium (Bedan Gichanga, Stephen Muchiri, Frances Ilika and Shamu Shepherd); University of Botswana (Dr. Thabo Matlhogonolo Phologolo, Department of Family Medicine and Public Health).