REPORT
Civil Society Monitoring in the Health Sector
Partnership for Transparency’s work to ensure clean procurement and quality service provision
Citizens and civil society organizations (CSOs) play a vital role in ensuring integrity in health service provision. Partnership for Transparency’s new report on civil society monitoring, commissioned by the U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, features PTF’s work in Ghana, India, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Uganda, including during the COVID-19 pandemic. The report reflects on real world examples of CSO engagement in the health sector to improve governance of service delivery and public procurement and reduce corruption. The experiences of PTF in this field over the last 15 years are examined to distill learnings and offer practicable ways for donors supporting CSO activity and CSOs considering third party monitoring of health services delivery.
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for strong health sector governance and oversight to safeguard provision of quality health services. Partnership for Transparency supports citizens and civil society organizations to reduce corruption and improve public service delivery. For successful engagement with and effective monitoring of the health sector, it is important to select the right partner, work closely with communities and authorities, and consider the most appropriate project design and implementation.
