In opening up work with new
non-state actors, WHO actions may involve:
- mapping stakeholders, interests
and current actions and strategies within civil society on health;
- ensuring wider understanding
within civil society of WHO and its role;
- responding to demand driven
interactions from civil society and integrating these within
WHO-state interactions and programmes;
- seeking ways of strengthening
state-civil society interactions (without compromising the integrity
of either);
- supporting wider understanding,
knowledge and awareness of health issues in stakeholders outside
the health sector;
- drawing on NGO technical expertise
and information, especially from public health related NGOs;
- involving civil society at
early stages in shaping positions, programmes, in bridging between
communities and state, and facilitating issue based civil-state
interactions;
- providing technical and financial
support to NGO/civil activities (INFACT,
1999).
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