2018-2020 Medium Term Strategy

Overview

This new APO medium term strategy is set clearly within the framework of UHC and the SDGs. It comes at a crucial time for the APO. The APO fills an important function by generating relevant new knowledge on health systems in a region where this is still limited. It also provides a platform that brings users and producers of knowledge on health systems together. APO partners want the APO to continue and expand.

This Strategy therefore sets out priority areas for the APO’s analytic work over the next three years, based on the assumption that secure funding will be achieved. It signals shifts in emphasis across the current portfolio of APO products, with increased attention to capacity building in health system analysis and policy dialogue. Last, the Strategy sets out how the APO will address several significant challenges: how to expand APO membership and country ownership of the APO; how to secure more and more stable financing; how to communicate APO products more effectively.