Measles Partnership Ends Advocacy Mission to Mobilize Local Resources
The World Health Organization and the United Nations Foundation undertook a joint mission to Sierra Leone as part of the measles partnership advocacy. The objectives of the mission were to raise awareness among local authorities and partners on the Measles Initiative and the current challenges for achieving the measles pre-elimination goal in Africa by 2012, assess preparedness for the campaign and make recommendations for acceleration of activities and support local resource mobilization to finance part of the operational costs of the campaign. The team comprised of the Executive Director of the UN Foundation and the Measles focal point at the WHO Inter-country Support Team in W/Africa.
The team held briefing sessions with the senior management of the Ministry of Health and Sanitation, the First Lady of Sierra Leone and representatives of development partners, the private sector and civil society organizations.