Access to Health

Inclusive Service Delivery in Health: Lessons from ISDA and Canadian Practice

Part of the Inclusive Service Delivery Africa (ISDA) webinar series

Building on the Inclusive Service Delivery Africa (ISDA) – Lessons from the Field conference held in Ottawa, Transparency International Canada is hosting a series of stand-alone webinars focused on education and health.

The webinar will bring together representatives from ISDA chapters and Canadian organizations working in international development to examine how barriers to health services affect women, girls, and marginalized communities. Through country and regional examples, speakers will share practical experiences, challenges, and success stories related to improving access to health care across different contexts.

Anchored in access to health services, the discussion will also consider equity and accountability, including the role of governance, transparency, and oversight in strengthening health systems and improving outcomes for women and girls.

About the ISDA webinar series

The Inclusive Service Delivery Africa (ISDA) webinar series builds on the ISDA project’s work to address barriers to essential public services, particularly education and health. Through a series of focused discussions, the webinars create space for knowledge exchange between Transparency International chapters, Canadian organizations, and development practitioners, with a shared focus on improving access for women, girls, and marginalized communities.

Expected learning outcomes

Participants will:

• Better understand gender and social barriers limiting access to health services for women, girls, and marginalized communities

• Learn how community-based approaches and institutional capacity building can strengthen health service delivery

• Explore how measures (e.g, governance, accountability, and transparency) can help reduce barriers to health care access

• Review concrete examples of health-related interventions and their social and national-level impacts, including maternal and reproductive health outcomes

• Reflect on challenges and lessons learned across different country and regional contexts

• Take away practical insights relevant to health programming and policy in international development