The Minister of Health Mr. Selibe Mochoboroane on Monday officiated Resource Mapping Exercise training at Hlotse in Leribe. Addressing the participants from different ministries and World Health Organization (WHO) representatives, Minister said the Resource Mapping Exercise is intended to identify the different stakeholders in the delivery of health services with a focus on our national health security.He explained that there cannot be a clear progress if ministries work in silos, adding that unity is power.He indicated that this observation was an eye opener to the Ministry of Health and the

exercise they are engaging on this week will provide more clarity on the status of resources for our National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS) implementation. Even though the country did not get the grant, but the application revealed that there are lots

of resources that needs to be brought together for the optimum use of such he stated.He indicated that each was given the Resource Mapping Tool to fill, both partners and government thus reflecting what areas are being worked on with how much. Mr. Mochoboroane highlighted that the intention of this exercise is to appreciate who is doing what, where, with how much for how long as this will minimise the duplication of efforts, but rather make use of the resources to cover all Technical Areas of the JEE and most importantly, facilitate that no one gets left behind in terms of access quality health security

related services including the most disadvantaged and vulnerable further taking into account the Gender and Human Rights dimensions of the services provided. Moreover, he said the government has a mandate to provide quality health services for all irrespective of geographical location, level of wealth, gender, educational level, but to everyone, saying this can only be achieved when both government and the partners pull together to address the plan that was developed based on the JEE and other assessments.

In conclusion the Minister said therefore from now onwards, everyone should drive towards implementation of the NAPHS and all priorities of the government.  Speaking at the same event, Ministry of Health Director Primary Health Services Dr. Nyane Letsie said the participants are frontliners and this says if an emergency rises again such as Covid-19 pandemic they will have to work together to overcome.