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My audit plan:Management of transferred health-care responsibilities in the towns of Pikine, Guédiawaye and Rufisque

I developed my audit plan with the guidance of my mentor at the VGQ, Performance Audit Advisor Jean-Louis Mbadinga.

The connection to my country’s development priorities:

This performance audit is a first for local authorities. The findings could help to improve access to healthcare in an equitable way for the population. It could lead the targeted local authorities to measure the quality of their healthcare interventions and develop better strategies for action in this area. As such, it could lead to improvements in the institutional framework to better meet needs.

How CAAF and my host office helped:

During the development of this audit plan, my mentors at CAAF and the VGQ helped me develop my understanding of:

• Theoretical concepts in performance auditing
• The link between the audit subject, the objectives and the criteria
• The importance of integrating gender and sustainable development dimensions, but also of a better relationship with the entities to be audited

The skills and knowledge I improved by developing this plan:

• Identifying the issues of interest in an audit subject
• How to conduct productive interviews with auditees
• A better working strategy for the audit team