Projects and references

Support for the implementation of a health infrastructure equipment policy focused on adequate standards and maintenance:
- Support to the Ministry of Health for the definition or revision of a normative list of material and equipment for the peripheral and intermediary levels.
- Pre-feasibility study on the creation of the National Agency for Equipment and Rehabilitation.

The overall objective of the project of which this contract is a part is to increase the availability of reliable data to inform the design and implementation of the national health system.
The purposes of this contract are as follows:
1. To produce a comprehensive review of the health referral system at the different levels and present options for improvement;
2. To produce a comprehensive costing of the implementation of BPHS 2010.

Design of a large scale health project integrating interventions related to the offer and demand of health care, through the promotion of health micro-insurance, as well as to the provision of institutional support to the MoH at central and provincial level. Definition of operational activities to improve the delivery of health care in one province (Takeo) and the capital (Phnom Penh) through a micro-insurance scheme. Design of the institutional support to the MoH in the areas of human resources, hospital policy, prevention of HIV/AIDS and maternal health. Definition of the operational modalities of the project's implementation, including financial and administrative issues and the responsibilities of the various actors.

The Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD or WB) are co-financing a Social Health Insurance (SHI) project, aimed at improving the accessibility, quality, and efficiency of health service delivery, and at reducing the population’s financial insecurity.
The objective of this assignment is to improve the State’s regulation and management of investment planning in the health sector. The aim is to bring its standards closer to international standards, in particular to those of the OECD, taking into account the planning of the needs of hospitals in the regions and the finalisation of the United Perspective Plan (UPP, a hospital planning document).

This cascade training project is part of the Health Sector Support Programme (PASS II).
Training of trainers and of health professionals, in collaboration with health technician training schools and continuous training centres.
The project covers the 5 provinces covered by the PASS II (Benguela, Bié, Huambo, Huila and Luanda).
Training on:
1) Integrated Management of Mothers and Newborns (IMMN) with a focus on emergency obstetrical and neonatal care;
2) Integrated child health attention with a focus on the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI), including control of the growth and development of children.

The overall objective of the project is to support the MoPH in obtaining comprehensive data so that the responsible decision-makers can:
- Readjust and optimise policies and strategies for ongoing programmes, such as complementary feeding practices and EPI (Extended Programme on Immunisation) measles vaccination.
- Obtain national estimates of the mental health and eye disease burden for the student target group, and develop adequate policies and strategies for specific service delivery.
Conduct of four field surveys on: 1) complementary feeding practices; 2) the mental health status of school children in; 3) eye care prevalence in school children, 4) identifying causal and risk factors on measles.
The study results will be used by the MoPH for policy and strategy development.