Projects and references

Technical assistance to the MoH at central and peripheral levels of the health system: situation analysis, planning, budgeting, training. Support to the definition and implementation of the health information system, to the essential drug national policy and  to the decentralisation of the services. Support to the donors' coordination and overall coordination and monitoring of the European Union's health projects.

Recruitment of technical assistance for short-term expertise for the exclusive benefit of third countries who are entitled to European Commission external aid (ALA, Cards, EDF, Meda, Phare, Tacis, Phare, etc.) in the health field (public health, health economics and health financing, health care, human resources development, pharmaceutical sector, health promotion, etc).

The technical assistance team (TAT) supported the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) to implement the NUHM. The activities focused on facilitating state-level implementation of the NUHM. The TAT worked in 5 selected states: Telangana, Karnataka, West Bengal, Rajasthan and Assam.
The project targeted the urban poor population and directed its efforts towards 3 major intervention areas: (1) strengthening the UPHC delivery system, (2) increasing the quality of services and (3) improving the capacity of health personnel, knowledge sharing mechanisms and the promotion of innovative urban health models.

Overall objective:
To contribute to the reduction of childhood morbidity and mortality in Nigeria due to vaccine preventable diseases.
Purpose 1: To ensure that sustainable quality routine immunisation services are permanently available through an effective primary healthcare (PHC) system in 23 States and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Purpose 2: To support the interruption of wild polio virus transmission in Nigeria.

In order to assess opportunities and challenges for the Zambian pharmaceutical system in purchasing and distributing pharmaceuticals, the EU Delegation to Zambia required a comprehensive assessment of the current situation.
The objective of the study was to: 1) carry out a comprehensive analysis of the pharmaceutical subsector, including an in depth assessment of economic aspects, logistics systems, information technology and regulatory capacity; 2) assess the opportunity for EU support in one or several of the mentioned areas; 3) identify themes that need to be followed up in the policy dialogue.