Basic Health Services Programme (HSJF) II

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This is the second phase of FC support for the Health Services Joint Fund (HSJF). A coordinated donor approach in the health sector is being pursued via the HSJF. To this end, the Malawian government (Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Health) and Germany, Norway, the UK and Flanders signed joint political declarations of intent for the HSJF in December 2015, as well as for more coordinated financial supervision in the health sector. Through the HSJF, major donors coordinate measures in the health sector more closely with each other and with the Malawian Ministry of Health, thereby achieving efficiency and cost benefits. At the same time, support measures are strengthening the financial management of the Ministry of Health. The HSJF is a coordination mechanism through which donor funds are channeled into defined packages of measures via joint non-governmental and externally controlled payment structures. In the HSJF, donors can allocate their funds specifically to individual measures and do not relinquish control over the allocation of funds. The FC funds are invested primarily in health infrastructure, the supply of vaccines and contraceptives. The measure contributes to the goal of the development cooperation program to improve universal access to and use of high-quality basic health services. The project is part of the development cooperation program to support the health sector in Malawi and is in line with the national health strategy HSSP II (Health Sector Strategic Plan II). The target group of the project are users of public health facilities and thus the entire population of Malawi, with a particular focus on the poor, women and children, as they are the main users of public health facilities. The FC share from the first phase amounted to EUR 10.0 million, the second phase comprises a further EUR 23 million and is to be completed by 2022.