Georgia Health Project Supplemental Credit

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The Health Project will support the health sector reform efforts the government has initiated and will aim to improve the health of the Georgian population. The project's specific objectives are to: 1) reorient the health system towards cost-effective public health interventions like preventive and primary health care, assuring, in particular, better quality care for women and children, and focusing the Ministry of Health's (MOH) activities on regulation of public and private providers; 2) rehabilitate selected facilities and equipment that were down-sized and dedicated to cost-effective provision of maternal, perinatal and pediatric care; 3) develop human resources to support health reform, through continuing education for public health doctors, family practitioners, nurses, health administrators, and other personnel; and 4) support the development of an independent health fund with regional branches, in order to finance a package of basic clinical services in a cost-effective and equitable manner. The project consists of the following components: 1) health system reorientation, which includes: (a) modernization of public health services, health promotion and disease prevention; (b) healthy children and safe motherhood; and (c) realignment of MOH; 2) rehabilitation and maintenance of health facilities and equipment; 3) development of health human resources; 4) modernization of the health financing system; and 5) project administration.