Guinea Health Service and Capacity Strengthening Project

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The development objectives of Health Service and Capacity Strengthening Project for Guinea is to improve the utilization of Reproductive, maternal, neonatal and child health (RMNCH)services in target regions. This project has four components. 1) The first component, Strengthen supply of basic RMNCH services in target regions, aims to finance the inputs needed to deliver the basic package of RMNCH services at the district level and below in Kankan and Kindia. It has the following three subcomponents: (i) Increasing availability of drugs, commodities, and access to water and electricity at the district level in the target regions; (ii) Strengthen district‐level capacity to recruit, and improve the competencies of health workers; and (iii) Strengthen the District Health Directorate’s capacity to supervise and monitor RMNCH service delivery. 2) The second component, Strengthen the demand for basic RMNCH services in target regions, aims to address some of the demand‐side barriers limiting the use of RMNCH services (even when health workers and relevant inputs exist) that occur because of financial, geographical and sociocultural inaccessibility of services. It has the following two subcomponents: (i) Implementing an innovative district level fee financing scheme to mitigate out of pocket expenses for the indigent poor; and (ii) Supporting the District Health Directorates recruitment, training, supervision, and mentoring of Community Health Workers for outreach and basic RMNCH service delivery. 3) The third component, Strengthen the MOH’s health financing capacity to guide sector reform and long‐term transformation, aims to support the government in developing and implementing comprehensive medium‐ and long term strategies for health financing and broader service delivery reform. It has the following two subcomponents:(i) Enhancing the quality of RMNCH services and the quantity of RMNCH services for recipients in selected districts; and (ii) Strengthening the capacity of the MOH in health financing and development of long‐term reform strategies. 4) The fourth component, Strengthening project management, implementation, and donor coordination capacity, aims to provide support for managing the project and related monitoring and evaluation (M and E) activities through the existing Project Coordination Unit (PCU), and support the possible eventual integration of the PCU into a broader donor coordination unit headed by the Ministry.