HEALTH PROJECT

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The long-term objective of the Health Sector Rehabilitation Project is to improve the country's health conditions through better allocation and use of resources in the public and private sectors. The short- to medium-term objectives are: 1) to enable the Ministry of Health (MOH) to effectively perform management and administrative functions that are critical to further development in the sector; and 2) to respond to unmet health needs of poor population groups who rely on public services, particularly selected health centers and general hospitals. The key elements of the sectoral policy are: 1) improving primary health care thorough the introduction of a comprehensive package of curative and preventive services to be delivered by all public health facilities and participating NGOs; 2) improving secondary care in the public sector by strengthening hospital management and service delivery capability; 3) improving health financing by initiating system-wide studies of alternative health financing options, including proposals for a gradual reallocation of the health budget to better reflect health priorities as stated in Government policy; and 4) establishing MOH's capability to implement these strategies.