Health Project

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The project development objective of the Health Project for the Comoros is to reduce mortality from common diseases by ensuring a better use of health facilities for the delivery of quality health care, and by organizing mosquito control activities to reduce the incidence of malaria. There are three components: 1) rehabilitating and equipping selected health facilities to facilitate the delivery of good quality health care to the population, which will also have a direct favorable impact on cost recovery by those facilities; 2) controlling malaria by improving the case management at all levels of the health service, educating the population for a better use of services and to improve case management at home, and preventive activities including mosquito control to reduce the incidence of the disease; and 3) institutional strengthening to facilitate and support the increased use of quality care by the population and to further implement health sector reforms, including a) training the staff of the public health and population ministry (MOH) and the health facilities staff in the delivery of quality health care, management, and accounting; b) studies to develop alternative mechanisms for health financing; and c) technical assistance, logistical support, and equipment for MOH's central and regional directorates and for PNAC (the agency in charge of marketing drugs).