Health Sector Development Support

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The objective of the Health Sector Development Support project for Burundi is to increase the use of a defined package of health services by pregnant women and children under the age of five. There are two components to the project. The first component of the project is increased financing for a redefined free package of services, this component aims to increase the use of a package of cost-effective health services targeted mostly at pregnant women and children under the age of five and will increase both the supply and demand of these services. The second component of the project is strengthening the capacity of MSP (Ministry of Public Health - Ministire de la Sante Publique) and entities involved in Results Based Financing (RBF), this component will build Ministry of Health (MOH) capacity in the areas of monitoring and evaluation, procurement, resource management, and results-based financing, including support for internal and external control mechanisms, and to ensure that facilities are actually providing the Free Package of Services (FPS) to the target population. The component will also strengthen the national capacity to implement RBF. The MSP intends to establish a technical unit two to strengthen its capacity to implement its RBF policies. The project will support the technical unit by providing consultants, an operating budget, and goods, including a consultant to be a focal point for these Bank-financed activities.