Health Services & Social Assistance

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The overall Health Services and Social Assistance Project of Moldova objective is to promote the Government's program to increase access to quality and efficient health services with the aim of decreasing premature mortality and disability for the local population and improve the targeting of social transfers and services to the poor in line with the Medium Term Expenditure Framework for 2007-09. There are 3 components to the Project. Component I is the Health System Modernization Component. In the health sector, the Project will in conjunction with other development partners support priorities identified for implementation in the first four years of the Government's National Health Strategy 2007-2017 including building capacity in policy development, instituting financing and management reforms and upgrading health services. Component 2, the Social Assistance and Welfare Component, supports a multi-donor program, led by the United Kingdom Department for International Development, and including the Swedish International Development Agency, EU and UNICEF, to help the Government develop a targeted social assistance program to improve the effectiveness of cash benefits and social welfare services in combating poverty, and to improve the efficiency with which social assistance services are delivered. Component 3, Institutional Support Component, aims at building administrative capacity in the implementing agencies in order to prepare these sectors for SWAP/budget support operations in the future. Technical assistance would be provided to improve monitoring and evaluation and fiduciary management not only to meet Project requirements but also to improve overall capacity within the two ministries. This component will also provide logistical support for the working groups assisting in implementation of social sector reforms.