Health Services Development Project

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The project will support the government's economic refrom program by improving health, strengthening the health sector's contribution to the social safety net, and containing upward pressure from the health sector on the state budget. To achieve these goals, the project will: (a) improve health status by strengthening health promotion and prevention programs; (b) support the first steps in restructuring the health sector by shifting the focus from institutional care to effective primary care through better trained primary care doctors and nurses; (c) strengthen institutional capacity in policy making, planning, management and evaluation by providing managers access to improved infromation systems and management education; and (d) ensure sustainability of services and control costs in the health sector in the medium-term by improving effectiveness, efficiency and quality of service delivery in three project regions. The project comprises four components: (a) health promotion; (b) primary health care; (c) health management; and (d) regional health services. For each, it will provide technical assistance, training, equipment and civil works.