Health Services Reinforcement Project

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The development objective of the Health Services Reinforcement Project for Burkina Faso is to increase the quality and utilization of health services with a particular focus on maternal, child and adolescent health, nutrition and disease surveillance.It has three components. First component, strengthening health system capacity aims to support the strengthening and integration of several pre-existing and planned health financing policies, namely the launch of the national health insurance scheme and optimization of strategic purchasing mechanisms already in place, such as free care for women and children and performance-based financing (PBF). It has three sub-component. (i) establishment of the national health insurance fund subcomponent aims at strengthening the pooling function of the health financing system, hence bringing more equity in access through increased financial risk protection, especially of the poor. (ii) scale-up and strengthening of purchasing mechanisms will support the strengthening and scaling-up of purchasing mechanisms already in place such as PBF and free health care, based on experience gathered at national level and international best practice; (iii) verification and cross-cutting interventions in health financing will also finance technical assistance to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the free healthcare scheme; Second component, strengthening delivery of reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health and nutrition (RMNCAH+N) aims to promote UHC and enable the acceleration of the demographic transition to maximize human capital and economic growth through a comprehensive approach to Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and nutrition.It has four sub-components. (i) strengthening maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health service delivery; (ii) investing in the early years and nutrition; (iii) supporting civil registration and vital statistics; and (iv) supporting multisectoral coordination for RMNCAH+N; Third component, reinforcing health security and supporting institutional strengthening will support institutional capacity needed at national, regional, and district levels to prevent, detect, be prepared, and respond to health security risks, hazards and emergencies, as well as overall project implementation and coordination support. It addresses the key weaknesses revealed by a recent Joint External Evaluation (JEE) of Burkina Faso. It has three sub-components. (i) strengthening of National Public Health Surveillance and information systems; (ii) strengthening health system preparedness and emergency response capacity; and (iii) institutional capacity building, project management, coordination and communication.