Helping the most vulnerable by supporting the health sector in Madagascar

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The implementation of the Joint Health Sector Support Program (PACSS) started in October 2010. It aims to strengthen the availability, accessibility and quality of healthcare, by specifically targeting maternal health. The project also aims to improve the organization and management of the health system. The project comprises four actions to achieve this:Strengthen health service provision, by improving its quality and availability, particularly in rural and remote areas via, for example, incentive measures,Increase the use of services via pilot tests aiming at reducing the financial barriers to access to healthcare by creating systems to fully or partly cover costs,Improve human resources management,Build capacities for planning, budgeting, implementation, monitoring and follow-up.