India: Uttar Pradesh Health Systems Strengthening Project (UPHSSP)

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The development objective of the Uttar Pradesh Health Systems Strengthening Project for India is to improve the efficiency, quality and accountability of health services delivery in Uttar Pradesh by strengthening the state health department's management and systems capacity. There are two components to the project. The first component is strengthening the department of health's management and accountability systems. This component will support (i) strengthening strategic planning functions in the health department, working closely with the recently established Health and Knowledge Resource Center (HKRC) in the family welfare department; (ii) improving use of data for program management in collaboration with the existing Electronic Data Processing (EDP) cell in the department and expanding its scope to function as a Data Resource Center (DRC); (iii) strengthening the use of financial information for improved decision making through the existing accounting and auditing systems for treasury and society funds, and strengthening of procurement and supply chain management systems; and (iv) introducing and strengthening action research to introduce community assessment of health and health care at the local level and introducing provider incentives in the public sector. The second component is improving the department of health's capacity to perform its quality assurance role and more effectively engage the private sector. This component will support (i) strengthening the institutional capacity for service quality improvement and regulatory capacity, which would include establishment of, and capacity building for, the Quality Assurance (QA), Environment Management (EM) and Public Private Partnerships (PPP) cells in the directorate of health; (ii) improvement of quality of service delivery at public sector hospitals to enable accreditation under the National Accreditation Board of Hospitals (NABH); (iii) contracting with the private sector for delivery of diagnostic services and non-clinical support services; and (iv) and ensuring the availability of the full complement of human resources required for accreditation at each selected facility, and health managers at the facility level.