Integrated Health and Water Management Project (SWAP)

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The objective of the Integrated Health and Water Management Project for Brazil are to: (i) increase access to clean water, sanitation and basic health care in at least 10 selected municipalities most affected by infectious intestinal diseases (IDD), and (ii) improve neonatal health care in 25 selected hospitals using a Barema indicator of quality and efficiency. The project will have two components and a total project cost of US$60 million: component one for contributing to the reduction of the infant mortality rate; and component two for the institutional modernization of the health, water, and planning sectors. Most interventions have a joint inter-sectoral focus in order to produce synergies and impact. For component one, the project will aim to reduce post-neonatal mortality and morbidity due to diarrhea by increasing access to clean water, sanitation and basic healthcare in municipalities most affected by diarrhea; as well as interventions related to reduce neonatal mortality, supporting municipalities in the expansion and improvement of the quality and efficiency of the health care chain related to maternal and neonatal health care services, by introducing a state program for quality in neonatal health care (PRO-NASCER) in 25 selected state reference hospitals. Component two will provide support for strengthening the institutional capacity of the state's management, monitoring and evaluation in the water, health, and planning sectors.