PE- (APL2) Health Reform Program

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The Second Phase Adaptable Program Loan (APL) of the Health Reform Program for Peru development objectives are to: (i) improve family care practices for women (during pregnancy, delivery, and breast-feeding), and children under the age of three; (ii) strengthen health services networks with capacity to solve obstetric, neonatal and infant emergencies and to provide comprehensive health services to women and children under the age of three; and (iii) support ministry of health governance functions of regulation, quality, efficiency and equity for improving the new health delivery model of maternal and child health care in a decentralized environment. The project will include the following four components: 1) improving health practices at the household level for women and children under the age of three in rural areas of selected regions. In particular through: a) the design, implementation and monitoring of a behavioral change communication and education program to promote healthy practices at the household level, including increased demand for health services; and b) the promotion of Seguro Integral de Salud (SIS) enrollment rights and identity rights of the targeted population; 2) increasing the capacity to provide better maternal and child health services for the poor; through: a) the improvement of the quality of services in health facilities of the nine regions; and b) the provision of support for the integrated health delivery model and the development of support systems to raise the efficiency and effectiveness of health networks; 3) strengthening government capacities to offer more equitable and efficient health system in a decentralized environment. This component will work towards the provision of: a) support for the development of a regulatory framework and implementation plan to increase quality in the provision of health services; b) support to the SIS in the development of the public insurance system; c) support to SIS and Sistema Integrado de Gestion Administrativa (SIGA) for the strengthening of their monitoring data in order to increase the accountability in the system; and d) support to the decentralization of health services; and 4) project coordination and monitoring and evaluation, trough the provision of technical assistance, financing of incremental operating costs, and external and concurrent audits.

FY17 - Health

World Bank Group

Project

Hospital, Metal, Government, Education