PILOT PUBLIC HEALTH

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The project objectives are to help improve productivity and efficiency in the Algerian health care delivery system. The project will: (a) improve resource management through the introdution of health management and information systems for; (i) financial reporting and cost accounting, (ii) patient administration, (iii) service and personnel performance evaluation, and (iv) building, medical and non-medical maintenance; complemented by pre- and in-service training programs for managers and support staff; (b) improve quality of services by; (i) raising professional skills of public health sector personnel through stronger pre- and in-service training, and (ii) strengthening professional communication between health personnel at different levels; (c) improve the utilization of project area facilities through upgrading of their diagnostic and emergency handling capabilities and rehabilitation of basic systems such as electricity and water supply; and through the development of a masterplan for the teaching hospital of Bab el Oued; and (d) strengthen strategic planning and management in the Ministry of Public Health including its capabilities to closely monitor and evaluate project results for eventual replication at national levels.