Provincial Maternal-Child Hlth Sector Adjustment Ln. (PMCHSAL)

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The main objective of the Provincial Maternal Child Health Sector Adjustment Loan (PMCHSAL) is to respond to the urgent health needs of the poor, particularly the uninsured mothers and children, while simultaneously, assisting the Government of Argentina to modify the incentive framework for financing and delivery of health care services starting in Argentina's poorest provinces. PMCHSAL includes assistance to: (i) implement the Maternal-Child Health Insurance Program; (ii) revitalize and improve national-provincial coordination of health policy; (iii) support Government plans to protect the budget allocation of core health programs; (iv) implement the sexual and reproductive health law and program; and (v) consolidate social health insurance regulation to ensure better targeting of public subsidies to the poor.