Punjab Health Sector Reform Project

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The development objective of Punjab Health Sector Reform Project for Pakistan is to support the implementation of the Punjab health sector strategy, by focusing on the improvement of the coverage and utilization of quality essential health services, particularly in the low performing districts of Punjab. The project consists of the following three components; the first component is improving health service delivery , and this component objective is enhancing coverage, quality and access to an Essential Package of Health care Services (EPHS), including outreach and community level interventions for Primary Health Care (PHC); the second component is enhancing efficiency and effectiveness of the health system, and this component objective is to enhance efficiency and effectiveness of the health system by strengthening ongoing initiatives with a focus on management and accountability and improving quality of care through regulations and standardization of services; the third component is strengthening provincial department of health management capacity, and this component objective is strengthening and reorganizing the current Department of Health (DoH) management system to improve performance in stewardship functions in the post-18th amendment scenario.