Serbia Noncommunicable Diseases Prevention and Control Project

active

Prospective

The development objective of the Noncommunicable Diseases Prevention and Control Project for Serbia is to improve health system effectiveness in addressing noncommunicable diseases in Serbia. The project comprises of five components. The first component, improving provider competence and accountability supports improvements in the competence of doctors and nurses working at the primary health care (PHC) level in prevention and management of nationally determined contribution (NCDs), strengthening organization and capacity of PHC facilities to provide patient management by joint teams of general practitioner (GPs) and specialists, strengthening payment models for outpatient, inpatient and palliative care to improve provider accountability for results, establishment of palliative care capacities for patients with NCDs, improvement of pre-hospital medical emergency service, establishment of telemedicine services, and optimization of medical records keeping and reporting. It consists of following sub-components: (i) strengthening PHC and palliative care capabilities for NCDs; and (ii) improving health financing for better accountability. The second component, increasing availability of services supports upgrading health care infrastructure to improve availability of diagnostic and treatment services, with focus on expanding access for people living in rural and remote areas. It consists of following sub-components: (i) strengthening health institutions infrastructure; and (ii) developing digital solutions for effective management of key health system resources. The third component, strengthening quality of public health and clinical services supports targeted communication, outreach, and campaigns to increase cancer screening and strengthen health education and health literacy, research to improve quality of NCDs prevention (including during extreme climate events), development of the national programs for prevention and control of key NCDs, good clinical practice guidelines and clinical pathways for NCDs, rollout and utilization of the quality indicators information system, development and implementation of the plans for continuous improvement of the quality of health care at national and facility level, and training of vulnerable population and Roma health mediators on NCDs prevention. It consists of following sub-components: (i) improving quality of NCD prevention; (ii) strengthening quality improvement systems; and (iii) improving quality and safety of anti-cancer drug treatment. The fourth component, project management, monitoring and evaluation will support routine project management, including coordination of technical activities in all components, fiduciary, audits of Project financial statements, environmental and social compliance, and regular monitoring of and reporting on implementation. The fifth component, contingency emergency response objective is to improve the Government’s response capacity in the event of an emergency.

World Bank Group

Project

Hospital, Government, Education