| Description |
The Woman and Child Health Project will focus its efforts on improving the equity in health status. Scope: The Project will strongly emphasize woman and child health policy strengthening and strategy development in order to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The Project will highlight quality improvement in health services, and in building capacity for appropriately trained manpower to address especially the primary health concerns of the target population. In addition, the Project will reinforce rationalization of facilities, services, equipments, and manpower. Finally, the Project will focus on aspects of demand creation, behavioral changes, and effective decision-making. The TA will broadly focus on these three components: (A) Situation Analyses, (B) Assessment of the current and medium term program objectives, strategies and interventions, and (C) based on the TA analysis, and in consultation with Government, a project feasibility report with costs, components, proposed management structures, monitoring systems and implementation arrangements to support specific interventions that will help meet the Government objectives and policies agreed upon for the sub-sector. The TA will more specifically focus on these eight sub-components: (a), assess health situation among women and children, the risks in behavior, and burden of disease; (b), review development of the MOH's policies, strategies, and resource allocations for the health of women and children; (c), evaluate the current interventions provided, including the new PHC model, and community-based models, to address some of the key health concerns of women and children; (d), review the effectiveness of the health service delivery network for women and children from primary to first level referral (Rayon level); (e), assess the standards, guidelines, and protocols to ensure delivery of quality health services; (f), assess the current health manpower capacity for women and children's health, and the need for further strengthening in continuing education for GP, and Nurses/Midwives; (g) assess the needs for strengthening Nursing/Midwifery Program, and rationalization of manpower; and (h), review the Health Management of Information System, including the health care finance management. |
