Post by OHS in Bangladesh on Aug 7, 2014 8:23:35 GMT
Title: Support to the Health Sector Programme (SHSP)
Commissioned by: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Country: Bangladesh
Lead executing agency: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW)
Overall term: 2011 to 2014
Health Services in Bangladesh. © GIZ
Context
Since 1998, in coordination with bilateral and multilateral donors, the Government of Bangladesh has been conducting a sector-wide approach (SWAp) programme coordinated with bilateral and multilateral donors to strengthen the health sector. The current one is called Health, Population, and Nutrition Sector Development Programme (HPNSDP 2011-2016). HPNSDP aims to improve access to relevant and essential services, particularly for the poorest and most vulnerable people, and to encourage greater utilisation of those services.
Objective
The overall management of the health sector in Bangladesh has improved, especially with respect to social justice and gender equality.
Approach
On behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), GIZ and KfW Entwicklungsbank are providing technical and financial cooperation in support of the HPNSDP. Since mid 2011, the GIZ-assisted project ‘Support to the health sector programme’ since mid-2011, Support to the Health Sector Programme (SHSP) has been collaborating with strategic units of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW), and with other development partners to achieve its goals. While delivering policy advice for structural reforms, the project builds on lessons learned and achievements made in previous GIZ-supported health projects in Bangladesh. It is run in accordance with national strategies and operational plans, and addresses the institutional and organisational development of the health system in the following areas.
- Health information system and monitoring and evaluation
- Health governance
In this area the project works with the MOHFW, placing special emphasis on gender, equity, participation and accountability. Through technical cooperation it is contributing to the establishment of a framework for public-private partnerships which will support interaction with the private health sector. The project promotes quality management in the health services to ensure that the Bangladeshi people receive healthcare of the highest possible standard. This includes harmonising fragmented approaches under a comprehensive quality management policy.
- Health financing
Results achieved so far.
- In 2012, Bangladesh developed and ratified the Health Care Financing Strategy 2012-2032. The project staff contributed to draft versions of the strategy with technical inputs and are now supporting its implementation.
- Through the support of the project, the Health Economics Unit has now acquired a functioning knowledge management system.
- The project has contributed to a broader understanding of health care financing advocacy for the new healthcare financing strategy.
- A free and open source software for health information systems, which was developed previously, has now been widely distributed, enabling other locations to adopt it without any licensing costs. The project has also assisted HPNSDP in assessing the possible use of further open source software (DHIS Hospital) to meet the needs of Bangladeshi hospitals. This analysis is necessary for the relevant local customisation of the software.
- A national data warehouse was established in 2012, which is now run by the Directorate of Health Services as a tool for harmonising and collecting data from various existing and planned management information systems.
- The project has helped establish an IT training programme as a twinning scheme involving Oslo University and the BRAC school of public health.
Source:
www.giz.de/en/worldwide/15080.html