Designup

Category: 2005

  • Primary Health Care Strengthening Project in Azerbaijan

    Primary Health Care Strengthening Project was implemented during the period of September 2005- September 2007 by a consortium of organizations led by International Medical Corps (IMC) in cooperation with Abt Associates Inc., Curatio International Foundation, and the John Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Center for Communication Programs. The PHC Strengthening Project provided technical assistance to the Government of Azerbaijan (GoAZ) in a collaborative effort to strengthen the country’s primary healthcare system.

    The project consisted of four components:

    Creating a policy and legal framework that defines primary healthcare and the primary health delivery system;
    Increasing public expenditures for the improved health allocation for primary healthcare;
    Improving quality of primary healthcare services;
    Promoting the idea of personal responsibility for one’s health among individuals and families.
    The general objectives of the project were:

    Establishing current referral and utilization patterns for the most common health conditions in the population;
    Estimating household health expenditures to adjust the findings of quarterly Household Budget Survey (HBS) that was implemented by the State Committee on Statistics (SCS);
    Obtaining baseline and impact indicators to monitor and evaluate reforms implemented in PHC (in pilot regions) and in Health Care Financing;
    Developing instruments and obtaining primary data (at least for one pilot district) for mapping health utilization and elaborating health system Master Plan in pilot districts;
    Providing Government of Azerbaijan with the critical information about population’s self-reported health status and health care utilization, with the purpose of helping the government to formulate or adjust state policies.
    The Project concentrated on assisting the GoAZ in the development of major changes in nationwide health policy and financing. Simultaneously, the Project tested critical interventions at the level of individual facilities and communities in selected districts that served as pilot demonstration sites. The Project activities, both on national and district levels, were closely coordinated with the World Bank Project in Health Sector (Health II). Agreement was reached on focusing the Project’s pilot efforts to demonstrate the new PHC financing and organizational models in those pilot districts that were targeted by the World Bank Project. The latter envisions the rationalization of health infrastructure and optimization of human resources in pilot districts as a necessary precondition for significant investments required for modernizing health care delivery system in these districts. Respectively, the Baseline Study envisioned under the Project served as (a) baseline for anticipated World Bank Project interventions and (b) primary data source for health care delivery system rationalization planning (master planning) exercise.

  • Feasibility Assessment for Introduction of the Community Based Health Financing in Egypt

    The project of Feasibility Assessment for Introduction of the Community Based Health Financing (CBHF) was funded by Egyptian Social Fund for Development (SFD) and implemented by Curatio International Foundation during the period of September 2005- May 2006. The objective of this mission was to provide technical assistance to the SFD in evaluation of feasibility of CBHF in the selected Egyptian communities and, if CBHF proved feasible, cooperate with the government authorities in developing an action plan for CBHF implementation.

    Consultants conducted following activities:

    Visited Egypt during November 5 – 22, 2005 and discussed with SFD the methodology of and the approach to the assignment, agreeing on the final methodology to be used in feasibility assessment;
    Conducted meetings with the Egyptian government, technical counterparts/experts in the area of health sector financing, and the donors active in health sector reform area;
    Identified main risks associated with the implementation of a CBHF scheme in Egypt;
    Reviewed the documented evidence about CBHF in Egypt;
    With the help of SFD staff and based on the proposed methodology, they identified the sites/communities and institutions in which to conduct visits;
    Analyzed the available information relevant to the household health care needs, health service utilization patterns, health care access barriers, socio-cultural factors determining health care seeking behavior, and considered these factors in determining the feasibility of CBHF;
    Prepared the feasibility study report and discussed the findings with the client;
    Conducted a workshop with the stakeholders to discuss feasibility study findings as well as to propose options and to agree on those conceptual models that were found acceptable by the stakeholders for the pilot project.

  • Health System Resource Centre

    The Health System Resource Centre (HSRC) provides access to technical assistance, knowledge, and information in support of pro-poor health policies, financing, and services, for the Department for International Development of UK and its international and national partners. The duration of the project was 2002 – 2005.

    HSRC services are delivered by an international consortium of seven partner organizations, bringing together a wealth of research and operational expertise in national and international health policy issues and system development:

    Aga Khan Health Services, Community Department (CHD), Kenya;
    Centre de Recherchers et d’Etudes pour le Developpement de la Sante (CREDES), France;
    Curatio International Foundation (CIF); Georgia;
    The Harvard School of Public Health’s International Health Systems Group (IHSG), USA;
    The Institute of Development Studies, (IDS), UK;
    The Institute for Health Sector Development (IHSD), UK;
    The Institute of Policy Studies (IPS), Sri Lanka.
    The HSRC works with national, regional, and international initiatives in support of health system capacity to deliver affordable health services to the indigent people in the developing countries.

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  • Community Investment Program– East

    The Community Investment Program – East was funded by BP/Mercy Corps, and implemented in partnership with Mercy Corps., Elkana, TAG, Constanta and Curatio International Foundation (CIF) in March 2003- December 2005. In the frame of this project, CIF was responsible for conducting the trainings of PHC staff available in village ambulatories (Doctors and nurses) on different health issues, including Antenatal Care, Immunization, Chronic diseases prevention, Geriatric disorders, etc.

  • Community Investment Program – West

    The Community Investment Program – West was funded by BP/CARE Int. and implemented in partnership with CARE Int., ICCN, TAG, Constanta, and Curatio International Foundation (CIF) in the period of March 2003- December 2005. In the frame of this project, CIF was responsible for conducting the trainings of PHC staff available in village ambulatories (Doctors and nurses) on different health issues, including Antenatal Care, Immunization, Chronic diseases prevention, Geriatric disorders, etc. CIF conducted trainings for community members on First Aid and psycho-social care of the elderly. In addition to conducting trainings, CIF also designed and implemented the Psycho-social network for the elderly and community based health financing schemes. CIF developed and implemented the education, communication, and information campaign for communities on prevention measures of Chronic diseases, as well as STD/HIV/AIDS and alcohol and drug addiction. The informational materials have been printed and were distributed in the communities.