Nepal: Health Sector Program

 

TERMS: Grace period = 10 years; Maturity = 40 years

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: This project will support the Nepal Health Sector Program Implementation Plan. The objective is to expand access to, and increase the use of essential health care services, especially by underserved populations. This will be accomplished through the following: developing and disseminating services standards; employing behavior change communication to affect care-seeking and the attitudes of providers; decentralizing responsibilities and authorities to districts and communities; contracting the private sector to complement public sector services; improving planning, budgeting and fiduciary management; developing financing strategies which improve resource allocation and better protect the poor; improving the deployment of staff, and closely monitoring and evaluating the impact of these health sector strategies on access, utilization and coverage. For more information, please call Karina Manasseh, at (202) 473-1729, or e-mail: kmanasseh@worldbank.org.  For project information documents, visit:http://web.worldbank.org/external/projects/main?pagePK=104231&piPK=73230&theSitePK=40941&menuPK=228424&Projectid=P040613