This Program for results (PforR) will support a subset of the Nepal Health Sector Strategy (NHSS -2015- 2020) which outlines the government of Nepal’s (GoN) program towards achieving its goal of Universal Health Coverage (UHC).
... See More + The government’s reform program recognizes that improved health outcomes hinge on the ability of the Ministry of Health (MoH) to direct public resources to areas of need, and to react to and make evidence-based decisions. The PforR focuses on those outcomes and sub-outcomes of NHSS which aim to strengthen supply and demand side constraints of institutional performance to support more efficient use of resources for targeted and better service delivery over time. The PforR recognizes that establishing rigorous institutional systems and sound accountability mechanisms requires long-term changes in process and institutional culture. Therefore it focuses on improving the capacity of the MoH to manage public procurement and establishing mechanisms for logistics management and quality assurance. At the same time the Program also supports better planning and targeting through strengthening data availability and analysis. Demand side accountability mechanisms will be strengthened to integrate citizen engagement into the process of public governance. The PforR focuses on improving health service delivery and strengthening fiduciary systems and as such is not expected to have adverse environmental impacts. However, the Program provides an opportunity to strengthen and mainstream environmental and social issues within the systems strengthening objective of the PforR which will further support its overarching objective of improving health service delivery and accessibility. This opportunity is recognized by the GoN which has expressed interest and commitment to address the main environmental and social risks associated with the health sector service delivery in Nepal.
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This policy note provides an overview of government health financing in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR), with an added focus on health center financing.
... See More + The note summarizes overall trends in health outcomes and government health financing over 2000-2014 and analyzes trends in planned and realized government budgetary health spending data covering fiscal years (FYs) 2000/01 to 2013/14 and planned expenditures for FYs 2014/15, updating a previous assessment conducted in 2012.1 In addition, this note summarizes findings from health center financing data collected as part of the UFGE-CNP facility survey which collected information from a nationally-representative sample of 120 health centers in 2013-14. This policy note is one of a series designed to disseminate findings of the World Bank’s program of analytic and advisory activities for health in Lao PDR.
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This document is intended to provide good practice guidance for conducting a health impact assessment (HIA) to determine potential impacts on community health as a result of project development.
... See More + This guidance supports IFC's Performance Standards on Social and Environmental Sustainability. However, the content does not cover occupational health aspects of work environments. This document has three objectives: (1) To present methodological approaches to assess and address potential community health impacts that might typically be encountered in the development or review of existing or future industrial projects, (2) To assist in the development of the terms of reference (TOR) that may be needed to conduct the HIA, and (3) To help ensure inclusion of health impact aspects in the social and environmental impact assessment process.
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