Health Sector Programme Support Phase IV (DANIDA)
Updated:
12.08.08
The HSPS IV is the fourth phase of the Danish support to the Ghanaian Health Sector. The National Agency of the programme is the Ministry of Health (MOH) of the Government of Ghana. The duration of the Programme is January 2008 to December 2012 and the overall budget is DKK 425 million. The support is in line with the Ministry of Health’s Third Five-Year Programme of Work 2007-2011 (POW III) and the Ghana Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy (GPRS II). The majority of funds (70%) are channelled as sector budget support to the Ministry of Health, through the Ministry of Finance, along with the funds from other health partners.
The Danida funds are utilised for the following specific components/activities:
a. Sector budget support to the implementation of the MOH 5-year Programme of Work (DKK 300 mill)
b. Support to private not-for-profit health providers (DKK 25 mill)
c. Support to the implementation of the National Strategic Framework for combating HIV and AIDS in Ghana (DKK 50 mill)
d. Danida advisors (DKK 20 mill)
e. Reviews, Research, Short Term Advisors, Scholarships etc (DKK 20 mill)
f. Health Sector Advisory Office (DKK 6.7 mill)
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HSPS IV and HSAO
Updated:
12.08.08
The HSPS IV states in the Terms of Reference (TOR) for the Health Sector Advisory Office: “The sector dialogue has experienced difficulties to such a degree that the Royal Danish Embassy clearly identified the need for ….. a Health Sector Advisory Office (HSAO) ….. The objectives are to;
• Provide independent technical analysis to the stakeholders in the health sector
• Build capacity in Ghanaian institutions in order to enable them to fulfil this role”
Consequently, the HSAO has the ambition to represent a solid knowledge and understanding of health systems, both within the Ghanaian context and internationally and to keep abreast on important developments within each of the above stated areas to be able to provide ‘state of the art’ inputs into the health sector dialogue.
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HSAO Vision
Updated:
12.08.08
The newly developed vision of HSAO states that “Validating the information input into the health sector policy dialogue between government and partner stakeholders will - given an enabling, conducive and creativity encouraging environment - improve the quality of debate and will therefore lead to more rational priority setting and decision making conforming to the ultimate goals of the agreed national health sector strategy.”
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Objectives
Updated:
12.08.08
The recently developed vision of the HSAO states that “Validating the information input into the health sector policy dialogue between government and partner stakeholders will - given an enabling, conducive and creativity encouraging environment - improve the quality of debate and will therefore lead to more rational priority setting and decision making conforming to the ultimate goals of the agreed national health sector strategy.”
The HSAO has identified three overall objectives:
Critical scrutiny of (intended) policy and strategy changes by putting them against the yardstick of measurable improved access to and quality of service delivery at the point of contact with end users.
Proof (intended) systems of procurement and delivery of public goods and services for aspects of transparency, accountability and value for money.
Provision of organisation, facilitation and consultation services to relevant forums, thereby creating favourable conditions for the continuing health sector dialogue.
To this end, the Health Sector Advisory Office will function as an information ‘clearing house’ by analyzing and translating available evidence, while identifying gaps in knowledge and recommending further operational research. Outputs of the Health Sector Advisory Office will in general be positioned in the public domain but will be specifically targeted at the various stakeholders in the health sector to provide a sound basis for productive discussion and rational decision making at policy and strategic level, while aiming to increase the capacity of local institutions to objectively monitor and analyse the health sector.
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