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Outcome 1.1 Improved access to quality essential health services irrespective of gender, age or disability status (GPW 13)
Output 1.1.1 Countries enabled to provide high-quality, people-centred health services, based on primary health care strategies and comprehensive essential service packages
Product/Service: COVID Health Care Pathway including Surge
Technical Area: Service Delivery
Deliverables: Support MOH in developing COVID Health Care Pathway including Surge Capacity at designated healthcare facilities for COVID-19 treatment at the national and subnational levels
Output 1.1.1 Countries enabled to provide high-quality, people-centred health services, based on primary health care strategies and comprehensive essential service packages
Product/Service: Support MOH for data-informed policy actions to enhance water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH)
Technical Area: Service Delivery
Deliverables: WASH Baseline Assessment Report to support MOH for assessing WASH baseline across the country and setting up the national WASH targets
Output 1.1.1 Countries enabled to provide high-quality, people-centred health services, based on primary health care strategies and comprehensive essential service packages
Product/Service: Support development, review and revision of public health legal frameworks to strengthen health service delivery
Technical Area: Service Delivery
Deliverables: Countries requesting health financing (HF) support will have modified their financing strategies and systems to move more rapidly towards universal coverage (UC), with a particular focus on the poor and vulnerable
Output 1.1.1 Countries enabled to provide high-quality, people-centred health services, based on primary health care strategies and comprehensive essential service packages
Product/Service: Support costing and implementation for essential service delivery packages linking to benefits package of National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme
Technical Area: Health Financing|Service Delivery
Deliverables: Support for stakeholder meetings and policy dialogue on approved essential service delivery packages and a costing of the health service delivery packages
Output 1.1.1 Countries enabled to provide high-quality, people-centred health services, based on primary health care strategies and comprehensive essential service packages
Product/Service: Strengthening infection prevention and control (IPC) and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) for prevention of COVID-19 transmission and safe care
Technical Area: Service Delivery
Deliverables: Capacity building for the implementation of IPC and WASH measures to protect the COVID-19 patients, their families and communities from transmission of virus and provide safe care
Output 1.1.1 Countries enabled to provide high-quality, people-centred health services, based on primary health care strategies and comprehensive essential service packages
Product/Service: Support the strengthening of integrated planning and budgeting for health services at all levels. This is to be linked to the service delivery package and Benefits package of the NHI
Technical Area: Service Delivery
Deliverables: integrated planning and budgeting reflected in health sector plans at central and province levels
Output 1.1.4 Countries’ health governance capacity strengthened for improved transparency, accountability, responsiveness and empowerment of communities
Product/Service: Support the Ministry of Health with the Health Sector Reform (HSR) Strategy which focus on basic services & health financing
Technical Area: Governance
Deliverables: Countries will have prepared/developed/updated/adapted their NHPSP through an inclusive policy dialogue process leading to better coverage with essential health services, financial risk protection and health equity
Output 1.1.4 Countries’ health governance capacity strengthened for improved transparency, accountability, responsiveness and empowerment of communities
Product/Service: On-going support for Monthly Informal meeting of Health Development Partners to ensure coordination and collaboration Partners priorities and upcoming, planned activities
Technical Area: Governance
Deliverables: Support from health partners for collaborating on programme activities of various health partners
Output 1.1.4 Countries’ health governance capacity strengthened for improved transparency, accountability, responsiveness and empowerment of communities
Product/Service: Support to MoH for operational and policy meetings in the lead up to Annual Round table meeting. This will include support to MOH, provincial, and district leadership with advocacy of HSR and Vison 2030
Technical Area: Governance
Deliverables: SWG Operational and Policy meetings conducted and reports are produced and an understanding and support of HSR process by provincial and district senior management and leadership.
Output 1.1.4 Countries’ health governance capacity strengthened for improved transparency, accountability, responsiveness and empowerment of communities
Product/Service: Support development and implementation of Policy and legislative requirements for thedelivery of HSR programmes. This will include support for takeholder meeting and policy dialogues on the 5 key pillars of the HSR
Technical Area: Governance
Deliverables: relevant policies, laws and decrees developed
Output 1.1.4 Countries’ health governance capacity strengthened for improved transparency, accountability, responsiveness and empowerment of communities
Product/Service: Strengthen Provincial level integration between Health Sector Reform (HSR) and the 8th 5 year Health Sector Development Plan (HSDP) planning and reporting by aligning the 8 priority programs of the HSDP under the 5 priority areas of the HSR
Technical Area: Governance
Deliverables: Provincial Plans reflect the 5 priority areas of the HSR in the 4 pilot provinces
Output 1.1.4 Countries’ health governance capacity strengthened for improved transparency, accountability, responsiveness and empowerment of communities
Product/Service: Support sector wide coordination though the health sector wide group and partners meetings
Technical Area: Governance
Deliverables: At country level, alignment and harmonization of health aid according to national health plans is consolidated and accelerated
Output 1.1.4 Countries’ health governance capacity strengthened for improved transparency, accountability, responsiveness and empowerment of communities
Product/Service: Improve governance to fill gap between political intention and effective implementation of the HSR.
Technical Area: Governance
Deliverables: Countries will have prepared/developed/updated/adapted their NHPSP through an inclusive policy dialogue process leading to better coverage with essential health services, financial risk protection and health equity
Output 1.1.5 Countries enabled to strengthen their health and care workforce
Product/Service: Support for Health Professional Council with Education Reforms and on-going licensing and registration of health professionals
Technical Area: Health Workforce
Deliverables: Licencing and registration of at least 65% of public sector Health professionals achieved
Output 1.1.5 Countries enabled to strengthen their health and care workforce
Product/Service: Support results-based management training for key HSR leaders at central, provincial, district and health facility levels, to internalize a results-oriented approach to HSR. This will include support for advocacy, awareness and capacity building in the roll out of reform activities
Technical Area: Health Workforce
Deliverables: Training manual developed and 3 training sessions conducted
Output 1.1.5 Countries enabled to strengthen their health and care workforce
Product/Service: Support the HRH strategy development
Technical Area: Health Workforce
Deliverables: Support for the Department of Health Personnel/MOH of Lao PDR for the development of the Health Resources for Health Development Strategy - 2021 - 2030
Outcome 1.2 Reduced number of people suffering financial hardship (GPW 13)
Output 1.2.1 Countries enabled to develop and implement equitable health financing strategies and reforms to sustain progress towards universal health coverage
Product/Service: Health Sector Development Plan development and review
Technical Area: Governance|Health Financing
Deliverables: Lao PDR prepared/developed/updated/adapted their NHPSP through an inclusive policy dialogue process leading to better coverage with essential health services, financial risk protection and health equity
Output 1.2.2 Countries enabled to produce and analyse information on financial risk protection, equity and health expenditures, and to use this information to track progress and inform decision-making
Product/Service: Support the Gov't of Lao PDR for UHC monitoring using the SDG3.8.2 Catastrophic Health Spending
Technical Area: Health Financing
Deliverables: Strategic technical support for the Lao Statistics Bureau and MOH in monitoring the progress of financial protection, the SDG 3.8.2 indicator, using the Lao Expenditure and Consumption Survey 4 (LECS4) data
Output 1.2.2 Countries enabled to produce and analyse information on financial risk protection, equity and health expenditures, and to use this information to track progress and inform decision-making
Product/Service: Support research and evidence generation studies in country including NHA and funding flows. Such studies will contribute to the ongoing multi-sectoral policy dialogue and development and discussions on the GAVI and GF ATM transition roadmap in the country throughout 2018
Technical Area: Health Financing
Deliverables: Research reports developed and use of findings in policy dialogues
Outcome 4.1 Strengthened country capacity in data and innovation (GPW 13)
Output
Product/Service: Support Capacity Building for M&E of health policies, plans
Technical Area: Information Systems
Deliverables: Integrated SDG/UHC/HSR indicators matrix developed. On-going support provided for training on use of DHIS2 as a platform for MoH monitoring and reporting of UHC and SDGs.
Output
Product/Service: Support development of M&E systems through the use of DHIS2 and annual health sector reviews
Technical Area: Information Systems
Deliverables: Countries will have put in place expertise, monitoring and evaluation systems and annual health sector reviews
Output 4.1.1 Countries enabled to strengthen data, analytics and health information systems to inform policy and deliver impacts
Product/Service: Support strengthening the Health Management Information System for COVID-19 surveillance
Technical Area: Information Systems
Deliverables: Support MOH in setting up COVID-19 surveillance system in District Health Information Software ver 2 (DHIS2), a main Health Management Information System platform, and maintaining it
Activity details
Outcome 1.1 Improved access to quality essential health services irrespective of gender, age or disability status (GPW 13)
Output 1.1.1 Countries enabled to provide high-quality, people-centred health services, based on primary health care strategies and comprehensive essential service packages
Product/Service: Data-informed strategic resource allocation to strengthen PHC
Technical Area: Information Systems|Service Delivery
Deliverables: Mapping of data of health centres (e.g., geographical location, road access, socio-economic data and human resources for health) using geographical information system tools to support data-informed policy decision on strengthening health centres with aims to strengthen utilization of health services at the fixed sites and reach the unreached
Output 1.1.1 Countries enabled to provide high-quality, people-centred health services, based on primary health care strategies and comprehensive essential service packages
Product/Service: Support the development and implementation of the HSR Strategy to address health needs of population and barriers to equity
Technical Area: Governance|Health Financing|Health Workforce|Information Systems|Pharma and Medical Products|Service Delivery
Deliverables: Support for the development of the Health Sector Reform (HSR) Strategy 2021-2030, including stakeholder consultation and engagement for HSR Framework, and its implementation
Output 1.1.4 Countries’ health governance capacity strengthened for improved transparency, accountability, responsiveness and empowerment of communities
Product/Service: Support the gov't in strengthening health governance to lead and advocate coordinated approach with development partners across various progs
Technical Area: Governance
Deliverables: Support the Ministry of Health in organizing the Health Sector Working Group and Technical Working Group Meetings, the gov't-led donor coordination mechanism, and in enhancing leadership for transforming the health system to meet the current and future health needs in line with priorities in the Health Sector Reform Strategy 2021-2030 and the 5-year Health Sector Development Plan
Output 1.1.5 Countries enabled to strengthen their health and care workforce
Product/Service: Technical support for enhancing the health workforce in line with the HRH Development Strategy by 2030
Technical Area: Health Workforce
Deliverables: Technical support to the Department of Health Personnel and relevant departments in MOH for: 1. Enhancing subnational HRH planning to strengthen PHC 2. Assessing HRH needs and their workloads using the WHO Workload Indicator for Staffing Needs 3. Developing HRH standards at primary care level 4. Improving HRH information system 5. Coordination with development partners through Technical Working Group and other venues to support MOH for effective implementation of the HRH Development Strategy 6. Support MOH in monitoring the progress in implementing the Strategy through mid-term and final review of the Strategy
Outcome 3.1 The primary health care approach renewed and strengthened to accelerate universal health coverage (GPW 14)
Output 3.1.1 WHO strengthens country capacity and provides guidance on the design, delivery, quality and measurement of integrated -services
Product/Service: Redesign service delivery model through shifting towards fixed-site utilization with focused outreach services in remote areas and people-centered integrated delivery of health services.
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Output 3.1.3 WHO strengthens countries’ national capacity to develop implementable national strategies for UHC
Product/Service: Support legal reform and development or revision of various strategies/policies/action plans. - Support the development or revision of health laws including the National Health Insurance (NHI) Law revision. - Support the development, implementation and monitoring of the 10th five-year Health Sector Development Plan (HSDP) 2026-2030, Health Financing Strategy, NHI Strategy 2026-2030 to strengthen primary health care and achieve UHC and health-related national and global goals.
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Output 3.1.3 WHO strengthens countries’ national capacity to develop implementable national strategies for UHC
Product/Service: Support strengthening donor coordination through government-led health sector governance mechanisms, including the Sector Working Group (SWG), Technical Working Groups (TWG), and other relevant platforms to facilitate more integrated plans within MOH and between MOH and development partners to achieve MOH priorities and national health goals and SDGs.
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Outcome 3.2 Health and care workforce, health financing and access to quality-assured health products substantially improved (GPW 14)
Output 3.2.1 WHO provides technical guidance and operational support to countries to optimize and expand their health and care workforce
Product/Service: Strengthen subnational health workforce planning through evidence-based approaches by rolling out the newly developed WHO-supported Human Resources for Health (HRH) Information System nationwide and promoting the use of HRH data for planning and decision-making to improve the availability and equitable distribution of health workers at the primary care level.
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Output 3.2.2 WHO generates evidence, guides design and supports health-related macroeconomic policies and practices for sustainable health financing
Product/Service: Support MOH in strengthening sustainable NHI system in the context of donor transition and hospital autonomy through NHI reforms, prioritizing financial protection for the poor and ensuring equitable access to services, including availability and affordability of medicines.
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Output 3.2.2 WHO generates evidence, guides design and supports health-related macroeconomic policies and practices for sustainable health financing
Product/Service: Facilitate the discussion with key stakeholders (including MOF) on increasing government budget for the health sector through addressing health taxes (tobacco, alcohol, sugar-sweetened beverage taxes) and earmark revenue for the health sector to sustain essential services and increasing co-financing requirements in the context of donor transition.
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Outcome 3.3 Health information systems strengthened, and digital transformation implemented (GPW 14)
Output 3.3.1 WHO builds country capacity and develops tools and platforms to support countries in developing and improving their national digital health and health information systems to improve resilience, coverage, equity and impact
Product/Service: Enhance the national health information system by optimizing DHIS2 and promoting interoperability with other core digital platforms, enabling integrated service delivery and better data flow from primary care to higher levels.
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Output 3.3.1 WHO builds country capacity and develops tools and platforms to support countries in developing and improving their national digital health and health information systems to improve resilience, coverage, equity and impact
Product/Service: Advance digital health transformation to strengthen primary health care by supporting implementation of the national Digital Health Strategy, with a focus on scalable, interoperable solutions that meet programmatic needs at the facility and community levels.
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Output 3.3.1 WHO builds country capacity and develops tools and platforms to support countries in developing and improving their national digital health and health information systems to improve resilience, coverage, equity and impact
Product/Service: Promote effective use of health data for planning and decision-making at all levels, including through user-friendly digital tools and GIS-based analysis to target underserved populations to strengthen PHC in the context of the introduction of Tatsaeng at subnational levels.
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Outcome 4.1 Equity in access to quality services improved for noncommunicable diseases, mental health conditions and communicable diseases, while addressing antimicrobial resistance (GPW 14)
Output 4.1.1 WHO develops evidence-based policies and supports the implementation, scale-up and measurement of best buys and other actions to strengthen person-centered prevention, control and management of noncommunicable diseases
Product/Service: Support integration and monitoring of NCD services within primary health care through adaptation of the Lao PEN package, improved routine information systems, service readiness assessments, and use of data for planning in high-burden and underserved areas.
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