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Lao People's Democratic Republic
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Lao People’s Democratic Republic
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Outcome 1.1

Output 1.1.1

Completed

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

Completed

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

Completed

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

Completed

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

Completed

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

Completed

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

Completed

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

Completed

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

Completed

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

Completed

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

Completed

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

Completed

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

Completed

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

Completed

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

Completed

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

Completed

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

Output 1.2.1

Completed

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

Completed

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

Output 1.2.2

Completed

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

Outcome 4.1

Output

Completed

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

Completed

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

Completed

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

Output 1.1.1

Ongoing

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

Ongoing

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

Ongoing

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

Ongoing

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