Rwanda
Rwanda is located in Eastern Africa and has a population of 11 million people with a life expectancy of 66 years for men and 70 years for women. The National Development Strategy 2020 stipulates that health policies must be targeting the poorest population to improve access to and quality of healthcare in addition to reducing cost. Committed to achieving universal access to health care and to strengthening health support systems’ policies, resources and management mechanisms, the Ministry of Health revised its national health policy and produced its third Health Sector Strategic Plan 2012-2018. To ensure coherence, the health financing strategic plan is reviewed in 2019 assisted by the UHC Partnership (UHC-P), which Rwanda joined in 2018. The review addresses capacity and health financing sustainability challenges as well as adaption of the community-based health insurance scheme. Additionally, throughout 2019, the UHC-P supports health governance, scaling up human resources for health and strengthening of information systems to ensure appropriate delivery of health services. You can access important country documents by clicking here.
Technical Areas
Completed/Cancelled
| Product/Service | Deliverables | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Develop database with all private sector players in the health sector | Database available to guide strategic decisions for private sector engagement | Completed |
| Support development of medical products pricing policy | Medicines Pricing policy document developed | Completed |
| Support Capacity building on MoH Staff in Health Financing and UHC (Tunis Course) | Improved institutional capacity in health financing and UHC | Completed |
| Develop a Health Sector Private Sector Engagement (PSE) Strategic Plan, including an M&E framework | Strategic Plan in place to guide private sector contribution to UHC and national goals | Completed |
| Support strengthening of the CRVS system particularly training in medical certification of cause of death and ICD Coding as well as MDSR/Child deaths surveillance | Increased timeliness and quality of reporting of CRVS events | Completed |
| Support training in One Health costing Tool | Improved institutional capacity in health financing and UHC | Completed |
| Support strengthening of the accreditation system through the review of standards | Accreditation system in place for quality improvement | Completed |
| Training of medical practitioners and data managers on ICD-10 mortality coding using the DHIS-2 MCCOD module | DHIS-2 MCCOD module used by medical practitioners and data managers for recording mortality data | Completed |
| Support the development of a CBHI strategic plan | Improved national health financing strategies aimed at moving towards universal health coverage | Completed |
| Conduct HRH Labour Market Analysis | HRH information generated for decision making | Completed |
| Strengthening monitoring of health indicators and SDGs through quaterly integrated data validation meetings for improved data quality | Quarterly integrated data validation exercises conducted | Completed |
| Support development of CBHI M&E framework | Improved national health financing strategies aimed at moving towards universal health coverage | Completed |
| Construction of 2 Health Posts | Increase in access and coverage to essential services | Completed |
| Strengthening monitoring of the SDGs | Support to SDG Monitoring. | Completed |
| Documentation of CBHI reforms, achievements and challenges. | Improved national health financing strategies aimed at moving towards universal health coverag | Completed |
| Strengthening the HRH information system | HRH data available for monitoring and decision making | Completed |
| Support attendance of 4 HMIS staff and one WCO staff to DHIS-2 Academy Level 1 and Level 2 for improved data use | Key staff in MoH trained in DHIS 2 Academy Level 1 and 2 | Completed |
| Develop a policy options paper for provider payment reform | Improved national health financing strategies aimed at moving towards universal health coverage | Completed |
| Support establishment of the Rwanda Food and Drug regulatory authority | Medical products regulation framework developed | Completed |
| Support development of Health Financing Strategic Plan (HFSP) | Improved national health financing strategies aimed at moving towards universal health coverage | Completed |
| Support CBHI Consultative Group Meeting | Improved national health financing strategies aimed at moving towards universal health coverage | Completed |
| Conduct a Private Sector Engagement (PSE) workshop to strengthen overall PSE and business development capacity at MOH and RBC | PSE Business Development capacity for MoH and RBC strengthened | Completed |
| Support to conduct an assessment on the status of microbial resistance in Rwanda | AMR workplan in place | Completed |
| Support build national institutional capacity in Health Financing and UHC | Improved institutional capacity in health financing and UHC | Completed |
| Conduct CBHI expenditures review to Improve CBHI financial sustainability | Improved resource tracking for UHC | Completed |
Details
| Product/Service | Deliverables | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Improvement of Health Data Quality | Improvement of Health Data Quality | Ongoing |
| Advocacy for evidence-based policies for improved cross subsidization and integration of equity in all health policies | Advocacy for evidence-based policies for improved cross subsidization and integration of equity in all health policies | Ongoing |
| Tech supp CBHI - Strengthen the Community based Health Insurance System | Support documentation, evidence generation and tracking of medical spending for CBHI financial sustainability | Ongoing |
| Improvement of Health Data Quality | Support to the strengthening of the health information systems (HIS) including Rwanda Health Observatory (RHO) and institutionalization of regular data quality reviews and analysis | Ongoing |
| Technical support provided for capacity building on supply management system ensure regular access to quality medical products | Technical support provided for capacity building on supply management system ensure regular access to quality medical products | Ongoing |
| Strengthen the Community based Health Insurance System | Support development and implementation of CBHI sustainability plan | Ongoing |
| Health coord & inter - Health sector coordination, management, regulation, intersectoral collaboration and accountability supported | Health sector coordination, management, regulation, intersectoral collaboration and accountability supported | Ongoing |
| Capacity building in prescribing and dispensing practices to align with updated guidelines supported | Provide support to develop the national STG and AML in accordance with the modification WHO?s Model national treatments guidelines and list of Essential Medicines which includes SRH conditions management and products | Ongoing |
| Technical support for implementation of National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS) and assessment, monitoring and reporting on International Health Regulations (IHR) core capacities provided | Technical support for implementation of National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS) and assessment, monitoring and reporting on International Health Regulations (IHR) core capacities provided | Ongoing |
| Health Policies & st - Health sector policies, strategies and guidelines developed and aligned to UHC and SDGs | Health sector policies, strategies and guidelines developed and aligned to UHC and SDGs | Ongoing |
| Capacity building, advocacy for evidence generation in medical products regulation supported | Capacity building, advocacy for evidence generation in medical products regulation supported | Ongoing |
| Improvement of Health Data Quality | Improvement of Health Data Quality | Ongoing |
| Advocacy and technical support provided towards HRH development and implementation of health workforce strategies | Advocacy and technical support provided towards HRH development and implementation of health workforce strategies | Ongoing |
| Technical support provided for National Quality of Care Framework and assessment of quality of health services within health facilities (RHs, PHs, DHs) and recommendations towards accreditation | Support for development of the national Quality of Care framework, policy and strategy inline with WHO framework | Ongoing |
| Implementation of sustainable and efficient Digital Health solutions | Implementation of sustainable and efficient Digital Health solutions | Ongoing |
| Tech supp NQPS frame - Technical support provided for National Quality of Care Framework and assessment of quality of health services within health facilities (RHs, PHs, DHs) and recommendations towards accreditation | Technical support provided for National Quality of Care Framework and assessment of quality of health services within health facilities (RHs, PHs, DHs) and recommendations towards accreditation | Ongoing |
| Strengthen the Community based Health Insurance System | Support development and implementation of CBHI sustainability plan | Ongoing |
| Technical support provided for National Quality of Care Framework and assessment of quality of health services within health facilities (RHs, PHs, DHs) and recommendations towards accreditation | Technical support provided for National Quality of Care Framework and assessment of quality of health services within health facilities (RHs, PHs, DHs) and recommendations towards accreditation | Ongoing |
| Strengthen the Community based Health Insurance System | Strengthen the Community based Health Insurance System | Ongoing |
| Capacity building in prescribing and dispensing practices to align with updated guidelines supported | Capacity building in prescribing and dispensing practices to align with updated guidelines supported | Ongoing |
| Strengthen the Community based Health Insurance System | Support documentation, evidence generation and tracking of medical spending for CBHI financial sustainability | Ongoing |
| Strengthen the Community based Health Insurance System | Strengthen the Community based Health Insurance System | Ongoing |
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