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Outcome 1.1 (GPW 13)
Output 1.1.4
Product/Service: Provide continued technical support to guide the work of six work-streams established by the National Department of Health (NDoH) for the development of the National Health Insurance (NHI) white paper
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
Product/Service: Participation in meetings organized by the Partnership, UHC2030 and others for cross sharing of South Africa’s experiences in reforms related to Governance, health financing , service delivery and systems strengthening
Technical Area: Governance
Deliverables: National and sub national UHC policies and health strategies informed, capacity and understanding of key stakeholders builtt
Output 1.1.4
Product/Service: Support development/updating of financing, HRH and service delivery related strategies for universal coverage of populations, especially the poor and vulnerable
Technical Area: Governance
Deliverables: Norms and standards for healthcare establishments streamlined, lancet commission findings and recommendations on Quality health systems consulted, report in final stages Technical note with guidance on principles for development of health Workforce strategy developed, Technical submissions developed for guiding CMS Multiyear strategic plan 2019-23 Maternal and Child Health Strategy for Gauteng Province finalised |National Maternal and neonatal Guidelines developed.
Output 1.1.4
Product/Service: High quality technical inputs in Health policy discourse; Knowledge sharing for informing health policies
Technical Area: Governance
Deliverables: Health Market Inquiry Provisional report overarching recommendations for reducing the healthcare costs, improving quality and transparency in private healthcare sector Improved capacity and understanding of upto 2000 key stakeholders in applying principles UHC and health in all policies
Output 1.1.4
Product/Service: Knowledge exchange within the Health Partner's Forum
Technical Area: Governance
Deliverables: Accurate, up-to-date evidence on what works and what does not work regarding health financing reforms for universal coverage is available and shared across countries
Output 1.1.4
Product/Service: Participation in meetings organized by the UHC Partnership, UHC2030 and other trainings
Technical Area: Governance
Deliverables: Accurate, up-to-date evidence on what works and what does not work regarding health financing reforms for universal coverage is available and shared across countries
Output 1.1.4
Product/Service: High Levels of Political leadership: National Stakeholder Consultation on National Health Insurance (NHI) and “Presidential Health Summit- 2018”:
Technical Area: Governance
Deliverables: CoPresidential Health summit organized with international participation to consult all key stakeholders, take stock of progress and strategize for the next phase of NHI implementation |A presidential Health summit to review and plan for the health sector strategic agenda and the production of the Second Presidential Health Compact 2024-29.
Outcome 1.2 (GPW 13)
Output 1.2.1
Product/Service: Consultative seminar with high-level international stakeholders after the draft NHI bill is introduced
Technical Area: Health Financing
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 1.2.1
Product/Service: Development of country specific user case studies for health systems strengthening and financing reforms at national and provincial levels
Technical Area: Health Financing
Deliverables: Country case studies on health system strengthening developedd
Output 1.2.1
Product/Service: Technical support for introduction and implementation of new provider payment mechanisms such as capitation and other measures that promote quality and efficiency (e.g. DRGs). This includes the work on disease conditions and interventions coding systems
Technical Area: Health Financing
Deliverables: Coding systems for interventions being planned for adoption in South Africa
Output 1.2.1
Product/Service: Follow-up on the cross-programmatic efficiency analysis conducted in one province in SA
Technical Area: Health Financing
Deliverables: Work plan for Cross programmatic efficiency programme developed and being implemented
Output 1.2.1
Product/Service: Development of the socioeconomic impact and the Business case for the NHI Bil
Technical Area: Health Financing
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 1.2.1
Product/Service: Development of the communication strategy for National Health Insurance
Technical Area: Health Financing
Deliverables: Communication Strategy for NHI prepared, key messages prepared
Output 1.2.1
Product/Service: Key legislations for UHC reforms: Cabinet approved the draft National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill and Medical Schemes amendment Bill; the NHI Bill is enacted into law.
Technical Area: Health Financing
Deliverables: Draft NHI Bill released with due recommendation of amending 10+ other legislations related to health, technical comments based on international UHC experience and best practices submitted, collation and analysis of stakeholder comments supported based on which updated NHI bill draft is submitted to Cabinet. |The NHI Bill is signed and approved as an Act.
Output 1.2.1
Product/Service: Technical support to the introduction of diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) in public sector hospitals
Technical Area: Health Financing
Deliverables: Countries receiving HF support will have implemented financing reforms to facilitate UC
Output 1.2.1
Product/Service: Conduct the cross-programmatic efficiency analysis of health programmes in the KwaZulu-Natal province
Technical Area: Health Financing
Deliverables: Countries receiving HF support will have implemented financing reforms to facilitate UC
Output 1.2.1
Product/Service: Technical assistance during the update of the prescribed medical benefits (PMBs) to create unified benefit entitlements under NHI
Technical Area: Health Financing
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 1.2.1
Product/Service: Technical support on the development of implementation guidelines for capitation
Technical Area: Health Financing
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 1.2.1
Product/Service: Technical support on the development of institutional arrangements options for strategic purchasing for the sub-district Contracting Units for primary health care (PHC) services
Technical Area: Health Financing
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 1.2.1
Product/Service: Provide technical support in responding to media reports/articles on the NHI
Technical Area: Health Financing
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 1.2.2
Product/Service: Development of the National Health Accounts to track the financial resource allocation and utilization trends
Technical Area: Health Financing
Deliverables: The NHA for 2013/14 produced and released. Progress on NHA for 2014/15 to 2017/18 is underway |NHA Round 3 (2017/8 - 2020/21) completed.|TA providedto the NDoH to conduct the Health Facility Progress Matrix (HPFM) Assessment.
Output 1.2.3
Product/Service: Develop mapping of the Referece Price List (RPL) codes for the OECD methodology for measuring hospital services prices
Technical Area: Health Financing
Deliverables: Countries will have put in place expertise, monitoring and evaluation systems and annual health sector reviews
Outcome 1.3 (GPW 13)
Output 1.3.3
Product/Service: Support AFRO and HQ Incidents and Substandard/Falsified Medical Products Team work with SA NRA SAHPRA to pilot National Action Plans (NAP) for prevention, detection, and response strategies on substandard and falsified medical products in SA.
Technical Area: Pharma and Medical Products
Deliverables: Stakeholders' consultations and orientation on substandard and falsified medical products National Action Plan (NAP).|Development of the NAP for SF medical products.
Outcome 4.1 (GPW 13)
Output
Product/Service: Technical support for strengthening Health information systems and mechanisms for monitoring the health trends,
Technical Area: Information Systems
Deliverables: Technical specification provided to NDoH and National health Observatory to be ready in coming months. Gauteng province would be part of national observatory
Output
Product/Service: Development of the baselines for UHC indicators on coverage of essential services and financial protection
Technical Area: Information Systems
Deliverables: Countries will have put in place expertise, monitoring and evaluation systems and annual health sector reviews.
Output
Product/Service: Development of baseline indicators for the M&E Framework for NHI towards UHC
Technical Area: Information Systems
Deliverables: Countries will have put in place expertise, monitoring and evaluation systems and annual health sector reviews