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Outcome 1.1

Output 1.1.4

Completed

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

Completed

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

Completed

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

Completed

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

Completed

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

Completed

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

Completed

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

Output 1.2.1

Completed

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

Completed

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

Completed

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

Completed

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

Cancelled

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

Completed

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

Completed

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

Completed

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

Completed

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

Completed

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

Completed

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

Completed

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

Completed

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

Completed

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

Completed

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

Output 1.3.3

Completed

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

Output

Completed

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

Completed

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

Completed

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

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