Sudan
Sudan is a Northeastern African country with a population of 37 million and a life expectancy at birth of 60 years (males) and 64 years (females). The Sudanese Government is organized as a decentralized federal state; after years of conflict and the secession of South Sudan in 2011, the country continues to suffer from significant health inequities between regions as well as between urban and rural areas. A National Health Sector Strategy 2012-2016 places universal health coverage and primary health care high on the Ministry of Health’s agenda within the framework of a decentralized local health system. The UHC Partnership has supported the formulation of the National Health Policy 2017 – 2030, emphasizing the Health in All Policies approach. You can access important country documents by clicking here.
Technical Areas
Completed/Cancelled
| Product/Service | Deliverables | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Legislative Assessment – Accountability and Legal Review Workshop | Countries will have put in place expertise, monitoring and evaluation systems and annual health sector reviews | Completed |
| Ensuring basic Health Systems/Financing reforms at decentralized levels - West Darfur’s ‘One Health Plan’ | 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 | Completed |
| Support to fundamentals of Health Systems Governance | Countries will have put in place expertise, monitoring and evaluation systems and annual health sector reviews | Completed |
| Evidence base for priority setting | 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 | Completed |
| Networks and communities of practice for health systems governance – Joint Learning Network (JLN) | Countries will have put in place expertise, monitoring and evaluation systems and annual health sector reviews | Completed |
| Cross-border issues, Health Security and IHR | 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 | Completed |
| Formulation of National Health Policy (NHP) 2017-2030 | 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 | Completed |
| Political context of Health – Health in All Policies (HiAP) | 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 | Completed |
| Support to development partners’ sub-committee of Sudan Health Sector Partners Forum (SHSPF) | At country level, alignment and harmonization of health aid according to national health plans is consolidated and accelerated | Completed |
| Review of National Health Sector Strategic Plan (NHSSP) 2016-2021 | 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 | Completed |
| Adoption of global agenda for humanity: Humanitarian, Development & Peace Nexus & New ways of Working (NWoW). | 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 | Completed |
| Active participation of multiple stakeholders in the health system at SHSPF | At country level, alignment and harmonization of health aid according to national health plans is consolidated and accelerated | Completed |
| One Health Plan 2018 – support to integrate and align disease strategies into national health strategies | 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 | Completed |
| Health Financing Diagnostic Analysis | Countries receiving HF support will have implemented financing reforms to facilitate UC | Completed |
| Institutionalization for building resilient health systems | At country level, alignment and harmonization of health aid according to national health plans is consolidated and accelerated | Completed |
| Assessment of Health Sector-Joint Annual Review (2016-17) | Countries will have put in place expertise, monitoring and evaluation systems and annual health sector reviews | Completed |
| Changing roles of Ministry of Health – Enhanced integration between purchaser-provider functions | Countries receiving HF support will have implemented financing reforms to facilitate UC | Completed |
| National SDG-MAPS (Sustinable Development Goals-Mainstreaming, acceleration and policy support) Stocktaking Exercise | Countries will have put in place expertise, monitoring and evaluation systems and annual health sector reviews | Completed |
| Strengthening National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) Governance at all levels | Countries receiving HF support will have implemented financing reforms to facilitate UC | Completed |
| Implementation support to Sudan HRH Policy | 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 | Completed |
| Strengthening provider-purchaser mechanisms through appropriate institutional and financing reforms | Countries receiving HF support will have implemented financing reforms to facilitate UC | Completed |
| Strengthening of Sudan Health Observatory (SHO). | 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 | Completed |
| Preparation of Joint Annual Review 2018 process commencement | Countries will have put in place expertise, monitoring and evaluation systems and annual health sector reviews | Completed |
| Implementation of selected Public Financial Management (PFM) recommendations from the review workshop | Countries receiving HF support will have implemented financing reforms to facilitate UC | Completed |
| Implementation support for community mapping to review current situation and arrangements in communities to identify working modalities. | 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 | Completed |
| Implementation support for Health Expenditure Survey 2018 process | Countries will have put in place expertise, monitoring and evaluation systems and annual health sector reviews | Completed |
| Development of basic Enterprise Resource Planning and Management (ERPM) system for NHIF to integrate health services coverage and financing system | Countries receiving HF support will have implemented financing reforms to facilitate UC | Completed |
| Strengthening of Effective Development Cooperation (EDC) support to Health Partners Forum | At country level, alignment and harmonization of health aid according to national health plans is consolidated and accelerated | Completed |
| Development of new health packages, provider payment mechanisms and strategic purchasing guidelines | Countries will have put in place expertise, monitoring and evaluation systems and annual health sector reviews | Completed |
| Strengthening IT infrastructure in NHIF to replace paper based information systems to automated systems | Countries receiving HF support will have implemented financing reforms to facilitate UC | Completed |
| Implementation support for Legislative Assessment | At country level, alignment and harmonization of health aid according to national health plans is consolidated and accelerated | Completed |
| NHIF/FMOH Training on health economics and health package re-designing | Countries will have put in place expertise, monitoring and evaluation systems and annual health sector reviews | Completed |
| Support to EU funded organizations in building their capacities to expand social health insurance coverage and accreditation mechanisms | Countries receiving HF support will have implemented financing reforms to facilitate UC | Completed |
| Assessment of institutional capacities for strengthening governance mechanisms in National Health Insurance Fund and Federal Ministry of Health (NHIF/FMOH). | 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 | Completed |
| Establishment of Project Advisory Committee (PAC) to review and advice UHC implementation in selected states | Countries receiving HF support will have implemented financing reforms to facilitate UC | Completed |
| Implementation support for National Health Policy (NHP). | 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 | Completed |
| Implementation support for Decentralized Health Systems and financing reforms at sub-national levels in selected states | 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 | Completed |
| Implementation support for DHIS phase-2 | 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 | Completed |
| Preparation of One Health Sector Plan for 2019 | 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 | Completed |
| Capacity building of Public Health Institute (PHI) to conduct relevant health economics and financing courses and implementation support for family health policy | 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 | Completed |
| Strengthening of National Health Research and Ethics Committee | 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 | Completed |
| Provide support to conduct health facility mapping and assessment (PHC, hospitals) including readiness of emergency departments and imporvement plans development and roll out | Support implementation of the roadmap to improve the Emergency Health Care System. Conduct health facility mapping | Completed |
| Support to develop a roadmap for implementation of national health financing policy. | TA to support development of health care costing and pricing framework and criteria. Support to develop a road for successful implementation of the National Health Financing Policy. TA to enforce implementation of HFP in selected states with relevant partners and stakeholders. Support to conduct actuarial studies for NHIF Sudan. TA to revise and update the National Health Financing Policy and strategy. TA to support conduct assessment of the private sector sector. | Cancelled |
| Provide support to evaluate the impact of the differet components of Sudan's PHC expansion programme and support strengthening its functional capacity | Conduct assessment of the PHC Expansion Program and Health Services Mapping to identify gaps in services and capacities to inform implementation of the newly developed UHC Essential Benefit Package | Completed |
| Support to develop new provider payment methods to move from passive to strategic purchasing. | Develop new provide payment methods with different set of incentives appropriate for each level of care. TA to evaluate current provider payment methods. Establish electronic system to track data analytics and claim management process. TA to roll out provider payment mechanisms in 5 states out of 18 states. Build capacities of both NHIF and FMoH on strategic purchasing of health care services. | Completed |
Details
| Product/Service | Deliverables | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Provide support to review the progress made in the implementation of the integration approach and develop a strategy to fast track its implementation | Provide support to review the progress made in the implementation of the integration approach and develop a strategy to fast track its implementation | Ongoing |
| Support the planning function at FMOH with regular technical assistance to help in a comprehensive plan, budget, monitoring mechanism and one report at national, state and locality and facility levels | Provide support to improve working environment. Embedded TA. Training on strategic planning. Capacity building on strategic planning, and leadership | On track |
| National Strategic Plan on Human Resources for Health 2030 developed based on inter-sectoral and tri-partite dialogue and strengthened capacity for health labour market analysis | Carry out HRH projections. Establish a platform for inter-sectorial and tripartite dialogue as part of the process, through the support of ILO. Carry out a Health Labour Market Analysis, and detailed report with recommendations, on selected policy options. Provide technical assistance to develop a National Strategic Plan on HRH 2030, based on a foundation of inter-sectoral and tripartite dialogue, the Global strategy on human resources for health: Workforce 2030. | Ongoing |
| Enhance Accountability in health system and support the legal reform to address the legal barierrer to health | Technical support to organize the Joint Annual Review and the One M&E Report. Advocacy workshops/seminars to support legal reform. Conduct Accountability assessment. Finalize the Accountability framework TA to conduct legal review | Ongoing |
| Strengthen the existing multi-sectoral programme on Health in All Policies (HiAPs) to address Social Determinants of Health | Support the HiAPs programme improvement and roll out at sub-national levels. | Ongoing |
| Enhance the progress on partnerships and Effective Developmenrt Cooperation in Sudan health sector | Support to revise and update the national health Compact inline with UHC2030 global Compact, NHP, NHSSP, New Ways of Working (Humanitarian Development Peace Nexus) and other national priorities and support monitoring the implementation. Sudan's profile of Humanitarian Development Peace Nexus was developed in collaboration with the Regional Office. Support to enhance the coordination mechanisms of the health sector to ensure effective involvement of health partners in the development, review and implementation of health policies and strategies. Support was provided to activate Health Partners Coordination Forum. A partners mapping has started to provide data on alignment and harmonization between partners. Agreement has been made with Graduate Institute in Geneva to design and deliver a tailored course on global health diplomacy for FMOH and other government entities in addition to key partners. The training will be organized in February 2022. Provide support to the development and role out of electronic tracking system for partners programs and resources. TA to develop public-private partnership roadmap that includes a framework for engaging the private sector in the health system is under process. | Ongoing |
| Review the current community based approaches and develop integrated community models towards having resilient community and health systems | TA to review the current community-based approaches. Institutionalize community health dialogues. | Ongoing |
| Strengthen the capacities of the health information system for the implementation of census, demographic and health surveys, civil registration system and health expenditure surveys | TA to improve the capacities of the health information system | Ongoing |
| Support the implementation of Sudan HRH initiative aspects of regulation and medical education | TA to support development of Sudan's Human Resources for Health Strategic Framework 2030: The first draft of the HRH strategic framework has been developed in consultation with key HRH stakeholders. An international consultation was recruited to finalize the framework. TA to strengthen HRH Information System and produce National Health Workforce Account: National consultant was recruited. Data collection completed. The National HRH Workforce Account is being developed. Support was provided to Academy of Health Sciences in FMOH through development of a platform for E-Learning. | Ongoing |
| Enhanced coordination and alignment of nursing education and training across health and education sectors | Support the establishment of a functional coordination mechanism between the departments of education development in faculties of nursing (Ministry of Higher Education), and Academies of Health Sciences. Develop and implement a process of skills transfer to address identified gaps. Carry out a capacity assessment of education development departments in faculties of nursing in collaboration with the Ministry of Higher Education. Improve access to knowledge through providing books, references and online access for Faculties of Nursing. | Issues exist |
| Support to development and roll out of a roadmap for implementation of national health financing policy. | Support to revise the National Health Financing Policy 2016. TA to develop a road for successful implementation of the National Health Financing Policy (including the successful transition of NHIF towards a single purchaser system) Provider Payment Mechanisms were developed together with the UHC Essential Benefit Package with full involvement of FMOH and National Health Insurance Fund ((NHIF). The training of NHIF and MOH staff at national and other three states were completed. | Ongoing |
| Support the implementation of the Family Health Policy inline with UHC framework | Provide TA to support Sudan's Family Health Program | Ongoing |
| Support operationalization of the Humanitarian, Development and Peace Nexus (HDPNx) and health to peace approachs in Sudan health sector | Support operationalization of the Humanitarian, Development and Peace Nexus (HDPNx) and health to peace approachs in Sudan health sector | Ongoing |
| Promote people centred approach for health service delivery for all non-communicable diseases and mental health | TA to promote people centred approach for health service delivery for all non-communicable diseases and mental health | Ongoing |
| Strengthen the capacities of the Decentralized Health System to ensure equity and efficiency in health system in line with SDGs and Leaving no one behind agenda | - TA to develop curriculum for training in building Resilient Local Health System - Capacity building of staff in the Resilient Local Health System | Ongoing |
| Provide support to design and implement a comprehensive PHC-oriented Model of Care in selected states and localities as part of the phased approach for NHP(HiPs, HDPN, health financing, decentralized health system, integrated service delivery, IMI | - Design the PHC-oriented Model of Care (MoC) - Provide TA to support implementation of the MoC - Support development of the Delivery Plan (Theory of Cahnge and Imact measurement framework) | Ongoing |
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