| Reporting Organization: | IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank |
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| Total Budget ($CAD): | $ 33,750,000 |
| Timeframe: | November 27, 2014 - December 31, 2017 |
| Status: | Completion |
| Contact Information: | Unspecified |
| Afghanistan - $ 33,750,000.00 (100.00%) | |
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This project supports the System Enhancement for Health Action in Transition program (SEHAT), one of the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF) Investment Window initiatives. SEHAT aims to improve national basic health services for people in Afghanistan, with a focus on services for women and children. The project provides support to Afghanistan’s Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) for the implementation of the country’s Health and Nutrition Sector Strategy. It seeks to help expand the delivery of basic health services throughout the country, particularly for women and children; increase access to essential hospital services in rural areas; and strengthen the ability of the MoPH to manage, monitor, and evaluate the national health system. The ARTF was established in 2002 to respond to the need for a dependable and predictable mechanism to support the Government of Afghanistan’s budget. The ARTF is critical to building a more functional and representative government system that is able to successfully deliver services to Afghan citizens. The ARTF consists of two funding channels: (1) the Recurrent Cost Window, which provides funding for salaries of non-uniformed government employees and for operations and maintenance expenditures, to enable the Government of Afghanistan to deliver and manage essential services. (2) the Investment Window provides funding for priority development programs in key sectors such as education, health, agriculture, rural development, infrastructure, and governance. Canada is working in close cooperation with the World Bank, other donors and the Government of Afghanistan to promote effective, transparent, and accountable country systems; to increase donor coordination and harmonization; and to strengthen mutual accountability. The ARTF also fosters greater policy dialogue among donors, government, and partners, thus helping to strengthen efforts towards effective, focussed aid and long-term development results. Canada’s total contribution to the ARTF is valued at 136 million dollars and is divided into four components: (1) the first component provides operational funds to the government of Afghanistan through the Recurrent Cost Window; (2) this component supports the SEHAT program through the Investment Window; (3) the third component supports the Education Quality Improvement Program (EQUIP) through the Investment Window; and (4) the last component represents funds set aside for technical assistance, plus monitoring and evaluation. This project is part of Canada’s maternal, newborn, and child health commitment.
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| Total Direct Population: | Unspecified |
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Return to topThe expected intermediate outcome for this project is improved health status of Afghans, with a focus on women and children.
Results achieved by the World Bank through the support of the Government of Canada and other international donors as of March 2016 include: (1) 732,248 births were attended by skilled health personnel; (2) increased PENTA3 vaccine coverage to 58% among children aged 12-23 months in the lowest income households; and (3) 46% of children under age five diagnosed with severe acute malnutrition were treated.
These results have contributed to expanding the scope, quality and coverage of health services provided to the Afghan population, particularly to the poor, in all 34 provinces of Afghanistan.
