ANZDEC is providing the Project Implementation Consultants (PIC) to GOP’s Department of Health to assist with implementation of the GOP and ADB loan funded HSDP. ANZDEC mobilized its team of consultants in August 2009. The PIC consulting services will be delivered over a period of 20 months.
The Philippines has been making steady progress in improving the health status of its population despite the modest economic growth compared to regional standards and the high population growth. Poverty headcount and economic inequality remain high and are major determinants of unequal health outcomes. Access to health services is inequitable because of financial barriers to care for the poor and the unequal distribution of health care capacity. This led to the launching of the Health Sector Reform Agenda (HSRA) in 1999.
HSDP is an umbrella program of the HSRA – it will advocate, design, initiate and evaluate specific interventions at the national level and in selected pilot provinces to support the HSRA. The project will translate health policy reforms into strategic changes in corporate cultures and in concrete improvements in health services delivery which are expected to result in more affordable and better quality health care and increased utilization of health resources.
