India Signs $32 Million Loan With World Bank
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Approach “India Signs $32 Million Loan With World Bank” : Mains

1. Implementation
2. Who will get the benefit ?
3. Implementation Strategy

Why in News ?

The Government of India, Government of Mizoram and the World Bank have signed a $32 million Mizoram Health Systems Strengthening Project.

• To improve management capacity and quality of health services in Mizoram particularly for the benefit of under-served areas and vulnerable groups.

Key Facts

• The project will strengthen the governance and the management structure of the Department of Health and Family Welfare (DoHFW)
• Also its subsidiaries, improve the quality and coverage of services delivered by the state government health systems.
• The project amount can invest in a comprehensive Quality Assurance program which would enable quality certification of health facilities.
• Key Focus
  • Strengthen the effectiveness of the state health insurance programme.
  • Build synergies with the Government of India’s Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna (PMJAY).
  • Reduce financial barriers in accessing hospital services, prevent catastrophic out of pocket expenditure for health by poor families and expand coverage.
  • Invest in infection prevention and control for a more resilient response to future outbreaks, pandemics, and health emergencies.
  • improving the overall ecosystem for bio-medical waste management (both solid and liquid waste).
    • It will include segregation, disinfection, and collection while safeguarding the environment and improving the quality of health service and patient safety.
• Benefits for
  • The people across all eight districts of the state.
  • Health sector staff, specifically at the secondary and primary levels, by strengthening their planning and management capacity along with building their clinical skills and competencies.
  • Poor families.
• Key strategy of the project
  • Project will move towards a performance based financing system.
  • Internal Performance Agreements (IPAs) between the DoHFW and its subsidiaries would foster more accountability at all levels.
  • This is expected to go a long way in improving the management of the system to deliver quality health services.
  • Promoting synergy between various schemes and augment the capacity of the state insurance agency.

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