World Bank approves second additional financing to Tajikistan health services improvement project

AKIPRESS.COM - The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors approved the Second Additional Financing to the Tajikistan Health Services Improvement Project on Dec 18, Asia Plus reports.
A $10 million grant will be provided to Tajikistan, according to the World Bank's website.
The objective of the additional financing is in scaling up activities related to the improvement of the coverage and quality of basic primary health care services in selected districts of Tajikistan.
The Tajikistan Health Services Improvement Project, which was officially launched in May 2014, aims to improve the quality of health services for the population. Initial project funding was $19.8 million.
This $19.8 million grant aimed to improve maternal and child health outcomes by providing incentive payments for better performance in coverage and quality of basic primary health care services in rural health facilities of Tajikistan.
The Project seeks to increase the coverage and quality of basic primary health care services through result-based financing (RBF). RBF is a change from paying for inputs, such as training and equipment, to paying for results achieved, such as the number of fully vaccinated children, the number of malnourished children properly counseled, the number of pregnant women fully covered with antenatal care and women who have given birth covered with postnatal care, the number of hypertensive patients detected and registered, and others.