Verification of Performance in Results-Based Financing : The Case of Afghanistan

Verification of Performance in Results-Based Financing : The Case of Afghanistan

Since the end of the Taliban period, Afghanistan made remarkable progress, particularly in the health sector. Between 1990 and 2013, infant mortality declined from 121.3 to 70.2 deaths per 1’000 live births; under 5 mortality diminished from 179.1...

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Main Author: World Bank Group
Format: Brief
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:
service delivery
health centers
patient satisfaction
health financing
results-based financing
RBF
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/09/26823674/verification-performance-results-based-financing-case-afghanistan
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spelling okr-10986-251252021-04-23T14:04:29Z Verification of Performance in Results-Based Financing : The Case of Afghanistan World Bank Group service delivery health centers patient satisfaction health financing results-based financing RBF Since the end of the Taliban period, Afghanistan made remarkable progress, particularly in the health sector. Between 1990 and 2013, infant mortality declined from 121.3 to 70.2 deaths per 1’000 live births; under 5 mortality diminished from 179.1 to 97.3 deaths per 1’000 live births; and maternal mortality dropped from 1’300 to 460 maternal deaths per 100’000 live births. To further improve the coverage and utilization of Maternal and Child Health (MCH) services, the Government of Afghanistan – under the stewardship of the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) – launched a new supply-side Results-Based Financing (RBF) scheme, covering 11 provinces and providing a standardized basic package of health services (BPHS). This package focuses on priority MCH services such as antenatal care (ANC), post-natal care (PNC), delivery care, nutrition, immunization coverage, tuberculosis (TB), as well as quality of care. This RBF program contracts international NGOs, incentivizing them for both the quantity and the quality of select services. 2016-10-07T17:19:13Z 2016-10-07T17:19:13Z 2015-08 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/09/26823674/verification-performance-results-based-financing-case-afghanistan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25125 English en_US Health, Nutrition and Population Global Practice Knowledge brief; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief South Asia Afghanistan
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health centers
patient satisfaction
health financing
results-based financing
RBF
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health centers
patient satisfaction
health financing
results-based financing
RBF
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Verification of Performance in Results-Based Financing : The Case of Afghanistan
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description Since the end of the Taliban period, Afghanistan made remarkable progress, particularly in the health sector. Between 1990 and 2013, infant mortality declined from 121.3 to 70.2 deaths per 1’000 live births; under 5 mortality diminished from 179.1 to 97.3 deaths per 1’000 live births; and maternal mortality dropped from 1’300 to 460 maternal deaths per 100’000 live births. To further improve the coverage and utilization of Maternal and Child Health (MCH) services, the Government of Afghanistan – under the stewardship of the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) – launched a new supply-side Results-Based Financing (RBF) scheme, covering 11 provinces and providing a standardized basic package of health services (BPHS). This package focuses on priority MCH services such as antenatal care (ANC), post-natal care (PNC), delivery care, nutrition, immunization coverage, tuberculosis (TB), as well as quality of care. This RBF program contracts international NGOs, incentivizing them for both the quantity and the quality of select services.
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author World Bank Group
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title Verification of Performance in Results-Based Financing : The Case of Afghanistan
title_short Verification of Performance in Results-Based Financing : The Case of Afghanistan
title_full Verification of Performance in Results-Based Financing : The Case of Afghanistan
title_fullStr Verification of Performance in Results-Based Financing : The Case of Afghanistan
title_full_unstemmed Verification of Performance in Results-Based Financing : The Case of Afghanistan
title_sort verification of performance in results-based financing : the case of afghanistan
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2016
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/09/26823674/verification-performance-results-based-financing-case-afghanistan
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