Grants and Contributions:
Title:
Strengthening Tanzania's Primary Healthcare System – Technical Assistance Fund
Agreement Number:
7448496 P009439002
Agreement Value:
$500,000.00
Agreement Date:
Mar 10, 2023 - Mar 31, 2027
Description:
The multi-donor Technical Assistance Fund aims to maximize the potential of the Government of Tanzania's Health Basket Fund. The Health Basket Fund, which Canada contributes to through its $75 million Strengthening Tanzania's Primary Healthcare System for Women and Girls Project, supports the primary healthcare elements of the Government of Tanzania’s Health Sector Strategic Plan V. The Technical Assistance Fund contributes to building the government’s capacity in four areas critical to the success and sustainability of the Health Basket Fund. These areas include primary healthcare financing, primary healthcare quality of care, climate-smart primary healthcare and evidence generation and use for primary healthcare.
Project activities include: (1) providing technical assistance to the Ministry of Health to ensure harmonization, integration and use of the Mama na Mwana client feedback mechanism for primary healthcare, with particular attention to the input of women and adolescent girls and boys; (2) providing technical assistance to the Ministry of Health to develop a national capacity-building plan for primary healthcare leadership and health management, including evidence-based and gender-responsive planning, budgeting, monitoring and data use; (3) completing a Mid-Term Review of the Health Basket Fund, integrating gender equality and environmental considerations; and (4) developing a National Roadmap for Implementation Research in primary healthcare to identify and address Health Basket Fund challenges and opportunities, including those related to gender equality and environmental sustainability.
Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Expected Results:
The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) Improved use of quality gender- and adolescent-responsive primary healthcare services, including sexual and reproductive health services and maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health services, particularly by women, adolescent girls and children; and (2) Strengthened public primary healthcare system accountability and responsiveness to needs of the poorest and most marginalized, particularly women, adolescent girls and children.
Location:
New York, US
Reference Number:
064-2022-2023-Q4-00076
Agreement Type:
Grant
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Recipient's Legal Name:
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund
Program:
International Development Assistance Program
Program Purpose:
The main purpose on the International Development Assistance Program is to reduce poverty for those living in countries where Global Affairs Canada engages in international development.