Leveraging stractegic Health Financing for Universal Health Coverage

The intervention will focus on Universal Health Coverage in Uganda following a Rights Based Approach. It will support result based financing as a key strategy to improve provision of quality services, efficiency and equity in recourse allocation and as a first step towards a third-payment system of a public health insurance system. Attention for patients’ rights and protection will be included. In this way the intervention will contribute to modelling a sustainable health insurance scheme and organization in Uganda, through support field to Districts and Health Facilities in the Rwenzori, West Nile regions and Acholi sub-region in Uganda, as well as a strategic support to the RBF unit at the ministry’s level. The intervention will provide direct support in the area of emergency response in order to strengthen the referral system, and in the area of sexual and reproductive health services and rights to strengthen demand and access, in particular for adolescents and in the area of family planning. Leveraging stractegic Health Financing for Universal Health Coverage (UGANDA, Health - Medical services). SITUATION ANALYSIS 1.1 Context 1.2 Political and strategic framework of the health sector 2. The Specific Agreement will be for a duration of 39 months. The duration of the actual implementation phase (including operational closure) is set at 33 months. This intervention will support result-based financing as a key strategy to improve provision of quality services, efficiency and equity in recourse allocation and as a first step towards a third-payment system of a public health insurance system. In this way it will contribute to the development of a sustainable national health insurance scheme in Uganda. This will pass through a strategic support to the RBF unit at the MoH level as well as field support to RBF in Districts and Health Facilities in the Rwenzori, West Nile regions and. partially – in the Acholi sub-region in Uganda. The intervention will provide direct support in the area of emergency response in order to strengthen the referral system, and in the area of sexual and reproductive health services (with a strong focus on Family Planning) to strengthen demand and access, in particular for women, adolescents and children and other vulnerable groups such as refugees. The general objective of this programme is “Contribute to Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Uganda’. part of a bridging program between the Indicative Development Cooperation Program 2012-2016 and the one under development between the Kingdom of Belgium and the Republic of Uganda. The intervention is fully anchored in the Health Financing Strategy 2016-2025, the Results Based Financing (RBF) implementation framework, UHC Road Map for Uganda, as well as the Ministry of Health Strategic Plan 2020/21. The project continues the efforts started with the previous projects, this time focusing more on technical support to RBF implementation, and continuing to support the reflection and elaboration of subsequent steps in the roadmap towards establishment of a sustainable national health financing system. In addition to the component on health financing, the projects implement institution

Leveraging stractegic Health Financing for Universal Health Coverage (UGANDA, Health - Medical services). SITUATION ANALYSIS 1.1 Context 1.2 Political and strategic framework of the health sector 2. The Specific Agreement will be for a duration of 39 months. The duration of the actual implementation phase (including operational closure) is set at 33 months. This intervention will support result-based financing as a key strategy to improve provision of quality services, efficiency and equity in recourse allocation and as a first step towards a third-payment system of a public health insurance system. In this way it will contribute to the development of a sustainable national health insurance scheme in Uganda. This will pass through a strategic support to the RBF unit at the MoH level as well as field support to RBF in Districts and Health Facilities in the Rwenzori, West Nile regions and. partially – in the Acholi sub-region in Uganda. The intervention will provide direct support in the area of emergency response in order to strengthen the referral system, and in the area of sexual and reproductive health services (with a strong focus on Family Planning) to strengthen demand and access, in particular for women, adolescents and children and other vulnerable groups such as refugees. The general objective of this programme is “Contribute to Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Uganda’. part of a bridging program between the Indicative Development Cooperation Program 2012-2016 and the one under development between the Kingdom of Belgium and the Republic of Uganda. The intervention is fully anchored in the Health Financing Strategy 2016-2025, the Results Based Financing (RBF) implementation framework, UHC Road Map for Uganda, as well as the Ministry of Health Strategic Plan 2020/21. The project continues the efforts started with the previous projects, this time focusing more on technical support to RBF implementation, and continuing to support the reflection and elaboration of subsequent steps in the roadmap towards establishment of a sustainable national health financing system. In addition to the component on health financing, the projects implement institution