Guyana: Improving Organisational and Institutional Capacity

Region: Latin America and Caribbean
Country: Guyana
Client: Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
Date: 2006 - 2009

The IADB-funded Health Sector Programme (HSP) in Guyana sought to improve the effectiveness, quality and equity of access to health services in the country. HLSP led the implementation of a key component of the HSP: improving organisational and institutional capacity.

HLSP provided technical assistance in:

• institutional strengthening (assisting the Ministry of Health’s effort to strengthen system-wide governance and improve institutional capacity)
• human resources development, including developing workforce planning capacity, modernising training programmes and identifying incentives
• improvement of the health management information system
• strengthening of the pharmaceutical system to improve access to essential drugs, vaccines and other health care supplies

Technical area:

• Governance and organisational development
• Human resources
• Health information systems
• Access to medicines