SHAPLA - Strengthening Health and Population for the Less
Advantaged
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
introduced a sector wide approach to management and funding in July
1998. This was supported by a large group of donors providing
pooled and parallel funding.
The purpose of this DFID support was to facilitate the management
and organisational changes needed within the MOHFW to successfully
implement the new programme and provide technical assistance both
to Government and development Partners in their joint efforts.
Components of support included:
- Organisation and Management Development
- Human Resources
- Financial Management
- Hospital Management
The programme worked at all levels of the Health System and nation
wide, though the main concentration of effort is at the senior
levels. The programme successfully introduced Upazilla
(sub-district) level planning processes, a national gender equity
strategy and a series of complex organisational and financial
reforms throughout the MOHFW.
HLSP has built on the successes of the SHAPLA project through the
establishment of a regional office in Dhaka.
