Healthcare Action Through Rapid Infrastructure Improvements (“HARI'I”) Project

The development objective of the Healthcare Action Through Rapid Infrastructure Improvements (HARI’I) Project for Timor-Leste is to: (a) strengthen the health infrastructure and referral system in project target areas in Timor-Leste, and (b) in case of an eligible crisis or emergency, respond promptly and effectively to it. The project comprises of four components. The first component, strengthening health infrastructure for a well-performing health referral system will serve the climate shock-prone municipalities Ermera, Lautém, and Viqueque, as well as the population nationwide referred to National Hospital Guido Valadares (HNGV) and Lahane Hospital for specialist services. It consists of following sub-components: (i) strengthening health referral systems at the municipality level; (ii) tertiary care equipment; (iii) feasibility studies and detailed engineering design (DED) for HNGV expansion remaining phases and municipal hospitals; and (iv) digital infrastructure improvements. The second component, ensuring the availability of management costs at the primary health care level will address the limitations leading to less-than-adequate service delivery at primary health care level in Timor-Leste, the project will support the management cost of community health center (CHCs) and health post (HPs), and the associated public financial management (PFM) capacity building of staff in three Project municipalities to run health facilities and provide health services. It consists of following sub-components: (i) provision of facility management cost; and (ii) public financial management (PFM) capacity building. The third component, project management and monitoring and evaluation will strengthen the special project management unit (SPMU) in Ministry of Health (MoH), the unit in charge of day-to-day project management and oversight, additional consultants will be contracted to form a project management consultant unit (PMCU) based on identified needs. The fourth component,...