Program for Improved Access to Effective Health Services for the Vulnerable and Enhanced Health System Resilience

The development objective of the Program for Improved Access to Effective Health Services for the Vulnerable and Enhanced Health System Resilience for Colombia is to improve access to effective health services for the vulnerable population and enhance the resilience of the health system to climate change and public health threats. The Program-for-Results (PforR) aligns directly with the FY16-21 World Bank (WB) Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for Colombia, the Colombia Performance and Learning Review (PLR) and the most recent core diagnostic work that will inform the 2024-2027 CPF. The operation contributes to the current CPF Pillar 1, given its focus on achieving effective access to health services for the vulnerable. It also contributes to CPF Pillar 2: enhancing social inclusion and mobility through improved service delivery. The PforR instrument provides powerful incentives for the Ministry of Health and Social Protection (MSPS) to achieve development results included in the National Development Plan (PND). The PforR contributes to an operational and pragmatic definition of key results indicators for the sector, as well as the monitoring and evaluation of key policies proposed in the PND, helping the Government achieve increasingly complex and long-term outcomes.