Strategic Purchasing and Alignment of Resources & Knowledge in Health Project (SPARK-Health)

The development objective of the Strategic Purchasing and Alignment of Resources and Knowledge in Health Project for Cote d'Ivoire is to improve the utilization and quality of health services towards reducing maternal and infant mortality in the Recipient's territory. The project comprises of four components. The first component, scale-up of strategic purchasing consists of following sub-components: (i) extension of performance-based financing (PBF) in the context of strategic purchasing; (ii) scale-up of national health insurance (CMU); and (iii) support for health reforms and national capacity building. The second component, health system strengthening to improve performance consists of following sub-components: (i) rehabilitation, equipment, and environmental sanitation; (ii) reproductive health and nutrition; (iii) strengthening health human resources; and (iv) governance and health management information systems (HMIS). The third component, project management consists of following sub-components: (i) project coordination; (ii) monitoring-evaluation (monitoring, supervision, and support); and (iii) knowledge sharing and dissemination of results. The fourth component, contingent emergency response component (CERC) will allow for rapid reallocation of project proceeds in the event of a natural or man-made disaster or crisis that has caused or is likely to imminently cause a major adverse economic and or social impact.