Mali Health Sector Support Project

The goal of the sector-wide support is to contribute to achieving MDGs related to the health sector (decrease maternal and infantmortality, fight malaria, HIV/AIDS and other diseases) and to closely monitor these goals. The main objective is to strengthenhealth and social development systems at the decentralized level and to fine tune it to cover the underserved population. Theproject has three components:Support the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Social Development central directorates in (a) developing and enforcing policies,norms and standards of services, (b) promoting alternative financing mechanisms, (c) ensuring monitoring and evaluation, and (d)providing overall leadership to each sector - Amount of US $12 million (30 %);Support regional and district plans of operations (in regions and cercles) in (a) providing effective and quality health and socialservices in hospitals and Reference Health Centers (Centres de Sant� de R�f�rence), (b) supervising decentralized community healthcenters and (c) developing public-private partnership for health education, nutrition and relevant community-based programs -Amount of US $14 million (35%);Support decentralized health programs in communes, including human resource and facilities management, in (a) developing localinitiatives involving civil society in order to increase the demand of services, (b) in training community-based committees and (c)motivate service delivery staff in decentralized facilities- Amount of US $14 million (35%).