Reference number : 064-2022-2023-Q4-00076, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund, recipient country : US, recipient province : nan, recipient city : New York | New York, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : International Development Assistance Program, program name french : Programme d'aide au développement international, program purpose english : The main purpose on the International Development Assistance Program is to reduce poverty for those living in countries where Global Affairs Canada engages in international development., program purpose french : L’objectif princial du programme d’aide au développement international du Ministère est de réduire la pauvreté pour les populations qui vivent dans les pays où Affaires mondiales Canada se livre au développement international., agreement title english : Strengthening Tanzania's Primary Healthcare System – Technical Assistance Fund, agreement title french : Renforcer le système de soins de santé primaires en Tanzanie – Fonds d’assistance technique, agreement number : 7448496 P009439002, agreement value : 500000.0, agreement start date : 2023-03-10, agreement end date : 2027-03-31, description english : The multi-donor Technical Assistance Fund aims to maximize the potential of the Government of Tanzania's Health Basket Fund. The Health Basket Fund, which Canada contributes to through its $75 million Strengthening Tanzania's Primary Healthcare System for Women and Girls Project, supports the primary healthcare elements of the Government of Tanzania’s Health Sector Strategic Plan V. The Technical Assistance Fund contributes to building the government’s capacity in four areas critical to the success and sustainability of the Health Basket Fund. These areas include primary healthcare financing, primary healthcare quality of care, climate-smart primary healthcare and evidence generation and use for primary healthcare.

Project activities include: (1) providing  technical assistance to the Ministry of Health to ensure harmonization, integration and use of the Mama na Mwana client feedback mechanism for primary healthcare, with particular attention to the input of women and adolescent girls and boys; (2) providing  technical assistance to the Ministry of Health to develop a national capacity-building plan for primary healthcare leadership and health management, including evidence-based and gender-responsive planning, budgeting, monitoring and data use; (3) completing  a Mid-Term Review of the Health Basket Fund, integrating gender equality and environmental considerations; and (4) developing a National Roadmap for Implementation Research in primary healthcare to identify and address Health Basket Fund challenges and opportunities, including those related to gender equality and environmental sustainability., description french : The Technical Assistance Fund is a multi-donor initiative that aims to maximize the potential of the Government of Tanzania's Health Basket Fund (HBF) by filling critical gaps in the quality of primary health care (PHC). It provides technical assistance to build government capacity in four focal areas: PHC financing; PHC quality of care; climate smart PHC; and evidence generation and use for PHC. The Technical Assistance Fund will help maximize the results of GAC’s Strengthening Tanzania's Primary Healthcare System (PHC) for Women and Girls project, which provides direct support to the Health Basket Fund, and in turn, the primary health care elements of the government’s Health Sector Strategic Plan V., expected results english : The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) Improved use of quality gender- and adolescent-responsive primary healthcare services, including sexual and reproductive health services and maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health services, particularly by women, adolescent girls and children; and (2) Strengthened public primary healthcare system accountability and responsiveness to needs of the poorest and most marginalized, particularly women, adolescent girls and children., expected results french : The expected outcomes for this project include providing technical assistance to  Strengthening Tanzania's Primary Healthcare System for Women and Girls project: (1) improved use of quality, gender- and adolescent-responsive primary health care services, including for sexual and reproductive health and maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health, particularly by women, adolescent girls and children; and (2) strengthened public primary health care system accountability and responsiveness to needs of the poorest and most marginalized, particularly women, adolescent girls and children., additional information english : nan, additional information french : nan, owner organization : dfatd-maecd, owner organization title : Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada