page_title: Health for All Project Albania
section_title: Content
hierarchical_section_title: Health for All Project Albania / Phase 1 / Content
caption_attribution_description: English: Hallway in the renovated health care center in Patos
context_page_description: The Health for All Project is a Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation project implemented by the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute in Albania aiming to improve primary healthcare services for the Albanian population. The project is divided into two phases:
  Phase 1 started in 2015 and was completed in March 2019 and was implemented by a consortium of NGO's; the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Terre des hommes, and Save the Children. The budget for the first phase amounted to a total of CHF 10 million. Phase 2 of the project started in April 2019. It is implemented solely by the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute through the HAP center with a budget of CHF 6 million. Scheduled ending of the project is March 2023.
  The overall goal of the project is embedded into the Swiss Cooperation Strategy for Albania and is stated as follows: The Albanian population benefits from better health thanks to improved primary healthcare services.
context_section_description: During the first phase of the project, a number of interventions were carried out. On the supply side, HAP is working closely with local and national Albanian governmental entities, such as the Ministry of Health and Social Protection (MoHSP), in reforming the health care system including professional development, health governance and financing and the decentralisation of services and functions. Those interventions include the development and introduction of efficient continuing medical education (CME) practices, such as peer review groups, revised accreditation standards and practices on national level or the establishment of a master's programme in health management offered by the University of Medicine and by the University of Tirana.
  Further, infrastructure has been improved by rehabilitating health centers or the distribution of medical bags for nurses and doctors equipped with state of the art instruments for the daily practice of health professionals. 
  On the demand side, the project has worked closely with communities applying a bottom-up approach in order to raise awareness for healthier behaviour and risk factors concerning non-communicable diseases, hence enhancing the access of the population to primary health care services, especially in rural areas.
caption: Hallway in the renovated health care center in Patos.
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