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West Bank and Gaza
>> Regional Overview >>West Bank and Gaza Overview Program Data Sheet
294-007USAID MISSION: West Bank and Gaza
PROGRAM TITLE: Family Health (Pillar: Global Health)
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE AND NUMBER: Healthier Palestinian Families, 294-007
STATUS: Continuing
PLANNED FY 2002 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $1,369,000 ESF
PRIOR YEAR UNOBLIGATED FUNDS AND FUNDING SOURCE: $5,090,000 ESF; $19,770,000 ESF (Wye Supplemental Funds)
PROPOSED FY 2003 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $6,110,000 ESF
INITIAL OBLIGATION: FY 1999 ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: FY 2005Summary: Economic Support Funds are supporting an integrated women's and children's health program that includes-
- clinical training of healthcare providers to incorporate best practices, improve performance and quality of care for women's and children's health and nutrition-related services;
- upgrading and equipping village and community-based primary and secondary healthcare facilities;
- designing a model health information system for timely and accurate data gathering and decision making;
- individual and community awareness programming with a focus on health promotion, disease prevention, nutritional status, and accident prevention;
- procurement of contraceptive technologies supplemented with counseling for family-planning choice; and
- emergency health programming, including community psychosocial support initiatives, the procurement of emergency medical supplies and equipment, and training in first response and emergency case management practices.
Women, adolescents, and children are the key beneficiaries of this program.
Inputs, Outputs, and Activities: FY 2002 Program: USAID will significantly upgrade the clinical competencies and quality of service provision to over 400 primary and secondary healthcare providers and will introduce internationally recognized clinical protocols as they relate to women's and children's health and nutrition practices. Healthcare providers will also receive training in contraceptive counseling and technologies, thus allowing women to make informed choices concerning family size and birth intervals. Approximately 100 village and community-based health clinics, as well as six referral centers, focusing on problem births throughout the West Bank and Gaza will be identified for physical renovation. USAID will fund a fully representative rapid nutritional assessment to identify the nutritional status, food consumption, and nutritional habits of the approximately 975,000 non-refugee Palestinian women and children as social and economic indicators deteriorate due to the uprising and border closures. In addition, market surveys will be undertaken to better understand food availability and accessibility to non-refugee Palestinian families. Data obtained from this baseline assessment will be utilized by USAID to make informed programmatic decisions with respect to nutrition-related implementation in FY 2002.
Also in FY 2002, USAID will improve the quality of emergency case-management through trauma training, resulting in better treatment to approximately 500,000 acutely ill or trauma victims, and the procurement of supplies and equipment to local and regional health facilities to meet increased demands for emergency services. Through financial support to up to 10 rehabilitation facilities, approximately 1,000 people with disabilities will receive rehabilitative services resulting in their reintegration into communities. An early warning system to include critical health and nutrition indicators will be designed and introduced in order to identify new trends in the health of the population and guide development interventions. Approximately 2,000 teachers and social workers will be trained in counseling techniques to ensure their implementation of appropriate, quality, and consistent psychosocial programming for approximately 27,000 children and youth detrimentally affected by the current violence.
Planned FY 2003 Program: USAID plans to use FY 2003 resources to further address the health, nutrition, and psychosocial needs of women, adolescents, and children. For example, additional training, hardware, and software will be provided to improve the quality of antenatal and postpartum care for mothers and children, and to upgrade the research capabilities of Palestinian research institutions. Social support providers will be trained; pilot social outreach campaigns and training will be provided to assist individuals affected by the uprising; and a national level social database will be designed.
All contracts and grants funded with resources from the West Bank and Gaza Program will incorporate clauses that implement the President's directive reinstating the Mexico City Policy.
SUBMISSION OF THIS PROGRAM DATA SHEET CONSTITUTES FORMAL RENOTIFICATION OF USAID'S INTENT TO OBLIGATE FY 2002 RESOURCES FOR THE ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED ABOVE. Performance and Results: USAID has modified its healthcare programs to respond to the violence that began in September 2000. It is funding more local training of emergency healthcare workers, supplying critical emergency medical supplies, and strengthening the ability of the Palestinian healthcare system to respond to the emergency situation in the West Bank and Gaza. In three target cities, USAID technical assistance worked directly with health nongovernmental organizations to introduce a basic package of quality antenatal and postpartum care services through the training of 56 primary health care providers. In addition, 27 primary health care clinics were physically upgraded and equipped. The new health care project will result in improved ante- and post-natal care, better health information systems, improved health clinics, and better trained doctors and other healthcare workers.
Principal Contractors, Grantees, or Agencies: USAID's activities are implemented through contractors PricewaterhouseCoopers (prime), Save the Children (prime), and CARE International (prime). Sub-contractors include the Academy for International Development, Pal-Tech, the University of North Carolina's International Reproductive Health Association, University Research Corporation, American Near East Refugee Aid, and the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.
US Financing in Thousands of Dollars
294-007 Healthier Palestinian families ESF Through September 30, 2000 Obligations 402 Expenditures 0 Unliquidated 402 Fiscal Year 2001 Obligations 9,975 Expenditures 253 Through September 30, 2001 Obligations 10,377 Expenditures 253 Unliquidated 10,124 Prior Year Unobligated Funds Obligations 24,860 Planned Fiscal Year 2002 NOA Obligations 1,369 Total Planned Fiscal Year 2002 Obligations 26,229 Proposed Fiscal Year 2003 NOA Obligations 6,110 Future Obligations 6,110 Est. Total Cost 48,826
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