Over $ 180 Million Committed To Transforming Primary Health Delivery In South Sudan More than $ 180 million has been committed to transforming primary health delivery and supporting capacity in health ministries in the South Sudan Health Pooled Fund. 01 October 2013
*JUBA, 01 October 2013 [Gurtong]-* A release from the British Embassy says that Presidential Legal Advisor, Hon Telar Riing Deng, officially launched the South Sudan Health Pooled Fund (HPF) at an event in Juba where the Eastern Equatoria State’s Minister of Health, the Honourable Dr. Margaret Itto, welcomed the programme and the vital goals it worked towards. Visiting from London, Mr Mark Lowcock, Permanent Secretary at the UK Department for International Development, described the HPF as a unique programme where the Government of South Sudan is leading, and taking responsibility for delivering a package of health services for the people of South Sudan. He emphasise the importance of partners working at decentralised levels with State and County health departments to deliver essential health services to rural as well as urban populations. The HPF, which commenced on 15 October 2012, it is funded by the UK Department for International Development, the Australian Agency for International Development, the European Union, the Canadian International Development Agency, and the Swedish International Development and Cooperation Agency. The HPF will improve access to and quality of primary health care services and emergency obstetric and newborn care services. It will increase accountability and effectiveness, and support and strengthen key stewardship functions of the Ministry of Health. The HPF will support service delivery in Eastern Equatoria, Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Western Bahr el Ghazal, Warrap, Unity and Lakes states. Posted in: Home<http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/1/Home.aspx>, Governance<http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/6/Governance.aspx>, Health<http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/7/Health.aspx>, Foreign Aid/Assistance<http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/30/Foreign-AidAssistance.aspx> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14or_e%2BSisQMW6e3Yn97Q9j%2BHBxJOR60tZEH3qyqWAsDMSA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
