Sammanfattning
The Health Pooled Fund (HPF) was a multi-donor program launched in 2012 to support delivery of essential health services in South Sudan. At its inception, the long-term goal was to build a government-led health system leading to improved quality of care on maternal and infant health.
To this end, the HPF contracted implementing partners to deliver a sub-set of services, while strengthening the Government’s capacities and ability to take over health service delivery in the longer-term.
Our study shows that the HPF played a pivotal role in preventing total collapse of healthcare delivery, and likely realised its intended impact in terms of decreasing maternal and child mortality. However, it fell short of achieving a government-led health system. Low capacities of the Government, lack of skilled health personnel, financial constraints (or lack of prioritisation) in public budgets leave the healthcare system in South Sudan highly reliant on donor engagement and funding.
In addition, gaps or disruptions in HPF service delivery highlight the high risk that its achievements may be reversed in the absence of institutional and financial sustainability.
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Tematik: Hälsa
Geografiskt område: Sydsudan
Språk: Engelska
Publikationsnummer: 2025:1f