HEALTH SYSTEMS STRENGTHENING (HSS) PROJECT - GLOBAL FUND ROUND NINE
The Government of Tanzania is committed to the equitable delivery of quality health services. It is important for the nation to achieve this equity by having adequate and skilled staff that is motivated and well equipped. The Benjamin William Mkapa HIV/AIDS Foundation (BMAF), with the guidance of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoHSW) and other key stakeholders, is working to achieve this goal through Health Systems Strengthening (HSS) with funds provided by the Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
BMAF will address three objectives within Health Systems Strengthening:
- To increase production of mid-level and highly skilled health workers in Tanzania’s existing public, private, and faith-based training facilities;
- To scale-up tested country Human Resource for Health (HRH) innovations to support recruitment, strengthen retention to improve service delivery in HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria and other health services; and
- To create a comprehensive health systems leadership and management capacity to effectively manage HIV/ AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis.
BMAF’s outcomes of these three objectives are to realize a 97% increase in student intake in the health professions, a 49% increase in total capacity of the existing training network, to achieve a maximum annual graduation of 6960 from the current training system by 2016, a 34% increase in the density of skilled health workers, and overall a doubling of the capacity the health workforce (a 62% increase in health worker density) to administer ARVs, malaria treatment, and TB regimens. BMAF also want to see HSS strengthen to attract and retain skilled health workers and training instructors and other staff in 70 hard to reach areas throughout the country; and improved staff work environment, especially housing and accommodations – to rehabilitate and construct 700 houses for health workers in these rural areas in Tanzania. This will lead to reduced percentage of rural-urban health worker disparity, improve equity and access problems in rural areas including those related to HIV, malaria and tuberculosis. Finally, BMAF hopes to coordinate leadership and management practices of the Council Health Management Teams (CHMTs), Hospital Management Teams, TB, HIV/AIDS, and Malaria coordinators with the guidance of the MoSHW.
