African Health Sector Development Project
Project / Program Summary

Sector:	Health and Population
Title:	"African Health Sector Development Project"
Donor country/ organization:	Japan/ Japan International Corporation of Welfare Services(JICWELS)
Other donors/organizations involved:
Beneficiary countries/ regions:	Sub-Saharan African nations, the Region as a whole
Implementing agencies in beneficiary countries/ regions:
Duration:	FY 1998
Starting date:	FY 1998
Project/ Program budget:
Finance/ Type of cooperation:	technical cooperation

Objectives
To contribute to health system development and capacity building in public health and health services in the Sub-Saharan Region by holding dialogues among health policy makers of African nations and Japan and by conducting on-site investigations to collect relevant data for devising health system development programs in the Sub-Saharan Region.
Activities/ contents
Dispatch of experts to Sub-Saharan nations to meet with health policy makers to discuss relevant health issues and to conduct interviews, surveys and on-site investigations on public health and health services in the Region. A comprehensive report that will contribute to policy-formulation in health systems development in the Region will be produced. Seminars and/or other forms of dialogue among health policy makers will be conducted, strengthening partnerships between African nations and Japan.
Expected outcomes/ impacts
Relevant data for developing strategic approaches to improve public health and primary health care of the people in the Region will be collected, contributing to policy-making of Sub-Saharan nations.
Features in line with the Agenda for Action
The project will contribute to health systems development, with particular emphasis on capacity building in the health sector, thereby improving the public health and health services standards of the Region.

Office of International Cooperation, International Affairs Division,
Ministry of Health and Welfare

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