Table 4 PBF programme timeline
From: Political economy analysis of the performance‐based financing programme in Afghanistan
Date | Main Feature |
|---|---|
July 2008 | Afghanistan National Risk and Vulnerability Assessment report 2007/2008 released. The report highlighted that only 37 % of children received full immunisation, CPR was 15 %, 36 % ANC use, and 24 % SBA use. The cost of transportation was indicated as the main barrier to access health facilities by women and children. |
September 2008 | A preliminary MoU signed between MoPH and WB to adopt PBF. |
April 2009 | Health financing and sustainability policy and strategy developed and highlighted the need for supply and demand-side financing |
October 2009 | Financial agreement on PBF signed between the WB and Afghan MoF. The WB pledged 12 million US dollars grant to be used by the PBF programme. |
Early 2010 | PBF programme pilot started in two provinces (Panjshir and Samangan) |
September 2010 | PBF programme expanded to additional nine provinces (Badakhshan, Balkh, Bamyan, Jawzjan, Kandahar, Kunduz, Takhar, Parwan, Saripul) |
December 2010 | PBF workshop conducted to orient the PHOs and NSPs on the PBF objectives, mechanism of implementation, expected outputs and outcomes. The participants were managers from the MoPH and NSPs. |
June 2011 | PBF baseline survey submitted to MoPH |
July 2011 | PBF national workshop conducted to share the HMIS findings, discuss the unit costs of services, and find out challenges and way forward. |
November 2011 | PBF unit cost of services modified. PBF national workshop conducted to present HMIS updates. |
February 2013 | PBF workshop conducted to discuss about monitoring findings, implementation challenges, 3rd party verification results, implementation challenges and way forward. The participants were managers from the MoPH and NSPs. |
Early 2016 | PBF end line survey 2015 submitted to MoPH |