Annual Programme of Work 2005 - Ministry of Health

them to use HSPA as tools for stewardship
• Establish mechanisms for reviewing performance
agreements
• Develop and build consensus on incentives and
sanctions for performance and poor performance
COMPONENT: Financial Management
RELATED SECTOR-WIDE OBJECTIVES:
Improved efficiency in the health sector.
LEAD AGENCY: MOH/GHS/THs/Statutory Bodies
PERFORMANCE OUTPUTS
• Improved strategies developed
for cash flow management.
• Mechanisms developed to
retain staff and reduce
turnover of finance staff to
below 5 %
• BPEMS concept deployed to
GHS and 2 Teaching
Hospitals
• Quarterly and annual
financial statements produced
with focus on strategic
analysis and key trends.
PRIORITY ACTIVITIES
• Build in-house capacity and retain IT staff to adequately
cope with all components of PUFMARP
• Orient managers on the Financial Administration Act,
the Public Procurement Act and the Internal Audit
Agency Act- effects on disbursement and financial
reporting.
• Produce more timely quarterly financial statements and
improve reporting and analysis capacity at all levels.
• Encourage agencies to generate own reports through
BPEMS which is a more friendly FMS reporting tool
• Build capacity for policy dialogue on HIPC and GPRS
to ensure increased resources for MOH and also ensure
that expenditure tracking requirements are fully met.
• Agree an annual cash flow schedule with donor
commitments and related disbursements
• Operate an integrated fund management that ensures
prompt quarterly disbursement to BMCs
• Examine the possibilities of including Global Fund
revenues into the Health Fund
• Comply with the Common Management Arrangements
on disbursement and regularly communicate with
donors on status of funds & disbursement.
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