Study on USAID Non-Project Assistance Programs in
Study on USAID Non-Project Assistance Programs in
Study on USAID Non-Project Assistance Programs in
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Provide a firm legal foundati<strong>on</strong> for community-managed cost recovery activities;Provide nati<strong>on</strong>al standards for delivery of family plann<strong>in</strong>g and maternal health services;andMake modern c<strong>on</strong>traceptives readily accessible to the populati<strong>on</strong> by <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g them <strong>in</strong> thenati<strong>on</strong>al essential drugs program.The PHCSR program called for the disbursement of a total of $5 milli<strong>on</strong> to the Government ofCamero<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong> three tranches over a period of three years. It was anticipated that the funds would be useddirectly by the MOPH to support the c<strong>on</strong>t<strong>in</strong>ued implementati<strong>on</strong> of the redef<strong>in</strong>ed primary care strategythroughout the country.9.3 EXPERIENCESThe PHCSR reform program was never authorized by <strong>USAID</strong>. Instead, <strong>USAID</strong> chose to directits attenti<strong>on</strong> to more fully support<strong>in</strong>g the implementati<strong>on</strong> of the reoriented primary care strategy <strong>in</strong> Southand Adamaoua prov<strong>in</strong>ces (SESA) and strengthen<strong>in</strong>g the delivery of family plann<strong>in</strong>g services throughoutthe country (FHSP).Despite the lack of an NPA-based <strong>in</strong>centive for policy reform, a number of the legal changes <strong>in</strong>support of cost recovery and the redef<strong>in</strong>ed primary care strategy that were def<strong>in</strong>ed by the PHCSR havebeen made by the Government of Camero<strong>on</strong>.28