March 2017
HEALTH POLICY PLUS: Madagascar
Summary
Health Policy Plus (HP+) is a global project
funded by the U.S. Agency for International
Development (USAID), implemented by a
consortium of partners, led by Palladium. The
mission of HP+ is to strengthen and advance
health policy priorities at global, national,
and subnational levels. The project seeks to
improve the enabling environment for equitable
and sustainable health services, supplies,
and delivery systems through policy design,
implementation, and financing. In Madagascar,
through the HP+ project, USAID has committed
to supporting the Ministry of Public Health and
the Ministry of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene
(WASH) in the areas of policy, advocacy,
financing, and governance. HP+ assists the
Malagasy government in implementing its
priorities in reducing maternal, newborn, and
child morbidity and mortality and improving
access to potable water via policy and financing.
Our Work
HP+ Madagascar concentrates on the following
program areas:
Reinforcing health systems and WASH
systems through policy
HP+ supports the Ministry of Public Health
and Ministry of WASH with development,
dissemination, and monitoring the
implementation of policies and strategies, based
on best practices, to strengthen the systems
in these two sectors to achieve established
goals. These policies and strategies, developed
collaboratively with key stakeholders, will allow
service providers and the Malagasy people,
including youth, to access services. Specifically,
HP+ will assist with:
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Designing, disseminating, and monitoring a
national health policy
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Reviewing and disseminating the national
community health policy and developing an
implementation strategy
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Developing, adopting, and disseminating a
WASH sector plan
Supporting the development of universal
health coverage (UHC)
HP+ will support the Ministry of Public Health
with implementing its 2015 UHC strategy,
which aims to improve access to healthcare,
particularly for vulnerable populations. For UHC
to be successful, services must be available,
accessible, and of good quality, and sociocultural
policies and factors should promote an
environment where health can flourish. A lack
of financial means should not be an obstacle
for access to healthcare. To support UHC
development activities, HP+ is assisting with:
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Developing a standardized action plan for
the implementation of UHC
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Conducting a health financing system
assessment to guide future reforms
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Promoting collaboration among relevant
stakeholders on a health financing strategy
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Building an evidence base to promote
health system reforms
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Capacity building in health financing,
UHC, and health insurance
Supporting increased mobilization of
sustainable resources for the health and
WASH sectors
HP+ supports governments and partners
in the production, analysis, and use of data
that allows them to be effective advocates,
mobilize resources, and plan for the future.
HP+ will support the government with:
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I nstitutionalizing national health
accounts to guide annual Ministry of
Public Health work plans
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Developing an investment case for
maternal, newborn, child, adolescent,
and reproductive health to ensure that
these priorities are financed
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Conducting financial flow analysis in
these sectors to determine bottlenecks in
financial management and opportunities
for advocacy
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Conducting financing gap analysis for
the Costed Implementation Plan (CIP)
for Family Planning and modeling
health and economic impacts of family
planning investments to advocate for the
increase or reallocation of resources
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Developing strategies to mobilize
resources for the WASH sector
and family planning services. HP+ supports
and promotes:
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Developing and executing a CIP for
family planning
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Conducting a legal and environmental
assessment of the context governing
reproductive health and family planning
programming in Madagascar
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Updating and disseminating the new
reproductive health/family planning law
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Modeling of the demographic dividend,
which will be used for advocacy and
in the development of strategies and
policies
For More Information, Contact
Health Policy Plus
Suneeta Sharma, PhD
Project Director
[email protected]
Tel: +1.202.775.9680
HP+ Madagascar
Nirina Ranaivoson, MD, MPH
Program Director, HP+ Madagascar
[email protected]
Tel: +261.32.07.101.42
Creating an environment that
encourages family planning
HP+ will support the Malagasy government
in its efforts to achieve a healthy population
by supporting its family planning goals. This
support will contribute to improving access
for women and mothers to quality health
Health Policy Plus
1331 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20004
www.healthpolicyplus.com
[email protected]
Health Policy Plus (HP+) is a five-year cooperative agreement funded by the U.S. Agency for International
Development under Agreement No. AID-OAA-A-15-00051, beginning August 28, 2015. HP+ is implemented
by Palladium, in collaboration with Avenir Health, Futures Group Global Outreach, Plan International USA,
Population Reference Bureau, RTI International, the White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood (WRA),
and ThinkWell.
The information provided in this document is not official U.S. Government information and does not
necessarily represent the views or positions of the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Photo courtesy of Kelly Lynch for UNICEF.