Sustainable Investment and

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Sustainable Investment and Donor Coordination in
the Philippines A Presentation
by Undersecretary Nieves L. Osorio Department of
Finance 25 March 2004
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• Philippine Donor Coordination

• National TB Program (NTP) of the Philippines
  implemented by the Department of Health

• Two mechanisms to ensure donor coordination

• Project Assistance to Control TB (PACT)

• Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM)

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• Project Assistance to Control TB (PACT)

• A collaborative mechanism for TB control
  related to D.O.T.S. strategy in the public
  sector

• Mechanism to

• systematize info exchange between intl.
  partners Govt.

• harmonize plans inputs of various TB projects
  

• Facilitate decisions on cross-cutting issues

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• Project Assistance to Control TB (PACT)

• Creation is embodied under DOH Order No. 396
  s. 2004

• Chaired by DOH with members from other DOH
  offices, NEDA and international donors

• Meetings are held at least every two
  months

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• Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM)

• Collaborative mechanism for TB, malaria and
  AIDS implements GFATM

• Developed from the National Infectious Disease
  Advisory Council (NIDAC)

• NIDAC transformed to CCM under GFATM with ff.
  composition

Chair DOH Vice Chair fr. Private
Sector Other Govt. Agencies NGOs Comm.-based
Org. UN/Multilateral, Bilateral Agencies
Academe Public-Private Collaborations
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• Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM)

• On its developing stage for public- private
  collaboration

• Under GFATM, the Public-Private Mix (PPM)
  implementation of DOTS strategy is major
  component of the NTP

• Responsible for PPM -DOTS

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Sustainable Financing

• Access to DOTS services through the Phil. Health
  Insurance Corporation or Philhealth which
  issued

• Circular No. 17 s. 2003 Accreditation of DOTS
  Facilities

• Circular No. 19 s. 2003 Philhealth Outpatient
  Anti-TB / DOTS Benefit Package

• Pays PhP4,000.00 per case to accredited DOTS
  facility
• Includes service for diagnostic work-up,
  consultation services and anti-TB drugs

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Sustainable Financing

• Securing Drug Supplies till 2006

• Global Drug Facility (GDF)
• International grant of US1.5 M for years 2003 to
  2005
• ? expected to benefit 140,000 TB cases

• Global Fund for AIDS, Malaria and TB (GFATM)
• NTP to acquire drugs for years 2005 to 2006
• ? to benefit 100,000 cases

• World Banks SEMP 2
• Procurement of anti-TB drugs through GDF ? to
  benefit
• 2004 - 150,000 cases
• 2005 - 150,000 cases
• 2006 - 150,000 cases - to be procured in
  April 2004

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Sustainable Financing

• In the Pipeline

Proposed Health Sector Reform Project (HSRP)

• Objectives
• Improve access to quality health care
• Enhance DOH and Philhealth capacity to support
  local government units in project implementation

• May be proposed by Phil. Govt. for inclusion in
  the 2006 WB lending program

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