81255871-Improvement of Health Care in Tanzania

Short Description: ‘Improving Health Care in Tanzania’ (IHCT) The goal of the technical cooperation project is to improve the quality and quantity of health services, including access through health insurance. It covers five outputs, of which two are being tendered (output 2/3) while there needs to be close cooperation with and contributions to the two other areas (digitalization, governance) throughout implementation. The focus of the consultancy package is on performance improvement of selected health facilities in neonatal care as well as on improvement of services for reproductive health, in particular comprehensive emergency obstetric and neonatal care and post-partum family planning services in the supported partner health facilities. Supported health centers and hospitals will be enabled to establish functional new-born care units and assure adequate treatment of premature, low birth weight and critical new-borns and their timely referral. The focus on improved access to facility-based family planning and emergency obstetric (and neonatal) care will contribute to lowering maternal and neonatal mortality.