Systems
Contech has helped to strengthen health systems in major districts across Pakistan, including KPK, Sindh, NWFP, Balochistan, and Punjab, through innovations and experiential learning. Contech has worked to ensure optimal care, the restoration of health facilities, institutionalization, and health maintenance over the years by successfully executing health-improving activities, mass media health campaigns, teletraining’s, and other initiatives. It continues to develop and support innovative, cost-effective, integrated, and high-quality programs and services to strengthen systems, particularly in reproductive, maternal, and child health.
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Integrated Health Systems Strengthening and Service Delivery Activity (IHSS-SD) at Federal, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
The overarching support to KP, Sindh and Federal level was provided for integrated health systems strengthening to build resilient health systems based on innovations and experiential learning from USAID's MCH Program in Sindh. Co... read more
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Pakistan Health System Strengthening Project (HSSP)
Contech International completed the USAID-HSS Project with Heartfile and RSPN, led by JSI, to improve the capacity of the Government of Sindh to develop and implement innovative, cost-effective, integrated, and quality programs an... read more
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Health Care delivery system Study & Development of Patient Referral System (NWFP and Balochistan)
Contech team reviewed health system and conducted base-line survey of health services including EPI program. Designed and developed a comprehensive Patient Referral System for the province of NWFP/KP, Pakistan. This had been under... read more
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Improving Governance of District Health System through District Health Management Team (DHMT)
Contech International were assigned a study by Asian Development Bank funded Women Health Project for analysis of the performance of District Health Management Teams and for making recommendations to improve Governance of District... read more
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Community Midwives Programme (CMP)
Contech conducted a feasibility study to create a countrywide strategy for positioning skilled birth attendants at the community level. The main objectives of the CMP were to provide safe and easily accessible reproductive health... read more
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Capacity Development Needs Assessment with National Commission on Human Development
Contech International and the National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) planned Capacity building need assessment workshops to improve critical indicators through system strengthening and human resource development. Executi... read more
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Development of EPI Logistics and Vaccine Management System
The Technical Assistance Management Agency (TAMA) in consultation with National EPI program agreed upon an in-depth analysis of the vaccine logistic system to determine key constraints to vaccine availability. For this purpose a t... read more
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Pakistan Maternal and Neonatal Health Project (PAIMAN)
PAIMAN was a five year project funded by USAID to reduce maternal, newborn, and child mortality in Pakistan. Contech was responsible for implementing strategies to increase awareness and promote positive maternal and neonatal heal... read more
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Decision Space Analysis (DSA) and Capacity Assessment of Districts (Contech & Harvard)-Baseline and Endline
Contech International, PAIMAN partners and Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) developed benchmarks for the current choices district health authorities have over financial & human resources, services organization, governance an... read more
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Designing Pay For Performance Model
Through AusAid, Center for Global Development supported Pay4Performance Initiative in developing countries. In Pakistan, responsibility for designing such an initiative had been entrusted to Contech International in collaboration... read more
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Developing Mechanism for bonuses and incentives for Program Managers and Staff of Federal, Provincial and District MNCH cells
NMNCHP envisaged financial incentives and bonuses for program managers and staff working at different levels. Contech International was given the responsibility to define the mechanism and criterion for giving out these incentives... read more
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Punjab Health Development Forum
The team at Contech assisted Department of Health; Government of the Punjab in designing, organizing and reporting DFID sponsored Punjab Health Development Forum at the provincial level. read more