Name of the project:

Essential Healthcare for the Disadvantaged in Bangladesh (EHD)

 

Implementation period:

July 2019 – Dec 2022

 

Funded by: FCDO (previously known as DFID)

 

Consortium Lead: Concern World Wide

 

Implementation site:

Districts: Bhola, Barguna and Potuakhali

 

In Year 1: Charfasion (both Urban and Rural), Barguna Sadar (Urban), Kalapara (Rural)

 

In Year 2: Patuakhali Sadar (Urban), Patharghata (Rural), Golachipa (Rural), Monpura (Rural), Bhola Sadar (Urban)

 

In Year 3: All

Brief of EHD:

“Essential Healthcare for the Disadvantaged in Bangladesh” is a new health programme funded by   FCDO (previously known as DFID). PHD is one of the partners of the Consortium led by Concern Worldwide that implement the project.

PHD is responsible to implement the project in 3 districts (Patuakhali, Bhola and Barguna) of Barisal division.

Other consortium partners include icddr,b, national international agencies experts in disability, health and family planning, who provide technical support. Telenor Health (currently Digital Health) provides telecommunication services to the project.

The programme aims to increase access to quality essential healthcare for the disadvantaged including people with disabilities in both urban and rural areas of the remote and underserved areas of Bhola, Patuakhali and Barguna districts in Barisal division.

This adaptive programme will test and support effective and sustainable models for increasing access to essential health services for 2 million disadvantaged people including estimated 138,000 people with disabilities living in the coastal areas.

The purpose of the project is to achieve sustainable improvements in health, family planning, and nutrition outcomes among disadvantaged populations including people with disabilities through reductions in morbidity and mortality and improvement in universal health coverage.

The project has two specific outcomes,

 1. Improved access to healthcare by disadvantaged populations

 2. Improved availability and quality healthcare services in the target areas that are financially sustainable;

To achieve the outcomes, EHD program has been started with five different objectives, including:

  1. Improved availability of healthcare services

  2. Improved access & affordability of healthcare services

  3. Increased quality of & accountability for essential health services

 4. Increase demand through enhanced care seeking practices and improved health practices and         behaviours

 5. Sustainable health model tested and implemented through application of adaptive programming approaches and documentation of lessons

With the core principle to deliver affordable and quality healthcare for disadvantaged people including people disability in remote and isolated locations, the project has just started its journey.