USAID Announces New Project for Enhancing Quality of Healthcare Across Cambodia
Phnom Penh, November 23, 2023 --
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announces the award of its new, five-year Enhancing Quality of Healthcare Activity II (EQHA II) to continue supporting efforts to improve the quality of public and private health services for all Cambodians.
According to a USAID’s press release, EQHA II builds on significant success achieved under USAID’s flagship, five-year EQHA I project from 2018 to 2023 in furthering national systems for improved licensing and accreditation, leading to improved accountability of providers in the provision of healthcare across Cambodia.
USAID’s US$35 million EQHA II project will be implemented by FHI 360, an international organisation that has partnered with Cambodia and USAID/Cambodia for over 25 years. USAID’s support through EQHA II will, in coordination with the Ministry of Health, support Cambodia to catalyse and accelerate systems for assuring, monitoring, and increasing quality standards across the national health system, the same source added.
It will also help Cambodia to accelerate and sustain progress against priority public health challenges including reducing the incidence of infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis, reducing deaths among mothers and children, improving reproductive health, and strengthening preparedness and response to emerging disease threats, it said.
“By supporting Cambodia’s health system, including both public and private healthcare providers, to improve the quality of healthcare, USAID is continuing to deliver on our longstanding commitment to the Cambodian people,” explained USAID Mission Director Kerry Pelzman. “This work is critical to enabling Cambodia to sustain impressive gains in public health achieved over the past decade.”
Key areas of focus include augmenting service integration to increase efficiency and effectiveness, advancing regulation and accreditation systems, and bolstering the health system’s institutional capacity to address emerging national health priorities. This comprehensive approach ensures a robust response to Cambodia’s evolving health needs.