Name of the project: Improving Access to Health Services for Disadvantaged Groups Investment Program
The HSDP-6 project will be implemented in three phases over a period of 10 years from 2019 to 2029.
Funding (by source)
Asian Development Bank regular & concessional loan - $ 158.3 million (96.84%)
Government of Mongolia - $ 1.69 million (1.03%)
Japan Fund for Joint Crediting Mechanism - $ 3.48 million (2.13%)
The program has four outputs as follows:
Output 1. Urban and rural PHC strengthened
• Establish 10 gender and client-friendly family health centers (FHCs) providing expanded health services to target populations in Ulaanbaatar,
• 6 gender and client-friendly soum health centers (SHCs) in selected aimags to strengthen PHC
• Low-carbon technology (LCT) will be installed in three FHCs in selected aimags.
• Integrated primary and secondary health care models will be implemented in at least five districts and 10 aimags,
• and PPP models for equipment maintenance and service delivery will be pilot-tested for FHCs.
Output 2. District and aimag hospital services improved
• establish a model, gender-sensitive district hospital in Chingeltei district,
• upgrade Khan Uul district hospital in Ulaanbaatar by functionally linking in- and outpatient services for surgery, obstetrics, gynecology, and other disciplines.
• LCT energy sources will be installed in Khan Uul district hospital.
• Khovd and Uvs aimag hospitals will be expanded through a new outpatient department.
• PHC services will be improved through strengthening hospital autonomy in line with MOH regulations, and PHC management capacity will be enhanced.
Output 3. Health financing system strengthened
• Strengthen the capacity of health staff and streamline health services by establishing a program for service quality monitoring, stewardship,
• Policy coordination for a strategic purchasing model involving the health insurance organization (HIO), the Ministry of Finance (MOF), the MOH, and local governments based on issued regulations.
• Institutional capacity will be developed through a program for systems performance analysis and evidence-based decision making at the MOH.
Output 4. Capacity in procurement and financial management of relevant government entities for health strengthened.
• Support a continuous capacity building program for procurement, financial, and risk management procedures for the MOH and government procurement entities.