Essential Health Benefits Package
The main objective of the Essential Health Benefits Package project is to redesign the Sudanese Health System Health Benefit Package with a pro-poor approach to achieve Universal Health Coverage.
Specific Objectives
1. Create a framework and identify/construct tools for reviewing current benefit package;
2. Evaluate what is currently provided in the backdrop of the Universal Health Coverage vision and the detailed elements outlined in the Health Financing strategy; and
3. Guide the development of new categorized packages that meet the needs of various population segments in the future.
Discussion with Health System Leaders helped the Project Team to develop some key principles to guide the approach.
This Technical Report presents the work undertaken in relation to the development of the Essential Health Benefits Package.
A large bibliography has been referenced and used to inform this report and is presented in Appendix 1.
Pilot support sessions have been prepared by Economics By Design for the design and implementation of the Essential Health Benefits Package and the initial training of the Provider Payment Mechanism pilot teams.