Cambodia Performance Monitoring Plan (PMP)

Led by Abt Associates, the project team will work with partner countries to increase their domestic resources for health, manage those resources more effectively, and make wise purchasing decisions. The project will increase the use of both primary and priority health services, including HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, maternal & child health, and population & reproductive health services. The HFG project will focus on support to the Ministry of Economy and Financing (MoEF) and the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Cambodia. In collaboration with other USAID implementing partners, HFG will achieve the following objectives: provide technical support and build the capacity of the MoEF to develop a long-term health financing strategy for achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC); support MoH and MoEF in developing UHC indicators to monitor and evaluate its Social Health Protection (health financing) strategy; promote engagement between MoEF and MoH to sustainably finance health via improved efficiency of health and disease spending; and support MoH in developing a national HIV/AIDS spending assessment and integrating its resource tracking exercises. The project will achieve this through its local presence in Cambodia, with its local staff working closely with government counterparts, implementing partners, and USAID to provide input to support health financing discussions and policy decisions. The staff will also ensure that appropriate data and analyses are incorporated as part of a cohesive strategy for health financing. The HFG team's program objectives are designed to respond to the challenges of building the MoEF's capacity to carry out its functions of coordinating the social health protection reforms and addressing the lack of financial resources in Cambodia. The Royal Government of Cambodia recognizes the potential issues with its social protection reforms and has requested that a technical working group, led by the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MoEF), oversee and coordinate the reform efforts. However, the MoEF does not have expertise in health financing, and needs training and capacity building to successfully create an integrated strategy for achieving UHC. The HFG project will address this challenge by providing technical support and building the capacity of the MoEF to develop a long-term health financing strategy for achieving UHC. The project will also address the lack of financial resources in Cambodia by supporting the development of a national HIV/AIDS spending assessment and integrating its resource tracking exercises. This will help to ensure that the country has a clear understanding of its health financing needs and can make informed decisions about how to allocate its resources. The HFG project will also promote engagement between MoEF and MoH to sustainably finance health via improved efficiency of health and disease spending. The project's performance monitoring plan (PMP) describes the performance measures by which HFG will monitor implementation of project activities in Cambodia and measure achievements against planned targets in Year 4 and Year 5 of the project. The PMP outlines the project's goals, key project activities and expected results, alignment with the Royal Government of Cambodia and USAID's priorities, as well as performance indicators and the procedures for data collection, data management, data quality assurance and analysis, data reporting, use and dissemination, and an evaluation plan. The project's M&E approach will be used to not only monitor project performance, but also to inform the project's implementation approach and future programming. This will ensure programmatic excellence and integrity throughout project implementation, track whether the project is moving in the right direction, and encourage learning both within the project team and among key stakeholders and partners on the links between health financing and key performance metrics, notably greater efficiency and improved access to and utilization of priority health services in Cambodia.