USAID/Haiti : sante pour le developpement et la stabilite d'Haiti (SDSH) : project evaluation

Agency for International Development/Haiti (USAID/Haiti) flagship health sector activity. Awarded to Management Sciences for Health (MSH) in August 2007 for an initial period of three years (2007-2010) at a cost of $42.5 million, the contract was amended four times between 2007 and 2009 to increase its cost to $81.4 million, and to extend the activity to September 30, 2012.The SDSH Project builds on two predecessor projects managed by MSHHaiti Health Systems 2004 (HS 2004) and Health Systems 2007 (HS 2007)and continues the earlier activities support for the health delivery programs of (currently) 28 non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The most important new component of the project is the inclusion of a focus on 31 target zones or zones cibles (ZC)areas identified by the Ministry of Health (MOH) as seriously underserved by MOH resources. Health services available through those networks are expected to reach approximately 50% of the population by the end of the project in 2012. MSH manages the SDSH project with two subcontractors: The Johns Hopkins Program for International Education in Gynecology and Obstetrics (JHPIEGO) and the Johns Hopkins Universitys Center for Communications Programs (JHU-CCP).