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The magic of results-based financing

Created Jan 16 2018, 12:00 AM by Dilshod B. Yusupov

In 2018, the Zimbabwean government will fully take over the World Bank financed and Cordaid implemented health program in Zimbabwe. “We helped to revitalize the national health system”, says Arjanne Rietsema, Cordaid’s Country director in Zimbabwe. “Safely handing over the results-based financing program, will be one of our biggest achievements.”

 

This results-based financing (RBF) program mainly focuses on maternal and neonatal health care in 18 districts. Cordaid, acting as central purchasing agency, contracts 400 facilities (366 health centers and 34 hospitals) to provide a defined set of services. In total they serve a population of over 3 million people.

 

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