Health Care Improvement Project (HCI)

The Health Care Improvement Project (HCI) builds upon work initiated by other USAID programs to establish and implement quality standards for the Basic Package of Health Services (BPHS) and the Essential Package of Health Services (EPHS).  HCI will introduce the health care improvement collaborative approach, which links established quality improvement (QI) methods with quality assurance standards at a systems level for rapid change and at the central and facility levels for large-scale impact.  Reducing maternal and neonatal mortality was selected by the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) as the initial focus of the QI effort. Three provinces have been selected as demonstration sites: Balkh, Kunduz, and Kabul. In Kabul, HCI is working with 4 major public hospitals: Rabia Balkhi Hospital (RBH), Malalai Hospital, Isteqlal Hospital, and Khair Khana Hospital.  Additionally, HCI is working with the MoPH to institutionalize a quality improvement system by incorporating QI into its structure, function, and policies.

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