Burkina Faso project 686-0251 · 1982–1988 · health systems, policy and finance · Pragma Corp.

Project to strengthen the planning capacity of the newly established Directorate of Planning and Operational Research (DPOR) in Upper Volta's Ministry of Health (MOH). The project, to be implemented by the MOH, will provide training and construct an office building for the DPOR and will help it establish a health information system (HIS), conduct operational studies, and produce planning and analysis documents. DPOR personnel will be trained in health management; health planning; program evaluation; statistical analysis; and planning, programming, and documentation (through both on-the-job and formal training). At least five staff members will receive long- or medium-term participant training. Attendance at national and regional workshops and scientific conferences will be funded for both DPOR staff and advisors. To establish an HIS, the DPOR, with the help of project TA, will comprehensively gather vital statistics and data on health status, health services, and donor and PVO activities in health; the system will be periodically updated to constitute a central data bank. In addition, five operational research studies (topics include community health care, local financing, epid

Source: DEC abstract, PD-BAM-103 (1982). The source's own text.