HAP

Who are we and what do we do?

Currently, the health care system in Albania is undergoing a major transformation with the aim of providing a high quality health care service to the entire population, especially to disadvantaged groups.

Since 2015, the Health for All Project HAP, funded by the Swiss Agency for Cooperation and Development (SDC) and implemented by the consortium led by Swiss Tropical and the Institute of Public Health (Swiss TPH), Terre des hommes and Save the Children, is helping to promote public health in the counties of Dibra and Fier.

The project aims to help the population of these two counties, especially vulnerable groups, to benefit from better health through the improvement of primary health care service and health promotion activities.

How do we help improve primary health care in the counties of Dibra and Fier?

The Health for All project is working closely with the Ministry of Health, the Institute of Public Health, primary health care officials, family doctors in the districts of Dibra and Fier, and with local civil society organizations to improve public access to the health system through :

Strengthening Health Care Management: providing training to further develop management capacities, to strengthen and make the primary health care service more efficient.

Infrastructure Improvement: rehabilitating infrastructure and providing basic equipment for better use and functioning of primary health care centers.

Promoting Social Inclusion: strengthening capacities in health promotion and disease prevention for civil society organizations and communities, to ensure that service beneficiaries are better informed about health issues.

Increasing transparency and accountability: implementing transparency mechanisms, accountability tools and anti-corruption strategies to improve the quality of care in a patient-centered way.

Continuing Medical Education (CME): providing CME activities to enhance the skills of health care workers.

What are the groups and beneficiaries we target?

• Inhabitants of Dibër and Fier counties, especially vulnerable groups
• Physicians, nursing staff and other workers in the primary health care system
• Albanian health and education authorities
• Civil society

Who are our partners?

• Ministry of Health
• Institute of Public Health
• National Center for Continuing Medical Education
• University of Medicine in Tirana
• Faculty of Public Health
• Health Insurance Fund
• Fier, Mallakastër, Lushnjë, Roskovec, Patos, Burrel, Bulqizë, Peshkopi, Klos municipalities
• Regional Directorates of the Health Insurance Fund in Dibër and Fier
• Directorates of Public Health in Fier, Mallakastër, Lushnjë, Burrel, Bulqiza, Peshkopi
• Health centers
• NGOs and Civil Society Organizations