India and the World Bank signed an IDA Credit of 152 Million US Dollars

India and the World Bank on 21 March 2012 signed an IDA credit of 152 million US dollars to finance the Indian government’s efforts to help improve the efficiency, quality and accountability of health services in Uttar Pradesh. The Project will include two main components. First, it will focus on improving the Department of Health`s management and accountability systems.  The project will seek to improve, planning capacities, information flows and data inputs to enable policy-makers to improve monitor and manage service delivery in UP.

Second, the project will help the state government improve the Department of Health’s capacity to perform its quality assurance role and engage more effectively with the private sector, which is already playing a key role in the UP health system. Uttar Pradesh is one of India’s low-income states. It has one of the poorest health-infrastructure in India.