Access to Health Fund
The Access to Health Fund aims to improve health outcomes ...
Access to Health Fund
The Access to Health Fund aims to improve health outcomes for vulnerable populations in conflict-affected areas of Myanmar. The Fund works with the Ministry of Health and Sports, Ethnic Health Organizations, national and international NGOs, the United Nations, and other partners to increase people’s access to health-services (maternal, newborn and child health, combating HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria) and to strengthen health systems.
The Access to Health Fund is supported by four donors - the United Kingdom, Sweden, the United States, and Switzerland. Its Board includes these four Donors and the Ministry of Health and Sports.
In response to the country’s urgent needs of response mechanisms to COVID-19 threat, the Access to Health Fund is mobilizing its resources for COVID-19 response activities including the support for laboratory tests and reagents, infection prevention and control, risk communication, surveillance and referral, establishment of data and information hub, etc.
Background Information - Job-specific
The ACCESS Fund Management Office is responsible for the execution of the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) strategy and accountable to the Fund Board. The post is located in the Fund Management Office which comprises 60 staff members organized in the following teams: Strategy, Programmes, Monitoring & Evaluation, Fund Director’s Office and Communications, Programme Management Office, and Procurement.
The purpose of the M&E team/function is:
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To monitor grant-implementation, the setting of targets, and the achievement of results
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To provide strategic information for programmatic improvements and adjustments;
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To support learning and the application of data to continuously improve the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and sustainability of the ACCESS-supported programmes;
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To report to the Board on results and progress of the Fund, and respond to other Donor needs;
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To put in place data collection mechanisms to inform the Fund’s evaluation.