PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PROGRAM LAUNCHED IN YEREVAN, ARMENIA
ARKA
Feb 17, 2009
YEREVAN, February 17. /ARKA/. A primary health care program has been
launched in Yerevan in cooperation with the RA Ministry of Health and
the USAID Primary Healthcare Reform Project (PHCR) Murad Kirakosyan,
PHCR Medical Service Quality Advisor, reported that the improvement
of quality of medical services has always been among priorities.
"We realized the need for reforms at all the levels. This is actually
the first initiative showing a clear and comprehensive approach to
resolving the problem of quality of medical services," he said.
According to Kirakosyan, the project with no time or territorial
limits is the Government’s strategy to be applied at all the primary
health care clinics.
He pointed out that the program provides for mechanisms, quality
assessment and monitoring methods for all the medical institutions
and medical personnel.
"This will help us reveal problems and elaborate ways of resolving
them.
In the near future our population we wee positive results and
higher-quality services," he said.
The expert reported that the availability of services, efficiency
of exchange of information, provision with equipment, and personnel
competence will be monitored. Among the assessment methods are self
control and management of cases at clinics. Kirakosyan said that
the first preparatory stage of the program is to be completed next
spring.=0 D
PHCR Chief of Party Richard Yoder reported that the project is being
implemented in a number of medical institutions. He pointed out that
five experts in quality assessment have been trained in Yerevan and
in all the Armenian regions. According tom him, all the necessary
conditions for the implementation of the project are available
in Armenia.
Armenian citizens do not have to cover a long distance to receive
medical aid, he said.
The PHCR will improve the availability of medical services,
equipment of medical institutions, management at primary health
care institutions.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
