Evaluation of Health Sector Development Initiative (HSDI), West Bengal

Agency : DFID, New Delhi

HSDI was a five-year reform program which was launched in August 2005 by the Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of West Bengal with support from DFID (India). The broad objective of this initiative was to support and operationalize the state’s health sector strategy developed in 2003 (HSS, 2004-13). IIHMR was selected through a national bidding process to carry out the end-line evaluation of HSDI in the state. The key objective of the evaluation was to assess the effectiveness, efficiency and economy of the initiative. The evaluation was carried out on the basis of the primary data collected through community level survey, in-depth consultations with multiple stakeholders at all levels of health care system, and field trips to three districts. In addition, the secondary data including various reports, studies, database and documents related to HSDI were also reviewed. The first phase of the evaluation, which focused on the health component of the initiative, was completed in June 2010. The second phase, which focused on the nutrition component, started in July 2010 and continued until March, 2011. The evaluation reports and key findings were shared with all key stakeholders.


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