LOCAL HEALTH SYSTEMS SOLUTIONS (LHESS) ACTIVITY

Background
Health Systems Strengthening (HSS) is critical to achieving USAID and the Government of Liberia’s (GoL) goals for the reduction in maternal and child morbidity and mortality by improving the quality of healthcare services. HSS is also fundamental for supporting country commitments to the Sustainable Development Goals, including target 3.8 that calls for achievement of Universal Health Coverage by ensuring financial risk protection, access to quality data and essential health care services including diagnostics, and access to safe, effective, quality, and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all.

USAID intends to support the MoH in strengthening critical components of the health system to improve access and affordability, thus increasing patient outcomes at all levels. Key to accomplishing this task will be strategic engagement with local stakeholders to devise more efficient solutions to ensure quality and equitable healthcare services. The LHESS activity will respond to the World Health Organization’s six building blocks for effective and efficient health systems performance.

Grant Details
The LHESS activity will provide strategic wrap-around technical assistance to the USAID Health Partnership activity in the eight G2G focused counties. Technical assistance will be provided for the roll-out and operationalization of the performance-based financing approach. Critical technical assistance will be provided for the introduction of the Liberia Health Equity Fund (LHEF) legislation and to strengthen the quality of laboratory services at the subnational levels.

The LHESS activity will prioritize data quality improvement, reporting, and analysis for decision making and training of health staff in select technical areas for the delivery of safe and effective health services.

Eligibility Requirements
Local Liberian organizations/institutions with relevant, demonstrable experience with approaches to achieving the objectives of the draft Activity Concept are sought. Interested sources must provide a capability statement inclusive of information and evidence of programming to support the three objectives mentioned in the attached activity concept.

Period of Performance
The potential period of performance is a total of five (5) years: two Base years with three optional Renewal years.

Grant Value
The total value of the grant is not specified.

Place of Performance
The place of performance is Liberia.