[{"bbox": [135, 155, 1134, 232], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Technical support to MoH, in coordination with the Ministry of the Public Administration and the Ministry of Finance, to streamline career paths for health and nutrition professionals to promote career progression and retention."}, {"bbox": [135, 236, 1134, 290], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Enhancing mechanism for equal and effective distribution of health workforce in the health regions, in particular in PHC services, taking into account the real needs of the system."}, {"bbox": [86, 317, 313, 347], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 3.3 Mainstreaming"}, {"bbox": [98, 375, 543, 402], "category": "Section-header", "text": "#### Environmental Protection & Climate Change"}, {"bbox": [96, 414, 1135, 654], "category": "Text", "text": "Increased temperatures and humidity will increase malaria transmission, flooding will incite the spread of waterborne diseases, drought will escalate the risk of meningitis which can cause the emergence of infections and epidemics, and increased temperatures will worsen air pollution and increase the threat of acute respiratory illnesses and other cardiovascular and non-communicable diseases. Heavy rainfall events occur often in the country and causes flooding that have severe impacts on public health. In this context, environmental issues and “green” practices will be mainstreamed through environmental and climate event responsive budgeting practices (Output 1.1), the setup of a stable backup mechanism to ensure medicine supplies, storage, and distribution in case of crisis (Output 2.2), and the update of health professionals’ curricula according to environmental and climate change issues (Output 3.1)."}, {"bbox": [96, 665, 1134, 799], "category": "Text", "text": "Hence, institutional capacity building at national and regional level on health planning, budgeting and supervision will be also aimed at increasing resilience to climate-sensitive health risks. In addition to that, technical support will be provided to improve policies and regulation mechanisms for a more equitable and regular access to essential medicines and their efficient management, taking into account the need to increase the system readiness to adapt to the impacts from climate change, and to train or up-skill Human Resources for Health."}, {"bbox": [96, 810, 1134, 865], "category": "Text", "text": "**Outcomes of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) screening:** the EIA screening classified the Action as Category C (no need for further assessment)."}, {"bbox": [96, 875, 1134, 928], "category": "Text", "text": "**Outcomes of the Climate Risk Assessment (CRA):** the CRA screening concluded that this Action is no or low risk (no need for further assessment)."}, {"bbox": [96, 968, 638, 996], "category": "Section-header", "text": "#### Gender equality and empowerment of women and girls"}, {"bbox": [96, 1007, 1135, 1168], "category": "Text", "text": "As per the OECD Gender DAC codes identified in section 1.1, this Action is labelled as G1. The Action contributes to the EU Gender Action Plan III, notably in its key thematic policy areas 3.1 Ensuring freedom from all forms of gender-based violence, and 3.2 Promoting sexual and reproductive health and rights. This implies that a gender perspective will be mainstreamed throughout the Action and that transformative Actions for gender equality addressing sexual and reproductive health and rights and nutrition will be promoted, as well as Actions to prevent and respond to sexual and gender-based violence."}, {"bbox": [96, 1179, 1135, 1287], "category": "Text", "text": "To this regard, Actions will be promoted through Output 1.2 (strengthened capacity for a gender responsive health information system), 2.2 (efficient mechanisms for purchase and fair distribution of medicines, including for sexual and reproductive health), 3.1 (gender responsive health professionals' curricula) and 3.2. (equal distribution of staff at all levels of health care delivery end gender-responsive standards for professional practice)."}, {"bbox": [96, 1325, 245, 1353], "category": "Section-header", "text": "#### Human Rights"}, {"bbox": [96, 1363, 1135, 1604], "category": "Text", "text": "Access to health is one of the foundations of human rights. The right to health includes entitlements, such as the right to control one's health, informed consent, bodily integrity, and participation in health-related decision-making. The Action acts on the main determinants of poverty through the promotion of Universal Health Coverage, and integrates the principles of sustainability and \"leaving no one behind\", at the level of the regulatory framework, and the provision of health services. In particular, issues such as access to health, mitigation of the environmental impact, gender equality and decent jobs, are embedded in the Action. By strengthening the UHC approach, namely fostering access to essential medicines (Output 2.1), equal and timely access to basic health services (Output 3.2) and improving the system for prevention, treatment and control of diseases (Output 1.1), the Action will integrate the principles of the human rights based approach."}, {"bbox": [1023, 1680, 1145, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 12 of 26"}]