| General Information |
Project/Program |
Project |
| Project Name |
Greater Mekong Sub region Regional Communicable Diseases Control Project 36672 37604 38017 |
| Duration |
Date of Board Approval: 21-Nov.-2005; Date of Closing (Original): 30-June-2010; (Actual): 17-October-2012 |
| Donor |
Asian Development Bank (ADB) |
| Implementiong Organization |
Ministry of Health (for all three countries) |
| Sector and/or Subsector Classification |
Health |
| Region |
Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos PDR. The project had focused on 26 provinces of which 5 were in Cambodia. |
| Financing |
Total of USD 10.76 million; the government financed USD 1.72 million; the ADB financed USD 8.77 million; WHO USD 0.27 million |
| Analytical Information |
Stakeholders |
Asian Development Bank, Association of South Asian Nations, Communicable Diseases Control Department, Department of Planning and Finance (Lao PDR), General Department of Preventive Medicine (Vietnam), Health Sector Support Program (Cambodia), Lao People's Democratic Republic, Ministry of Finance, Cambodia Lao PDR Vietnam (CLV), Royal Government of Cambodia, Ministry of Health, National Center for Laboratory and Epidemiology (Lao PDR), National Center for Malaria (Cambodia), National Infections and Emerging Diseases Office (Lao PDR), National Institute of Public Health (Cambodia), People's Republic of China, Regional Coordination Unit, Rapid Response Team, Regions Steering Committee, Service Delivery Monitory Group, World Health Organization, Western Pacific Regional Office of WHO, Village Health Volunteer |
| Cross-cutting Issue |
Environment |
The project was extended a year due to respond to the dengue issue. |
| Gender |
The project's implementing agencies all created a Gender Action Plan. Directly referring from the completion report, the project was classified a "gender equity in opportunities," however, was not rated as successful as it did not meet the criteria of the Plan. |
| Impact Analysis |
This project aligns with the ADB's Policy for the Health Sector, Strategy 2020, Operational Plan for Health, GMS Strategic Framework, and country partnership strategies. The project was under the Health Sector Support Program (HSSP). |
| Effectiveness |
Ownership/Partnership |
Evaluation |
According to the completion report, the governments were highly committed to the control. As the project consists of three countries, it was hard to bring all stakeholders to a common platform. For partnerships, the Ministry of Health established the Communicable Diseases Control Department. |
| Rating |
4/5 |
| Policy Coherence/Harmonization |
Evaluation |
The project was highly aligned with the government's and ADB's policies. Cooperation among the three countries were significant. |
| Rating |
4/5 |
| Evaluation Framework |
Evaluation |
According to the completion report, the monitoring and evaluation was very hard to conduct through the existing monitoring systems. This had lacked reliable and disaggregated data. Overall the project's monitoring and evaluation had ended to become unsatisfactory and incomplete. |
| Rating |
2/5 |
| Alignment/Composition of Finance |
Evaluation |
Initial delays were seen; counterpart funds were not disbursed; liquidations were sometimes delayed. Delays were seen because the project had missed the budget cycle. The account was managed by the Ministry of Health. To ensure the proper use of account, a memorandum of understanding was established between the implementing provinces, institution and HSSP. |
| Rating |
3/5 |
| Other Remarks |
This project was jointed conducted by three countries and each of the countries' respective implementing agencies. |
