Factors impacting sustained coverage in the context of donor transitions: experience from Sri Lanka.

ABSTRACT: Although not reliant on donor funding for health, the external assistance that Sri Lanka receives contributes to the improvement of the health system and health outcomes. In this study, we evaluated transition experiences of the expanded programme on immunization (EPI) that received Gavi funding to expand the vaccine portfolio and the Anti-Malaria Campaign (AMC) that received funding from the Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to scale-up interventions to target and achieve malaria elimination. We assessed if EPI and AMC programmes were able to sustain coverage of previously donor-funded interventions post-transition and explain the facilitators and barriers that contribute to this. We used a mixed methods approach using quantitative data to assess coverage indicators and the f

SUBMITTER: Perera PN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10805178 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature