Economics & Development

Syria Health System Recovery and Strengthening Project for the Syrian Arab Republic, with development objectives to improve access to quality health services and strengthen the capacity of the public health system. Component 1: Restoring Essential Primary Care and maternal, newborn, child health and nutrition (MNCHN) Service Delivery will rehabilitate and operationally upgrade approximately 150 primary health care (PHC) facilities, including reliable power and water, climate-resilient and energy-efficient improvements, infection prevention and control (IPC), essential medicines and diagnostic equipment, and will upgrade 20 facilities to provide Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (CEmONC); Sub-component 1.1: Facility and Service Readiness will finance minor civil works, restoration of water and sanitation systems, deployment of solar solutions, connectivity for reference PHCs, healthcare waste management, and supply packages to meet minimum service readiness; Sub-component 1.2: MNCHN and Referral Continuity will strengthen service delivery at PHC, Basic Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (BEmONC) and CEmONC levels through equipment and in-service training, expand community-based service delivery and demand generation by training Community Health Workers (CHW) for counseling and follow-up, and enhance emergency referral and transport with ambulances, dispatch and digital referral systems, and will rehabilitate and equip 18 central and peripheral warehouses with cold chain and stock monitoring tools. Component 2: Public Health Security and Systems Resilience will reinforce emergency detection and response, digital systems, and workforce capacity; Sub-component 2.1: Public Health Security will upgrade national public health laboratories with biosafety and diagnostic equipment, deploy a Laboratory Management Information System, strengthen antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance, establish integrated disease surveillance and early warning, equip and train rapid response teams, update International Health Regulations (IHR) roadmaps, support the Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP), and establish and operationalize a Public Health Emergency Operations Center (PHEOC); Sub-component 2.2: Health Information Systems for Resilient Services will set up a national data center, deploy District Health Information Software, version 2 (DHIS2), a Human Resources Management System (HRMS), electronic health and supply chain platforms including a Logistics Management Information System (LMIS), and implement data governance and cybersecurity safeguards; Sub-component 2.3: Nursing Workforce Development will rehabilitate selected public nursing centers with climate-resilient upgrades, modernize curricula and accreditation, expand digital and blended learning, and deliver structured specialization programs to increase the availability and competencies of nurses. Component 3: Project Management and Implementation Support will finance project management, coordination, procurement, financial management, monitoring and evaluation, stakeholder engagement, and compliance with environmental and social standards to ensure effective and accountable implementation.

This document relates to the IFC Project Number 51802.

La reprise économique de l’Afrique subsaharienne, amorcée après plusieurs chocs mondiaux successifs, s’essouffle. Les prévisions de croissance pour 2026 ont été revues à la baisse par rapport à celles publiées en octobre 2025. Les retombées géopolitiques du conflit au Moyen-Orient, le poids élevé du service de la dette ainsi que des faiblesses structurelles persistantes pèsent sur les perspectives de croissance et limitent la création d’emplois.Dans ce contexte, le rapport souligne que le défi de la croissance en Afrique est avant tout structurel, comme en attestent la faiblesse des investissements, le faible niveau de productivité et une création d’emplois insuffisante. Bien que l’intérêt pour la politique industrielle ait été ravivé, les initiatives passées ont souvent échoué en raison de capacités de mise en oeuvre limitées, ainsi que de contraintes budgétaires et institutionnelles. Le rapport préconise une approche pragmatique, fondée sur l’écosystème, qui vise à aligner les instruments de politique publique sur les capacités des pays afin de stimuler les gains de productivité et favoriser une transformation structurelle durable.