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Punjab Health Foundation

last updated Sep 27, 2011

Overview

Implementing organization: 
Health Department, Government of the Punjab
Legal Status: 
State/government
Year Launched: 
1992
Stage: 
Existing/expansion stage
Income Level of Target Population: 
All income levels

Funding

Primary Source of Funding: 
Government
Additional Source(s) of Funding: 
Revenue (e.g., interest on loans)

Scale

Personnel Employed: 
10-49
Number of Clients Served: 
1200 doctors, 48 NGOs
Upscaling: 
The initial endowment fund of 376 million rupees has been increased to 472 million rupees after further investment.
Summary: 

The primary objective of the Punjab Health Foundation is to facilitate the delivery of quality health services with a clear emphasis on public private partnerships. The foundation provides interest-free loans to essentially deserving medical professionals and doctors to start their practices or augment the existing health service delivery mechanisms.

Program goals/rationale: 

The Foundation's mission is to promote and finance the development of private health practice in order to meet the service delivery expectations of ordinary citizens.

Key program components: 

The Foundation provides two different financial packages for deserving doctors and NGOs in order to promote the rech and quality of health service delivery in the province. These include (1) the regular package for private doctors and NGOs amounting to Rs.1.5 million (approximately USD $17,800), and (2) a young doctors package of Rs. 0.4 million (approximately USD $4,700).

PHF was established by Government with a financial allocation of Rs. 450 million for providing interest free loans to unemployed doctors, as well as for health service delivery initiatives of local NGOs. The Foundation is expected to provide these services at the district level in association with district governments. The Foundation almost entirely depends on the district government for the verification and file scrutiny of applications received from individuals and organizations.

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