What is the CASSIOPEIA PROJECT?

2023.11.06

Hospitals face many challenges such as the management of pharmaceuticals, medical consumables, medical equipment maintenance system, shortage of technicians, difficulty in procuring consumables, and spare parts, and lack of preventive maintenance systems. Furthermore, human resource in charge of management is often left for the hospital operation and management. Hence this has resulted in ineffective use of the hospitals strategic operations.

JICA through the project for Strengthening Management Capacity for the General Hospitals in Lusaka District also known as Cassiopeia project (Cassiopeia means bringing 5 star quality health care services to the 5 target hospitals for UHC) has been supporting and working to strengthening the ability to improve problems based on monitoring, strengthening infection control, stock management of medicines and consumables and the maintenance of facility equipment. The project is also working to strengthen cooperation among the five targeted Level One Hospitals in Lusaka district namely; Chilenje, Chipata, Chawama, Kanyama, and Matero, the Lusaka Provincial Health Office (LPHO), Lusaka District Health Office (LDHO), and Ministry of Health (MOH).

The project aims to strengthen the hospital operation management capacity to improve the quality of the hospital, thereby contributing to strengthening the hospital operation management capacity at the first level hospitals in Lusaka in order to provide five-star quality health care services.

The project for Strengthening Management Capacity for the General Hospitals in Lusaka District has 4 key result areas and these are:

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