National Project Implementation Plan - NVBDCP

of each identified district to successfully fulfill these criteria. In addition to the
national launch workshop, state-specific launch workshops and district level
sensitization meetings will be undertaken to make the staff familiar with the
agreed fiduciary arrangements and reporting requirements.
One specific area of focus in the year I will be following-up on actions being
undertaken by MOHFW to register more LLIN manufacturers in country and
improving the supply chain logistics through hiring state level agencies. The
protocols for LQAS will also be finalized and piloted during the first year.
During the first year, the task team will have monthly meetings with the
NVBDCP Directorate and the MOHFW focusing on these issues with a view to
addressing these before they arise or become acute.
16.5 Annual plans
Two full-team joint implementation support missions are proposed every year
in which World Bank, WHO and GFATM and other experts will be invited to
participate. The missions in addition to technical specialists and M &E expert
will include the procurement, financial management, social development and
environment specialists. The missions will have clear Terms of Reference. In
addition three joint external reviews are proposed and NVBDCP will seek WHO
support for this.
The project will support annual Lot Quality Assurance Surveys (LQAS) to
validate the programme reports on performance. The protocol for such surveys
is described in the M&E chapter and LQAS will form the basis for annual joint
project appraisal. Active engagement and participation of other development
partners especially DFID and USAID currently supporting health systems
strengthening initiatives in some of the malaria/kala-azar endemic project
states such as Orissa, Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh would be ensured to
provide additional technical support and implementation oversight.
An early implementation review will be carried out after two years of
implementation, i.e., 2009 or 2010 with technical support from WHO to assess
the project implementation in phase I districts. Project scale up to the
remaining districts would be subject to satisfactory implementation. Planned
supervision activities, schedules and expected outputs are in the Table below.
The project will become effective by August 2008 and implementation will
begin from September 1, 2008. It provides an overview of supervision
activities, schedules and outputs:
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