Project Appraisal Document: Improving Maternal and Child Health through Integrated Social Services (Report No. 67945-HT)
Summary: World Bank appraisal of a project delivering maternal and child health services through integrated social services in at least three departments.
Key Findings
- Targets a catchment population of around 1.8 million across at least three departments.
- Records the 2010 earthquake's toll as 230,000 killed, 300,000 injured and 1.5 million displaced.
- Damages and losses of US$7.9 billion, about 120 percent of GDP, against estimated reconstruction needs of US$11.3 billion.
- Haiti is among the most unequal countries measured, with a Gini coefficient of 0.59.
Full Description
World Bank Project Appraisal Document for improving maternal and child health through integrated social services in Haiti, Report No. 67945-HT. It sets out the project design and results framework for services in at least three departments, targeting pregnant women, children under five and vulnerable families. The appraisal's country section is a compact statement of Haiti's post-earthquake position, with the human and economic cost of January 2010 alongside poverty and inequality figures.
How to cite
World Bank, 2013, Project Appraisal Document: Improving Maternal and Child Health through Integrated Social Services (Report No. 67945-HT), accessed via HaitiDocs, https://www.haitidocs.org/doc/wb-2013-pad-maternal-child-health