Environmental & Social Review Summary
Project Number
559785
Company Name
UNKNOWN
Date ESRS Disclosed
Feb 25, 2008
Country
Yemen, Republic of
Region
Middle East
Last Updated Date
Nov 30, 2016
Environmental Category
B - Limited
Status
Completed
Previous Events
Approved : Jan 3, 2007
Sector
Hospitals and Clinics
Industry
Health, Education and Life Sciences
Department
Gbl Ind, Manufact, Agribus & Services
Project Description
The Queen of Sheba Safe Motherhood Program is a four year community based program that comprises the provision of a defined ‘Mother-Baby package’ of essential quality services such as antenatal care, birth attendance by skilled birth attendants, postnatal care, complicated care services and family planning. The program will target women (first time mothers and those with up to two children) of reproductive age (15-49) in two underserved districts in Sana’a, Yemen, in the first year (household income less than $2/day), based on certain defined eligibility criteria.
All services will be provided by the private sector:
- Two private Yemeni hospitals, the Saudi German Hospital (SGH) and University of Science and Technology Hospital (USTH) have been identified as appropriate clinical service providers for the first phase. Primary and secondary care services will be provided to targeted women by midwives at satellite clinics to be established in the districts and owned and managed by the hospitals. Patients requiring emergency or complicated care will be referred to the two private hospitals;
- SOUL, a reputable local Yemeni NGO, will serve as project implementation and promotion unit responsible for program promotion, awareness campaigns and targeting of eligible pregnant women; and
- A fiduciary agent will be the recipient of the GPOBA grant and manage the fund flow in the project. The private providers will bear the operational risks of the program as they will be reimbursed retroactively post service delivery and performance target verification by an independent verification expert (IVE).
All services will be provided by the private sector:
- Two private Yemeni hospitals, the Saudi German Hospital (SGH) and University of Science and Technology Hospital (USTH) have been identified as appropriate clinical service providers for the first phase. Primary and secondary care services will be provided to targeted women by midwives at satellite clinics to be established in the districts and owned and managed by the hospitals. Patients requiring emergency or complicated care will be referred to the two private hospitals;
- SOUL, a reputable local Yemeni NGO, will serve as project implementation and promotion unit responsible for program promotion, awareness campaigns and targeting of eligible pregnant women; and
- A fiduciary agent will be the recipient of the GPOBA grant and manage the fund flow in the project. The private providers will bear the operational risks of the program as they will be reimbursed retroactively post service delivery and performance target verification by an independent verification expert (IVE).
Overview of IFC's Scope of Review
IFC’s appraisal of this project consisted of Environmental and Social Specialists reviewing the technical, environmental and social information submitted by the sponsors, Saudi German Hospital (SGH) and University of Science and Technology Hospital (USTH), who were appraised separately as individual hospital projects through the Health and Education Department.
The actual GPOBA project will be initially two associated clinics, which may ultimately increase to six clinics by year 4 of the program. The two hospitals, Saudi German Hospital (SGH) and University of Science and Technology Hospital (USTH) will be the service providers and sponsors for the project.
1. The Saudi German Yemen Hospital (SGH), is an existing IFC client in Sana’a, Yemen, who initiated this program based on its interest in providing antenatal and maternal care services to women from poorer and underserved communities in Sana’a. The Saudi German Hospitals Group began its operations in 1998 and is one of the largest private for profit healthcare providers in the Middle East. SGH currently operates five hospitals in the MENA region and is about to establish a new hospital in Cairo, Egypt. The SGH hospital in Sana’s is a 300 bed state of the art facility.
The appraisal for this project took place during late 2006 and the Environmental and Social Review Summary. Please see the Environmental and Social Review Summary for Saudi German Hospital Group # ESRS 25431 which describes the project and the necessary environmental and social mitigation which the sponsor has committed to complete.
2. The University of Science and Technology Hospital (USTH) will be the other service provider and was appraised as a potential investment project by IFC. An IFC Environmental specialist visited the 144 bed teaching hospital in September 2007 and the sponsor, USTH has agreed to any mitigation of identified impacts that will be addressed through an Environmental and Social Action Plan (ESAP). USTH is a full service hospital and where the UST medical students complete their medical residency. It was established in March 2005 to improve access to quality healthcare services and health professionals in Sana’a. It is the second largest private hospital in Sana’a in terms of number of beds available. It is the first private hospital which is affiliated to a university medical school.
IFC recently published the Environmental and Social Review Summary (ESRS) for the project, please see #ESRS 26455 which describes the project and the necessary environmental and social mitigation which the sponsor has committed to complete in an attached ESAP.
The actual GPOBA project will be initially two associated clinics, which may ultimately increase to six clinics by year 4 of the program. The two hospitals, Saudi German Hospital (SGH) and University of Science and Technology Hospital (USTH) will be the service providers and sponsors for the project.
1. The Saudi German Yemen Hospital (SGH), is an existing IFC client in Sana’a, Yemen, who initiated this program based on its interest in providing antenatal and maternal care services to women from poorer and underserved communities in Sana’a. The Saudi German Hospitals Group began its operations in 1998 and is one of the largest private for profit healthcare providers in the Middle East. SGH currently operates five hospitals in the MENA region and is about to establish a new hospital in Cairo, Egypt. The SGH hospital in Sana’s is a 300 bed state of the art facility.
The appraisal for this project took place during late 2006 and the Environmental and Social Review Summary. Please see the Environmental and Social Review Summary for Saudi German Hospital Group # ESRS 25431 which describes the project and the necessary environmental and social mitigation which the sponsor has committed to complete.
2. The University of Science and Technology Hospital (USTH) will be the other service provider and was appraised as a potential investment project by IFC. An IFC Environmental specialist visited the 144 bed teaching hospital in September 2007 and the sponsor, USTH has agreed to any mitigation of identified impacts that will be addressed through an Environmental and Social Action Plan (ESAP). USTH is a full service hospital and where the UST medical students complete their medical residency. It was established in March 2005 to improve access to quality healthcare services and health professionals in Sana’a. It is the second largest private hospital in Sana’a in terms of number of beds available. It is the first private hospital which is affiliated to a university medical school.
IFC recently published the Environmental and Social Review Summary (ESRS) for the project, please see #ESRS 26455 which describes the project and the necessary environmental and social mitigation which the sponsor has committed to complete in an attached ESAP.
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