Rural Health Project

Targeting. The project improved services for the poor and had a substantial focus on maternal care but provided less targeted support for ethnic minorities. Several of the interventions for ethnic minorities didn't materialize. The project evaluation study showed that the poor in general and ethnic minorities in particular benefited from the government support for commune health stations (CHSs) and health insurance, while ADB funding provided more general public support. More could have been achieved with better targeting for minorities, assuming MOH concurrence.