This meant a shift from project-based planning to sector-wide planning, management and financing [ 10].
There was no sector-wide planning approach, and no implementation plan for the Yellow Book was developed.
At national level, integrative efforts were already lacking prior to ART as sector-wide planning in the health sector only started in 1999.
In the move to sector-wide planning, sector-investment plans, and multi-donor budget support, some government and UNICEF personnel are concerned that it will be harder to maintain specific agendas in support of girls' education.
"Non-vertical" aid funds that flow to the MOH itself are either channeled into the general state health budget under direct MOH control or into a mechanism known as the "Common Fund" (managed through a Sector Wide Approach to planning, or SWAp) where donor funds are jointly managed with the MOH.
Through implementation of programmes such as the Sector Wide Approaches, strengthening family planning programs and increasing access to emergency obstetric care, Uganda has only managed to reduce maternal mortality from 557 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in 1995 to 435 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in 2006 [ 16, 17].
The German Development Bank (KfW) is currently supporting OBA programs for reproductive health in collaboration with government and non-government partners in Cambodia, Kenya and Uganda, is planning to start a similar program in Tanzania and supports the sector wide approach funded voucher program in Bangladesh.
Integration of the Plan into sector wide programmes was emphasized across all the key Ministries, especially at community level through the support of the Local Government Authority.
Coordination between departments within MoEYS as well as between MoEYS and donors remains to be a major barrier to realize more comprehensive and cohesive sector-wide educational planning.
This approach is also receiving support from country-level plans and poverty strategies within SWAps (Sector wide approaches) and Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSP).
In addition to mobilizing funds, the initiative supports the design of comprehensive sector-wide education plans and fills gaps in policy, capacity and data.
