The Health Management/Quality Assurance (HM/QA) component of DISH worked with districts and sub-districts to improve the standards of care in health facilities, to strengthen support systems for achieving and maintaining quality services and to promote effective decentralisation these services by:

• Improving procurement, distribution and storage of drugs and contraceptives
• Strengthening the health management information system and its utilisation for improved planning and decision making
• Improving supervision of health services and linking the supervision system with continuous quality improvement
• Developing planning and management capacity in health sub-districts
• Supporting improved approaches to health care financing
  

While working to build managerial capacity at facility, sub-district and district level, the component cooperated with the relevant departments of the central MOH such as Health Planning, Quality Assurance, Pharmacy and Resource Centre to share the districts' experience, harmonise project-funded activities with national policies and disseminate best practices.

The component staff included the following individuals: