- Donor Name
- United States
- Agency Name
- Agency for International Development
- Year
- 2018
- Flow Name
- ODA Grants
- Recipient Name
- Zimbabwe
- Categories
- Communicable diseases
- Sub-Categories
- Malaria
- Health-specific Disbursement in million US$
- 0.4
- Health-specific percentage of total disbursement
- 100
Project Title
Maternal and Child Health Survival Program (MCSP)
Short Description
MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH SURVIVAL PROGRAM (MCSP)
Long Description
This project will improve access to and quality of Maternal, Newborn and Child Health services focusing on care at birth and child immunization. Activities will include:-Service delivery in the Lake Zone - care at birth. Inservice - Zonal Health Resource Centers- rolling out of BEmONC, mentoring at the facility.-Strengthening of pre-service training institutions to develop local human resources.( Strengthening the skills and competencies of graduating nurses and midwives). -Introduction of new vaccines (e.g. measles 2, rubella) and strengthen the immunization platform nationally.-Strengthening the local government's accountability for maternal and child health services and engagement of civil society by focusing on gender. -Development of an electronic health information management system. -Development of a National standardized Intergrated Community Health Worker cadre to support health promotion in MNCH continuum of care.- Improve health metrics-eHMIS- Improve real time reporting and monitoring of key indicators of the recently launched MNCH scorecard so that achievements from the sharpened one plan are tracked on a quarterly basisResults will include improved quality of care at birth to promote achievement of national target of 80 percent skill birth attendance and reduction of maternal and neonatal deaths; and sustained high immunization rates for children in Tanzania.
