The five-year USAID Family Health and Nutrition project focuses on improving the health of Zambia’s mothers, children, and adolescents in Eastern, Luapula, Muchinga, and Southern provinces by strengthening the ability of the public health system to enact evidence-based, high impact initiatives and actions that save lives.
The USAID Family Health and Nutrition activity supports the Zambian public health system to sustainably deliver reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health and nutrition services through training of health workers, technical assistance to improve health management and financial systems, and improved outreach and engagement activities in targeted communities.
GOALS
Goal One
Work closely with the Ministry of Health to deliver high-quality health services at subnational levels.
Goal Two
Increase community engagement in health service delivery by partnering with community leadership.
KEY RESULTS FOR 2023
In 2023, across four supported provinces, the USAID Family Health and Nutrition project successfully:
- Decreased under five deaths from 1,465 in 2019 to 1,278 in 2023.
- Procured and distributed 594 anatomic models for mentorship and clinical drills.
- Supported the Ministry of Health in convening 15 experts in gender and health to develop the first-ever National Gender in Health Strategic Plan.
- Reduced childhood diarrhea cases by 5.62%.
- Increased fully immunized children by 28%.
- Increased percentage of all 6-59 months old receiving Vitamin A supplementation by 6.8%.
- Provided financial support to 651 Community Health Volunteers/Neighborhood Health Committee members in four provinces to enhance their efforts in mobilizing communities, resulting in provincial vaccination coverage rates ranging between 88% and 104%.
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