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Democracy and Governance Economic Growth and Agricultural Development Environment Human Capacity Development Population, Health and Nutrition Summary Tables Women in Development Program Development and Strategic Planning Development Credit Programs Glossary Abbreviations and Acronyms Last updated: 59     The Global Bureau's Population, Health, and Nutrition Center (The Center) plays a leadership role in guiding technical innovations and activities to support USAID's priority area of Global Health and Family Planning. Because this priority area encompasses efforts to slow the speed of HIV/AIDS transmission and other infectious diseases, advance family planning, and improve the health status of women and children, it directly contributes to U.S. foreign policy objectives. A healthier and stabilized world population contributes to growing the global economy, moderating political issues, and reducing environmental degradation. Protecting human health and nutrition improves economic productivity in developing countries and is a key factor in poverty reduction. Moreover, programs aimed at reducing unhealthy conditions in the developing world help to decrease the incidence of disease and reduce the threat of epidemics to U.S. citizens. The activities implemented support Agency priorities under Global Health and Family Planning. USAID invests resources in five priority areas: Increase use of voluntary practices to reduce fertility (FP/RHi) Increase use of key maternal health and nutrition interventions (MHN) Increase use of child health and nutrition interventions (CS) Reduce HIV/AIDS transmission and mitigate its impact (HIV) Reduce threat of infectious diseases of major public health importance (ID) In FY 2002, the Global Bureau has requested $157.2 million in Child Survival and Disease Programs funds and $152.0 million in Development Assistance funds for a total of $309.2 million. In addition, 67 countries address some element of the five priority PHN areas in their programs and roughly 40% of country-level PHN funds flow back to PHN Center activities for programming and implementation. Full-text description Full-text description * Less funding to UNICEF and other international organizations ** Child Survival and Maternal Health The Center focuses its funding to reinforce Agency priorities by: Formulating and testing new approaches to improve access and quality of services Providing essential commodities for family planning and selected health programs Providing technical assistance and program funding mechanisms to missions Providing technical leadership and basic and applied research Promoting supportive policy environments Building capacity and sustainable systems for effective and efficient service delivery Recent program successes of the Center include: USAID's investment of $11 million in the new NGO Networks activity, a consortium of five large nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), generated an additional $55 million contribution from one consortium member to introduce and expand family planning services and maternal and child health activities into its program. The Agency's "Boost Immunization" Initiative resulted in new immunization programming in 14 USAID-assisted countries with low or declining rates of child immunization. For five of these countries, this funding represents USAID's first ever investment in child immunization. In Uganda, HIV prevalence has been reduced by nearly 50% in young urban women aged 15 to 24 by promoting a delay in the onset of sexual activity and the adoption of safer sexual practices. Most recently Zambia is now showing similar reduced risk behaviors in women. USAID staff have played critical roles in the development and launch of global initiatives and strategies key to the prevention and control of infectious diseases, including Roll Back Malaria, STOP TB, and the development of a global strategy for addressing antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Activity Data Sheets 936-001 Increased use by women and men of voluntary practices that contribute to reduced fertility. IR 1.1 New and improved technologies and approaches for contraceptive methods and family planning identified, developed, tested, evaluated and disseminated IR 1.2 Improved policy environment and increased global resources for family planning programs IR 1.3 Enhanced capacity for national programs (public, private, non-governmental organization and community-based institutions) to design, implement, finance, and evaluate sustainable family planning programs IR 1.4 Increased access to, quality of, cost-effectiveness of, and motivation to use family planning, breastfeeding, and selected reproductive health information and services 936-002 Increased use of key maternal health and nutrition interventions. 936-003 Increased use of key child health and nutrition interventions. 936-004 Increased use of improved, effective and sustainable responses to reduce HIV transmission and to mitigate the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. 936-005 Increased use of effective interventions to reduce the threat of infectious diseases of a major public health importance i In the context of this objective, USAID defines family planning/reproductive health (FP/RH) to include family planning information and services, including counseling and follow-up; post-abortion care; prevention of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS; and female genital cutting. Other aspects of reproductive health--prenatal care, delivery and post-partum care, and management of obstetric complications--are encompassed under the maternal health objective (MHN).

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