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Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
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660-001
USAID MISSION: Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
PROGRAM TITLE: Promoting Health, Food Security, and a Transition to Peace (Pillars: Global Health, Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade; and Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance)
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE AND NUMBER: Congolese People are Assisted to Solve National, Provincial and Community Problems through Participatory Processes that involve the Public, Private and Civil Sectors, 660-001
STATUS: Continuing
PLANNED FY 2002 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $3,965,000 DA; $17,328,000 CSH; $500,000 Prior year DA; $79,000 Prior Year CSD; $4,978,000 Prior Year ESF
PROPOSED FY 2003 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $21,500,000 DA
INITIAL OBLIGATION: FY 1999 ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: FY 2005Summary: USAID's program to promote health, food security, and a transition to peace includes:
- technical assistance, training, and provision of supplies to improve primary health care services in rural areas and reduce child and maternal mortality;
- technical assistance, training, and provision of supplies to increase immunization coverage throughout the country to eradicate polio and combat other vaccine-preventable diseases;
- education and provision of supplies to prevent the transmission of HIV/AIDS and to assist those living with HIV/AIDS;
- technical assistance, training, and provision of materials to enhance food security and reduce malnutrition;
- technical assistance, training and equipment to support environmental protection and strengthen environmental support of non-governmental organizations (NGOs);
- support to NGOs and other actors working to promote implementation of the Lusaka Cease-Fire Agreement; and
- technical assistance to encourage the rule of law and the rights of vulnerable groups such as women, street children, and child soldiers.
USAID/DRC activities related to family planning/reproductive health include the following:
- family planning services in rural health zones throughout the country.
Inputs, Outputs and Activities: FY 2002 Program: USAID will provide training and supplies to rural health centers; promote improvements in national immunization coverage, including through National Immunization Days; combat infectious diseases, including malaria and tuberculosis; and provide education, training, and supplies to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS. Activities will be designed in FY 2002 to identify and combat the leading causes of food insecurity and child malnutrition in particularly hard hit areas of the DRC. USAID will promote implementation of the Lusaka Cease-Fire Agreement, including actions related to the Inter-Congolese Dialogue (ICD) and reintegrating ex-combatants and protecting vulnerable groups. Strengthening existing NGO constituencies for conservation and sustainable management of natural resources will also be undertaken with FY 2002 funds. Assistance will be targeted directly at restoring the self-sufficiency of disaster-affected populations and removing infrastructural bottlenecks that affect communities.
FY 2002 Family Planning/Reproductive Health Program: With FY 2002 funds, USAID will provide family planning services in rural health zones, including the rehabilitation of maternity wards throughout the country.
Planned FY 2003 Program: USAID plans to use FY 2003 resources to deepen activities in the health sector by improving health care delivery in all targeted rural health zones, expanding immunization coverage throughout the country, and reducing maternal mortality. As appropriate and based on experience, USAID also plans to expand into additional zones. In addition, resources requested are to be used to further strengthen implementation of HIV/AIDS activities by permitting improved targeting of interventions; to expand food security interventions; to undertake additional actions to reduce malnutrition; and to preserve natural resources and protect the Congo's rich biodiversity. If the DRC continues to make progress in the implementation of the Lusaka Agreement, resources will also be used to assist the country during the transitional period leading to elections by supporting conflict resolution, good governance, and specific activities to prepare for democratic elections.
Planned FY 2003 Family Planning/Reproductive Health Program: USAID plans to use FY 2003 resources to continue to improve and provide family planning services in rural health zones.
All contracts and grants funded with resources from this Strategic Objective will incorporate clauses that implement the President's directive reinstating the Mexico City Policy.
Performance and Results: The Government of the DRC, with USAID support, has successfully implemented a national polio vaccination and vitamin A campaign that has reached over 95% and 88% respectively of the country's estimated 10.7 million children under five years of age each year since 1999. USAID's condom social marketing project for HIV/AIDS prevention sold 12 million condoms during the last 12 months. Since 1999, 25 medical directors and administrators have been trained yearly in public health practices through the School of Public Health at the University of Kinsasha. Through USAID-funded partners, civil society groups developed a unified position paper presented to the ICD focusing on major issues such as nationality, form of government, and the future of the armed forces. USAID provided Internet connectivity for 49 civil society and local organizations. To improve food security and reduce poverty, USAID established cassava nurseries to screen and select mosaic-resistant cassava varieties to provide healthy cuttings to at least 1,200,000 people in five years. USAID has also spearheaded the drafting of forest protection legislation, scheduled to be promulgated in 2002. Palm-oil producers' income have increased by 25% in the project area due to loans provided to encourage soap manufacturing. An estimated 13,500 credit union members received loans in 2000 through the project's line of credit to cooperatives for micro enterprise development.
Important outcomes of this program in the health area will include substantial, measurable reductions both in child and maternal mortality and the near eradication of polio from the DRC. In targeted zones throughout the DRC, routine immunization coverage will more than double from current levels of below 20% to above 50%. Base line data for measuring success in infant, child, and maternal mortality interventions will be established. The number of individuals currently being treated effectively for infectious diseases, including tuberculosis and malaria, will double. The number of health care workers trained in public health will double. Seventy-two rural health zones will be operational with increased access and improved quality of care. In the food security area, USAID activities will result in sustainable increases in farmer income and in agricultural productivity, including in cassava production. Cassava yield in selected areas will more than double. Integrated USAID activities in health and food security will result in measurable reductions in childhood malnutrition in designated areas. In promoting a transition, USAID will expand the number of civil society organizations strengthened throughout the country and support specific activities required to prepare the DRC for successful democratic elections, including media support and conflict resolution interventions. In the environmental area, USAID will lead the effort to remove at least three of the DRC's five World Heritage sites from the endangered list.
Principal Contractors, Grantees, or Agencies: For its health programs, USAID anticipates continued collaboration with the existing prime partners: Interchurch Medical Assistance, Population Services International, Basic Support for Institutionalizing Child Survival (BASICS project), the Centers for Disease Control, International Rescue Committee, Tulane University, United Nations Children's Fund, the World Health Organization, Catholic Relief Services, and the Tuberculosis Coalition. The major subcontractor is Protestant Churches of Congo. For food security and environmental activities, new initiatives seeking to expand, extend, or supplement ongoing interventions will require new partnerships. USAID partners in transition to peace activities include the International Foundation for Election Systems and the International Human Rights Law Group.
US Financing in Thousands of Dollars
660-001 The Congolese people are assisted to solve national, provincial and community problems through participatory processes that involve the public, private and civil sectors CSD CSH DA ESF Through September 30, 2000 Obligations 19,674 0 3,369 7,500 Expenditures 10,755 0 2,174 2,980 Unliquidated 8,919 0 1,195 4,520 Fiscal Year 2001 Obligations 15,258 0 4,288 2,000 Expenditures 10,071 0 1,319 2,803 Through September 30, 2001 Obligations 34,932 0 7,657 9,500 Expenditures 20,826 0 3,493 5,783 Unliquidated 14,106 0 4,164 3,717 Prior Year Unobligated Funds Obligations 79 0 500 4,978 Planned Fiscal Year 2002 NOA Obligations 0 17,328 3,965 0 Total Planned Fiscal Year 2002 Obligations 79 17,328 4,465 4,978 Proposed Fiscal Year 2003 NOA Obligations 0 0 21,500 0 Future Obligations 0 0 0 0 Est. Total Cost 35,011 17,328 33,622 14,478
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