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Leveraging Local Capacity to Strengthen Health Service Delivery Project (LLCAP) - Human Resources for Health (HRH1) (Malawi):  USAID's Leveraging Local Capacity to Strengthen Health Service Delivery Project-Human Resources for Health (HRH#1) is an integrated health activity designed to improve the number and availability of well-trained, highly-skilled, and equitably distributed healthcare workers. The activity will support the delivery of quality health services in line with the National Health Sector Strategic Plan and will advance the Government of Malawi's universal health coverage to improve the health status of Malawians...Implemented by the Global Aids Interfaith Alliance (GAIA), the activity will: 1) increase the number and availability of trained personnel and qualified health workers in priority health areas; 2) improve the quality of health services through enhancing staff capacity in pre-service and in-service education; and 3) strengthen the capacity of the Government of Malawi to effectively monitor and regulate health care service providers in the country, including data collection, analysis, and interpretation for evidence based decisions. To achieve the stated objectives, the activity will provide pre-service scholarships for nurses and midwives; recruit and provide salaries for newly graduated nurses and midwives; and provide clinical mentors for training institutions and hospitals. GAIA will support higher institutions to develop curriculum to train healthcare workers to respond to health needs during and after climate related emergencies. GAIA is a local organization and through this mechanism USAID enhances local institutional capacity that will ensure program continuity after the activity closes out...The activity enhances Malawi's pathway to locally led development and aligns with the Integrated Country Strategy Mission Objective 3.2 - Malawi improves access to and quality of health services so that more of its citizens gain and retain full health and can contribute productively at home, in the community, and at work......
Emergency/Africa - Title II International Food Relief Parnerships Emergency/Africa
Protecting Ecosystems and Restoring Forests in Malawi (PERFORM) Project The overall goal of PERFORM is to help Malawian institutions and communities manage forest and soil resources more efficiently, equitably and sustainably. In order to achieve this goal, the Contractor must realize the following objectives: 1) REDD+ readiness advanced; 2) Low-emission land use opportunities increased in targeted geographies; 3) Low-emission development capacities improved; 4) Pathways for sustainability instituted; and 5) CDCS priorities of integration and institutional strengthening advanced.
OFDA-2014-Land O Lakes Livestock vouchers and para-vet training in Dowa and Ntchisi districts
Next Generation Early Grade Reading (NextGen) Activity (Malawi):  .USAID's Next Generation Early Grade Reading (NextGen) Activity supports the Government of Malawi's National Reading Program to improve student reading outcomes. NextGen aims to ensure that at least 30 percent of Malawian second grade students can read in the local language at grade level. To this end, NextGen will support theMinistry of Educationin implementing effective policies and improving  how local government officials support the effective management of schools and teacher professional development. NextGen will train teachers on evidence-based reading instruction and how to effectively engage students in learning. NextGen will educate caregivers and community members about how they can support their children's learning both in and out of school. While NextGen primarily targets teachers and students in Grades 1 and 2, NextGen will also improve the teaching and learning of pre-reading and social skills in 100 pre-primary classrooms. USAID will also conduct a National Reading Assessment and district level assessments to identify students' knowledge gaps and inform education policy...Ensuring students master the foundational reading skills within the first few years of school promotes their success through future schooling. The activity supports the USAID Education Policy priorities to ensure that children and youth gain literacy skills that are foundational to future learning and success. With the focus on improving teaching and learning, the activity supports the Integrated Country Strategy Mission Objective 3.3: Malawi expands educational opportunities to equip its citizens with foundational and marketable skills responsive to Malawi's public and private sector needs, and the Joint Strategic Plan Objective 3.5: Improve inclusive and equitable health, education, and livelihood services, especially for women, youth, and marginalized groups....
Reaching out with Contraceptive Choices (Malawi):  .USAID/Malawi's Adventist Health Services (AHS) activity will increase the provision and knowledge of family planning (FP) services for youth, women, and men of reproductive age in Blantyre, Dedza, Mzimba, and Rumphi districts of Malawi. AHS will use the Community Action Group methodology to engage communities, with a focus on male involvement, to increase knowledge and acceptability of FP services. Activities will include: (a) train additional health care workers on FP service delivery, especially community-based distribution agents (CBDAs) and health surveillance assistants; (b) promote community-based distribution of short-term FP methods; (c) use mobile outreach clinics to increase access to Long-acting and Permanent Methods of FP in hard to reach areas of Blantyre; (d) conduct community sensitization on the benefits of FP; and (e) train men as CBDAs. These activities will result in increased demand, access, and use of FP on the part of community members..
Malawi Dairy Development Alliance The objective of MDDA is to increase incomes for rural dairy farmers and participating value chain stakeholders operating in the Central and Northern Regions of Malawi. The program contributes to two of the USAID/Malawis Operational Plan Objectives of Agriculture Sector Productivity and Private Sector Competitiveness.
Leveraging Local Capacity to Strengthen Health Service Delivery  - Human Resource for Health (HRH #3) - Nutrition (Malawi):  Leveraging Local Capacity to Strengthen Health Service Delivery - Human Resources for Health (HRH#3) - Nutrition 4 Health activity will strengthen the Government of Malawi's capacity to accelerate long-term, and sustained responses, to address high burden nutritional disorders such as stunting, wasting, underweight, and micronutrient deficiencies. As such, this activity will strengthen Malawi's capacity to effectively respond to nutrition and social problems affecting the health of Malawians, thereby accelerating overall economic development. To achieve its objectives, the activity will: i) train and deploy a critical number of dietitians for all referral and district hospitals in Malawi; ii) establish an association of dietitians in Malawi to govern the dietetics profession and practice; iii) update the food composition database and tables containing no less than 600 that are commonly consumed in Malawi; iv) strengthen research, outreach, and teaching capacity in nutrition, dietetics, and food science at Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR); v) train staff at Masters and PhD levels in Nutrition and Dietetics and undertake and publish ethically-sound research; vi) develop a curriculum in nutrition that will respond to the health needs of Malawians during and after climate related emergencies. USAID's support to LUANAR enhances local institutional capacity to ensure program continuity after the activity closes out. The activity supports the Integrated Country Strategy Mission Objective 3.2: Malawi improves access to and quality of health services so that more of its citizens gain and retain full health and can contribute productively at home, in the community, and at work and the Joint Strategic Plan Objective 3.5: Improve inclusive and equitable health, education, and livelihood services, especially for women, youth, and marginalized groups....
Support for Service Delivery Integration-Systems (Malawi):  USAID/Malawi's Support for Service Delivery Integration-Systems activity will strengthen health sector policies, management, leadership, and fiscal responsibility. FY 2015 activities include:-Technical assistance to Ministry of Health (MOH) on implementation of health financing strategy, key policies, and guidelines that affect Essential Health Package delivery;-Logistical and operational support to the National Malaria Control Program;-Leadership and management coaching to central and district health managers and financial management coaching to district health management teams;-Technical assistance to customize the Human Resources Information System to the needs of the GOM so as to increase and improve use of this and District Health Information Systems data; and-Supporting the MOH in using a new mobile technology tool for Supportive Supervision in 15 districts.Activities will result in improved policies and increased capacity of MOH to deliver the Essential Health Package.
Pamawa ndi a Chinyamata (PaMawa) Activity (Malawi):  .The Pamawa ndi a Chinyamata activity will invest $400,000 of FY 2016 adaptation resources and $200,000 of FY 2016 family planning and reproductive health resources to increase the adoption of positive behaviors related to climate change adaptation (CCA), sexual reproductive health (SRH), and family planning (FP) among youth in Balaka, Machinga and Mangochi Districts..The activity will: ..develop a social behavioral change communication strategy on integrated CCA and SRH/FP messages and communication channels for the youth; ..mobilize 200 youth clubs into radio listening clubs to raise awareness of the link between increased population and communities' vulnerability to climate change; and ..conduct a qualitative study on the link between climate change resilience and population dynamics...Activities will result in communities' increased capacity for undertaking practical local adaptive strategies and increased access to reproductive health and FP information and services....
Towards Malaria Elimination (TOME)  - Leveraging Local Capacity to Strengthen Health Service Delivery Project (LLCAP) - Malaria Case Management (Malawi):  USAID's Leveraging Local Capacity to Strengthen Health Service Delivery  - Towards Malaria Elimination activity will increase the percentage of  suspected malaria cases tested, confirmed cases treated, uptake of intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy, and strengthen the malaria surveillance system to guide program implementation and accountability. In order to achieve these outcomes, the activity will use FY 2022 funds to: 1) train healthcare workers and health surveillance assistants in malaria prevention and case management; 2) develop and distribute tools including job aids to healthcare workers and disease surveillance assistants; 3) provide technical assistance to strengthen quality assurance, supply chain, and surveillance systems; and 4) work with local organizations to increase the practice of positive malaria prevention and control behaviors. By reducing malaria burden in targeted districts, the  activity enhances Malawi's pathway to locally led development and aligns with the Integrated Country Strategy Mission Objective 3.2 - Malawi improves access to and quality of health services so that more of its citizens gain and retain full health and can contribute productively at home, in the community, and at work. The activity further supports the Joint Strategic Plan Objective 1.1: Strengthen global health security, combat infectious disease threats, and address priority global health challenges through bilateral engagement and within multilateral fora...
Let Girls Learn Malawi USAIDs Let Girls Learn AMAA (Give Girls a Chance to Learn) project in Malawi seeks to deliver a range of district specific activities to mitigate the barriers to girls enrollment and retention in school. The project will work in five priority districts including Balaka, Machinga, Phalombe, Mzimba and Chikwawa, targeting girls aged 10-19 in both upper primary and secondary schools. Led by Save the Children, AMAA will work with local and international NGOs as well as NORC, the Ministry of Education in Malawi, and plans to partner with USDA to mitigate the barriers preventing girls enrollment and retention in school. Objectives for Malawi: Let Girls Learn project will focus on the reduction of early and child marriage and teen pregnancy for the purpose of increased school access, performance and retention. For girls’ to achieve academic success, they must enter school, stay in school, be learning while in school, and be healthy and supported by their community at all times.
Expanding Malawi HIV/AIDS Prevention with Local Organizations Working for an Effective Epidemic Response (EMPOWER) EMPOWER is a five-year program, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development, with the goal of preventing new HIV infections in targeted populations in priority districts in Malawi. Jhpiego is leading a consortium to implement EMPOWERs voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) component in Chikwawa, Thyolo and Zomba. Building on Jhpiegos previous experience supporting VMMC services in these districts, the consortium is collaborating with stakeholders to increase uptake of high-quality VMMC services among males aged 1529 in these districts, with a goal of achieving 80% coverage and linking those testing HIV-positive to care and treatment. To reach this goal, the consortium is: 1) increasing availability of and access to VMMC services; 2) increasing demand for VMMC among the targeted age groups; 3) improving the quality of VMMC services; and 4) strengthening linkages between VMMC and other services.
World Food Programme Malawi Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) - 2013 Award World Food Programme Malawi Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) - 2013 Award
HED Partnership: Agro-Ecosystem Services: Linking Science to Action in Malawi and the Region University of Malawi/Michigan State University: Agro-Ecosystem Services: Linking Science to Action in Malawi and the Region - The partnership is focused on agro-ecosystem services (AgESS) to support agriculture-led economic growth. The Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) and Chancellor College are partnering with Michigan State University (MSU) to develop AgESS-related courses and modules, provide faculty development and enhance library resources, including online library access. The partners will also strengthen outreach, connecting with AgESS-related businesses, NGOs, government agencies, and extension agents.
Tackling Serious and Organized Corruption (TSOC) (Malawi):  Tackling Serious and Organized Corruption (TSOC) supports Malawian law enforcement to increase the likelihood and severity of sanction for serious and organized corruption. This activity strengthens technical capacity and interagency coordination among key law enforcement agencies, including the Anti Corruption Bureau, Director of Public Prosecutions, Financial Intelligence Agency, and the Malawi Police Service, to detect, investigate, and prosecute strategic corruption cases..TSOC will increase the risks of engaging in corruption and strengthen systems that regulate the movement of money and services through the economy, by supporting efforts to publicly expose corrupt individuals and corporations; seize and recover assets linked to corruption and other serious crimes; as well as improve strategic case work and conviction rates. Working through embedded technical assistance, TSOC will increase the practical skills and working knowledge of law enforcement agencies, to address obstacles that impede effective prosecution of corruption and public fraud cases. The activity will also support a range of prevention activities that engage non-state actors, including media, civil society, and the private sector, to implement anti-corruption and accountability activities. These include investigative journalism, advocacy for greater transparency in the business environment, and advocacy for greater parliamentary scrutiny of government spending..TSOC contributes to Malawi's Integrated Country Strategy (ICS) Goal 1: Democratic and Accountable Governance; and Objective 1.1: Support Malawian institutions, including parliament, the judiciary, and accountability institutions, to make governance more effective, transparent, and accountable. It also supports the Mission's CDCS (2020 - 2025) Development Objective 1, which seeks to improve public sector effectiveness and accountability at the national and decentralized levels.
Malawi Scholarship Program (Malawi):  USAID's Malawi Scholarship Program (MSP) improves availability of human resources for health.  The MSP provides scholarships to Malawians to pursue undergraduate and Master's programs in specific areas at universities and colleges in Malawi, Africa, and in the United States.FY 2015 activities will:-Provide scholarships for 138 students within Malawi to pursue pre-service training in the areas of nursing and midwifery and pharmacy technician preparation;-Support 37 Master's degree students in public health, maternal and child health, nutrition, and family planning/reproductive health; and-Provide additional 200 nursing scholarships between 2016 and 2020. These activities will help mitigate the severe human resource shortage in Malawi's health sector and strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Health, the Department of Nutrition and HIV/AIDS and local Malawian organizations to provide quality health care services to the population.
USAID/Kenya and East Africa Buy-in USAID/Kenya and East Africa Buy-in with the U.S Forest Service (USFS)
Moving Integrated, Quality Maternal, Newborn, Child Health and Family Planning and Reproductive Health Services to Scale (MOMENTUM/Tiyeni) Activity Component 1 (Malawi):  USAID's Moving Integrated, Quality Maternal, Newborn, Child Health and Family Planning and Reproductive Health Services to Scale (MOMENTUM Tiyeni) activity will support the Government of Malawi's efforts to reduce maternal, newborn, and child morbidity and mortality through improved access and quality of health service delivery in seven districts: Chikwawa, Mulanje, Machinga, Lilongwe, Dowa, Mangochi, and Zomba. It will focus on MNCH; voluntary FP/RH; nutrition; water, sanitation and hygiene; and malaria prevention and treatment. The activity will: 1) provide mentorship, coaching, and supervision of health workers in maternal and essential newborn care, child health, and nutrition; 2) contribute towards ending child, early, and forced marriages; 3) support health governance and accountability through use of data for decision-making, quality improvement activities and engaging civil society organizations; 4) support social and behavior change interventions to improve health-seeking behaviors, and maximize access to life-saving commodities and high-quality health services; 5) promote engagement and communication among community leaders, influencers, health providers and clients, as well as families and couples. MOMENTUM is aligned with the Primary Impact Initiative and will provide technical assistance to Mangochi G2G to implement Primary Impact and scale up lessons learned to other districts. The activity will support contingency plans to respond to health needs during and after climate related emergencies.The activity aligns with the Integrated Country Strategy Mission Objective 3.2: Malawi improves access to and quality of health services so that more of its citizens gain and retain full health and can contribute productively at home, in the community, and at work and the Joint Strategic Plan Objective 3.5: Improve inclusive and equitable health, education, and livelihood services, especially for women, youth, and marginalized groups..
Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS) Impact Evaluation (IE) (Malawi):  USAID/Malawi's CDCS Impact Evaluation (IE) activity will determine the validity of the Mission's strategic development hypothesis. This will assist USAID/Malawi in determining if its integrated approach to development enhances results, is more sustainable and leads to achievement of the CDCS goal: Malawians' quality of life improved. .FY 2016 activities include: Perform the annual stakeholder analysis;Develop, submit and disseminate policy paper; andFinalize and disseminate mid-term evaluation survey.The activity will eventually help determine whether or not an integrated strategic methodology improves development results. .
Expanding Malawi HIV/AIDS Prevention with local Organizations Working for an Effective Epidemic Response (EMPOWER) - Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS-free, Mentored, and Safe (DREAMS) (Malawi):  USAID's PEPFAR-funded activity - Expanding Malawi HIV/AIDS Prevention with local Organizations Working for an Effective Epidemic Response (EMPOWER) - will provide youth-friendly health services to adolescent girls and young women aged 10 - 24 years enrolled in the Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS-free, Mentored, and Safe (DREAMS) program to prevent the acquisition and transmission of HIV and expand access to reproductive healthcare. FY 2020 Family Planning funds will leverage PEPFAR investments to provide comprehensive, integrated services, including voluntary family planning, emergency contraception, HIV prevention, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), post-exposure prophylaxis, and gender-based/intimate partner violence (screening and response) services. EMPOWER will roll-out PrEP by systematically including eligibility screening, provision, and adherence support as part of the integrated package at community-based, youth-friendly points of service. EMPOWER will enroll adolescent girls and young women in DREAMS clubs in their communities to ensure that they access the services they need. This activity is part of the overall preventing child, early, and forced (CEFM) marriage activity in Machinga. .This activity aligns with the Integrated Country Strategy Mission Objective 1.1 - Improve socio-economic development...
Growth Pole Resilience Challenge fund ii (RCF 2) task order. Growth Pole Resilience Challenge fund ii (RCF 2) task order.
New Alliance Policy Acceleration Support (NAPAS) (Malawi):  .The New Alliance Policy Acceleration Support (NAPAS) activity assists the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development (MoAIWD) to implement key policy actions from Malawi's New Alliance Cooperation Framework.  NAPAS supports two policy advisors who are based in MoAIWD's Department of Agriculture Planning Services to advance these policy priorities. Activities will include: .Development of the National Contract Farming Strategy;Finalization of the Fertilizer Strategy and Policy;Support for the development of a National Resilience Strategy; andCompletion of other New Alliance policy actions such as the Seed Act and the National Nutrition Policy.Activities will support overall improvement in the agriculture policy enabling environment to facilitate the New Alliance goal of increased private sector investment in agriculture...
Malawi Local Capacity Development Initiative-Annual Program Statement Malawi Local Capacity Development Initiative-Annual Program Statement
Secondary Education Expansion for Development Secondary Education Expansion for Development (SEED) rural group 2 construction services-lot B2
USAID/OFDA Grant for Malawi/Drought-2016 Agriculture and food security and microfinance for drought recovery in Nsanje, Malawi
Community Day Secondary Schools (CDSS) Construction of 39 Community Day Secondary Schools (CDSSs) in 12 districts across Malawi identified in lot A1 and A2.