Annual Report: October 2011 – September 2012 SCIP Strengthening Communities through Integrated Programming

The geographic focus of the project was not specified in the provided information. The program objectives were to improve access and availability to quality health goods and services, appropriate health practices and health care seeking behavior, accountability of community and district health structures, community social infrastructure, availability and use of clean, multi-use water, and sanitation facilities and hygiene practices. The Results Framework outlined six intermediate results, including IR1: Access and availability to quality health goods and services improved, IR2: Appropriate health practices and health care seeking behavior adopted, IR3: Accountability of community and district health structures to the people they served increased, IR4: Community social infrastructure sustained through a range of allies and networks of support, IR5: Availability and use of clean, multi-use water increased, and IR6: Sanitation facilities and hygiene practices in target communities improved. During the reporting period of October 2011 to September 2012, the project made significant progress in achieving its objectives. The project supported health system strengthening for infrastructure, logistics, and management focusing on peripheral health units, improved the quality of service delivery at the peripheral level, and strengthened the provision of integrated services. The project also strengthened linkages between communities and health facilities, built capacity within communities to address WASH challenges, and collaborated with DPS and SDSMAS. The project faced several challenges, including communication for behavior change, addressing the needs of OVCs, addressing home-based care and positive prevention, HIV counseling and testing integrated with FP and PMTCT, and gender and male involvement. Despite these challenges, the project made significant progress in achieving its objectives, including improving access and availability to quality health goods and services, appropriate health practices and health care seeking behavior, and community social infrastructure. The project also made significant progress in achieving IR5: Availability and use of clean, multi-use water increased. The project consolidated and expanded water committees, facilitated water committee access to water pumps spare parts, repaired non-functioning water sources, opened new water sources, engaged communities on the adoption of safe water storage and water treatment, and promoted the multi-use of water. The project also partnered with CBOs and collaborated with government and partners to achieve its objectives. The project's success was evident in the improvements made in the target communities, including increased access to quality health goods and services, improved health practices and health care seeking behavior, and increased availability and use of clean, multi-use water. The project's achievements were a testament to the effectiveness of the SCIP project in strengthening communities through integrated programming.