MOMENTUM Programs in East and Southern Africa–Regional Reference Brief

The six global awards work collectively across diverse focus areas and settings to support partner country goals to improve maternal, newborn, and child health, nutrition, voluntary family planning, and reproductive health (MNCHN/FP/RH) outcomes. The suite supports countries in their efforts to strengthen the capacity and resilience of community and health systems to introduce, deliver, scale up, and sustain the use of evidence-based, high-quality MNCHN/FP/RH services and care. As of September 2021, MOMENTUM partner countries in the East and Southern Africa region include: Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Sudan, and Tanzania. MOMENTUM programs in the East and Southern Africa region address a wide range of issues, tailoring program activities to each of their unique contexts and needs. The table below lists where each topic, focus area, or theme is being addressed in the region. The MOMENTUM suite supports partner countries to address issues such as child health, COVID-19, immunization, maternal health, newborn health, nutrition, voluntary family planning, and reproductive health. The programs also focus on health topics, including health services, local engagement, measurement, partnerships, quality of care, social and behavior change, digital health, fragile settings, cross-cutting themes, gender, population, environment, and development, urban health, vulnerable populations, and youth. In Burundi, MOMENTUM Private Healthcare Delivery collaborates with the Ministry of Public Health and partner organizations to strengthen governance of and support to the private sector to improve the quality and coverage of its MNCH/FP/RH and malaria services. The program works to strengthen the capacity of private health care providers, increase demand for quality health care services, improve engagement between the private and public sectors, and support increased participation in and ownership of program activities and objectives by Burundian organizations. The program engages private and faith-based health care providers to understand and leverage their motivations and interests to expand and improve the quality of their health services. It also adapts training curricula and tools to meet private providers' expressed needs and focuses on client experience as a key component of quality of care, and rolls out the adapted training in MNCH/FP/RH and malaria services to private providers. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), MOMENTUM Integrated Health Resilience works to strengthen the capacity of the DRC's health system to respond to and recover from crises. The program focuses on improving the quality and availability of health services, increasing access to health care for vulnerable populations, and enhancing the resilience of the health system. In Kenya, MOMENTUM Routine Immunization Transformation and Equity works to improve the quality and coverage of routine immunization services in Kenya. The program focuses on strengthening the capacity of health care providers, improving the availability and accessibility of vaccines, and enhancing the quality of immunization services. In Rwanda, MOMENTUM Safe Surgery in Family Planning and Obstetrics works to improve the quality and safety of surgical services for family planning and obstetric care in Rwanda. The program focuses on strengthening the capacity of health care providers, improving the availability and accessibility of surgical services, and enhancing the quality of surgical care. In South Sudan, MOMENTUM Integrated Health Resilience works to strengthen the capacity of South Sudan's health system to respond to and recover from crises. The program focuses on improving the quality and availability of health services, increasing access to health care for vulnerable populations, and enhancing the resilience of the health system. In Tanzania, MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership works to strengthen the capacity of Tanzania's health system to lead and coordinate global health efforts. The program focuses on improving the quality and availability of health services, increasing access to health care for vulnerable populations, and enhancing the resilience of the health system. MOMENTUM programs in the East and Southern Africa region are implemented by a range of partners, including the Population Reference Bureau (PRB), JSI Research and Training Institute, Inc., and Ariadne Labs, under USAID cooperative agreement #7200AA20CA00003.