Quarterly Progress Report

A small team from Jhpiego traveled to support the development of the workplan, consulting with various stakeholders, including USAID, SIDA, DFID, and local government officials. The workplan was submitted on March 18, 2017, and received comments from USAID, which are being incorporated into the updated plan. During this quarter, Jhpiego focused on developing the MCSP annual workplan and initiating start-up activities. Start-up activities included recruiting staff, establishing relationships with key external stakeholders, and initiating procurement actions for key supplies and equipment. Jhpiego is generally on track with these start-up activities, but plans to conduct some temporary duty (TDY) visits in the next quarter to ensure that implementation of workplan activities does not fall behind. Jhpiego did not encounter any unforeseen obstacles or challenges during this quarter. However, the organization anticipates preparing materials with the USAID logo/brandmark to support the launch event planned for August/September 2017. The materials will include fact sheets and other external communication materials. The expected estimated budgeted cumulative USAID project expenditures to-date are $1,263,229, while the actual cumulative expenditures and accrued expenditures are $1,263,229. This indicates that Jhpiego is on track with its budget, with a variance of 0% compared to the estimated cumulative expenditures. However, the organization expects it will take another two quarters to pull spending to within the 15% variance. The development of the Performance Monitoring Plan (PMP) will define the indicators to be tracked for the project.