Zambia Integrated Systems Strengthening Program Quarterly Report for July– September 2013

The program is managed by Abt Associates, Inc. in collaboration with several partner organizations, including American College of Nurse-Midwives, and is funded by the United States Agency for International Development. The program has three main tasks: supporting the Central Ministry, supporting the provinces and districts, and improving community involvement. Task One focuses on providing technical assistance to the Central Ministry, including human resources for health, family planning and adolescent health, expansion of adolescent health knowledge and skills, emergency obstetric and neonatal care, child health, nutrition interventions, and saving mothers giving life endeavor. Task Two involves providing support to the provinces and districts, including clinical care and quality improvement, management specialists, and malaria management. Task Three aims to improve community involvement through community health, grants program, behavior change communication, and crosscutting program and support. The program has achieved several milestones, including training over 2,500 health workers in various interventions, such as family planning and adolescent health, emergency obstetric and neonatal care, and child health, and improving community health through community health workers and grants program. The program has also made significant progress in malaria management, with over 1,000 health workers trained in malaria case management. The program has also implemented several crosscutting activities, including monitoring and evaluation, knowledge management, capacity building and gender, finance and administration, and information technology. The program has faced several challenges, including challenges in implementing the grants program and behavior change communication. The program has identified several focus areas for the fourth quarter, including improving community health, improving clinical care and quality improvement, and improving malaria management. The program has also developed an indicator matrix to track progress and measure progress towards the program's objectives. The program has made significant progress in improving the health workforce, with over 2,500 health workers trained in various interventions. The program has also improved community health through community health workers and grants program. The program has made significant progress in malaria management, with over 1,000 health workers trained in malaria case management.