The Maternal and Child

Survival Program

Acting to End Preventable Child and Maternal Deaths

www.mcsprogram.org

Vision Statement Self-reliant countries equipped with

the analytical tools and effective systems enabling them to be on track to end preventable child and maternal

deaths

USAID’s flagship

Maternal and Child

Survival Program

Awarded: Launched June 2014

Length: 5 Years

Funding Ceiling: 500 Million

AOR: Nahed Matta

Alternates: Malia Boggs; Megan Rhodes

Technical Advisors: Karen Fogg; Kerry Ross

Program Basics

HSS eHEALTH/mHEALTH

QUALITY

GENDER

BCC

INNOVATION

EQUITY

FAMILY PLANNING

MATERNAL HEALTH NEWBORN

HEALTH

CHILD HEALTH

IMMUNIZATION

NUTRITION HIV/TB

MALARIA

WASH

PARTNERSHIPS

MEASUREMENT

& ANALYTICS

COMMUNITY

APPROACHES

WASH

MCSP

Partners

Not Your Mother’s MCHIP

Reflects changing global RMNCH landscape and

shifts in USAID priorities

Greater emphasis on cross-cutting issues such as quality,

equity, and gender

Focuses on sustainable scale up, such as strengthening

health systems, that will deliver high impact technical

interventions

20% of MCSP funds are required to be spent “through

local institutions”

Household to Hospital Continuum of Care

Household

Clinics/Hospitals

Community

Referral

Pre-Pregnancy to Under 5

Strategic Objectives Support countries to increase

coverage and utilization of evidence-based, high-quality reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH) interventions at the household, community and health facility levels;

Close innovation gaps to improve health outcomes among high-burden and vulnerable populations through engagement with a broad range of partners; and

Foster effective policy, program learning and accountability for improved RMNCH outcomes across the continuum of care

Household—Community—Facility—Subnational—National—Regional—Global

Impact at Scale Outcomes Outputs

RESULT 1:

Sustainable

and Equitable

High Effective

Coverage

Coverage and

utilization of

evidence-based,

high-quality

RMNCH

interventions

sustainably and

equitably

increased

RESULT 2:

Innovation

gaps closed HIIs delivered

through most

effective

delivery

mechanism

RESULT 3:

Health

system

strengthened

Effective

policies,

program

learning and

accountability

GOAL:

Reductions in

maternal, newborn

and child mortality

accelerated with

increased equity to

end preventable

maternal and child

death Guided by

Strategic Priorities

High Impact

Interventions

Country-led

Analyses

Processes

Mainstream

Cross-Cutting

Approaches

and Innovations

Consistent

with Project

Vision

Project Conceptual Framework

Inputs

Integrated Themes Scaling up RMNCH coverage in 24 priority countries

Maximize potential for public and private sector—including

civil society

Addressing equity through a community health strengthening

approach

Strengthening integrated community health platforms

Integrating services across the continuum of care

Better care on the Day of Birth

Maternal newborn health and infectious disease

Rigorous focus on monitoring, evaluation, and learning

Pregnancy Labor & Delivery Newborn Child

TECHNICAL APPROACHES ACROSS LIFE CYCLE

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Integrated Community Platforms

Whole Market District Approach

ANC/PNC and Day

of Birth Integrated

Interventions

Integrated Child

Health Interventions

(incl. prevention,

immun., nutri.)

“PRACTICE – LEARNING FEEDBACK LOOP”

Helping Countries Eliminate Preventable Child & Maternal Death,

by Achieving Impact at Scale for Women and Children

24 Priority USAID Countries

Afghanistan

Bangladesh

Democratic

Republic of

Congo

Ethiopia

Ghana

Haiti

India

Indonesia

Kenya

Liberia

Madagascar

Malawi

Mali

Mozambique

Nepal

Nigeria

Pakistan

Rwanda

Senegal

South Sudan

Tanzania

Uganda

Yemen

Zambia

24 Priority USAID Countries

Other countries where MCSP works:

Burma, Guinea, Namibia, South Africa

Countries

where MCSP

works

Afghanistan

Bangladesh

Democratic

Republic of

Congo

Ethiopia

Ghana

Haiti

India

Indonesia

Kenya

Liberia

Madagascar

Malawi

Mali

Mozambique

Nepal

Nigeria

Pakistan

Rwanda

Senegal

South Sudan

Tanzania

Uganda

Yemen

Zambia

Thank You

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This presentation was made possible by the generous support of the American people through the

United States Agency for International Development (USAID), under the terms of the Cooperative

Agreement AID-OAA-A-14-00028. The contents are the responsibility of the authors and do not

necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government.

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