Last Updated: 25/09/2025
USAID’s Moving Integrated, Quality Maternal, Newborn, Child Health and Family Planning and Reproductive Health Services to Scale (MOMENTUM/Tikweze Umoyo) Activity Component 2
Objectives
To will focus on maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH); voluntary planning/reproductive health (FP/RH); nutrition; water, sanitation, and hygiene; and malaria prevention and treatment. It will deploy integrated and age-appropriate interventions through facility and community-based approaches. With FY 2022 funds, the activity will:
- provide mentorship, coaching, and supervision of health workers,
- contribute towards ending child, early, and forced marriages,
- support health governance and accountability through the use of data for decision-making, quality improvement activities, and engaging with civil society organizations,
- provide targeted technical assistance to expand the private sector’s role in health service delivery through a market-based approach,
- support social and behavior change interventions to improve health-seeking behaviors, and maximize access to life-saving commodities and high-quality health services,
- promote community leaders and other influencers’ engagement and improve communication between health providers and clients, as well as families and couples.
USAID’s Moving Integrated, Quality Maternal, Newborn, Child Health and Family Planning and Reproductive Health (MNCH/FP/RH) Services to Scale (MOMENTUM/Tikweze Umoyo) activity will support the Government of Malawi’s effort to reduce maternal, newborn, and child morbidity and mortality through improved access and quality of health service delivery in five districts.
The activity will support contingency plans to respond to health needs during and after climate related emergencies, The activity will also use timely surveillance data to forecast health outcomes and adjust program objectives to optimize results through adaptive management to mitigate outbreaks. The activity aligns with the Integrated Country Strategy Mission Objective 3.2 – Malawi improves access to and quality of health services so that more of its citizens gain and retain full health and can contribute productively at home, in the community, and at work.
Expected Results
- Increased access to and use of quality integrated health services
- Increased adaptive learning and use of evidence in health interventions learning
- Increased cross-cultural collaboration and innovative partnerships in health service delivery
- Improved capacity of institutions local organizations, and service providers to deliver integrated health services
Jul 2022 — Jul 2027
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