USAID program, 1997-2002
Smaller Healthier Families
The three pillars….
1. Partnership
2. National level
support
3. Community level
support
…..must be balanced
1. Partnership
Partnership
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GAIN
ICC
IEC Task force
RH Task force
DDM
National level support
• Policy/Norms
and Standards
• Strategic
approaches
• System
strengthening
• Improved quality
of services
Improved Norms and
Standards and Policies
Essential Nutrition
Breastfeeding
Vitamin A
Complementary
Feeding
(small doable actions)
Feeding
of sick children
Anemia
Women’s Nutrition
Iodine
4 Method FP Training Program
(small doable actions)
Five day formal training:
• 4 methods: orals,
injectibles, barriers and
LAM
• Counseling and IEC
materials
• Logistics and HMIS tools
• 2 clinic-based half days
• Start-up kit
Health System
Strengthening
IEC materials
Cold-chain spare-parts
Drug/contraceptive
logistics
Pre-service training in medical and
nursing schools
• Sustainable
training strategy
• Increased costeffectiveness
Community level
•Community empowerment
mobilization and education
•Community based distribution
and Social Marketing
•Link between community and
health centers
Champion Communities
Empowering
Measuring
change
Celebrating
success
Promote Positive Behaviors
Large numbers of
community volunteers
Who?
Community animators from
existing organizations
Short skill-based training
with the family-friendly
health card as focus.
SMALL
DO-ABLE
ACTION
Why?
How?
The way forward
1. Partnership
2. National level
support
3. Community level
support
The way forward
• Continuing and
strengthening partnership
• Continuing and expanding
work at the National level
• Expanding community
involvement
Champion communes and
social marketing