Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2012 2014 2016 2017

Details for Mechanism ID: 14242
Country/Region: Malawi
Year: 2012
Main Partner: FHI 360
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: NGO
Funding Agency: USAID
Total Funding: $50,000

At the request of the Nutrition Unit in the Ministry of health, FANTA II conducted a rapid review of the Nutrition Assessment, Care and Support (NACS) program. The objective of the review was to assess the strengths, challenges and opportunities of the program. Of particular concern to USAID was the lack of monitoring and evaluation data which threatens the very existence of the program. Malawi has consistently failed to report on the NACS program over the years. This was partly due to lack of capacity and technical expertise within the MOH, and also partly because the rapid scale up of the program did not allow Malawi to learn lessons that would improve the performance of the program. For this reason, NACS activities were not included in the last proposal to the Global Fund. The FANTA II report makes some useful recommendations and suggestions for improving the performance of the program.With this funding, FANTA III will provide TA to the national level staff of the Government of Malawi (GOM) ministries to implement the recommendations of the rapid review and workshop and to determine how the GOM can best leverage funding from other donors for implementing these recommendations.

Funding for Care: Adult Care and Support (HBHC): $50,000

FANTA III will provide technical assistance to national level staff in the Government of Malawi (GOM) to implement the recommendations of the rapid NACS review and work with the GOM to build a larger donor base for the NACS program.Specific activities will include review of the nutrition assessment, care and support materials and a mapping exercise that would lead to the development of a costed plan for improved supply chain management. The mapping exercise will include numbers of patients, stocks of commodities, and distribution and production sites of commodities, as well as supply routes. Additional activities include strengthening of linkages with community-based economic strengthening, livelihoods and food security activities; linking nutrition and HIV/AIDS activities; organizing technical working group meetings to ensure coordination of different stakholders; and development of a monitoring and evaluation system for NACS. Because of the limited funding, this activity will reach Lilongwe-based national level staff only.

Cross Cutting Budget Categories and Known Amounts Total: $50,000
Food and Nutrition: Policy, Tools, and Service Delivery $50,000