Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2011 2012 2013

Details for Mechanism ID: 13253
Country/Region: Namibia
Year: 2011
Main Partner: Not Available
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: NGO
Funding Agency: USAID
Total Funding: $0

Funding for Care: Pediatric Care and Support (PDCS): $0

Global Development Alliance Leveraging private sector and foundation resources to provide direct systems strengthening technical assistance in the support of the "Whole Child Initiative" at both the clinic and the broader systems strengthening levels (in 1-2 regions)& start up and implementation of regional health structures (RDUs).

Activities related to this include: trainings, workshops and facilitation for these structures in four regions.

New Activity

Estimated Budget = Redacted

Provide organizational strengthening to the Namibia Alliance for Improved Nutrition convened by the Office of the Prime Minister as it addresses the critical challenges in maternal and Child Nutrition in Namibia.

New Activity

Estimated Budget = Redacted

Implementation of innovative projects through regional delivery units (includes the establishment of Regional Delivery units, or RDUs) (in 1-2 regions), sharing of lessons learned and innovation in order to promote replication and expansion.

New Activity

Estimated Budget = Redacted

*It should be noted that the activities mentioned above will also be cost-shared with other private sector funding.

ADDITIONAL DETAIL:

This is a new activity and a new GDA, so the details of the project, the activities and the specific outputs will be further defined as the project is developed.

Synergos will support the "Whole Child Initiative." The Whole Child Initiative will facilitate the Namibian Government in achieving its 2013 targets to reduce neonatal mortality and child undernourishment.

Specifically, the initiative focuses on health and nutrition related needs of children by:

1) demonstrating impact on neonatal survival and child nutrition through the accelerated deployment of 30 Innovation Projects across the country;

2) reorganizing regional health structures to increase accountability and unlock latent potential; and

3) Building a more effective national health leadership team for the country to improve the whole of health service delivery.

Supported by senior Namibian government officials, including the Prime Minister, this initiative will focus on both clinical-level action and health systems strengthening, to ensure that what works can be scaled and sustained over time.

Under this activity, USAID funds (expected in principle to reach Redacted over three years, pending the availability of funds and interagency approval) will contribute to Namibia's first GDA initiative.

o This initiative, led by the Synergos Institute, will leverage Redacted from the ELMA foundation, with remaining resources to come from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Redacted), the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition for the nutrition activities Redacted), the Pupkewitz Family Foundation (Redacted), and another anonymous donor (Redacted)

o Specifically, USAID funds will be used to support efforts in 1-2 regions facing the worst socio-economic indicators in Namibia (e.g., Kunene).

In these regions, funds will be used to conduct regional nutrition profile and situational analyses and to develop regional delivery units to support rapid action on neonatal survival and child nutrition through 'innovation projects'

The process for developing these innovative projects will take the voice of the community, their needs into account and will be designed and developed by the communities themselves.

Cross Cutting Budget Categories and Known Amounts Total: $0
Human Resources for Health $0
Key Issues Identified in Mechanism
Child Survival Activities
Safe Motherhood