Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2010 2011 2012 2013

Details for Mechanism ID: 10205
Country/Region: Zambia
Year: 2013
Main Partner: ICF International
Main Partner Program: ICF Macro
Organizational Type: Private Contractor
Funding Agency: USAID
Total Funding: $0

The Zambia Service Provision Assessment Survey (ZSPA) is a health-facility survey that will be implemented by the Ministry of Health and the Central Statistical Office with technical support from the MEASURE DHS Phase III. The ZSPA will be carried out to assess the capacity of health facilities. It will collect information on availability of services, existence of critical equipment, supplies and procedures, provider capacity, performance and perceptions, and the client perspective. The ZSPA will provide the data needed to report on mandated indicators relating to the capacity of facilities to provide basic and advance level HIV/AIDS services, the availability of record-keeping systems for monitoring HIV/AIDS care and support, the capacity to provide PMTCT and PMTCT+ services, and the availability of youth-friendly services.

The survey will be conducted in a sample of facilities. An objective will be to facilitate the measurement of changes since the 2005 ZHSPA in the capacity of health facilities to provide quality HIV/AIDS services. The survey results will be widely disseminated through the preliminary and main survey reports, special policy briefs and at the national seminar. The ZSPA data file will be made available to researchers for additional in-depth analyses. Efforts will be directed at all phases of the ZHSPA to develop the capacity of Zambian counterparts to design, implement, disseminate and use the survey results.

The ZSPA will contribute directly to the GHI principle of health system strengthening by producing indicators for measuring the performance of the health system. This study will collect data on provision of other health services mainly family planning, maternal and child health, Nutrition and tuberculosis.

Funding for Strategic Information (HVSI): $0

The MEASURE DHS Phase III will provide technical support for the 2012 Zambia Service Provision Assessment Survey (ZSPA) to the local implementing partners, the Ministry of Health and Central Statistical Office. The project will provide support to the ZSPA in the areas of survey and sample design, fieldwork training and monitoring, data processing and tabulation, analysis and report writing, and dissemination and use of the survey results. The contactor will also manage a subcontract through which funding for the local costs of the data collection, analysis and dissemination will be provided to the local implementing partners. Key outputs from the ZSPA will include the survey instruments and related training manuals and field forms, data entry and editing programs, preliminary and final reports, and Powerpoint presentations for the national ZHSPA seminar. Capacity building and skills transfer will be at the center of the technical support provided to the local implementing organization. Support for data use will also be provided by conducting data users workshop for both Zambia Demographic Health Survey and ZSPA data files.

Key Issues Identified in Mechanism
enumerations.Malaria (PMI)
Child Survival Activities
Safe Motherhood
Family Planning