Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Details for Mechanism ID: 12862
Country/Region: Zimbabwe
Year: 2011
Main Partner: University of Zimbabwe
Main Partner Program: Department of Community Medicine
Organizational Type: University
Funding Agency: HHS/CDC
Total Funding: $650,000

This program will equip provincial and district health executives with good leadership and management skills so that they will be able to provide direction to partners and staff in facilitating change and achieving better health services management through efficient, creative and responsible allocation and accountability of resources.

The overall goals of this project are:

1) Effective leadership in health planning, program implementation and patient care in the public sector in Zimbabwe.

2) Implementation of the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare (MOHCW) national Human Resources for Health policy at all levels of the public sector delivery system.

3) Development and implementation of a national leadership training and mentorship program.

This project will support the National HIV/AIDS Strategy and Plan through improving the skills of health care managers for the efficient use of the available human, financial and material resources for improved quality of services to the population.

The coverage of these activities will be national and targeting all health managers of Zimbabwe in the public sector.

The key contributions of this program to health systems strengthening and human resources for health will be improved leadership and management of HIV/AIDS related activities to scale up and attain the Millennium Development Goals and other health related targets through efficient district health management.

The impact of this program is enhanced through the capacity building of the existing leaders within the public sector across all levels of care.

A woman and girl centered approach is accomplished through:

Active involvement and capacity building of women in leadership positions.

Inclusion of women and girls' health issues as a strong component of the leadership modules recognizing the role of women in the health promotion of their communities.

The main cross-cutting program of this project is Human Resources for Health as the activities aim to increase the skills of managers and health leaders for better provision of health services in Zimbabwe.

The cost-efficiency strategy of this cooperative agreement will be based on the use of experienced facilitators in these topics to have the greatest impact possible and through regular evaluation of the program to make adjustments as needed.

Monitoring and evaluation of the activities is going to be done through training reports, site visit reports and evaluations from trainees of provincial and district health executives presented as quarterly progress reports.

Funding for Health Systems Strengthening (OHSS): $650,000

COP 11 funding will ensure the continued development and support of effective leadership in health planning, program implementation and patient care in the public sector in Zimbabwe at provincial and district level through:

1) Development of leadership and management training modules.

2) Provision of training for diagnosing and managing provincial and district health management problems.

3) Supporting provincial and district strategic planning and review meetings.

4) Team - building activities in district groups.

Cross Cutting Budget Categories and Known Amounts Total: $650,000
Human Resources for Health $650,000