Zambia is a developing country in Southern Africa that has made some significant advancements in the economy, technology, and healthcare sectors over the past decade. However, the country is suffering from a huge disease burden. One in sixteen children in the country dies before the age of five. Most of them die from preventable diseases like malaria, diarrhea, pneumonia, and malnutrition. Moreover, the country faces an ever-lasting shortage of healthcare workers, primarily in rural areas.
Community health systems are changing this by extending the reach of health services to the last mile, but they remain underfunded. To help bridge the access gap through community health systems, FAH:
- Supported community health strategy co-development, with Ministries of Health
- Supported resource mobilization through Global Fund and/or Global Financing Facility application preparations
- Costing, financial gap analysis, resource mapping & ROI of the operational plan (OP) of the new CH strategy