Summary

Program goals

The project goal is to reduce under-five mortality through increased use of high-impact maternal,
newborn and child health (MNCH) interventions (services and practices), including post-partum family planning (PPFP). Save the Children is supporting the Ministry of Health (MOH) to streamline and integrate the current community packages into a single coherent package that fills the gaps in the continuum of care and delivers more interventions at better quality and less cost. 

Key program components

Mwayi wa Moyo will incorporate family planning with objective to increase use of key postpartum family planning (PPFP) services and practices among mothers with children under two and their partners. Save the Children will work with the MOH to strengthen the integrated package to include PPFP. A “no-missed” opportunity intervention will seek to amplify the number of mothers reached with information and services during the first two years postpartum. In addition, Save the Children and partners will identify effective approaches to reducing the high teenage pregnancy rate in Malawi. 

The program components are control of diarrheal diseases, maternal and newborn care, and pnemonia case management.