“Strengthening Integrated Primary Health Care in Sofala Province, Mozambique”
Grantee Institution:
Health Alliance International
Team Leaders:
- Kenneth Sherr, M.P.H., Ph.D.
Director of Implementation Research, Health Alliance International
- Maria de Fatima Cuembelo, M.D., M.P.H.
Faculty, Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique
Project Summary:
The Mozambique PHIT Partnership will improve and integrate Primary Health Care service delivery at nearly 140 health facilities by strengthening district-level planning and management capacity in Sofala province’s thirteen districts, covering over 1.6 million people. The three major project objectives will be to 1) strengthen integrated health systems management in Sofala at district and provincial levels through in-service training and continuous mentoring; 2) improve the quality of routine data and develop appropriate tools to facilitate decision-making for provincial and district managers; and 3) build capacity for and conduct innovative Operations Research (OR), including program evaluation, in order to guide integration and system-strengthening efforts. The PHIT Partnership will build on the extensive collaborative history of the project partners, including the Mozambique Ministry of Health, Sofala Provincial Health Directorate, Health Alliance International, the University of Eduardo Mondlane, and the University of Washington Departments of Global Health and Industrial Engineering.