Project profile — Reproductive, Maternal and Child Health, and HIV/AIDS Services

• Tanzania (100.00%)

• Reproductive health care:
Reproductive health care (13020) (30.00%)
Family planning (13030) (35.00%)
STD control including HIV/AIDS (13040) (25.00%)
Personnel development for population and reproductive health (13081) (10.00%)

• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Youth Issues (principal objective)

CIDA supports the activities of the non-governmental organization, Marie Stopes Tanzania, a key partner of the Government of Tanzania in the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals for family planning and reproductive health. In addition to targeting concrete health results, including the integration of HIV/AIDS services, this project is designed to pilot a model of private-public partnership with decentralized government councils in Tanzania and to ensure rural access of these services through outreach sites. It is expected that the results of the private-public partnership are shared at the national and local government and with other stakeholders involved in delivering health services for further application.

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Results from July 2005 to May 2011 (end of project) include: expanded access to and use of comprehensive reproductive, maternal and child health and HIV/AIDS services particularly in remote and underserved areas of Tanzania, through local health centres and mobile outreach; direct provision of these services to a total of 1,122,486 Tanzanian women of childbearing age, newborns, and children under five, and improved capacity of local government authorities in 13 districts to partner with private service providers to scale up the provision of primary health services. Of those benefitting from MST's services, 600,093 were reached through outreach services in 1,300 remote sites in 13 underserved districts of Tanzania, and 522,393 people sought out services from six local MST health centres. Services provided included: antenatal care, delivery services, postnatal care, prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, child growth monitoring, immunization, family planning counselling and services, sexually-transmitted infection screening and treatment, and HIV voluntary counselling and testing.

• Proactive disclosure