Malawi | MOMENTUM 1 – Tiyeni – Let’s Go!

Students at a community-based child care center wash their hands before their snack. Caretakers at the CBCC are educated by Save the Children not only in early childhood development, but also in how to prepare nutritious meals, like porridge, and the importance of hygiene in food preparation. Photo Credit: Melissa Cooperman, IFPRI

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USAID’s Moving Integrated, Quality Maternal, Newborn, Child Health and Family Planning and Reproductive Health Services to Scale (MOMENTUM) Tikweze Umoyo Activity (meaning “Let’s Raise Health” in Chichewa) supports the Government of Malawi’s efforts to reduce maternal, newborn, and child morbidity and mortality through improved access and enhanced quality of health service delivery in five districts (Chitipa, Karonga, Nkhotakota, Kasungu, and Salima). Similar to the MOMENTUM Tiyeni Activity, the Tikweze Umoyo Activity has a WASH in health care facilities component, as well as a community WASH component. This includes promoting improved governance and systems strengthening; extending access to household sanitation through market based sanitation; rehabilitating water points coupled with strengthening the capacity of water committees; and distributing water treatment supplies during outbreaks of cholera and other infectious diseases.

Malawi | MOMENTUM 1 – Tiyeni – Let’s Go!

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