Malawi | MOMENTUM 2 - Tikweze Umoyo - Let's raise health
Activity Description
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.
Related Links
- WASH component of Tikweze Umoyo
- WASH Fact Sheet: MOMENTUM Tikweze Umoyo
- MOMENTUM: A Global Partnership for Health and Resilience
- Press release: USAID Malawi MOMENTUM Tikweze Umoyo Hands over Cholera Medical Supplies to Five District Health Offices
- News article: Amref to Roll Out K28bn USAID Tikweze Umoyo Project in January 2023
- USAID/Malawi: Water, Sanitation, and Health
- Malawi | GlobalWaters.org
