Integrated Health Program - DRC

The activity will strengthen the capacity of Congolese institutions and communities to deliver quality, integrated health services to improve sustainably the status of the Congolese population, focused on reducing maternal and child deaths.

Supporting the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in meeting the basic health needs of women and children will foster more resilient communities, advance the DRC along its pathway to self-reliance, and help protect U.S. national security.

This will be achieved by strengthening health systems, governance, and leadership at provincial, health zone, and facility levels; increasing access to quality, integrated health services; and increasing adoption of healthy behaviors, including through improved care seeking of health services.

USAID's Integrated Health Program (IHP) will serve approximately 30 million people in nine provinces, covering an estimated 30 percent of the Congolese population.

High-impact and innovative approaches will be tested, scaled, and rigorously documented to promote continuous collaboration, learning, and adapting.

Cross-sectoral, integrated approaches to strengthening resilience capacities at the individual, household, community, and system levels will drive USAID's IHP in all targeted health zones, each of which will receive its own, tailored support package developed in collaboration with other co-located mechanisms.

The activity will provide a platform for linkages with Breakthrough-ACTION, Global TB Challenge, Food for Peace's DFSAs, FtF's Strengthening Value Chains, CARPE, and the integrated youth, education, and governance activities.

The mechanism will also contribute to USAID's Global Water Directive by implementing appropriate community-based approaches for the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of water sources.

Sanitation activities will increase demand for sanitation-related products and services through, for example, community-led total sanitation.