U.S. Government Bilateral Assistance to Malawi Selected Results in - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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U.S. Government Bilateral Assistance to Malawi

Selected Results in Malawi in 2012

Health: Strengthened the health system through integrated support at the community, facility, district and regional levels in all 28 districts Supported HIV testing for over 680,000 Malawians in 2012, including 244,000 pregnant women - of those who tested positive, 74% received antiretroviral drugs (over 18,000 women) Assisted Malawi‘s drive to cut malaria related deaths by 50% through prevention & treatment – the U.S. has provided over 19 million doses of malaria medication and 6 million bed nets since 2007  Treated 61,000 malnourished children, extended access to improved drinking water to 35,750 people, and supported the pre- service training of 105 newly graduated health care workers Economic Growth and Agriculture:  Funded innovations in Malawi’s dairy sector for over 11 years, leading to a 500% increase in milk production  Trained nearly 112,000 farmers (including 68,120 women) in agriculture skills, technologies, and practices to improve productivity  Organized 97,111 Malawians (including over 80,000 women) into village savings & loan groups to invest in income-generating activities Education:  Trained 38,000 Standard 1-4 teachers to strengthen early grade reading skills for millions of Malawian students. Over 3.9 million Standard 1-4 students were enrolled in USG- supported primary schools (including 2,014,956 girls)  Aided school feeding for hundreds of thousands of children daily Security and Mutual Understanding: Trained 1,700 soldiers, 175 law enforcement personnel, and hosted 94,734 customers at four Embassy information resource centers

• “Other” includes security & refugee assistance, disaster readiness, & public diplomacy grants.
• None of the assistance included in this chart is in the form of a loan
• For more information, please visit http://lilongwe.usembassy.gov or

http://foreignassistance.gov/

• Figures do not include U.S. Peace Corps volunteers, 2011 National Institutes of Health, USG

contributions to multilateral institutions (e.g., the Global Fund, UN agencies) or the generous private philanthropy of American citizens and foundations.

$110 million $197 million $206 million $253 million MK 87 billion

January 2013

8% 18% 73%

$223 million

• The U.S. Government (USG) is the largest overall donor to Malawi.
• Malawi is the recipient of all five

Presidential Initiatives:

– Feed the Future (FTF) – Global Health Initiative (GHI) – The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) – President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) – Global Climate Change (GCC)

• The Millennium Challenge Compact
• The USG is the largest contributor and shareholder to the African

Development Bank, Global Fund, UNICEF, WHO, WFP, World Bank, and IMF.

U.S. Government Bilateral Assistance to Malawi

Health

• The U.S. Global Health Initiative (GHI) integrated support to

improve health and strengthen the health system in all 28 districts

– Integrated programs target HIV and AIDS, malaria, maternal and neonatal health, child health, water, sanitation, and hygiene, reproductive health, and nutrition – Supported 1,106 medical students in 2012 - 468 new nurses, midwives, and medical assistants will graduate in 2013 – U.S. is the largest bilateral donor to the Malawi health system

• The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief

(PEPFAR) supports HIV prevention, treatment and care

– Supports Malawi’s Option B+ program offering lifelong treatment to ALL HIV-infected pregnant or breastfeeding women to reduce transmission - in 2012 the USG helped over 16,000 women initiate lifelong treatment. – Supports scale-up of male circumcision, and works with the Global Fund and partners to scale up counseling & testing, treatment, and prevent mother-to-child transmission

• The U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) supports

Malawi’s drive to cut Malaria deaths by 50%

– PMI has provided over 5 million bed nets - increasing coverage to 58% of households - and procured 19 million doses of malaria medication and 12.2 million malaria rapid tests

• Peace Corps Health Volunteers reached

35,600 community members and supported 780 service providers

– Focus on health mobilization, outreach and education activities

• African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), which

supports increased U.S.-Malawi trade and development of Malawian businesses, and through related initiatives like the African Women’s Entrepreneurship Program (AWEP)

• Peace Corps Volunteers promote sustainable income

generation in communities surrounding protected forest & nature reserves, reaching a population of 5,500 in 2012

• Crosscutting issues incorporated throughout US initiatives

in all sectors include integration, local capacity building, gender equity, innovation, and inclusiveness

Sustainable Growth

• Feed the Future initiative promotes food security and nutrition

through improved agricultural productivity and market development

– Focus on building legume and dairy value chains while promoting consumption and use of nutritious foods to improve nutrition

• Global Climate Change initiative promotes improved natural

resource and water management, and adaptation to the effects of climate change

• Food for Progress enhances small-scale farmer access to credit

and promotes nutrition through goat, rice and cassava value chains

• Clean Cookstoves initiative is a Malawi-U.S.-Ireland partnership to

reach 2 million households by 2020 with clean, efficient cookstoves

Power Sector

The U.S. Millennium Challenge Corporation approved a 5-year compact with Malawi in 2012 for power sector development

• $350.7 million over five years
• Feasibility studies initiated in 2012, with compact entering into force in 2013
• Compact will benefit 4.5 million Malawians

Objectives of the MCC Compact in Malawi

• Improve the availability, reliability, and quality of the power supply by

increasing throughput capacity and stability of the national electricity grid

• Increase efficiency of hydropower generation
• Create an enabling environment for future expansion by:

– Strengthening sector institutions – Enhancing regulation and governance of the sector

Education and Training

The USG supports the full range of Malawi’s education system from early childhood education through post graduate training, with particular emphasis on girls’ education.

• Early grade reading (new 5 year program in design)
• Professional development to nearly 38,000 teachers in reading methodologies
• Classroom reading materials
• Peace Corps Volunteers teach math and science, and train teachers in under-

resourced Community Day Secondary Schools, reaching 4,800 students and 313 teachers in 2012

• Scholarships, exchanges, and degree programs to build capacity and support the

development of Malawi’s agriculture, health, and education sectors.

Democracy, Human Rights, Governance and Mutual Understanding

The USG promotes good governance and efficient management of public services by supporting community and civic engagement, increased transparency and accountability, and strengthened human and systems capacity in all three branches of

• government. Activities include:
• training the Judiciary to effectively address

trafficking in persons and gender-based violence

• strengthening civil society and directing more

assistance resources to local organizations

• improving Malawians’ knowledge and

understanding of governing institutions

• increasing interactions between elected officials

and citizens

• media training
• building civic education and participation into

health, education and economic development programs

• strengthening management and leadership in

health, education and other social service sectors

Security Cooperation

USG support to the Malawi Defense Force (MDF)

• Trains and equips MDF for peacekeeping Missions (2 battalions and

1,700 soldiers trained in 2012)

• Provides individual training, exercises, and equipment to promote

the continued professionalization of the military

• HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment

USG support to Malawi law enforcement personnel

• Trains law enforcement officers at the International Law Enforcement

Academy in Botswana (125 trained in 2011-12) on financial investigation techniques, leadership, task force organization, and trafficking in persons

• Locally trains law enforcement officers – in 2012, 50 were trained in

trafficking in persons, counterfeiting and ATM/credit card fraud

U.S. Philanthropy

The USG partners with U.S. organizations and foundations including:

• The Clinton Health Access and Clinton Development Initiatives
• The Gates Foundation
• Numerous universities
• Several U.S.-based NGOs and private foundations

Thousands of U.S. volunteers and missionaries work in Malawi supporting community-based development.

Zikomo Kwambiri Thank You