MaMoni MNCS PROJECT

Name of the project: USAID’s MaMoni Maternal and Newborn Care Strengthening Project

Donor: USAID

Project Implementation Area: In Sylhet Region (Sylhet, Sunamgang, Habiganj and Brahmanbaria district)

Project Duration: April 2018 to April 2023

Target Group: Mother and Newborn Baby

Technical Support By: Save the Children

Overall Goal: Support GoB to achieve its vision of:

“A Bangladesh where there is no preventable deaths of newborns or stillbirths, where every pregnancy is wanted, every birth celebrated, and women, babies and children survive, thrive and reach their full potential “

Contribute to achieving its goals for 2022 (HNSP 2017-2022):

Reducing neonatal mortality rate below 18 (per 1,000 live births)

Maternal mortality ratio below 121 (per 100,000 live births)

Project Objective

Increased Equitable Utilization of Quality Maternal and Newborn Care Services Through four intermediate result:

1. Improved responsiveness of district health system to deliver patient–centered MNC services

2. Improved Quality of MNC services and governance of quality of care

3. Sustained improvement in access and demand for MNC services and household practices.

4. Improved national capacity to deliver quality MNC services at scale

Key Focus Areas of the Project

Improve Quality of MNH services through MNHQI Bundles
Care of small and sick newborns
MNH certification program for Quality Assurance
Test new intervention and tools for maternal health care
National level capacity building for program motoring
Midwifery-led care ad clinical mentorship
Innovation using Information Communication Technology
Approaches and tools for Social accountability
Local Government engagement for strengthening MNH services
Different approaches for hard-to-Reach population

Geographic Coverage by the SHIMANTIK

Project are being implemented in the Hobiganj district, Brahmanbaria District, Sunamganj District and Sylhet district in five Upazila.

Work Area Basic Information:

Description	Brahmanbaria	Hobigang	Sylhet	Sumanganj	Total
Area ( Sq. KM)	1881	2636	3743	12298	20558
Population	3040477	2236072	1238916	2822242	9337707
Upazila	9	8	5	11	33
Union	100	77	31	87	295
Municipality	4	6	1	4	15
Village	1323	2124	1104	2813	7364
HTR Area	14	23	19	48	104

Project staff information:

Male	Female	Total	By Designation
38	23	61	Regional Mamager-1, Officer Program Operation(F&A)-1 District Coordinator-4, Upazila Coordinator-29, Program Support Officer-4, Midwife/ paramedic-22