Active Communities for Healthy Mothers and Children in Bolivia

The purpose of the project (2011-2016) is to strengthen institutional and community capacity to support a sustainable primary health care system and increase survival rates and the development of children and mothers in 26 targeted municipalities of Bolivia. The project facilitates collaboration between the Government of Bolivia and local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to achieve the objectives of Bolivia's priority health programs and the Family Community and Intercultural Health Model. The project works with the Ministry of Health in Bolivia to scale-up the successful Community Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses framework and to contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals in health among vulnerable populations in Bolivia including the poor women and children.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) increased adoption of health-seeking behaviours in integrated maternal and child health and development by male/female caregivers women of childbearing age men and adolescents (girls-boys); (2) enhanced organization and participation of communities and civil society groups in areas related to integrated maternal child health and development (including water hygiene and sanitation); and (3) improved implementation by municipal government of management models for integrated maternal and child health and development that contribute to gender equality.