International Development Grant
Building a Baseline for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Data in Mozambique
Project Number: CA-3-D003874001
Status: Closed
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Maximum Contribution: $4,879,416.00
Start Date: November 08, 2017
End Date: March 31, 2022
Duration: 4.4 years
Project Description
The project aims to improve the availability of gender- and environmentally-sensitive data. With a focus on sexual and reproductive health this project seeks to strengthen evidence-based decision-making in the health sector in Mozambique. This includes institutionalising the Service Availability and Readiness Assessment (SARA) an internationally recognised tool within the Ministry of Health. The tool collects critical data on the status of infrastructure equipment and human resources in all health facilities in the country generating a robust baseline of the services currently offered and identifying gaps in service delivery. For example the tool provides data on whether a healthy facility provides sexual and reproductive health services (such as family planning) and whether it has the basic infrastructure staff and equipment needed to deliver these services such as trained healthcare professionals medicines water electricity and biological waste disposal systems. The project also aims to strengthen the Ministry of Health’s capacity to analyse this data and develop strategies and budgets that respond to the health needs of women and men boys and girls. The project is expected to reach over 1 800 health staff equipped with the necessary data to effectively plan activities contributing to the health of approximately 20 million women and children.
Expected Results
The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) improved institutionalized collection of quality and timely gender- and environmentally-sensitive data on the availability and readiness of health facilities and sexual and reproductive health services including family planning services; and (2) improved performance by the Ministry of Health in utilising evidence for gender-sensitive planning and resource allocation for essential health services including sexual reproductive health services.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved at the end of the project (March 2022) include: (1) trained 155 staff members (109 women) at the Ministry of Health to use the Service Availability and Readiness Assessment (SARA) tool; (2) procured and distributed 21 vehicles and 53 tablets to assist in data collection; (3) installed the service assessment tool in 1 643 public health facilities (99% of all health facilities in the country) 1 118 private health facilities and pharmacies; (4) finalized and disseminated the SARA report on health service availability including a gender-thematic report and a report on obstetric and neonatal care in health facilities; and (5) trained 130 ministry staff (45 women) on using the assessment results to improve planning and monitoring of health intervention; (6) trained 237 technicians on how to use SARA data for planning; and (7) updated the Government of Mozambique’s Master Health Facility list. This helped to provide a complete comprehensive single list of health facilities for better data analysis and synthesis that improves health systems reporting and planning.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
WHO - World Health Organization
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
WGM Africa
Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: Project-type interventions
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Department-Initiated