Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition Services Support Project

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The development objective of the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) and Nutrition Services Support Project for Togo is to increase utilization of selected MCH and nutrition services for pregnant women and children. The project has two components. The first component is improved utilization of malaria and nutrition services to address malaria in pregnancy through the provision of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in pregnancy (IPTp) with sulfodoxinepyrimethamine (SP) and free long-lasting insecticide nets (LLINs), to pregnant women attending antenatal care (ANC). It has following two sub-components: (i) support for: (a) malaria control in pregnancy through provision of LLINs and SPs as part of the basic package of ANC services; (b) community-based diagnosis and treatment of malaria; and (c) management, supervision, and behavioral changes to ensure effective utilization; and (ii) community- based nutrition services for pregnant women and young children under five years of age. The second component is strengthening health monitoring and evaluation systems; project management. It has following two sub-components: (i) strengthening the health monitoring and evaluation system, particularly the health management information system (HMIS), including the government's capacity to monitor its MCH programs; and (ii) project coordination and implementation support.