Opportunity Information: Apply for NFO SOL 613 17 000010
The Integrated Maternal Neonatal Child Health and Family Planning (MNCH/FP) Program is a USAID/Zimbabwe funding opportunity designed to strengthen Zimbabwe's health system with a particular focus on improving the health and survival of women, youth, and children. USAID planned a single five-year cooperative agreement with a total value of up to $25 million to provide technical assistance to the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MOHCC) both at the national level and specifically in Manicaland province. The award was intended to build on results from existing USAID-supported health activities and was structured as a full and open competition, meaning applications were not limited to a specific applicant type and any eligible entity could apply.
At the core of the opportunity is the idea of strengthening integrated maternal, newborn, and child health services together with family planning across the full "continuum of care." In practical terms, that means improving how care is delivered and connected from households and community-based services, to primary health facilities, and up through higher-level referral and tertiary hospitals. The program emphasizes not just providing services at each point, but also creating a coordinated system that can guide patients through pregnancy, birth, postnatal care, child health services, and ongoing reproductive health needs over time. The integration of MNCH and family planning is meant to expand access, improve efficiency in service delivery, and lead to better outcomes by ensuring clients can receive multiple related services in a more seamless way rather than navigating disconnected programs.
The activity also included a national-level component aimed at expanding access to a broader range of family planning methods through outreach services. This reflects an effort to reduce gaps in availability and reach people who may not regularly access facility-based care, while also improving method choice and overall access to contraception as part of a more comprehensive reproductive, maternal, and child health approach.
Strategically, the program aligns with USAID/Zimbabwe's 2016-2020 Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS). It was framed as a contribution to the Mission's Development Objective 2, which focuses on increasing the number of Zimbabweans living longer and healthier lives. More specifically, it supports Intermediate Result 2.4, which targets improved maternal and child health status in selected populations. The design highlights health systems strengthening and service quality improvements, while also recognizing that health outcomes depend on demand for services, community linkages, and broader barriers that affect whether people seek and receive care.
The opportunity laid out four main intermediate results that the awardee would be expected to pursue. First, it aims to improve the quality of integrated MNCH-FP services, which can include stronger clinical standards, better provider performance, improved supervision and mentoring, and stronger facility readiness to deliver essential services. Second, it seeks to increase the use of MNCH-FP services, with particular attention to hard-to-reach populations, implying targeted approaches for rural areas, underserved communities, and groups facing access barriers. Third, it focuses on strengthening community systems and creating better linkages between community-level structures and formal health services, recognizing that referrals, follow-up, health education, and community engagement are key to continuity of care. Fourth, it aims to improve capacity for policy implementation, meaning the activity is not only about service delivery but also about helping the MOHCC and partners translate national policies into consistent practice through planning, coordination, management, and implementation support.
Implementation was expected to be done in close collaboration with the MOHCC and provincial and district health managers in Manicaland, as well as the Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council (ZNFPC). The opportunity explicitly signals that success would depend on working through government systems and strengthening their capacity rather than creating parallel structures. It also emphasizes guiding principles consistent with the CDCS, including strengthening health systems, improving service delivery quality, addressing gender dynamics, and reducing barriers that limit healthy behaviors and health-seeking, all of which influence whether women, adolescents, and children can access timely and appropriate care.
From an administrative standpoint, the funding instrument was a cooperative agreement, which typically indicates substantial involvement by USAID during implementation compared to a standard grant. The opportunity was listed under CFDA 98.001, with an award ceiling of $25,000,000 and an expectation of one award. The opportunity was issued by USAID-Harare under Funding Opportunity Number NFO SOL 613 17 000010, originally posted September 1, 2017, with an original closing date of October 6, 2017.Apply for NFO SOL 613 17 000010
- The Agency for International Development, Zimbabwe USAID-Harare in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Integrated Maternal Neonatal Child Health and Family Planning (MNCH/FP) Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 98.001.
- This funding opportunity was created on Sep 01, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Oct 06, 2017. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $25,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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