USAID Mission [www.usaid.gov/missions/ mg/] Madagascar Ministry of Health and Family Planning [www.sante.gov.mg/]

Madagascar

See Also: Food Aid; Food Security; Infant and Child Nutrition

FANTA has been working to provide food security situation analysis, as well as technical assistance to the USAID Title II Cooperating Sponsors (CSs) to improve the quality of their food security operations in the field, particularly with regard to health, nutrition, agriculture and natural resource management. FANTA has provided extensive technical support on Outcome Monitoring and on monitoring and evaluation and has worked with the USAID Mission Food for Peace Office to fully implement Layers, an approach developed by FANTA to help USAID Missions monitor the impact and progress of their development programs.

Outcome Monitoring Surveys: USAID/Madagascar has piloted Outcome Monitoring, a method for collecting data on a set of indicators that allows the U.S. Government to monitor outcomes of the key health activities it supports. FANTA implemented the survey, which consisted of both population-based and facility-based components, and, working through a local firm, collected data covering malaria, MCHN and family planning/reproductive health.

Food Security Situation Analysis: Working with USAID/Madagascar, FANTA developed a food security situation analysis in 2002 that examined the current food security situation in the country and made recommendations for better integration of Mission resources, including Title II. The situation analysis served as a cornerstone of the Mission's Integrated Strategic Plan for 2003-2007. Initial discussions have been held on updating this situation analysis to include policy changes and shifting emphasis on Title II programs' focus on recurring natural disasters in the southern part of the country. An updated analysis would upgrade CSs' capacity for emergency preparedness.

Layers for the Mission FFP Office: Implementation of the Layers methodology allows the Mission to better monitor its activities, identify potential problems and ensure that food aid is being delivered to the intended populations. FANTA developed a natural resource management module to include indicators to track the proper management of tree nurseries and tree plantations which are part of Food for Work (FFW) watershed protection programs in Madagascar. In addition to the more standard modules of agriculture, nutrition, health and education, the Madagascar version of Layers allows the Mission to assess the quality of infrastructure built through (FFW) activities.

USAID Country Profile
[http://www.usaid.gov/locations/sub-saharan_africa/countries/madagascar/]

UNICEF Country Profile
[http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/madagascar_2436.html]

WFP Country Profile
[http://www.wfp.org/country_brief/indexcountry.asp? region=3region=9&sub_section=3&country=450]

Demographic and Health Surveys Country Survey
[http://www.measuredhs.com/countries/country_main.cfm?ctry_id=23]

FAO Country Food Security Statistics
[http://www.fao.org/faostat/foodsecurity/ Countries/EN/Madagascar_e.pdf]

World Bank Country Data Profile
[http://devdata.worldbank.org/external/ CPProfile.asp?CCODE=MDG&PTYPE=CP]

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