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END LINE EVALUATION OF THE H4+ JOINT PROGRAMME CANADA AND

SWEDEN (SIDA) 2011-2016

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE

CONGO ____________________________________

EVALUATION OFFICE

NEW YORK

2017

COUNTRY CASE STUDY

i End line evaluation of the H4+ Joint Programme Canada and Sweden (Sida) 2011-2016

Evaluation Management Group:

Louis Charpentier UNFPA Evaluation Office (Chair)

Beth Ann Plowman UNICEF Evaluation Office

Pierre J. Tremblay Global Affairs Canada Evaluation Division

DRC National Reference Group members

Patrice Badibanga H6+ Focal Point WFP

Sandra Chouffani Head of Cooperation Embassy of Canada

Thierno Diouf M&E Specialist UNFPA

Dr Baudouin Kalume Director MoH (D10)

Brigitte Kini H6+ Focal Point WHO

Eugene Kongnyuy H6+ Coordinator UNFPA

Marguerite Kunduma H6+ Focal Point UNFPA

Dr Thérèse Kyungu Director MOH (PNSR)

Priya Lerberg H6+ Focal Point UNAIDS

Dr Alain Iyeti Director MoH (DEP)

Daniel Magnusson First Secretary (health) Embassy of Sweden

Bernadette Mbu H6+ Focal Point WHO

Jules Mulimbi H6+ Focal Point UN Women

Michel Muvudi H6+ Focal Point World Bank

Alladji Osseni H6+ Focal Point UNAIDS

Freddy Salumu H6+ Focal Point UNICEF

Annie Simard First Secretary Embassy of Canada

Susie Villeneuve H6+ Focal Point UNICEF

Euro Health Group Evaluation Team

Camilla Buch von Schroeder Country team leader

Prince Kimpanga National evaluation and SRH specialist

Léon Tshiabuat National evaluation specialist

Ted Freeman H4+JPCS Evaluation team leader

The analysis and recommendations of this report do not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations Population Fund. This is an independent publication by the independent Evaluation Office of

UNFPA.

Any enquires about this evaluation should be addressed to:

Evaluation Office, United Nations Population Fund

E-mail: evaluation.office@unfpa.org

Phone number: +1 212 297 5218

Full document can be obtained from UNFPA web-site at: 2016
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................... 1

1.1 Objectives of the field country case studies ............................................................................ 1

1.2 Approach and methodology .................................................................................................... 1

1.3 Nature of the field country case studies .................................................................................. 2

1.4 Carrying out the field country case study in DRC .................................................................... 2

1.5 Limitations ............................................................................................................................... 4

2 THE CONTEXT OF RMNCAH IN DRC ........................................................................................ 5

2.1 Trends in RMNCAH - 2011 to 2016 .......................................................................................... 5

2.2 National plans and priorities.................................................................................................... 6

2.3 External support to RMNCAH .................................................................................................. 7

2.4 Mechanisms and processes for coordinating action ............................................................. 10

2.4.1 National mechanisms for coordinating support to the health sector in the DRC ............................ 10

2.4.2 H4+ programme coordinating mechanisms and processes ............................................................. 10

2.5 The H4+ programme in the DRC ............................................................................................ 11

2.5.1 Programme expenditures ................................................................................................................ 11

2.5.2 Programme content ......................................................................................................................... 13

3 THEORY OF CHANGE FOR H4+ JPCS IN THE DRC .................................................................... 14

4 EVALUATION QUESTIONS AND FINDINGS ............................................................................. 17

4.1 Strengthening health systems ............................................................................................... 17

4.1.1 Testing causal assumptions for health systems strengthening ....................................................... 18

4.1.2 Contributing to health systems strengthening for RMNCAH in the DRC ......................................... 28

4.2 Expanded access to integrated care ...................................................................................... 30

4.2.1 Testing causal assumptions for expanding access to integrated care ............................................. 31

4.2.2 Contributing to expanded access to integrated care ....................................................................... 42

4.3 Responsiveness to national needs and priorities .................................................................. 43

4.3.1 Testing causal assumptions for responsiveness to national needs and priorities............................ 44

4.3.2 Responding to national needs and priorities ................................................................................... 48

4.4 Innovative approaches to programming in RMNCAH ........................................................... 49

4.4.1 A theory of change for innovation in the DRC ................................................................................. 49

4.4.2 Testing causal assumptions for innovation ..................................................................................... 51

4.4.3 Contributing to innovation for RMNCAH in DRC .............................................................................. 55

4.5 Division of labour ................................................................................................................... 56

4.5.1 Testing causal assumptions for the division of labour ..................................................................... 56

4.5.2 Achieving an effective division of labour ......................................................................................... 60

4.6 Value added for advancing the Global Strategy .................................................................... 62

4.6.1 Testing causal assumptions for value added ................................................................................... 62

4.6.2 The value added of H4+ JPCS ........................................................................................................... 66

5 CONCLUSIONS ..................................................................................................................... 68

5.1 Conclusions ............................................................................................................................ 68

5.2 Implications for the H6 partnership ...................................................................................... 70

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6 ANNEXES ............................................................................................................................ 71

Annex 1 Evaluation Matrix ................................................................................................................. 72

Annex 2 Vocabulary of medical terms used in the report ............................................................... 208

Annex 3 Financial profile of H4+ JPCS in THE DRC ........................................................................... 209

Annex 4 Outcomes of RMNCAH ....................................................................................................... 210

Annex 5 People Met ......................................................................................................................... 212

Annex 6 Bibliography ....................................................................................................................... 219

Annex 7 Key causal Assumptions for the DRC THEORY OF CHANGE ............................................... 226

List of Tables:

Table 1: Selected Indicators of RMNCAH in the DRC - 2005 to 2015 ...................................................... 5

Table 2: Key programmes in HSS and RMNCAH operating in H4+ target provinces in the DRC ............. 7

Table 3: H4+ JPCS Expenditures by H4+ member in the DRC 2011-2015 ............................................. 11

Table 4: H4+ JPCS Expenditures in US $ by Output Category (2012-2015) ........................................... 12

Table 5: Output data on selected RMNCH services in the nine H4+ JPCS health zones (2011-2015) .. 26 Table 6: H4+ members and their roles and contributions in the H4+ JPCS, DRC programme (2014-

2016) ..................................................................................................................................................... 58

Table 7: H4+JPCS Expenditures in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ......................................... 209

List of Figures:

Figure 1: Map of H4+ JPCS active districts and field visits in DRC ........................................................... 4

Figure 2: Maternal mortality ratio trend in the DRC since 1985 ............................................................. 6

Figure 3: Programme expenditures by H4+ members in the DRC (2012 - 2015) ................................. 12

Figure 4: Theory of Change for H4+ JPCS in DRC .................................................................................. 16

Figure 5: The Capacity Triangle in the DRC ........................................................................................... 33

Figure 6: The innovation to policy and scale up process ...................................................................... 50

Figure 7: Theory of Change for Innovation in H4+ JPCS: DRC ............................................................... 51

Figure 8: H4+JPCS Expenditures by Year and Agency in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ....... 209

Figure 9: H4+JPCS Expenditures in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: 2011-2015 .................... 209

List of textboxes:

Box 1: Evaluation questions .................................................................................................................... 1

Box 2: H4+ Interventions in the DRC 2012-2016 ................................................................................... 13

Box 3: Assigned Roles of H4+ Members ................................................................................................ 37

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ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

ABEF Family Planning Association (Association de Bien-être Familial) ADBC Community based distribution agents (Agents de distribution à base communautaire)

AFK Family Kit Approach (Approche Kit Familial)

ANC Ante Natal Care

ASRH Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health

BCC Behaviour Change Communications

BCZS Office of the Health Zone Team (Bureau Central de Zone de Santé)

BDOM The Diocesan Office of Medical Works

(Le Bureau DiocĠsain des Vuǀres MĠdicales) BEmONC Basic Emergency Maternal, Obstetric and Neonatal Care CAO 4&5 MDG 4&5 Acceleration Framework (Cadre d'Acceleration des OMD 4Θ5)

CBA Community based advocates

CBD Community-Based Distribution (of contraceptives) CCT Technical Coordinating Committee (Comité de Coordination Technique) CEmONC Comprehensive Emergency Maternal, Obstetric and Neonatal Care CHW Community Health Worker (Rélais Communautaire)

CHW Community Health Worker

CNP-SS Health Sector Coordinating Committee

(Comité de Pilotage du Secteur de la Santé)

CPR Contraceptive Prevalence Rate

CTB Belgian Technical Cooperation

CS Health Centre(Centre de santé)

D1 Division for General Services and Human Ressources (Direction des Services Généraux et Ressources Humaines)

D10 Division for Family Heath and Special Groups

(Direction de la Santé de la Famille et de Groupes Spécifiques)

DEP Department for Plannng and Studies

(Direction d'Etudes et de Planification) DFID Department for International Development of the United Kingdom

DHS Demographic and Health Survey

DPS Provincial Health Department (Direction Provincial de la Santé)

DPS Provincial Health Department

(Direction Provinciale de la Santé)

DRC Democratic Republic of Congo

ECZ Health Zone Team (Equipe Cadre de la Zone de Santé)

EMG Evaluation Management Group

EmONC Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care

ERG Evaluation Reference Group

ERG Evaluation Reference Group

FOSA Health Facility (Formation Sanitaire)

GAVI Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance

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GBV Gender-Based Violence

GFF Global Financing Facility

GIBS Health Deǀelopment Partners' Forum

(Groupe Inter-Bailleur pour la Santé) H4+ JPCS H4+ Joint Programme Canada and Sweden (Sida)

HMIS Health Management Information System

HSS Health Systems Strengthening

HZ Health Zone

IMNCI Integrated Management of Newborn and Childhood Illnesses

ISTM Higher Institute for Medical Techniques

(Institut Supérieur de Techniques Médicales)

JICA Japan International Cooperation Agency

KOICA Korea International Cooperation Agency

M&E Monitoring and Evaluation

MDG Millennium Development Goal

MDSR Maternal Death Surveillance and Response

MICS Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey

MMEIG UN Maternal Mortality Estimation, Inter-Agency Group MMR Maternal mortality ratio - Check if used more than once/twice

MNCH Maternal, Newborn and Child Health

MoH Ministry of Public Health

MVA Manually Vacuum Assisted

MWH Maternity Waiting Home

NGO Non-Governmental Organisation

PARSS Health Sector Rehabilitation Support Project PDSS Health System Strengthening for Better Maternal and Child Health Results

Project (French)

PESS Health Facility Equipment Project

PLWHIV People Living with HIV

PMTCT Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission

PNC Post Natal Care

PNDS National Health Development Plan

(Plan National de Développement Sanitaire)

PSM Procurement and Supply Chain Management

RBF Results-Based Financing

RECO Community health worker(Rélai communautaire) RMNCAH Reproductive Maternal Neonatal Child and Adolescent Health

RMNCH Reproductive Maternal Neonatal Child Health

SCOGO Professional Association of Gynaecologist-Obstetricians (Société Congolaise des Gynéco-obstétriciens)

Sida Swedish International Development Authority

SRH Sexual Reproductive Health

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SRHR Sexual Reproductive Health Rights

ToC Theory of Change

UN Women United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women UNAIDS Joint United Nations Programme for HIV/AIDS

UNFPA United Nations Population Fund

UNICEF United Nations Children's Fund

USAID United States Agency for International Development

VHW Village Health Worker

WB World Bank

WFP World Food Programme

WHO World Health Organisation

YFS Youth Friendly Services

GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED

H4+ partnership: the broad designation/ term used to describe the coordinated efforts of the six member agencies working together. H4+ members: the six UN agencies that are part of the H4+ partnership (sometimes also referred to H4+ country team: the group of specific people from among the H4+ members who are tasked with the responsibility to plan, oversee the implementation of and account for the H4+ programme delivery. H4+ programme delivery: any RMNCAH activities implemented under the coordination of the H4+quotesdbs_dbs27.pdfusesText_33

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