IMA World Health
in the Democratic Republic of COngo
Since 2000, IMA has worked alongside the Congolese government, donors and an array of local and international partners to revitalize the country’s health system, fight diseases and improve the health for a population in desperate need. Such long-term investment in the Democratic Republic of Congo has required resilience, creativity, and an incredible network of staff and partners to navigate successive armed conflicts, political instability, impassable roads and other obstacles that continue to threaten the health and well-being of the population.
IMA is proud to be a part of the team that is changing the narrative and the trajectory of health care in the DRC. Powered by partnership, new technologies are solving stubborn problems, successes are scaling up into widespread solutions and—most importantly—our vision of health, healing, and well-being for all is becoming more of a reality in the DRC every day.
IMA DRC PROJECTS
All of IMA DRC’s projects are structured around the World Health Organization’s Six Pillars of Health System Strengthening. Larger projects like the UK aid-funded ASSP focus on every aspect of improving the health system and reducing morbidity and mortality in women and children under five. Whereas others impact only one or two pillars like the USAID funded Tushinde which focuses on sexual and gender-based violence.
improving health for 9.7 million people in the DRC.
From 2013 to 2019, ASSP supported an estimated 9.7 million people across Kasai, Kasai Central, Nord Ubangi, Maniema and Tshopo provinces, providing life-saving services to more than 10 percent of the total population of the DRC. Many of these people are continuing to reap the benefits of a growing and thriving health system through ASSR.
Health Areas
Health Zones
Provinces
IMA DRC Programs
The IMA DRC programs listed below often build upon the success of several projects and have continued to operate in some form over the course of many years, receiving funding from several consecutive projects.
Nutrition
Family Planning
Infrastructure & Construction
WASH
Medicine
Safe Deliveries
Immunizations
Improving Access
Hospital Management
DHIS2
Malaria
Clean Cookstoves
Community Health Endowments
Leadership & Governance
Gender & SGBV
Behavior Change Communications
26 million patients have visited our health centers and community care sites for curative consultations.
Our Partners
IMA DRC's projects are implemented by a consortium of organizations that work together at all levels of the health system to implement nutrition, obstetric and neonatal care, family planning, immunization as well as water, hygiene and sanitation interventions. Read MoreRecent News
IMA and Partners to Distribute 676,000 Malaria Nets in DRC
Press Release Against Malaria Foundation (AMF) has agreed to fund 676,000 LLINs for distribution...
Access to Primary Health Care Project (ASSP)
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ANNOUNCING: IMA to reach 8 million in DRC
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DRC Malaria Team Witnesses Firsthand the Devastating Effects of the Disease
The IMA DRC Malaria Team is having great success with their hang up in West Kasai. So far the team has completed two zones, Kitangua and Banga, for a total of 89,600 bed nets donated by the Against Malaria Foundation. The team has now moved on to Kamonia Health Zone,...
Improving Health in DR Congo, Brick by Brick
The health center is a central feature of the health care system in DR Congo. While each health zone has a large referral hospital where more serious cases are referred, the smaller health centers, scattered among the villages, are where the day-to-day primary health...
Community Core Groups: A Promising Platform for Integrated Development
The USAID-funded Project Ushindi has lived up to its name by helping thousands of women overcome sexual and gender based violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Ushindi means “to overcome” in Swahili and speaks to the goal of the project. Based in 10...
