ABOUT ASSP
The Access to Primary Health Care program, known locally as ASSP, uses a health systems strengthening approach. ASSP collaborates with the Ministry of Health, or MOH, at the national and provincial levels, giving focused support to health zones, health facilities, and community levels. In addition, IMA and its partners ensure that more than 75% of the project resources are concentrated within the health zones. In other words, the majority of funds pay for programs that provide for service delivery, empowerment, accountability and capacity building of local community service organizations, partners and MOH representatives.
PEP kits distributed within 72 hours of rape
Births attended at a health facility
Pregnant women treated with IPTp
WASH infrastructure projects completed
ASSP Programs
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
improving health for 9.7 million people in the DRC.
Since 2014, ASSP has 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.
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ASSP is 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 in the province of Kasaï Occidental. The nets will be distributed from July to October 2014 to protect approximately 1.2 million people. The distribution is a partnership...
Access to Primary Health Care Project (ASSP)
Improving health for 8 million people in the Congo ABOUT THE PROJECT The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is the second most populous country in sub-Saharan Africa, with an estimated total population of 71 million people – 47% of which are under the age of 15. In...
ANNOUNCING: IMA to reach 8 million in DRC
IMA World Health/ Emily Esworthy This summer, IMA World Health officially launched our largest project to date – a five-year, $283 million program that will provide access to primary health care for eight million people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The...
26 million patients have visited our health centers and community care sites for curative consultations.
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Creating a national health information system in DRC
IMA World Health has been working with the Ministry of Health in the Democratic Republic of Congo, or DRC, for more than 10 years to support the development of an effective and efficient National Health Information System in the country. This central reporting system...
ASSP’s WASH Program Certifies its First Round of Healthy Villages
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is one of the most water-rich countries in the world, containing 52% of the African continent’s freshwater resources. Despite this enormous availability of freshwater, only 32% of the rural population has access to potable water...
ASSP Project Uproots Malnutrition with Household Gardens
As they sit quietly in front of their family’s hut in Congo’s Kasai-Occidental Province, two-year-old twins Kanku and Mbuyi watch a pair of chickens ambling around their feet. Neither of the tiny boys gives chase or swats at the beaks that occasionally peck at their...
