GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA (GRZ) And THE ...

14. The goal of the UNFPA Country Programme is to contribute to poverty eradication by
strengthening reproductive health services and enhancing Government’s capacity to implement a
multi-sectoral population programme. The programme will be implemented using a rights-based
approach with a focus on mobilising policy makers and communities, and strengthening capacities to
address the population and reproductive health challenges in the country. Participation and
accountability will be at the fore and efforts will be made to ensure that programme activities
strengthen the links between individual rights and the responsibilities of duty bearers. All efforts will
be taken to use lessons learnt from the evaluation of the just completed CP to improve the design and
implementation of the 7CP and AWPs.
15. Within the principle of 'Delivering as One', the UNCT has agreed that the areas for joint
programming with other United Nations agencies will include maternal health, HIV/AIDS interventions,
Gender Based Violence, interventions for in-school and out-of school youth and disaster management. In
line with UNFPA’s new Cluster Approach, efforts will also be made to ensure that women, girls and
young people (including adolescents) are not only the primary beneficiaries of the programme but also
become empowered actors in national development.
16. The programme will have both a national and provincial level focus. At national level, the programme
will focus on policy support, data collection, capacity strengthening and advocacy. At district level, the
programme will support integrated reproductive health and population integration interventions in
selected districts in North Western, Luapula and Western Provinces. Districts will be selected on the basis
of poor maternal outcomes and HIV prevalence using information from the Baseline Survey and national
data.
17. The 7CP is aligned with the priorities of the United Nations Development Assistance Framework
(UNDAF) 2011-2015, the Government’s Sixth National Development Plan, (SNDP) the National
Population Policy, the National Health Strategic Plan, the National AIDS Strategic Framework (NASF)
2011-2015, the MDGs and the UNFPA Strategic Plan as outlined in Table 1 below. The country
programme has eight outputs that will contribute to various outcomes in the UNDAF and UNFPA
strategic framework.
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