Mali

To improve the health and well-being of the Malian people and the country’s stability, the government of Mali is committed to improving health services and care in the country. In 2019, the government proposed health reform that aims to accelerate the achievement of the country’s Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 and establish universal health coverage (UHC). In addition, by aiming to reduce the maternal and infant mortality rates, the proposed reforms constitute an essential contribution to the improvement of human resources for health (HRH), which will make it possible to increase the productivity and wellbeing of the Malian population.

HRH2030 in Mali

From January 2018 to December 2020, USAID’s HRH2030 program in Mali provided technical assistance directly to Mali’s Ministry of Health and Social Development (MHSD) to strengthen human resources management for the health workforce and improve the quality of care and services throughout the health system.

The program’s achievements include:

1. • 2,400 service delivery providers from 1,103 health facilities in 46 districts have improved skills in compliance with Mali’s national norms and standards of service delivery in maternal, newborn, and child health, family planning, nutrition and malaria
   • 1,233 community platforms in 23 districts have adopted the program’s community approach, which:
     • Provided services to 250,000 Malians—including 30,208 pregnant women, 49,400 children under 23 months, and 136,458 children between ages two and five
     • Spurred an increase in health facilities’ service utilization rate from 38 percent to 73 percent over a two-year period, impacting 2,311,045 Malians in rural communities
     • Contributed to an increase in the proportion of childbirths taking place at 190 program-supported health centers, from 35 percent to 89 percent over the first half of 2020.