Zambia Capacity Building Strategy

Source: Chemonics

This document outlines the capacity building strategy employed by The Communications Support for Health (CSH) program, which aims to enhance the capacity of the Government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ) to manage and implement effective national health communications interventions.

It is expected that enhanced IEC/BCC management of the GRZ will translate into changes in population health related behaviors.

The document covers the program’s multi-pronged capacity building strategy that involves strengthening individuals’ performance, organizational structures, and national strategies. The steps of the capacity building process include stakeholder engagement, capacity assessment and identification of gaps and needs, formulation of capacity building plans, implementation of the plans, and monitoring/evaluation of the plans. This document also includes the plan’s conceptual framework and expected challenges.