Accelerated child survival and development

Programme summary

Leadership and caregiver action for children’s wellbeing.

The project sought to improve child survival and development by enabling caregivers and influential leaders to prioritise children’s health and wellbeing. AFLI’s stated role included advocating for budgetary space for children and strengthening leaders’ capacity to protect children’s rights and support delivery of essential services.

Reported outcomes

• Karamoja Declaration for Children: the programme summary reports adoption of a social contract with traditional and formal leaders committing to children’s rights and protection.
• Health and service access: it reports improvements in school enrolment, immunisation and access to health services, alongside child-survival and maternal-health indicators.
• Advocacy and behaviour change: it reports greater uptake of health messages among caregivers and reductions in child labour and domestic violence against children.

Evidence note: the supplied summary does not provide baseline values, dates, sample sizes, indicator tables or an independent evaluation. Its outcomes are therefore identified as programme-reported and are not converted into numerical impact claims.

Suggested citation

Africa Leadership Institute. Accelerated Child Survival and Development Project in Karamoja Region. Programme summary. Publication date not stated.