The USAID Afya Endelevu activity supports the Government of Tanzania to address human resources for health (HRH) gaps at the national, regional, and local government levels. The purpose of the Afya Endelevu activity is to develop and implement sustainable approaches to HRH recruitment, deployment, and management. The activity also supports the delivery of quality HIV and reproductive, maternal and child health services, and facilitates effective transitioning of contracted health care workers into the Government of Tanzania’s HRH system.

Since October 2020, The Benjamin W. Mkapa Foundation (BMF) in partnership with Mzumbe University through its Centre of Excellence in Health Monitoring and Evaluation (COEHME) of has been implementing a three years Afya Endelevu Activity, which is a cooperative agreement funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The agreement focuses to Support the Government of Tanzania to Strengthen Leadership and Management System. The key project activites include to:

• Conduct Human Resource Management Capacity Needs Assessment to ascertain skills, structural and system gaps.
• Develop Human Resource Management manual/guideline to strengthen multi-sectoral capacity building and coordination
• Validate the developed HRM manual/guide with key relevant stakeholders thereafter accommodate changes.
• Map status of data management practices and its implication to service delivery performance