The New Partnerships Initiative (NPI) Expanding Health Partnerships—NPI EXPAND Project— is a five-year project which aims to support Missions by increasing the availability and utilization of quality health services across all USAID priority health areas. In line with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) commitment to localization, NPI EXPAND invests in local partners and strengthening their capacity to strategize, plan, and implement health sector programs with USAID funds. Enhanced participation of capable local partners to increase demand for and deliver high-quality, high impact health services will enable governments to meet crucial health goals equitably and sustainably. NPI EXPAND will catalyze opportunities to scale up innovative interventions by strengthening the capacity of local partners with varying levels of capabilities and exposure to USAID.

Where we work

NPI EXPAND has a global mandate to work with USAID missions throughout the world which have programs requiring NPI EXPAND’s expertise in capacity strengthening, grant making and performance improvement in health and other development sectors. USAID missions initiate participation in the NPI EXPAND activity by submitting Expressions of Interest to USAID Washington.

Featured Insights

Our project partners and staff have been involved in a number of exciting and life-saving activities over the past couple of months. Please see the stories and presentation below for more information and insights.

Tools

NPI EXPAND Organizational Capacity Assessment Tools Guide

NPI EXPAND Organizational Capacity Assessment Tools Guide NPI EXPAND applied several capacity assessment tools while working with local organization partners...
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Capacity Building Tools

NPI EXPAND Adapted Organizational Capacity Assessment Tool

NPI EXPAND Adapted Organizational Capacity Assessment Tool The goal of the organizational capacity assessment tool (OCA) is to assist non-governmental...
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Tools

NPI EXPAND Fact Sheet

NPI EXPAND Fact Sheet This fact sheet includes an overview and summary of NPI EXPAND's breadth and depth over the...
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Capacity Building Tools

Public Health Emergency Technical Organizational Capacity Assessment Tool

Public Health Emergency Technical Organizational Capacity Assessment Tool During 2020, NPI EXPAND prepared this Technical Organizational Capacity Assessment (TOCA) tool...
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Blogs Lessons Learned

How Do You Measure a Process Like Localization?

When USAID issued their fiscal year 2023 progress report on localization, they reported that the percentage of direct local funding...
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Capacity strengthening Ethiopia Featured Local Partners Success Stories

Capacity Strengthening for NPI EXPAND’s Local Ethiopia Partner Population, Health and Environment Ethiopia Consortium (PHE-EC)

USAID Ethiopia and the USAID-funded New Partnerships Initiative: New Partners for Better Health (NPI EXPAND) project identified a need for...
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Capacity Building Social accountability Tools

Social Accountability Technical Organizational Capacity Assessment

Social Accountability Technical Organizational Capacity Assessment The goal of the Social Accountability (SA) technical capacity assessment tool (TOCA) is to...
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Capacity Building Featured Local Partners Kenya Success Stories

From Tradition to Advocacy: Traditional Birth Attendants Spearhead Safe Maternal Health Services

In the Maasai community, Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs) have long held a revered status, offering trusted assistance during home deliveries....
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Family planning Featured Local Partners Pakistan Success Stories

Empowering Communities and Improving Access to Quality Health Care in Pakistan

In the rural areas of District Buner, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, Pakistan, the USAID-funded New Partnerships Initiative EXPAND: New Partners...
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Events Webinar

Lessons in Localization Webinar 8: How Do We Know What Works? Perspectives on Local Capacity Strengthening

Capacity strengthening efforts are crucial for organizational sustainability to ensure improved access to and availability of health interventions and to...
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Capacity Building Kenya Success Stories

Empowering Healthcare Champions: Remarkable Gains Achieved Through Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care Mentorship

In Kenya there has been a consistent challenge of high facility Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) that stands at 355/100,000 live...
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Research Tools

Local Organization Capacity Strengthening to Improve Performance: Reflections from Local Organizations and Subject Matter Experts

Local Organization Capacity Strengthening to Improve Performance: Reflections from Local Organizations and Subject Matter Experts Tangible long-term development depends on...
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Education Gender Kenya Success Stories

Dreams Rekindled: Aspiring Teacher Finds Hope Through Reproductive Health Outreach

Dreams Rekindled: Aspiring Teacher Finds Hope Through Reproductive Health Outreach In the heart of Nkareta village in Kenya’s Narok county,...
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Education Mali Success Stories

Empowering Futures: How NPI EXPAND Supported Girls in Mali with Access to Education

Koumba Diallo and her younger sister Kadia, ages 8 and 7 years old, live with their father Samba Diallo in...
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Events Webinar

Lessons in Localization Webinar 7: Show Me the Money – Resource Mobilization for Partners

On September 4, 204, NPI EXPAND hosted the seventh event in NPI EXPAND’s series, Lessons in Localization: Experiences and Perspectives...
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Blogs

Diversifying Resource Mobilization Strategies

Jeff Barnes, NPI EXPAND Project Director A recent issue of The Economist included a report about the latest trends in...
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Capacity strengthening Featured Local Partners Guatemala Success Stories

Addressing Health Inequities in Guatemala by Strengthening Local Ownership

Background Guatemala has long struggled with ethnic and gender health inequities, undermining developmentoutcomes and the quality, effectiveness, and accessibility of...
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Research Tools

Resource Mobilization Strategies: Reflections from Local Organizations

  Resource Mobilization Strategies: Reflections from Local Organizations Successful resource generation and sustained revenue is a critical piece of organizational...
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Capacity strengthening Health Mali Success Stories

Saving Lives through the Supply Chain Improvement of Nutrition Commodities in Mali

The rate of child malnutrition in Mali is among the highest in Sub-Saharan Africa with almost half of deaths for...
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Events Gender Webinar

Lessons in Localization Webinar 6: Localizing Gender Mainstreaming

On July 25, 2024, NPI EXPAND hosted the sixth event in the project's series, Lessons in Localization: Experiences and Perspectives...
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