Empowering women and girls through safe motherhood action groups in Zambia- MORE MAMaZ Programme, Zambia


This technical brief outlines the strategy, policy implications, results and lessons learned from the SMAG initiative to empower women and girls under the More MAMaZ programme in Zambia.

The MORE Mobilising Access to Maternal Health Services in Zambia (MORE MAMaZ) Programme is a  partnership initiative between the Government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ) and a consortium comprising of; Transaid, Health Partners International (HPI), Development Data, and Disacare. MORE MAMaZ is funded by Comic Relief. The programme expanded activities of the MAMaZ Programme which was implemented by HPI between 2010 and 2013 and funded by DFID. More MAMaZ began in April 2014 and ran for 30 months to the 30th of September 2016.