UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund
$18,000,000.00 CAD
- Department
- Global Affairs Canada
- Program
- —
- Recipient country
- Mozambique
- Fiscal year
- 2016-2017
- Agreement period
- March 24, 2017 – December 31, 2023
- Project status
- Closed
- Reference
- CA-3-D002529001
Published purpose
This project aims to increase civil and vital registration rates in Mozambique to ultimately inform and improve policies and programs that reduce maternal and child mortality. Project activities include: (1) establishing a continuous mortality survey system so that 60% of maternal and newborn deaths are notified by 2019; (2) certifying and determining 80% cause of deaths in hospitals; (3) developing a strategy to capture information about deaths at the community level; (4) supporting Parliament’s amendment of the Civil Registration Code; and (5) designing and using new forms for all four vital events so that 80% of children under 5 are birth registered by 2019.
In plain English AI-generated
This project supports UNICEF in Mozambique to improve civil and vital registration systems, aiming to reduce maternal and child mortality by increasing birth and death reporting and supporting legal reforms.
Category: Foreign Aid Development Primarily funds activity outside Canada
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