WHO - World Health Organization
$19,944,800.00 CAD
- Department
- Global Affairs Canada
- Program
- —
- Recipient country
- Nigeria
- Fiscal year
- 2015-2016
- Agreement period
- March 29, 2016 – March 31, 2021
- Project status
- Closed
- Reference
- CA-3-D000149003
Published purpose
This project aims to maintain the gains made towards polio eradication in Nigeria while strengthening the routine immunization system. The project ultimately seeks to eradicate polio in Nigeria. Project activities include: (1) develop village-level micro-plans (vaccination plans detailed down to the household level) to immunize every child against polio (approximately 6.6 million girls and 6.9 million boys); (2) provide training for, and support deployment of, 154,000 vaccination team members (male and female); (3) conduct training for up to 8000 health workers to improve capacity for routine immunization; and (4) conduct intensified routine immunization activities to protect up to 250,000 children from vaccine preventable diseases.
In plain English AI-generated
This project supports polio eradication and routine immunization strengthening in Nigeria, including training vaccination teams and health workers to immunize millions of children.
Category: Health Primarily funds activity outside Canada
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