WHO - World Health Organization
$10,000,000.00 CAD
- Department
- Global Affairs Canada
- Program
- —
- Recipient country
- Canada
- Fiscal year
- 2016-2017
- Agreement period
- February 23, 2017 – October 12, 2021
- Project status
- Closed
- Reference
- CA-3-D003493001
Published purpose
This project supports the implementation of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI)’s Endgame Strategic Plan, which provides a global roadmap to eradicate polio by 2019. Project activities include: (1) working with targeted governments to strengthen oral polio vaccine campaign safety and quality and introduce inactivated polio vaccine into routine immunization systems; (2) providing technical assistance to front-line workers to increase immunization coverage; and (3) working with governments to transition polio assets and infrastructure to broader health goals and national health systems. The GPEI is a partnership between UNICEF, the World Health Organization, the United States Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Rotary International and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. This project contributes to Canada’s $250 million commitment to polio eradication made at the 2013 Abu Dhabi Global Vaccine Summit.
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This project supports the Global Polio Eradication Initiative's Endgame Strategic Plan, funding activities to strengthen immunization campaigns, provide technical assistance to front-line workers, and transition polio assets to broader health systems in targeted countries.
Category: Foreign Aid Development Primarily funds activity outside Canada
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