WHO - World Health Organization
$40,000,000.00 CAD
- Department
- Global Affairs Canada
- Program
- —
- Recipient country
- Canada
- Fiscal year
- 2017-2018
- Agreement period
- March 8, 2018 – December 31, 2020
- Project status
- Closed
- Reference
- CA-3-D004983001
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 2020. 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.
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This project supports the Global Polio Eradication Initiative's strategic plan to eradicate polio by 2020, including strengthening vaccination campaigns, increasing immunization coverage, and transitioning polio assets to broader health systems.
Category: Foreign Aid Development Primarily funds activity outside Canada
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