UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund

$20,000,000.00 CAD

≈ $0.48 for every person in Canada ≈ 260 Canadians' average pay for a year
Department
Global Affairs Canada
Program
Recipient country
Pakistan
Fiscal year
2013-2014
Agreement period
December 4, 2013 – March 31, 2017
Project status
Closed
Reference
CA-3-D000112001

Published purpose

The Polio Plus initiative aims to address a combination of factors that have led to the continued transmission of the polio virus in Pakistan by: increasing the number of children immunized; enhancing community acceptance and the security of health workers delivering the vaccine; and decreasing children's vulnerability to polio due to malnutrition and illness.

In plain English AI-generated

This grant supports the Polio Plus initiative in Pakistan, aiming to increase child immunization, improve community acceptance and security for health workers, and reduce children's vulnerability to polio linked to malnutrition and illness.

Category: Foreign Aid Development Primarily funds activity outside Canada

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