IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank
$15,500,000.00 CAD
- Department
- Global Affairs Canada
- Program
- —
- Recipient country
- Canada
- Fiscal year
- 2009-2010
- Agreement period
- November 19, 2009 – February 11, 2014
- Project status
- Closed
- Reference
- CA-3-A033538001
Published purpose
The purpose of this project is to establish, by 2015, a system capable of eliminating onchocerciasis (river blindness) as a public health problem in all African countries. It aims to create a system which could be used as a basis for introducing other health interventions. The project activities include: providing the training, expertise, and equipment needed to combat onchocerciasis at the community level among an estimated population of 120 million; training national health workers and providing the expertise needed to develop and implement national onchocerciasis policies, plans, and programs designed to train 550,000 people to distribute medicine to communities; and conducting research on available treatments and their long-term effects. Onchoceriasis (commonly known as river blindness) is a parasitic disease that can cause blindness, skin rashes, lesions, intense itching, and skin depigmentation.
In plain English AI-generated
This project funds efforts to eliminate river blindness as a public health problem in African countries by training health workers, distributing medicine, and conducting research, reaching an estimated 120 million people.
Category: Foreign Aid Development Primarily funds activity outside Canada
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