UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund
$30,000,000.00 CAD
- Department
- Global Affairs Canada
- Recipient country
- United States
- Fiscal year
- 2018-2019
- Agreement period
- April 25, 2018 – December 31, 2020
- Reference
- dfatd-maecd:064-2018-2019-Q1-00002
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, helping governments strengthen vaccination campaigns, increase immunization coverage, and transition polio assets to broader health systems.
Category: Health Primarily funds activity outside Canada
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