HKI - Helen Keller International
$20,000,000.00 CAD
- Department
- Global Affairs Canada
- Program
- —
- Recipient country
- Canada
- Fiscal year
- 2008-2009
- Agreement period
- March 24, 2009 – June 30, 2013
- Project status
- Closed
- Reference
- CA-3-M012911001
Published purpose
The focus of this project is to deliver vitamin A and other essential front-line health and nutrition services, including immunizations and bednets, in order to accelerate progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goal of reducing child mortality by 50% by 2015. Vitamin A supplementation to children under five is a high impact and cost-effective intervention that substantially reduces mortality. This program delivers essential front-line health and nutrition services through Child Health Days and Weeks, outreach events designed to bring these life-saving interventions to entire communities.
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This project delivers vitamin A supplementation, immunizations, bednets, and other health and nutrition services to children under five, aiming to reduce child mortality by 50% by 2015.
Category: Foreign Aid Development Primarily funds activity outside Canada
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