Government of the United Kingdom - DFID - Department for International Development
$5,000,000.00 CAD
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- Department
- Global Affairs Canada
- Program The named fund or plan that the money comes from.
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- Recipient country
- South Sudan
- Fiscal year The government's budget year. It starts on April 1 and ends on March 31. For example, 2023-2024 is from April 2023 to March 2024.
- 2015-2016
- Agreement period The start date and the end date of the deal. The money can be paid at different times in this period.
- February 23, 2016 – August 31, 2016
- Project status
- Closed
- Reference
- CA-3-D003134001
Published purpose
The project works to ensure uninterrupted supply of essential medicines and medical commodities needed to deliver basic health care in South Sudan and helps to pay for life-saving medicines for vulnerable people, especially mothers, babies and young children. Project activities include: (1) procurement of approximately 50 priority medicines and health commodities required by 47 hospitals, 350 primary health care centres and 1,200 primary health care units throughout South Sudan; (2) providing safe storage and secure distribution of medicines and commodities down to the local (county) level, using a combination of air and road transportation; (3) distributing medicines and commodities by county health dpartments with support from NGOs managing and supporting health care facilities; and (4) monitoring and verification of delivery of medicines and health commodities at the end of the supply chain.
In plain English AI-generated
This project funds the procurement and distribution of essential medicines and health commodities in South Sudan, ensuring uninterrupted supply to hospitals and health centres, with monitoring at the local level.
Category: Foreign Aid Development Primarily funds activity outside Canada
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