Save the Children Canada
$4,920,404.00 CAD
- Department
- Global Affairs Canada
- Program
- —
- Recipient country
- Mali
- Fiscal year
- 2011-2012
- Agreement period
- January 13, 2012 – February 28, 2016
- Project status
- Closed
- Reference
- CA-3-S065350001
Published purpose
This project aims to improve the health and nutrition of newborns, children under five, and women of reproductive age in the Segou region of Mali, and in the Swabi district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan by improving the availability and use of health and nutrition services at the community level. Benefiting an estimated 330,000 children, 161,000 women and 1,600 local Ministry of Health workers, the project promotes the use of quality health, nutrition and family planning services, and improved health, nutrition and family planning behaviours of caregivers and family members. Activities include: training local Ministry of Health partners to support and supervise community health workers; training community health workers to assess and treat sick children, and provide family planning services; and educating families about healthy behaviours, signs of illnesses and seeking care. Save the Children Canada is working with the Mali and Pakistan ministries of health on this project. This project is part of Canada’s Maternal, Newborn and Child Health commitment.
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This project improves health and nutrition services for newborns, children under five, and women in Mali and Pakistan by training community health workers and promoting healthy behaviours, as part of Canada's Maternal, Newborn and Child Health commitment.
Category: Foreign Aid Development Primarily funds activity outside Canada
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